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🏖️ The battle for sand: Murders, impunity and environmental destruction in the Dominican Republic
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-23/the-battle-for-sand-murders-impunity-and…

The battle for sand: Murders, impunity and environmental destruction in the Dominican Republic
The illegal extraction of materials from rivers, which are later utilized for construction in a process that’s organized by mafia-like groups, exposes the lack of state control in the country

In 1999, 307 people were killed in Moscow apartment bombings that propelled putin into control of russia.
Perhaps we should be glad that as potus moved toward control of the U.S., fewer people were immediately killed?
USAID cuts alone have already lead to tens of thousands of preventable deaths.
Gosh, this post got dark.

Experts say FCC chair Brendan Carr's threats to broadcasters violate the First Amendment and are an abuse of the FCC's power (Greg Sargent/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/200649/trump-ouster-kimmel-anna-gomez

Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.

Currently making my way through this podcast, S4, which is all about how the USA was founded, and how its supposed ideals have played out since then.
It strikes me that the root problem, before the genocide, the slavery, the exploitation and racism, is oligarchy.
#history #AmericanHistory

The Land That Never Has Been Yet
Scene on Radio host/producer John Biewen :Over the past few years, the survival of the United States as a democratic republic has become a topic of national conversation—Trumpian authoritar

Get ready, Sith and Jedi! Tonight, I'm streaming Star Wars: The Old Republic on Linux, and Twitch drops are enabled! That means you can get your hands on the awesome TF-6 Striker. See you in-game! #SWTOR #Gaming

Completely unsurprising.
From: @…
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
NEW REPUBLIC: “Donald Trump’s energy policy is already raising prices for consumers—and his administration is desperate for someone to blame.” The Trump tax on Americans is taking many forms. https://newrepublic.com/post/199346/donald-trump-blame-rising-energy-prices-tariffs

Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/198120/stephen-colbert-cancellation-ellison-trump "Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday."

The Democratic Establishment's Shunning of Mamdani Is Disqualifying (Perry Bacon/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/199293/democratic-establishment-shunning-mamdani-disqualifying
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p36#a250820p36

Trump’s Vile, Corrupt Attack on Adam Schiff Is Already Backfiring | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/198074/trump-adam-schiff-corrupt-attack-backfiring

Progress in the US becoming the 23rd Republic of Russia seems significantly higher than that of Canada becoming the 51st state of the US.

"Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate"
#Congo #FossilFuels #Climate

kugelmugel
https://www.republik-kugelmugel.at/

Federal Agents Are the New Proud Boys (Melissa Gira Grant/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/199263/federal-agents-dc-takeover-proud-boys-far-right-violence
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p135#a250819p135

Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/07/opening-up-the-congo-basin-rainforest-could-be-a-disaster-for-na…

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Sanctions Imposed on DPRK IT Workers Generating Revenue for the Kim Regime
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.Song facilitated an information technology (IT) worker scheme in which individuals, often DPRK nationals working from countries such as China and Russia, were recruited and provided with falsified ident…

I find it funny that Gap's retail brands capture the US so well: Old Navy, Banana Republic, Gap...

The Quiet Republic - Secession: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/08/05/the-quiet-republic-secession.html

"...a steady decline in the proportion of the adult population who believe the monarchy is good for Britain, falling from 60% in July 2019 to 51% in March 2024, according to You Gov."
And if you break out the Scottish part of the same poll, it is obvious that Scots want an independent republic. Only 34% think it's good for Scotland...

France is providing a wonderful example of why if and when we dumped the British Monarchy, a Canadian Republic would probably be best not to go to a fully elected Presidential system but rather keep the appointed and largely powerless Constitutional head of state with the same Parliamentary system.
There is something to be said for not only the simplicity of our Parliamentary system but also the election of MPs that turn into a Cabinet and PM.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #Republican https://journa.host/@w7voa/115175872332891929

This is from a blog entry posted in 2014. Plus ça change…. People make a lot of noise about the 2nd Amendment, and still some noise about the 1st, but it’s the 4th we should be making noise about, lately, and the other 7 are worth taking a look at today, too, while you’re enjoying your beers and brats on the bbq.

