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Docs and sources: Builder.ai faked business with Bengaluru-based VerSe, which runs the Dailyhunt news app, by "round-tripping" sales worth ~$60M from 2021-2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Sources: 49ers finalizing deal for Eagles DE Huff https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45393359/sources-49ers-finalizing-deal-eagles-de-bryce-huff

celegans_interactomes: C. elegans interactomes (2009)
Ten networks of protein-protein interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), from yeast two-hybrid experiments, biological process maps, literature curation, orthologous interactions, and genetic interactions. The WI8 network combines WI2004, WI2007 and BPmaps, while the Integrated Network combines data from all sources.
This network has 1237 nodes and 1735 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

"Trump administration sources told CBS News on Sunday that the White House was not aware that an attack was coming."
Well, for once i believe they are telling the truth. Because the attacks were successful.
#Ukraine #Krasnov

I honestly think Trumps cribs his hedgy bullshit answers from a Magic 8 Ball -
- Better not tell you now
- Ask again later
- Signs point to yes
- You may rely on it
- Outlook good
- Outlook not so good
- My sources say no
- As I see it, yes

Apple doing AI doctor service is pretty funny.
https://www.techmeme.com/250330/p15#a250330p15

"The Tax Foundation is a veteran anti-tax campaign organization from the United States. It has been around since 1937 when it was founded by top brass from companies such as Standard Oil and General Motors. Close links to some of the biggest corporations in the US has been a constant feature of the organization, as has its political aim of bringing down taxes"
#lobbying

Sources: TikTok Shop cuts several hundred jobs in Indonesia, leaving Tokopedia and TikTok Shop with ~2,500 employees in the country, down from ~5,000 last year (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President Nathan Kahane is expected to leave his post by 2025's end and transition to a producing deal with the studio (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/05/lionsgate-president-nathan-kahane-departu…

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President Nathan Kahane Departing Studio By End Of Year — The Dish
Nathan Kahane is expected to exit his Lionsgate post as Motion Picture Group President when his contract expires this year, sources tell Deadline.

This is the modus operandi of most anti-vaxx propaganda and a core characteristic that links it to authoritarianism and Fascism IMHO:
Lies are accepted. "Evidence" only has to look scientific, it doesn't has to be actual science.
No false statement will ever be corrected..
https://

The Model Context Protocol acts as a universal translator between LLMs and data sources, eliminating complex platform-specific requirements. Our new open source MCP server for ODBC (mcp-odbc-server) enables seamless integration of any ODBC-accessible data into RAG pipelines.
Read more in my latest newsletter!

What's The Model Context Protocol & Why Is It Important?
The way Large Language Models (LLMs) interact with the vast world of data sources and APIs (Application Programming Interface) is undergoing a significant transformation, thanks to the emergence of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP servers act as a crucial middleware layer, a kind of "universal

celegans_interactomes: C. elegans interactomes (2009)
Ten networks of protein-protein interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), from yeast two-hybrid experiments, biological process maps, literature curation, orthologous interactions, and genetic interactions. The WI8 network combines WI2004, WI2007 and BPmaps, while the Integrated Network combines data from all sources.
This network has 912 nodes and 22738 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

Telecom quantum dots on GaAs substrates as integration-ready high performance single-photon sources
Beatrice Costa, Bianca Scaparra, Xiao Wei, Hubert Riedl, Gregor Koblm\"uller, Eugenio Zallo, Jonathan Finley, Lukas Hanschke, Kai M\"uller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22886

Telecom quantum dots on GaAs substrates as integration-ready high performance single-photon sources
The development of deterministic single photon sources emitting in the telecommunication bands is a key challenge for quantum communication and photonic quantum computing. Here, we investigate the optical properties and single-photon emission of molecular beam epitaxy grown semiconductor quantum dots emitting in the telecom O- and C- bands. The quantum dots are embedded in a InGaAs matrix with fixed indium content grown on top of a compositionally graded InGaAs buffer. This structure allows for…

