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Pwning Nix through GitHub Actions.
https://ptrpa.ws/nixpkgs-actions-abuse
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Agent Workspace: Windows wird zum Copilot-Automat
Microsoft hat in der Insider-Vorschau "Copilot Actions" eingebaut. Die laufen auf einem speziellen Windows-Desktop.
https://www.heis…

From Hitchin Systems to Rational Elliptic Surfaces with C*-actions via Orbifold Hilbert Schemes
Yonghong Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14812 https://arx…

From Hitchin Systems to Rational Elliptic Surfaces with C*-actions via Orbifold Hilbert Schemes
Using orbifold Hilbert schemes, we compactify all two-dimensional Hitchin systems corresponding to types A0-tilde, D4-tilde, E6-tilde, E7-tilde, and E8-tilde, thereby obtaining four rational elliptic surfaces with C*-actions. Their singular fibers and relative minimal models are listed in the main table. To this end, we prove that Hilbert schemes of orbifold surfaces are connected smooth projective schemes under suitable conditions, and we use the Hilbert-Chow morphism to construct the minimal …

Great article in the FT about architects designing fancy public toilets and the need for better provision to make cities more inclusive
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/be904f2b-c4bb-4860-85f9-726cf4ce8c3a

“sudden, brutal and terrifying”
ACLU hits ICE with what will be the first of multiple legal actions over ICE’s illegal and unacceptable behavior in Minnesota.
My hope is that this is the road to an injunction.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/aclu-minnesota-accuses-ice-of-violating-constitutional-rights/

Heightened sense of urgency around this ‘No Kings Day’
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-18/la-me-no-kings-protest-strategy

Heightened sense of urgency around this ‘No Kings Day’
Many Americans feel Trump’s threats and norm-shattering actions have only gotten more intense as protesters prepare to take part Saturday in more than 2,700 ‘No Kings’ demonstrations scheduled across the country.

Pope Leo XIV urges ‘concrete actions’ on climate change at COP30
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251117-pope-leo-xiv-climate-change-cop30

Want to use {pak} as backend for {renv} actions? Set the variable RENV_CONFIG_PAK_ENABLED = TRUE #renv

[pak] Use pak for package installation · Issue #1210 · rstudio/renv
Related issues: #1268 #1331 #1330 #1334

Likewise, in today's UK, we say, "There is no immigration question".
"The Danes’ unified refusal to indulge hate and their insistence that there was no 'Jewish question' overtook their more powerful opponent, dashing their plans and even changing some of the German occupiers’ mindsets."
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We | The Nation

The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.

I spend a lot of my teaching life helping students learn to use Git, and I cannot emphasize enough how hostile the user experience of a merge conflict is for a new user. It looks like everything is broken. The terminology is crap. The verbiage is bamboozling. The default actions are all booby traps. The most important information is buried. The UI is terrible (both CLI and most GUIs). It’s incredibly easy to accidentally commit the conflict markers. It’s a nightmare.
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