The Sith Lord's ultimate power is being able to run Star Wars: The Old Republic flawlessly on a penguin powered pc. Come see the dark side of open source tonight! #SWTOR #Streaming #PenguinPC

Trump has proposed a thesis:
Crime in D.C. will go down if masked paramilitaries flood the city and amble about the streets.
The task for the media, then, is to see if his theory stands up to the test
My former New Republic colleague Prem Thakker spent Wednesday morning at the Columbia Heights metro station witnessing a farce
as various troops and cops rode the escalators up and down and back again,
only to eventually nab a single alleged fare evader.
T…

The Useful Idiots in the Media Abetting Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Imagine if the president’s radical claims about reducing crime were actually scrutinized?

Germany, Poland, Czech Republic named first countries included in Ukraine's multiple citizenship law: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/germany-poland-czech-republic-named.html

#Trump never, ever intended on 'taking on the corporate elites'... like all you #MAGA folk got conned into believing.
Newsflash:
*Trump IS one of the corporate elites*
✅ The Epstein Files Anticlimax Is Exposing Trump for Who He Really Is | The New Republic

The Epstein Files Anticlimax Is Exposing Trump for Who He Really Is
The president promised to take on the corrupt elites. Now his MAGA faithful are starting to wonder if he’s no different.

#Vorarlberg is a lovely place.
https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/austrian-federal-province-or-swiss-canton

"Israel and America’s war with Iran is not just a strategic throw of the dice. It is a fundamental shift in how power operates in a multipolar world. Though a transition toward new models of collective security remains theoretically possible, as the foundations of US global hegemony wither under Donald Trump the current trajectory favours entropy over order. The danger is not merely in acts of war, it is also in the chaos they leave behind."

Chaos engulfs Iran. What can Britain and Europe do?
Whether it is a democracy or a dictatorship, a state that loses a long war usually faces a dangerous reckoning. For four decades the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran were anchor

1,700 #California workers, including 500 #Teamsters, left in lurch to be laid off as the buyer of major CA alcoholic #beverages distributor for 2,500 beverage brands, quickly winds down operations and ditches state to consolida…

RNDC to 'Withdraw' from California By End of Summer (Developing)
Not even halfway into 2025, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has hemorrhaged key supplier accounts in markets across the country, and especially in California. Now, VinePair has learned, the country’s second-largest wine-and-spirits distributor will be departing the Golden State entirely at the beginning of September. Over the weekend, social media was abuzz with versions of this rumor.

Today's stream is all about bringing a bonsai drip pot to life! We're 3D printing an oval drip pot for those tiny trees. Hopefully, it's more Zen than Z-wobble! Tune in! #3DPrinting #Bonsai #LiveStream

And so, it begins...
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"Jaroslav Skuta, a clarinetist from the Czech Republic, was scheduled to play four concerts - Saturday in Wilber, Sunday in Omaha, Monday in Lincoln and Tuesday in Fremont.
“For hours I was in their custody – phone and all devices confiscated, very rude bullying interrogation, threatening me with jail time. After (a) couple hours of this, they ultimately ordered to send me back home to Prague,” Skuta wrote.
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Nebraska concerts canceled after Czech musician denied entry into U.S.
Jaroslav Skuta, a clarinetist from the Czech Republic, was scheduled to play four concerts - Saturday in Wilber, Sunday in Omaha, Monday in Lincoln and Tuesday in Fremont, but he was detained at the airport in Detroit.

Uncovering forest loss in gorilla park six months after M23 offensive in the DRC https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/uncovering-forest-loss-in-gorilla-park-six-months-after-m23-offensive-in-the-drc/

Uncovering forest loss in gorilla park six months after M23 offensive in the DRC
Six months ago, the M23 rebel group seized Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the time since, local activists and satellite images compiled by Mongabay have identified sites with soaring forest loss in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, southwest of Goma. In this vast area of primary […]

Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People's Republic of China (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/further-modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-to-reflect-ongoing-discussions-with-the-peoples-republic-of-china/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p120#a250811p120

banana republic shit https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-cornyn-fbi-granted-request-locate-fleeing-texas/story?id=124446304

FBI granted request to 'locate' fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
The FBI declined to comment on the matter.