Followerpower if you're from Sweden: I'm trying to figure out how to get around some places near Stockholm. There are some bus stops in a nature reserve, e.g., Järflottvägen (part of Nynäshamn), but the swedish rail webpage sj.se does not find this bus stop. Several sources say there are busses stopping there (lines 848,852), but only thirdparty sources, none look like the bus operator. Should I assume this bus is operating, and where would I find its official timetable and ticket in…

Google has been downgrading the search results of smaller web sites offering human-written quality information, claims Nate Hake of Travel Lemming in a long explanation, citing many sources and developments.
Many of these changes appear to happen when #Google embraced #AI and removed the "hum…

How fake news can turn against its spreader
Dorje C. Brody, Tomooki Yuasa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17820 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504…

Sources: Anthropic has been lobbying Congress to oppose a bill banning states from regulating AI, and pushed against the recent US AI deal with Gulf states (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/30/2025/anthropi…

Anthropic emerges as an adversary to Trump’s big bill
Sources familiar say the White House, angered by Anthropic’s lobbying against its chief piece of legislation, have come to view the AI company as an obstacle.

The stellar population in the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey
Okwudili D. Egbo, David A. H. Buckley, Paul J. Groot, Francesco Cavallaro, Patrick A. Woudt, Mark A. Thompson, Mubela Mutale, Michael Bietenholz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22139

The stellar population in the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey
We report on optically selected stellar candidates of SARAO MeerKAT 1.3 GHz radio continuum survey sources of the Galactic plane. Stellar counterparts to radio sources are selected by cross-matching the MeerKAT source positions with \textit{Gaia} DR3, using two approaches. The first approach evaluated the probability of chance alignments between the radio survey and \textit{Gaia} sources and used AllWISE infrared colour-colour information to select potential stellar candidates. The second appro…

Apple doing AI doctor service is pretty funny.
https://www.techmeme.com/250330/p15#a250330p15

49ers working to trade for Bryce Huff, sending Eagles mid-round pick: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6393543/2025/05/30/bryce-huff-trade-eagles-49ers/

The Chemical Clock of High-mass Star-forming Regions: N2H /CCS
J. L. Chen, J. S. Zhang, J. X. Ge, Y. X. Wang, H. Z. Yu, Y. P. Zou, Y. T. Yan, X. Y. Wang, D. Y. Wei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23221

The Chemical Clock of High-mass Star-forming Regions: N2H+/CCS
Using the IRAM 30 m telescope, we presented observations of N2H+ J = 1-0, CCS JN = 87-76 and 77-66 lines toward a large sample of ultracompact HII regions (UC HIIs). Among our 88 UC HIIs, 87 and 33 sources were detected in the N2H+ J = 1-0 and CCS JN = 87-76 lines, respectively. For the CCS 77-66 transition, we detected emission in 10 out of 82 targeted sources, all of which also exhibited emission in the CCS JN = 87-76 line. Physical parameters are derived for our detections, including the opt…

How does everything corrupt in NYC somehow end up leading back to Eric Adams? https://masto.nyc/@EthanHarp/114593406205972506

Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire ERP software provider Acumatica from PE firm EQT, sources say in a deal that values Acumatica at ~$2B including debt (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

Buyout Firm Vista to Acquire EQT’s Acumatica in $2 Billion Deal
Vista Equity Partners agreed to acquire Acumatica Inc., a software company that helps businesses streamline workflows.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05559 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qu…

Quantum processes as thermodynamic resources: the role of non-Markovianity
Quantum thermodynamics studies how quantum systems and operations may be exploited as sources of work to perform useful thermodynamic tasks. In real-world conditions, the evolution of open quantum systems typically displays memory effects, resulting in a non-Markovian dynamics. The associated information backflow has been observed to provide advantage in certain thermodynamic tasks. However, a general operational connection between non-Markovianity and thermodynamics in the quantum regime has r…

I think I'm finally going to get off my butt and cancel my WaPo subscription, and send that money towards news sources that are actually reporting things as they are instead of pandering both-sidesism (while also maintaning more or less central stance). What are the best sources for this?
Wired seems like it's been pretty solid lately. Maybe the Guardian? Who else?

