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product_space: Atlas of Economic Complexity export network
Two networks of economic products, where a pair of products are connected if they are exported at similar rates by the same countries. The data are a projection from a bipartite network of nations and the products they export. Edges weights represent a similarity score (called "proximity"). Data based on UN Comtrade worldwide trade patterns. SITC network based on the Standard International Trade Classification and HS …

#China is not mincing its words and reminds the #UN that it must fulfill its own obligations and enforce international law against #Israel.
A clear, understandable and welcome statement. It seems as if the autocratic sta…

[PODCAST] Episode 308: The Campus Free Speech Panic: Who’s Fueling the Misinformation Machine?
https://pca.st/episode/a003e200-73bf-405f-9036-f96590459999
“Bradford Vivian is at Penn State. His latest book is Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in Am…

Two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes early Saturday
by a man who apparently posed as a police officer — and is still on the loose.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman was shot in her Brooklyn Park home,
while fellow party member Sen. John Hoffman was targeted roughly 8 miles away in Champlin.
A manhunt is on for the suspect, who was wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants.

Two Minnesota Democrats, a third victim shot in their homes by madman posing as cop: reports
A manhunt is on for the suspect, who was wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants.

It’s especially frustrating because there •is• election manipulation happening in plain sight: voter suppression, gerrymandering, a vast media empire of right-wing falsehood, microtargeted disinformation from billionaires and hostile foreign states alike, GOP- and Putin-backed grifters posing as left-leaning third party candidates and then just pocketing the donations and disappearing —
•none• of that even in doubt. We do not need to search for a shadowy conspiracy. Democracy’s being strangled in broad daylight.
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Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Timothy Dubber, Seth Lazar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12094 https:/…

Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure
This paper argues that autonomous AI cyber-weapons - Military-AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) - create a credible pathway to catastrophic risk. It sets out the technical feasibility of MAICAs, explains why geopolitics and the nature of cyberspace make MAICAs a catastrophic risk, and proposes political, defensive-AI and analogue-resilience measures to blunt the threat.

Ich habe das Gefühl, dass das #Terrorregime #Netanjahu sich zu bald schon als Sieger im Krieg gegen den #Iran wähnt. Das kann noch ein ganz böses Ende nehmen.
Aber wie sagte meine Tante immer: Dummheit und St…

Es scheint dem #Terrorregime #Netanjahu in Israel richtig Lust zu bereiten, Städte mit Bomben zu verwüsten und Zivilisten zu töten, ist es in #Gaza, in

China nimmt sich kein Blatt vor den Mund und erinnert die UN daran, dass sie ihren eigenen Verpflichtungen nachkommen und internationales Recht auch gegenüber Israel durchsetzen müssen.
Ein klares, nachvollziehbares und begrüßenswertes Statement. Es scheint, als müsste der autokratische Staat China demokratischen Staaten erklären, was internationales Recht bedeutet.
China beschuldigt #Israel…

"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