You Trump voters just gave up 250 years of American liberty & freedom to a dimwitted, childish Emperor.
Trump isn't just a criminal & a fascist: He's a modern day DESPOT & you #Trump voters made this happen.
From: @…

The New Republic (@newrepublic) on Threads
Sudden federal takeovers of America’s cities will apparently be the new normal. Several officials, including one senior administration official, told Rolling Stone that it is now a priority to normalize military deployments to cities across the country. https://trib.al/2bj5Grx

Elite 25: The Arizona Republic's top boys 2025 HS cross-country runners; vote in our poll https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/08/28/vote-top-arizona-boys-cross-country-runners-2025/85585172007/

“The Americans must understand—any US military incursion will undoubtedly lead to irreversible consequences.”
Experts believe one of the repercussions of US military adventurism against the Islamic Republic would be the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran controls.
According to Tanker Trackers data, more than 80 percent of oil passes through this narrow strip 
-- and if it’s closed, the global economy and energy sector will be dealt a heavy blow.
Most multi-nation…

Strait of Hormuz closure in event of US aggression against Iran to paralyze world economy
As regional tensions escalate amid the Israeli regime’s brutal aggression against the Islamic Republic, the possibility of the closure of Strait of Hormuz is a possibility, according to experts.

FFOTUS has tossed our US Constitution into the paper shredder and disclaimed any restraints on his powers.
OK. Then....
Congress can play the same game - it can hire its own armed forces. (How and where it gets the money is an exercise left to the reader.)
And generals, more likely colonels, in the US military can say "we don't need no stinkin' commander-in-chief to tells us what to do." This would bring on a good 'ol South American Banana Republic …

Comparison of the effectiveness and costs of hepatitis A vaccination strategies to mitigate future deaths in the Republic of Korea
Yuna Lim, Yubin Seo, Jacob Lee, Eunok Jung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05373

Comparison of the effectiveness and costs of hepatitis A vaccination strategies to mitigate future deaths in the Republic of Korea
Improved hygiene and infant vaccinations have led to age specific variations in hepatitis A antibody prevalence in Korea, with lower rates among individuals in their 20s to 40s. Given that the fatality rate of hepatitis A increases for those aged 50 and older, the low immunity level among younger adults indicates a future risk of increased deaths in older age groups without additional preventive measures.We developed an age structured transmission model to assess the impact of adult vaccination…

Observation of Astrophysical Sources with SST-1M Telescopes -- First Results
Jakub Jury\v{s}ek (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Thomas Tavernier (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Vladim\'ir Novotn\'y (for the SST-1M Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17451

Observation of Astrophysical Sources with SST-1M Telescopes -- First Results
The Single-Mirror Small Size Cherenkov Telescope (SST-1M) was developed by a consortium of institutes in Switzerland, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The SST-1M design is based on the Davies-Cotton concept, featuring a 4-meter mirror and an innovative SiPM-based camera. It is most sensitive to gamma rays in the TeV and multi-TeV energy bands. Since 2022, two SST-1M prototypes have been commissioned at the Ondrejov Observatory in the Czech Republic, where their performance in both mono and stere…

"The ship of fools, is an allegory, first appearing in Book VI of Plato's Republic, about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge. "
#redux #Plato

Centrist Democrats Are the Actual Traitors to Their Party (Aaron Regunberg/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/197994/centrist-democrats-cuomo-jeffries-traitors-party
http://www.memeorandum.com/250717/p157#a250717p157

Secret ballots no more.
According to The New Republic:
In Disturbing Move, Trump’s DOJ Demands Voting Data From States;
It’s part of a sweeping project led by election deniers. Voting rights advocates are alarmed.
https://newrepublic.com/post/200204/do

In Disturbing Move, Trump’s DOJ Demands Voting Data From States
It’s part of a sweeping project led by election deniers. Voting rights advocates are alarmed.

A closer look at what's important from the Arizona Cardinals' preseason win over the Raiders https://www.azcentral.com/videos/sports/nfl/cardinals/2025/08/24/arizona-cardinals-las-vegas-raiders-nfl-pr…

Brazil Stopped Its Trump. It’s Pathetic that We Couldn’t Stop Ours. | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/200428/brazil-bolsonaro-trump-coup-constitution

Brazil Stopped Its Trump. It’s Pathetic that We Couldn’t Stop Ours.
Brazil barred Bolsonaro from running again and is sending him to jail. Other countries have done it, too. Why is the United States a unique failure?

Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Chinese espionage campaign targeted House staffers ahead of trade talks,
--Ethical hackers uncover catastrophic flaws in restaurant chain's platforms,
--Salesloft Drift hack began last March,
--Customer data stolen in Wealthsimple breach,
--Trump to formally nominate Harman for NSA/Cybercom slot,
--Don't trust XChat's e…

Chinese espionage campaign targeted House staffers ahead of trade talks
Ethical hackers uncover catastrophic flaws in restaurant chain's platforms, Salesloft Drift hack began last March, Customer data stolen in Wealthsimple breach, Trump to formally nominate Harman for NSA/Cybercom slot, Don't trust XChat's encryption, Czech Republic warns of Chinese tech, much more

Hš cada chalado neste mundo...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7xl4p53ko

Czech police finally catch up with 'phantom racing car driver'
A red racing car has been sighted on motorways in the Czech Republic since 2019 but until now has evaded police.