Brightify: A tool for calculating brightness in neutron sources
Mina Akhyani, Luca Zanini, Henrik R{\o}nnow
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22431 https://

Brightify: A tool for calculating brightness in neutron sources
Brightness is a critical metric for optimizing the design of neutron sources and beamlines, yet there is no direct way to calculate brightness within most Monte Carlo packages used for neutron source simulation. In this paper, we present Brightify, an open-source Python-based tool designed to calculate brightness from Monte Carlo Particle List (MCPL) files, which can be extracted from several Monte Carlo simulation packages. Brightify provides an efficient computational approach to calculate br…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05683 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Synthetic-source Injection Across the Full Survey Using Balrog
Synthetic source injection (SSI), the insertion of sources into pixel-level on-sky images, is a powerful method for characterizing object detection and measurement in wide-field, astronomical imaging surveys. Within the Dark Energy Survey (DES), SSI plays a critical role in characterizing all necessary algorithms used in converting images to catalogs, and in deriving quantities needed for the cosmology analysis, such as object detection rates, galaxy redshift estimation, galaxy magnification, s…

In the #AmateurRadio world, I'm a heretic because I use XT60 instead of PowerPole. (I do carry bidirectional adapters just in case.)
Tonight, I remembered that I have some "decoy boards" for 12V and 15V USB PD. I discovered that I could solder them directly to XT60 connectors in order to use USB PD power banks as field expedient power sources, thanks to the pitch of the connec…

mist: MIST protein interaction database (2020)
The Molecular Interaction Search Tool (MIST) is a comprehensive resource of molecular interactions, assembled from severla primary sources. MIST currently supports several species, including:.
This network has 7946 nodes and 250780 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

I'm baffled that this guy is a respected analyst. Yeah, an infinite number of AI agents will spend their money on content from human creators, making those humans infinitely rich. I see no flaws in this model.

How does everything corrupt in NYC somehow end up leading back to Eric Adams? https://masto.nyc/@EthanHarp/114593406205972506

Emergent universal long-range structure in random-organizing systems
Satyam Anand, Guanming Zhang, Stefano Martiniani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22933 http…

Emergent universal long-range structure in random-organizing systems
Self-organization through noisy interactions is ubiquitous across physics, mathematics, and machine learning, yet how long-range structure emerges from local noisy dynamics remains poorly understood. Here, we investigate three paradigmatic random-organizing particle systems drawn from distinct domains: models from soft matter physics (random organization, biased random organization) and machine learning (stochastic gradient descent), each characterized by distinct sources of noise. We discover …

CVE-2024-4367 (PDF.js) is gaining traction in some exploitation-focused Telegram channels...
https://vulnerability.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2024-4367
seen via @…

mist: MIST protein interaction database (2020)
The Molecular Interaction Search Tool (MIST) is a comprehensive resource of molecular interactions, assembled from severla primary sources. MIST currently supports several species, including:.
This network has 7946 nodes and 250780 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

Sources: Elon Musk is pushing lawmakers to help clear a path for driverless vehicles and has been weighing in on revisions of a bill on autonomous vehicles (Bloomberg)

Sources: Paramount has offered $15M to settle with Trump; Trump's team wants more than $25M, is seeking an apology from CBS News, and threatened another lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Depth to magnetic source estimation using TDX contour
Hammed Oyekan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22780 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.22780…

Depth to magnetic source estimation using TDX contour
Accurate depth estimation of magnetic sources plays a crucial role in various geophysical applications, including mineral exploration, resource assessments, regional hydrocarbon exploration, and geological mapping. Thus, this abstract presents a fast and simple method of estimating the depth of a magnetic body using the TDX derivative of the total magnetic field. TDX is a first-order derivative of the magnetic field that, in addition to edge detection, is less affected by noise, allowing for be…

I think I'm finally going to get off my butt and cancel my WaPo subscription, and send that money towards news sources that are actually reporting things as they are instead of pandering both-sidesism (while also maintaning more or less central stance). What are the best sources for this?
Wired seems like it's been pretty solid lately. Maybe the Guardian? Who else?

