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CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert condemns parent company Paramount Global settling President Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes story as a "big fat bribe" (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/colbert-ste

The Paramount comics, Colbert and Stewart, are sharp critics of the '60 Minutes' deal
Stephen Colbert returned from vacation loaded for bear. The CBS late-night comic referred to the settlement between his parent company, Paramount Global, and President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview as a “big, fat bribe.” The deal was made while Paramount is awaiting Trump administration approval of its sale to Skydance Media. Colbert's comments on his show Monday came a week after Jon Stewart of Comedy Central, another Paramount-owned company

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out
against the $16 million settlement
paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/st…

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million settlement paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.

Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000 employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates (Nathan Owens/Manufacturing Dive)
https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/int

Intel layoffs exceed 5,000 across US
The chipmaker more than doubled its anticipated job cuts in California, adding to its overall downsizing across four states.

Russian officials celebrate end of Moscow's isolation after Putin-Trump summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/russian-officials-celebrate-end-of.html

heise | Wärme aus Haus und Wohnung bekommen: Wie Sie es clever und automatisch umsetzen
Es ist gar nicht so einfach, mit richtigen Lüftungsroutinen die Temperatur im Haus niedrig zu halten. Clevere Automatisierungen helfen hier enorm.

new_zealand_collab: New Zealand scientific collaborations (2015)
A network of scientific collaborations among institutions in New Zealand. Nodes are institutions (universities, organizations, etc.), and two nodes i,j are connected if Scopus lists at least one publication with authors at institutions i and j, in the period 2010-2015. Edges are weighted by the number of such collaborations. Nodes are annotated with the categorical type of institution.
This network has 1511 nodes an…

CBS says The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026 and that this was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night" (Peter White/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/07/the-late-show-with-ste…

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Ending Next Year With CBS Retiring Late-Night Franchise
In a shocking move, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season.  We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show franchise at that time.  We are proud that Stephen […]

Way to go California!
Use of deadly force by police down in California,
while increasing in red states.
Interesting article. 👇
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/deadly-force-police-20763666.php

new_zealand_collab: New Zealand scientific collaborations (2015)
A network of scientific collaborations among institutions in New Zealand. Nodes are institutions (universities, organizations, etc.), and two nodes i,j are connected if Scopus lists at least one publication with authors at institutions i and j, in the period 2010-2015. Edges are weighted by the number of such collaborations. Nodes are annotated with the categorical type of institution.
This network has 1511 nodes an…

Academics and colleagues are rallying around a California university professor who was arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer during a chaotic immigration raid at a cannabis farm that resulted in a worker’s death.
John Caravello, a math and philosophy professor at California State University Channel Islands, joined a crowd of protesters who confronted immigration agents when they arrived at Glass House cannabis farm in Camarillo, a community about 50 miles north of Los …