Digital Iran Reloaded: Gamer Mitigation Tactics of IRI Information Controls
Melinda Cohoon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09063 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.0906…

Digital Iran Reloaded: Gamer Mitigation Tactics of IRI Information Controls
Internet censorship in the Islamic Republic of Iran restricts access to global platforms and services, forcing users to rely on circumvention technologies such as VPNs, proxies, and tunneling tools. This report presents findings from a mixed-methods study of 660 Iranian internet users, with a focus on gamers as a digitally literate and socially networked community. Survey data are combined with network measurements of latency and VPN performance to identify both technical and social strategies …

welcome to the people's republic of new york

Funny commentary on https://oilprice.com. No problem with disproving their own statement in the very next sentence.

Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Crude oil prices & gas price charts. Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice

ICE Agents in Despair Under Stephen Miller’s Impossible Orders | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/197814/ice-agents-miserable-stephen-miller

Due in THREE (3) DAYS.
https://bsky.app/profile/lflegal.bsky.social/post/3lxkhvgqdhs2e
Post:
“Comments Needed to Stop republican Attack on Section 503: Proposal will gut rules about federal contractors hiring disabled workers”

The Supreme Court Says Laws Aren't Real (Matt Ford/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/198007/supreme-court-education-department-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p135#a250716p135

Streaming Star Wars: The Old Republic from my Linux PC tonight. My character is on the Dark Side, but the power of the open-source community is with me. #SWTOR #LinuxGaming #TheOldRepublic

Czech cyber agency warns against using services and products that send data to China https://therecord.media/czech-nukib-warns-against-products-sending-data-china

Mesoscale FEM Model of Concrete: Statistical Assessment of Inherent Stress Concentrations in Dependence on Phase Heterogeneity
Jan Ma\v{s}ek (Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic), Petr Miarka (Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Ci…

Mesoscale FEM Model of Concrete: Statistical Assessment of Inherent Stress Concentrations in Dependence on Phase Heterogeneity
Concrete heterogeneity originates from its production process, which involves bonding aggregates with a binder matrix. This study presents a mesoscale finite element model (MFEM) that offers detailed insights into the fracture process at the aggregate-cement matrix interface, focusing on one of concrete's key properties: its mechanical response. Unlike discrete models, which often average out critical stress concentrations within the mesostructure, the MFEM approach captures detailed stress dis…

Russia's Kupol military plant reportedly halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/russias-kupol-military-plant-reportedly.html

Legend is Rome decided not to have kings anymore, and so created the first modern-ish republic, because of a sex crime by someone close to their king.
Our entire system of government has a history of not having sex crimes be acceptable.
But the felon in chief thinks pretending sex criminal close friends of his don’t implicate and contaminate him.
Legend is Romans exiled their last king.
#USpol

XUV fluorescence as a probe of interatomic Coulombic decay of resonantly excited He nanodroplets
Keshav Sishodia (Department of Physics and Quantum Center of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, ELI Beamlines facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Doln\'i B\v{r}e\v{z}any, Czech Republic), Ltaief Ben Ltaief (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark), Niklas Scheel (Department …

XUV fluorescence as a probe of interatomic Coulombic decay of resonantly excited He nanodroplets
Superfluid He nanodroplets resonantly excited by extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses exhibit complex relaxation dynamics, including the formation of metastable excited He$^*$ atoms trapped in bubbles, the desorption of excited atoms from the droplet surface, and autoionization via interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD). Irradiation with intense infrared pulses can trigger avalanche ionization, leading to the formation and subsequent expansion of a He nanoplasma. Here, we introduce a novel approach to p…

Washington braces for an unpredictable response from a cornered but determined Islamic Republic.
While the Iranian government downplayed the impact of the U.S. attack, noting the depths of its nuclear know-how built over decades of study,
U.S. military officials said its precision strikes against Iran’s three main nuclear facilities caused “extremely severe damage and destruction.”
A senior Israeli official told The Times that Jerusalem was so satisfied with the operation th…

U.S. braces for response as Iran weighs its options
U.S. military officials said its precision strikes against Iran's three main nuclear facilities caused "extremely severe damage and destruction."