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20720 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNE_…

Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Floating hybrid wind-wave systems combine offshore wind platforms with wave energy converters (WECs) to create cost-effective and reliable energy solutions. Adequately designed and tuned WECs are essential to avoid unwanted loads disrupting turbine motion while efficiently harvesting wave energy. These systems diversify energy sources, enhancing energy security and reducing supply risks while providing a more consistent power output by smoothing energy production variability. However, optimisin…

Recent hype is that o3 solved AI web search.
But so far I've tried using it for two "hard" search problems (meaning I first tried searching manually and didn't find much). Both times it hallucinated a ton, making claims that weren't actually in the sources.
On the other hand, both times, I did ultimately find nuggets of useful information after picking through all the hallucinations. So I'm glad I used it?
[1/3]

Thank you! Great history! Great Prmary sources. Great interpretations that modern minds can see and believe. It's a bunch of posts, AND they're all worth it.
#History #USHistory #Independence

Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco (@Deglassco@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image It was known, then, that the British would leave. The war was all but lost. The colonies would no longer be colonies. For white Loyalists, exile was bitter. For Black Loyalists, it was not exile. It was escape—or re-enslavement. 4/20 Image. Boston King, “Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, a Black Preacher. Written by Himself, during his Residence at Kingswood-School,” Methodist Magazine, March-June 1798.

Sources: Anthropic's annualized revenue hit ~$3B at the end of May, driven by business demand, up from $2B around the end of March and ~$1B in December 2024 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-hits-3-…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14775 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Energy and polarization based on-line interference mitigation in radio interferometry
Radio frequency interference (RFI) is a persistent contaminant in terrestrial radio astronomy. While new radio interferometers are becoming operational, novel sources of RFI are also emerging. In order to strengthen the mitigation of RFI in modern radio interferometers, we propose an on-line RFI mitigation scheme that can be run in the correlator of such interferometers. We combine statistics based on the energy as well as the polarization alignment of the correlated signal to develop an on-lin…

Federal agents contacting NFL, MLB players as part of investigation related to licensing firm https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6393997/2025/05/30/federal-agents-investigation-mlbpa-nflpa-oneteam/

celegans_interactomes: C. elegans interactomes (2009)
Ten networks of protein-protein interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), from yeast two-hybrid experiments, biological process maps, literature curation, orthologous interactions, and genetic interactions. The WI8 network combines WI2004, WI2007 and BPmaps, while the Integrated Network combines data from all sources.
This network has 2528 nodes and 3864 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

A Be star-black hole binary with a wide orbit from LAMOST time-domain survey
Qian-Yu An, Yang Huang, Wei-Min Gu, Yong Shao, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Tuan Yi, B. D. Lailey, T. A. A. Sigut, Kyle Akira Rocha, Meng Sun, Seth Gossage, Shi-Jie Gao, Shan-Shan Weng, Song Wang, Bowen Zhang, Xinlin Zhao, Senyu Qi, Shilong Liao, Jianghui Ji, Junfeng Wang, Jianfeng Wu, Mouyuan Sun, Xiang-Dong Li, Jifeng Liu

A Be star-black hole binary with a wide orbit from LAMOST time-domain survey
Binary systems consisting of an early type star and a black hole (BH) are crucial for understanding various astrophysical phenomena, particularly the origins of detected gravitational wave sources. Be binary systems are expected to represent a key evolutionary stage in hosting BHs. However, while hundreds of Be X-ray binaries are known, the only confirmed BH candidate in a Be binary remains highly controversial. We report the discovery of ALS 8814, a Be star-BH binary with a moderately eccentri…

