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Southern California mountain lions recommended for threatened status
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has recommended granting threatened species status
to roughly 1,400 mountain lions roaming the Central Coast and Southern California,
pointing to grave threats posed by freeways, rat poison and fierce wildfires.
The determination, released Wednesday, is not the final say
but signals a possibility that several clans of the iconic cougars will be …

Southern California mountain lions recommended for threatened status
The California wildlife department is recommending listing mountain lions in Southern California and the Central Coast as threatened.

California SB 243, which would mandate safety protocols for AI companion chatbots, has passed the State Assembly and Senate and now heads to Gov. Newsom's desk (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/a-ca

A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law | TechCrunch
SB 243 passed the California Senate on Thursday and heads to Gov. Newsom's desk. If SB 243 is enacted, California would become the first state to require operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions and hold companies legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet those standards.

Dieser Hass, dieses Ausmaß an Bigotterie ...
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-12/marco-rubio-aussenministerium-schrift-diversitaet-inklusion-calibri-times-new-roman-gxe

Kyiv Independent celebrates 1 year of the Explaining Ukraine newsletter with Kate Tsurkan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/10/kyiv-independent-celebrates-year-of.html

Patreon launches Quips, short tweet-like posts that serve as previews to content behind paywalls, and adds tools for content creators to collaborate on posts (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/816723/patreon-features-quips-recom…

Patreon is adding tweet-like features and more recommended content
Patreon is adding tweet-like mini posts, collaborative content, and more recommendations to its platform.

#California legislature votes new #Law in to ban feline declawing
https://www.mer…

California bans cat declawing under new state law
Leading veterinary organization opposed the bill, animal welfare groups said practice is painful and cruel

The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump
By Adriaan Basson
https://www.news24.com/opinions/columnists/adriaan-basson-the-collaborators-who-betrayed-their-country-for-trump-20251110-1110

Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump
History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump’s barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners – one of the wealthiest tribes in Africa – to advance his white supremacist ideology, writes Adriaan Basson.

Boosted decision tree reweighting of simulated neutrino interactions for $O(1)$ GeV neutrino cross-section measurements
Z. Lin (The MINERvA Collaboration), S. Akhter (The MINERvA Collaboration), Z. Ahmad Dar (The MINERvA Collaboration), N. S. Alex (The MINERvA Collaboration), M. Betancourt (The MINERvA Collaboration), S. Boyd (The MINERvA Collaboration), H. Budd (The MINERvA Collaboration), G. Caceres (The MINERvA Collaboration), G. A. D\'iaz (The MINERvA Collaboration), J. Felix (…

Boosted decision tree reweighting of simulated neutrino interactions for $O(1)$ GeV neutrino cross-section measurements
This paper illustrates a generic method for multi-dimensional reweighting of $O(1)$ GeV neutrino interaction Monte Carlo samples. The reweighting is based on a Boosted Decision Tree algorithm trained on high-dimensional space in detector final state observables. This enables one generator's events to be reweighted so that its reconstructed particle content and kinematics distributions, as well as detector efficiency, match those of a target model. The approach establishes an efficient way to re…

Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones trolled by Packers fans with clever Micah Parsons sign https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-trolled-by-packers-fans-clever-micah-parsons-sign

Nathan Calvin, general counsel of AI safety nonprofit Encode, says OpenAI used intimidation tactics to undermine California's SB 53 while it was being debated (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/10/1…

A 3-person policy nonprofit that worked on California’s AI safety law is publicly accusing OpenAI of intimidation tactics
In a widely read post on social media, the general counsel of Encode said OpenAI used subpoenas and political muscle to intimidate the firm and to undermine California’s new AI safety bill, all while falsely claiming the firm was funded by Elon Musk.