What's Up With Peter Thiel's Obsession With the Antichrist? (Gil Duran/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/200471/peter-thiel-obsession-antichrist-religion
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p145#a250916p145

Stereo performance of SST-1M at different altitudes
Patrik \v{C}echvala (for the SST-1M collaboration), Vladim\'ir Novotn\'y (for the SST-1M collaboration), Ji\v{r}\'i Bla\v{z}ek (for the SST-1M collaboration), Ana Laura M\"uller (for the SST-1M collaboration), Jakub Jury\v{s}ek (for the SST-1M collaboration), Thomas Tavernier (for the SST-1M collaboration)

Stereo performance of SST-1M at different altitudes
The SST-1M telescopes are a pair of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) that have been operating at the Ondřejov Observatory (510 m a.s.l.) in the Czech Republic since 2022. Optimized for detecting gamma rays in the energy range 1-300 TeV, they are capable of performing both mono and stereo observations. Despite challenging atmospheric conditions, SST-1M has successfully detected several galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources with energies reaching up to 200 TeV during its o…

peter stampfel titled a 1989 album "people's republic of rock and roll," which thomas #pynchon used as a thing in "vineland" the next year. was he borrowing from stampfel?! can't find any earlier usages in google books or internet archive or the independent voices database of underground newspapers. @…

Department of Homeland Security Memo | The New Republic
https://archive.ph/2nETW

This afternoon's 10–15W SSB #POTA #HamRadio activation. Three QSOs on 15m including Dominican Republic. Then when I needed just one more QSO to successfully activate US-4857 for my first time, I got Germany with a 33 signal report on 15W. ❤️ Most of the QSOs were on only 10W.

My Linux rig's hyperdrive is fully engaged! Streaming Star Wars: The Old Republic tonight, and I can confirm that the game runs at lightspeed. Come join the adventure! #SWTOR #StarWars #Linux …

MAGA's Doxing War Over Charlie Kirk Is Already Going Off the Rails (Edith Olmsted/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/200472/maga-doxxing-charlie-kirk-going-off-rails
http://www.memeorandum.com/250915/p155#a250915p155

To the GenZ & GenAlpha... I'm so sorry.
I hope you all grow up w/ a better sense of civic duty & what it means to be a Republic than previous generations did.
Take heart in knowing the dumbassed male Boomers & GenX like me will all be dead by then.
That is, if we're still a democracy. 😕

Pro-Ukrainian partisans reportedly destroy railway electrical transformer in Southern Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/24/proukrainian-partisans-reportedly-destroy-railway.html

Observation of VER J2019 368 with the SST-1M stereoscopic system
Jakub Jury\v{s}ek (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Thomas Tavernier (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Ana Laura M\"uller (for the SST-1M Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16408

Observation of VER J2019+368 with the SST-1M stereoscopic system
The Single-Mirror Small Size Telescope (SST-1M) is a small Cherenkov telescope designed to detect gamma rays with energies more than about 1 TeV. The optical design of the SST-1M follows the Davies-Cotton concept to ensure good off-axis performance. In 2022, two SST-1M telescope prototypes were installed in Ondrejov, Czech Republic, and stereoscopic observations of astrophysical gamma-ray sources have been performed since then. VER J2019+368 is an unidentified very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray s…

Even my taco Spanish tells me she said she's proudly Guatamalan (like I'd mention my ethnic roots) but first, she's American..."The Trump administration and MAGA world are attacking Representative Delia Ramirez over a bad-faith translation."
DHS Stoops to Shocking Low in Racist Attack on Latina Congresswoman | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish

The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left For Charlie Kirk's Shooting (Robert McCoy/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/200302/left-far-right-charlie-kirk-shooting-utah
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p149#a250910p149

Deterministic and Stochastic Study of the X-ray Emission from the TeV Blazar Mrk~421
Radim P\'anis (Research Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics in Opava, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic), Gopal Bhatta (Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona G\'ora, Zielona G\'ora, Poland), Tek P. Adhikari (CAS Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology …

Deterministic and Stochastic Study of the X-ray Emission from the TeV Blazar Mrk~421
We present a comprehensive timing analysis of X-ray data from the {\it XMM-Newton} satellite, examining 50 light curves covering 17 years of observations of the blazar Mrk~421. This work uses classical deterministic and stochastic methods in a novel way, enabling the distinction of temporal scales and offering essential insights through correlations among parameters. Deterministic behaviors are primarily explored through recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), used innovatively by varying the…