Chemotaxis of branched cells in complex environments
Jiayi Liu, Jonathan E. Ron, Giulia Rinaldi, Ivanna Williantarra, Antonios Georgantzoglou, Ingrid de Vries, Michael Sixt, Milka Sarris, Nir S. Gov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21949

Chemotaxis of branched cells in complex environments
Cell migration in vivo is often guided by chemical signals. Such chemotaxis, such as performed by immune cells migrating to a wound site, is complicated by the complex geometry inside living tissues. In this study, we extend our theoretical model of branched-cell migration on a network by introducing chemokine sources to explore the cellular response. The model predicts a speed-accuracy tradeoff, whereby slow cells are significantly more accurate and able to follow efficiently a weak chemoattra…

Sources: the White House is finalizing EOs on drones that could end Chinese drone sales in the US, update federal rules on where drones can be flown, and more (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/30/trump-exe…

Trump order could end Chinese drone sales in the U.S.
The Trump administration is finalizing executive orders that could lead to Chinese drone-makers like DJI being barred from selling new models in the US.

"Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Farming #Agriculture

Sources: all 800 full-time VOA staff are expected to receive reduction-in-force notices this week, after ~600 VOA contractors were dismissed earlier in May (Ben Johansen/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/voice-of-america-r…

celegans_interactomes: C. elegans interactomes (2009)
Ten networks of protein-protein interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), from yeast two-hybrid experiments, biological process maps, literature curation, orthologous interactions, and genetic interactions. The WI8 network combines WI2004, WI2007 and BPmaps, while the Integrated Network combines data from all sources.
This network has 2528 nodes and 3864 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

Sources: Abridge, which uses AI to transcribe medical chats, is raising $300M led by a16z at a $5.3B valuation, up from $2.75B in February when it raised $250M (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Variability in the massive black hole binary candidate SDSS J2320 0024: no evidence for periodic modulation
Fabio Rigamonti, Lorenzo Bertassi, Riccardo Buscicchio, Fabiola Cocchiararo, Stefano Covino, Massimo Dotti, Alberto Sesana, Paola Severgnini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22706

Variability in the massive black hole binary candidate SDSS J2320+0024: no evidence for periodic modulation
Massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) are a natural outcome of galaxy mergers, and they are expected to be among the loudest gravitational wave sources at low frequencies. SDSS J2320+0024 has been recently proposed as a promising MBHB candidate due to a possible periodicity in its light-curve and variability in the MgII emission line. In this work, we re-analyse the optical (g and r bands) light-curves of J2320+0024 within the framework of Bayesian model selection. When a periodicity is searched …

Ah, where to begin…
"Fi.pool.ntp.org contains a server with inappropriate name"
https://community.ntppool.org/t/fi-pool-ntp-org-contains-a-server-with-inappropriate-name/3835/1

Sources: Trump administration plans to expand Entity List restrictions to cover subsidiaries of Chinese companies, aiming to block workarounds via new offshoots (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

Sources: TSMC is evaluating building a "gigafab" in the UAE and has discussed the possibility with MGX and officials in the Trump administration (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

TSMC Is Said to Evaluate Building Advanced Chip Plant in the UAE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is evaluating building an advanced production facility in the United Arab Emirates and has discussed the possibility with officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, according to people familiar with the matter, a potentially major bet on the Middle East that would only come to fruition with Washington’s approval.

