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"Why Saudi Arabia raised oil output before Israel’s attack on Iran" headlines the Financial Times. An interesting aspect.
“I have no doubt that Trump asked the Saudis to pump more oil to deal with his three biggest problems: Iran, Russia and inflation,” said Bob McNally, a former adviser to President George W Bush and now head of Rapidan Energy Group. "

Why Saudi Arabia raised oil output before Israel’s attack on Iran
The US was pushing Riyadh for more crude but cartel politics were a more likely reason for the increase

Edinburgh-based Wordsmith, whose AI tools help legal teams automate contract and policy reviews, raised a $25M Series A led by Index Ventures (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/04/wordsmith-ai-raises-25m-build-legal-a…

Wordsmith AI raises $25M to build legal AI for in-house teams - SiliconANGLE
Wordsmith AI raises $25M to build legal AI for in-house teams - SiliconANGLE

Newly daylighted Canyon Creek brings lost habitat back to Spanish Banks
A long-hidden urban stream in Spanish Banks Beach Park has been brought back to the surface thanks to efforts by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.
Local Nations, community members and elected officials gathered today to celebrate the public opening of Canyon Creek, a previously buried waterway that ran through Pacific Spirit Regional Park and under the western parking lot at Spanish Banks

Newly daylighted Canyon Creek brings lost habitat back to Spanish Banks
A long-hidden urban stream in Spanish Banks Beach Park has been brought back to the surface thanks to efforts by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.

On the Weak Error for Local Stochastic Volatility Models
Peter K. Friz, Benjamin Jourdain, Thomas Wagenhofer, Alexandre Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10817

On the Weak Error for Local Stochastic Volatility Models
Local stochastic volatility refers to a popular model class in applied mathematical finance that allows for "calibration-on-the-fly", typically via a particle method, derived from a formal McKean-Vlasov equation. Well-posedness of this limit is a well-known problem in the field; the general case is largely open, despite recent progress in Markovian situations. Our take is to start with a well-defined Euler approximation to the formal McKean-Vlasov equation, followed by a newly established hal…

The Effects of GitHub Copilot on Computing Students' Programming Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Processes in Brownfield Programming Tasks
Md Istiak Hossain Shihab, Christopher Hundhausen, Ahsun Tariq, Summit Haque, Yunhan Qiao, Brian Mulanda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10051

The Effects of GitHub Copilot on Computing Students' Programming Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Processes in Brownfield Programming Tasks
When graduates of computing degree programs enter the software industry, they will most likely join teams working on legacy code bases developed by people other than themselves. In these so-called brownfield software development settings, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) coding assistants like GitHub Copilot are rapidly transforming software development practices, yet the impact of GenAI on student programmers performing brownfield development tasks remains underexplored. This paper i…

"..some residents in #Ballymena have started to mark their front doors to indicate their nationality to avoid attack.."
I lived in this town, Ian Paisley's home town and DUP core territory, for 3 years as a teenager. Not been back.
It was characterised by narrow-mindedness and bigotry then in the 60s.
The last place to concentrate migrants, if that is what has happene…

Police injured, houses burned in second night of riots in Northern Ireland
Rioters said to target ‘foreigners’ in Northern Ireland town following alleged sexual assault of local teenage girl.

Structural Parameterizations of $k$-Planarity
Tatsuya Gima, Yasuaki Kobayashi, Yuto Okada
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10717 https://ar…

Structural Parameterizations of $k$-Planarity
The concept of $k$-planarity is extensively studied in the context of Beyond Planarity. A graph is $k$-planar if it admits a drawing in the plane in which each edge is crossed at most $k$ times. The local crossing number of a graph is the minimum integer $k$ such that it is $k$-planar. The problem of determining whether an input graph is $1$-planar is known to be NP-complete even for near-planar graphs [Cabello and Mohar, SIAM J. Comput. 2013], that is, the graphs obtained from planar graphs by…

Not everyone can treat patients in the field.
But everyone can do something.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/msf-operations-gaza

MSF operations in Gaza
Last updated on May 14, 2025Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in Gaza for decades and our teams have been providing lifesaving medical aid throughout the devastating war. With both local Palestinian staff and international teams operating throughout Gaza, MSF is providing medical care and humanitarian relief at a time of unimaginable suffering.

Whole-Person Education for AI Engineers
Rubaina Khan, Tammy Mackenzie, Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Animesh Paul, Branislav Radelji\'c, Joshua Owusu Ansah, Beyza Nur Guler, Indrani Bhaduri, Rodney Kimbangu, Nils Ever Murrugarra Llerena, Hayoung Shin, Lilianny Virguez, Rosa Paccotacya Yanque, Thomas Mekha\"el, Allen Munoriyarwa, Leslie Salgado, Debarati Basu, Curwyn Mapaling, Natalie Perez, Yves Gaudet, Paula Larrondo

Whole-Person Education for AI Engineers
This autoethnographic study explores the need for interdisciplinary education spanning both technical and philosophical skills - as such, this study leverages whole-person education as a theoretical approach needed in AI engineering education to address the limitations of current paradigms that prioritize technical expertise over ethical and societal considerations. Drawing on a collaborative autoethnography approach of fourteen diverse stakeholders, the study identifies key motivations driving…

"Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort"
#Brazil #Argentina #Conservation #Animals

Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort
The dark rosettes dotting the golden-brown fur of the jaguar are no longer a rare sight in Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park. In 2010, the protected area’s population of jaguars (Panthera onca) was on the brink of local extinction. Now, thanks to persistent conservation efforts led by Yara Barros, a biologist and executive coordinator of the […]