"Mass detention isn’t merely a step along the way to achieving Trump’s goal of mass deportation. Mass detention is also the goal."
The Abuses at ICE Detention Centers Fulfill a Trump Campaign Promise | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/198275/ugly-truth-ice-abusive-detention-centers

SST-1M Observations of Markarian 421
Srija Reddy Muthyala (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Anabella Araudo (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Jakub Jury\v{s}ek (for the SST-1M Collaboration), Ana Laura M\"uller (for the SST-1M Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18445

SST-1M Observations of Markarian 421
Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) is the closest and one of the brightest high-frequency peaked blazars, located at a redshift of z = 0.031. It is a strong source of gamma rays, and its broadband emission has been extensively studied over the years through multi-wavelength observations from various telescopes. Mrk 421 has been a target of observational campaigns conducted by the SST-1M telescopes - two single-mirror small-size Cherenkov telescopes at Ondrejov Observatory, Prague, Czech Republic. These te…

May the Force be with me... and my stream! Firing up my Linux PC to stream Star Wars: The Old Republic tonight. Hope to see you in chat! #StarWarsTheOldRepublic #Streaming #Gaming

Revealing a ribbon-like jet in OJ 287 with RadioAstron
E. Traianou (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Interdisziplinares Zentrum fur Wissenschaftliches Rechnen), J. L. Gomez (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), I. Cho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daedeok-daero 776, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34055, Republic of Korea, Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Yonsei-ro 50, Seodaemun-gu, 03722 Seoul, Republic of Korea, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), A. Chael…

Revealing a ribbon-like jet in OJ 287 with RadioAstron
We present space-based very long baseline interferometry observations of the BL Lac type object OJ 287 taken with RadioAstron at 22 GHz on April 25, 2016, in conjunction with a ground array comprising 27 radio telescopes. We detect ground-space fringes at projected baselines extending up to 4.6 Earth diameters, which allowed us to image the jet in OJ 287 with an angular resolution of ~47 μas. Applying an advanced regularized maximum likelihood imaging method, we resolved the innermost jet stru…

The Epstein Files Anticlimax Is Exposing Trump for Who He Really Is (Alex Shephard/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/197760/epstein-files-exposing-trump-elites
http://www.memeorandum.com/250709/p150#a250709p150

How Brett Kavanaugh Is Putting His Thumb on the Scale for Trump | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/198304/trump-tariff-lawsuit-brett-kavanaugh?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

Back in the galaxy! Firing up SWTOR on my Linux PC tonight. Get ready to jump into the action. I'm going live soon, so tune in and let's go on an adventure! #SWTOR #LinuxGaming #StarWarsTheOldRepublic

Tonight's forecast: 100% chance of me accidentally jumping into a Sarlacc pit while streaming SWTOR from my Linux PC. Come for the epic storyline, stay for my inevitable, clumsy demise! #StarWars #LiveStream

My Linux PC and I are venturing back into the Old Republic tonight! Expect epic space battles, questionable dialogue choices, and me probably falling off something tall. Tune into the #SWTOR stream! #StarWarsTheOldRepublic

Tonight's the night for a Retro Pixel Party! We're diving deep into nostalgia with The Settlers (1993), streaming live from my Linux PC. Get ready for some classic resource management and pixelated perfection! Hope to see you there! #RetroGaming #TheSettlers

The Real Reason for Zohran's Success Should Rattle National Democrats (Greg Sargent/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/198482/zohran-mamdani-success-rattle-national-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/250728/p23#a250728p23

Like It or Not, We Are All D.C. Now ... January 6, 2021, was the end of Washington, D.C., as a capital city. (Meredith Shiner/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/199642/trump-dc-statehood-occupation-chicago
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p49#a250828p49

Firing up SWTOR on my Linux rig for tonight's stream! My character's Force powers are strong, but my ability to avoid standing in fire is... a work in progress. Wish me luck (and minimal rezzing)! #MMORPG #Gaming 🐧 🧙‍♂️

My Linux PC and I are venturing back into Middle-earth tonight with #LOTRO! Expect epic quests, questionable fashion choices, and me probably getting stuck on a rock. Join the adventure! https://www.twitch.tv/tuxramus…

Trump Flips Out at Republican Lawmaker Exposing the Party on Epstein (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/198196/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-massie-exposing-party-epstein
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p65#a250722p65