It can be hard to keep up with crucial news at the University of Florida because of the minimal communication from the administration. To make it easier for folks to keep up I'm starting
@index@ufwatch.org to provide short summaries of key news items with links to the sources.
https://ufwatch.org/uf-watch-keep-up-with-crucial-news-about-the-university-of-florida/
If that's helpful to you can keep up using:
Mastodon/Fediverse: @index@ufwatch.org
BlueSky: @ufwatch.bsky.social
Newsletter/Website: ufwatch.org
RSS: ufwatch.org/rss

Sources: QVC is consulting advisers to explore options for its $5B debt; its stock has fallen 99% in the past four years, cutting its market cap to ~$72M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27…

Rhetorical Analysis of an Open Letter
I want to talk first about the effects of genre on rhetorical analysis. Let’s start with two main categories. Primary sources: These are texts from a writer or an organization to a specific audience or audiences with a persuasive purpose. Such texts include op-eds, letters, press releases, blog posts, tweets, and emails. These texts provide an opportunity for a straightforward rhetorical analysis because the rhetorical situation is…

Sources: Atticus, a stealthy stablecoin banking startup, is in advanced talks to raise new funding led by Palmer Luckey at a valuation of between $1.5B and $2B (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2025/05/30/andurils-palmer-…

Scoop: Anduril's Palmer Luckey to invest in stealthy stablecoin startup
The new funding would value Atticus at between $1.5 billion and $2 billion.

Ultrasonic spin pumping in the antiferromagnetic acoustic resonator $\alpha-\text{Fe}_2\text{O}_3$
David A. Gabrielyan, Dmitry A. Volkov, Tatyana V. Bogdanova, Kristina D. Samoylenko, Anton V. Matasov, Ansar R. Safin, Dmitry V. Kalyabin, Alexey A. Klimov, Leonid M. Krutyansky, Vladimir L. Preobrazhensky, Sergey A. Nikitov
https://

Ultrasonic spin pumping in the antiferromagnetic acoustic resonator $α-\text{Fe}_2\text{O}_3$
Recent advances in magnon spintronics have ignited interest in the interactions between the spin and elastic subsystems of magnetic materials. These interactions suggest a dynamic connection between collective excitations of spins, quantized as magnons, and elastic waves generated by perturbations in the crystal lattice, quantized as phonons. Both magnons and their associated magnon-phonon excitations can act as sources of spin pumping from magnetic materials into non-magnetic metals. Although …

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20720 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNE_…

Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Floating hybrid wind-wave systems combine offshore wind platforms with wave energy converters (WECs) to create cost-effective and reliable energy solutions. Adequately designed and tuned WECs are essential to avoid unwanted loads disrupting turbine motion while efficiently harvesting wave energy. These systems diversify energy sources, enhancing energy security and reducing supply risks while providing a more consistent power output by smoothing energy production variability. However, optimisin…

Who would’ve thought that Microsoft open sources #wsl
The times we live in.

Sources: Palantir's Foundry is now deployed in at least four federal agencies, after Trump signed an EO calling for the government to share data across agencies (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/…

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.

"Conspiracy thinking is also a trap because it contains feedback loops of positive reinforcement. If you reject authoritative sources of information as part of a conspiracy, then you will likely reject any information that can disprove the conspiracy. Any information that contradicts the conspiracy, or lack of information that would prove the conspiracy, are part of the conspiracy."

The spectral energy distribution of extreme population A quasars
Karla Garnica, Deborah Dultzin, Paola Marziani, Swayamtrupta Panda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22912

The spectral energy distribution of extreme population A quasars
Knowledge of the broad-band active galactic nuclei (AGN) spectral energy distribution (SED) that ionizes the gas-rich broad emission line region is key to understanding the various radiative processes at play and their importance that eventually leads to the emission line formation. We modeled a spectral energy distribution for highly accreting quasars, also known as extreme population A sources, based mainly on observational data available in astronomical databases, and on accretion disk model…

Sources: Elon Musk engaged in intense drug use during the 2024 presidential campaign, as he juggled the messy consequences of efforts to produce more babies (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon

Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama on Trump’s Campaign Trail
As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.

