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WaPo joins the NYT, the Atlantic, and the Guardian US in rejecting the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Monday deadline; OANN will sign the policy (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/washington-post-nyt-reject-pentagon-pr…

Washington Post, NYT and More Reject Trump's Revised Pentagon Press Policy, Citing First Amendment Rights
The Washington Post joined the New York Times, the Atlantic and the Guardian U.S. in spurring the Pentagon’s new press restrictions ahead of its Monday deadline.

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson thinks the “No Kings” rally planned for next week is a “Hate America” rally meant to extend the government shutdown
—something someone who has never been to a “No Kings” event would say. 
The “No Kings” rally is a nationwide action with a very simple goal:
oppose the blatantly authoritarian tilt of the Trump administration.
The protests are supported by groups like the Human Rights Campaign,
the American Civil Liberties Union,

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant
The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.

RAG4Tickets: AI-Powered Ticket Resolution via Retrieval-Augmented Generation on JIRA and GitHub Data
Mohammad Baqar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08667 https://

RAG4Tickets: AI-Powered Ticket Resolution via Retrieval-Augmented Generation on JIRA and GitHub Data
Modern software teams frequently encounter delays in resolving recurring or related issues due to fragmented knowledge scattered across JIRA tickets, developer discussions, and GitHub pull requests (PRs). To address this challenge, we propose a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework that integrates Sentence-Transformers for semantic embeddings with FAISS-based vector search to deliver context-aware ticket resolution recommendations. The approach embeds historical JIRA tickets, user comm…

Can AI Explanations Make You Change Your Mind?
Laura Spillner, Rachel Ringe, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08158 https://arxiv.or…

Can AI Explanations Make You Change Your Mind?
In the context of AI-based decision support systems, explanations can help users to judge when to trust the AI's suggestion, and when to question it. In this way, human oversight can prevent AI errors and biased decision-making. However, this rests on the assumption that users will consider explanations in enough detail to be able to catch such errors. We conducted an online study on trust in explainable DSS, and were surprised to find that in many cases, participants spent little time on the e…

#Anthropic apparently claimed «it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits».

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

L'aire de pique-nique est très mal indiquée, les aménagements très rustiques, la vue quelconque. Nul. #OuessantCestMoche #bzh #Ouessant

NiSi$_2$ as seed layer for epitaxial growth of NiAl and Cr on Si(001)
Mohamed Ben Chroud, Thu-Huong Thi Tran, Johan Swerts, Kristiaan Temst, Robert Carpenter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09539

NiSi$_2$ as seed layer for epitaxial growth of NiAl and Cr on Si(001)
In general, metal layers cannot be grown epitaxially on Si due to the tendency of metals to react and form a silicide. Even in case the metal layer has a matching lattice symmetry and atomic distance, the Si/metal interface is disturbed by the silicide thus preventing epitaxial growth. One exception is NiAl which is known to grow epitaxially when deposited on Si(001). During the growth, NiAl reacts with Si to form NiSi$_2$. In this work, epitaxial NiAl is grown and significant silicidation is o…

Ex-Fox Sports personality and Cowboys fan Skip Bayless struggles processing 'sensational' Micah Parsons start with the Packers https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/09/12/skip-bayless-reacts-mica…

California Central Coast elected officials, nonprofit organizers, and immigrant rights advocates are preparing for an incoming increase in immigration enforcement
following recent developments at the federal level, including the U.S. Supreme Court decision to lift restrictions in the region,
and billions of dollars that will soon be available to fund more detention centers, officers, and ICE enforcement operations.
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administrati…

Central Coast Leaders Prepare for Surge in Federal Immigration Response
Elected officials and organizers are speaking out against the incoming increase in enforcement and ICE funding.

Last month, Judge Goodstein had temporarily blocked the state’s election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice,
a decision that was openly criticized by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon
and later reversed by the state Supreme Court.
The DOJ had sought the information, including names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers,
of over three million registered voters as part of Trump’s M…

"House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down" #ELB
Time: Police are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work. State law enforcement is investigating the house fire … Continue reading “House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down” →