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In the final talk of the morning sessions of the #SolarEclipse Conference Thoby Dittrich talked about the Modern Eddington Experiment (the website https://moderneddingtonexperiment.org is under heavy construction): the best observing result of gravitational deflection of starlight by the Sun in the optical during solar eclipses is still Brun's from 2017 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00343 - while others have tried with a vengeance since. The goal remains to observe the significant deflection of star positions between 1 and 2 solar radii from the center of the Sun: this is known as the 'forbidden zone' because the corona can be very bright here and only bright stars can be measured reliably - but those in turn are rare. It turns out that the star fields around the totally eclipsed Sun in 2027 and 2028 will be unusually rich in good candidates so there is (or should be) considerable interest in the physics didactics community to make use of these eclipses in southern Spain / northern Africa and Australia, respectively. 4/n

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There has been an increase of arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Trump began his second term,
with reports of raids across the country.
-- Yet the majority of people currently detained by ICE have no criminal convictions.
Of those who do, relatively few have been convicted of high-level crimes
— a stark contrast to the chilling nightmare Trump describes to support his border security agenda.
“There’s a deep disconnect between the rhetoric …

Trump says he's deporting 'worst of the worst.' Data tells a different story
President Donald Trump has pledged to target "the worst of the worst" as he moves to deport millions of people from the U.S. But government data contradicts this narrative. As of June 29, 71.7% of people detained by ICE had no criminal convictions, and only a small fraction were classified as high-level threats. Research has consistently shown that immigrants, including those who have entered the country illegally, are less likely to be incarcerated than native-born citizens and that immigratio…

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
No Paywall
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

Mit Gruß an alle, die weiterhin in die Welt tröten, es läge allein an der Hamas, dass der Gaza-Krieg nicht beendet ist.
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power - The New York Times
Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7

Free agent RB/KR Nyheim Hines ready to put knee injury behind him after two years away: 'The story is in my hand' https://www.nfl.com/news/free-agent-rb-kr-nyheim-hines-ready-to-put-knee-injury-behind-h…

»Over 600 Laravel Apps Exposed to Remote Code Execution Due to Leaked APP_KEYs on GitHub:
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a serious security issue that allows leaked Laravel APP_KEY's to be weaponized to gain remote code execution capabilities on hundreds of applications.«
Never store your access keys in Git, especially not in the code – do programmers need to be taught this?!??
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Over 600 Laravel Apps Exposed to Remote Code Execution Due to Leaked APP_KEYs on GitHub
GitGuardian uncovers 260,000 leaked Laravel APP_KEYs on GitHub, exposing over 600 apps to remote code execution.

The blind leading the gamers https://www.wired.com/story/ross-minor-the-blind-leading-the-gamers/ "when Minor asks a sighted person for help, it might actually be for our sake: to let *us* feel useful and included."

He’s Blind. He Plays Video Games. Here’s How That Works
Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios. This is not—necessarily—an inspirational story.

First images of the Sun's south pole!
Solar Orbiter is the first space probe to look at the Sun's poles – and finds the magnetic field there in a state of turmoil. The Sun's magnetic field is currently undergoing a flip. During its latest flyby of the Sun at the end of March this year, the Solar Orbiter space probe had its first clear view of our star's poles. First images:

Two [more] MPs indicate a shift to oppose the assisted dying Bill as it returns to Commons | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/two-mps-indicate-shift-oppose-assisted-dying-bill-it-returns-commons…