Legacy of Avicenna in Astronomy
Rizoi Bakhromzod
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18219 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18219

Legacy of Avicenna in Astronomy
The paper reassesses the largely neglected contribution of Avicenna (Ibn Sina, 980-1037) to medieval Tajik-Persian astronomy. Drawing on published primary and secondary sources, it reconstructs the main directions of his scientific activity - the construction of an observatory at Isfahan, the design of a high-precision angular instrument that anticipates the modern vernier principle, the formulation of an original method for determining terrestrial longitude from lunar culmination, a systematic…

Great video by @… on what it will take for Europe to achieve strategic autonomy in the areas of military power, energy sources, and IT. Highly recommended watch (25 minutes). https://www.youtube.c…

Memo: David Leavy, who became CNN's COO in 2023, is leaving; sources say the longtime key lieutenant of David Zaslav is returning to Warner Bros. Discovery (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/david-leavy-cnn…

David Leavy, CNN's COO, Will Return to Warner Bros. Discovery
David Leavy will leave CNN and return to duties at corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery, where he has long been a key aide to CEO David Zaslav

Sources say Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and other Chinese companies are testing domestic alternatives as they deal with a dwindling stockpile of Nvidia processors (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bb1315e8-27df-4a93-a4dc-11e2883fdde3

Chinese tech groups prepare for AI future without Nvidia
Tougher US export restrictions on advanced chips give added urgency to testing of domestic alternatives

Of course they would. Just when we need it most.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-online-misinformation-grants.html?smid=url-share

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
Federal agencies say that by axing the funding they are protecting the First Amendment. Critics see it as stifling scientific inquiry into sources of harmful online content.

Ah, where to begin…
"Fi.pool.ntp.org contains a server with inappropriate name"
https://community.ntppool.org/t/fi-pool-ntp-org-contains-a-server-with-inappropriate-name/3835/1

I havent seen any regular or junior designer roles in ages.... it surely is my bad sources.... right?.... right???
#gamedesign #gamedev #gamedevjob

Ai2 now has a tool, where you can trace the outputs of LLMs to their possible sources in the training materials. It's very interesting.
Obviously only works with fully open models like their OLMo family of models. More info here: #LLM #OLMo2 #AI

In the digital age, misinformation spreads rapidly, making it increasingly difficult to ensure the integrity of information. AI presents new opportunities to support fact-checking and news classification. Join Giovanna Monti and Lucian Precup as they share insights from their work developing an AI-driven platform integrating search capabilities, an intelligent assistant and a RAG system.
Learn more:

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Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Mehdi Neshat, Nataliia Y. Sergiienko, Leandro S. P. da Silva, Seyedali Mirjalili, Amir H. Gandomi, Ossama Abdelkhalik, John Boland
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20720

Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Floating hybrid wind-wave systems combine offshore wind platforms with wave energy converters (WECs) to create cost-effective and reliable energy solutions. Adequately designed and tuned WECs are essential to avoid unwanted loads disrupting turbine motion while efficiently harvesting wave energy. These systems diversify energy sources, enhancing energy security and reducing supply risks while providing a more consistent power output by smoothing energy production variability. However, optimisin…

Imagine you want to produce E-Fuels⚡⛽ but the power company does not want to sell you electricity⚡
That appears to be what potential E-Fuels producers faced in Iceland🇮🇸. The country uses 100% renewable electricity (hydro/geo) & could produce more.
Yet, Iceland's electricity producer Landsvirkjun does not have enough electricity⚡. Building new plants is delayed by slow permitting 📝. Landsvirkjun has therefore set out priorities.

Iceland's E-Fuels Controversy
Hydrogen and E-Fuels companies want to utilize Iceland's abundant renewable energy sources. But Iceland's largest energy company Landsvirkjun does not want to sell electricity to them. E-Fuels producers hope that European authorities will intervene, the EFTA Surveillane Authority investigates.

Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Mehdi Neshat, Nataliia Y. Sergiienko, Leandro S. P. da Silva, Seyedali Mirjalili, Amir H. Gandomi, Ossama Abdelkhalik, John Boland
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20720

Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm
Floating hybrid wind-wave systems combine offshore wind platforms with wave energy converters (WECs) to create cost-effective and reliable energy solutions. Adequately designed and tuned WECs are essential to avoid unwanted loads disrupting turbine motion while efficiently harvesting wave energy. These systems diversify energy sources, enhancing energy security and reducing supply risks while providing a more consistent power output by smoothing energy production variability. However, optimisin…

#ai

Why Elon Musk Is Furious and Publicly Raging at His Own AI Chatbot, Grok
Elon Musk is mad that his AI chatbot, Grok, referred to The Atlantic and The BBC as credible news sources.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05855 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qbi…

The concentration and energetic content of floral nectar sugars: calculation, conversions, and common confusions
The sugar concentration of floral nectar is a key metric for describing nectar composition and a major factor influencing pollinator visitation to flowers. Across pollination biology research there are multiple approaches in use for describing nectar sugar concentration. With these different approaches there are several potential sources of confusion which, if not accounted for, can lead to errors. Further potential for error arises if researchers wish to make comparisons between the energetic …

The UK local election results so far are fairly grim. People are understandably cross with #Labour, they have put themselves in an awkward position where they have effectively promised not to raise any of the maIn sources of tax when demands on the treasury are rising.
The Reform party cannot be the answer. They are a collection of easy answers to problems where there are no easy answers. …

The Evolution of Rough Sets 1970s-1981
Viktor Marek, Ewa Or{\l}owska, Ivo D\"untsch
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03747 https://arx…

The Evolution of Rough Sets 1970s-1981
In this note research and publications by Zdzisław Pawlak and his collaborators from 1970s and 1981 are recalled. Focus is placed on the sources of inspiration which one can identify on the basis of those publications. Finally, developments from 1981 related to rough sets and information systems are outlined.

Got something to say about this Tim Apple? #apple #onlinechildsafety #evil #tech

With Mozilla launching Thundermail as a mail provider and knowing the intend to use Stalwart as server implementation, I really hope we start seeing more wide adoption of JMAP. SMTP, IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV ara really showing its age and limitations.
Sources:
Mozilla: https://thunderbir…

"But there were technologists and open source projects in attendance. Notably, representatives from the Mastodon and Bluesky teams were at the Festival. The Newsmast Foundation was also present, incisively taking part in conversations to help newsrooms onboard themselves onto both of them. I got to hang out with them all, connecting with people I’d spoken with but never interacted with in person. Mastodon has undergone a transformation, has doubled its team, and is working on smoothing out some of its rough edges, while not letting go of its core ethos. It’s also beginning to position itself as a European alternative to American social media platforms, with a community-first values system and new services to directly help organizations join the network.
Bluesky, on the other hand, has done an able job of bringing journalists onto its existing social app, and is now hard at work explaining why its underlying protocol matters. Both want to engage with newsrooms and journalists and do the right thing by them. They each have something different to prove: Mastodon that it can be usable and accessible, and Bluesky that it can provide a return to its investors and truly decentralize while holding onto its values. I’m rooting for both of them.
These platforms’ messages dovetail with my own: news can own the platforms that support them. Lots of people at the Festival were worried about the impact of US big tech on their businesses — particularly in a world where tech moguls seem to be aligning themselves with a Presidential administration that has positioned itself as being adversarial to news, journalists, sources, and, arguably, the truth. The good news is that the technology is out there, the values-aligned technologists are out there, and there’s a strong path forward. The only thing left is to follow it."
#media #Mastodon #BlueSky #Journalism
https://werd.io/2025/notes-from-perugia-journalism-values-and-building-the-web-we

The VLAI severity model is doing great with #Ivanti ;-)
#vulnerability #cybersecurity #opensource

#DevOps people, Is there any well known good approach to combine #Terraform / #OpenTofu with #Ansible ?
I suppose most #cloud environments have relatively good & complete providers and perhaps that makes it easy to have single sources of truth and all that jazz... but I'm using #Hetzner's cloud and there are some things that can't be exported through datasources outputs (for example private IP addresses).
I had to script my way around, adding Moonrepo and Deno on top of that... but my setup is extremely custom and probably not taking advantage of some common practices in the field.