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University College London: Stop Sepsis Experiments on Rodents! #AnimalRights

University College London: Stop Sepsis Experiments on Rodents!
University College London is infecting rodents with bacteria to cause sepsis and then killing them in painful experiments. Urge the university to stop.

roadnet: U.S. roads (CA, PA, TX)
Road networks from three US states (CA, PA, TX), in which edges are stretches of road and vertices are intersections of roads.
This network has 1971281 nodes and 5533214 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/roadnet

The Long Walk (2025) ★★★★☆
Surprisingly deep. Will probably be far too bleak for some.
I've read the book and this is one of the rare great Stephen King adaptations.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_long_walk_2025

Ein Ausfall bei AWS hat weltweit für Chaos gesorgt – Zoom-Meetings platzten, Online-Behördendienste fielen aus, Apps standen still. Doch iX-Autor Martin Gerhard Loschwitz sieht den Vorfall nicht nur als technisches Problem, sondern als Symptom eines viel größeren Missstands. ⚙️
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TASO: Task-Aligned Sparse Optimization for Parameter-Efficient Model Adaptation
Daiye Miao, Yufang Liu, Jie Wang, Changzhi Sun, Yunke Zhang, Demei Yan, Shaokang Dong, Qi Zhang, Yuanbin Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17688

TASO: Task-Aligned Sparse Optimization for Parameter-Efficient Model Adaptation
LoRA has become one of the most widely used parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods due to its simplicity and effectiveness. However, numerous studies have shown that LoRA often introduces substantial parameter redundancy, which not only increases the number of trainable parameters but also hinders the effectiveness of fine-tuning. Since identifying redundant parameters in LoRA is inherently difficult, how to eliminate them efficiently and accurately remains a challenging problem. In this paper…

Microdrama platforms borrow aggressive, user-hostile monetization and retention tactics from free-to-play mobile gaming to fuel in-app purchases and ad revenue (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/805250/hollywood-…

Hollywood is in love with microdramas, for all the wrong reasons
Apps like ReelShort and DramaBox have seen strong growth and huge revenue numbers by embracing user-hostile design choices.

"In 2024, the group focused on recruiting and retention, women serving on submarines and mothers reintegrating to military life after pregnancy"
Pentagon shutters women’s advisory group
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/defense-womens-advisory-group/

Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge (Irene Rotondo/masslive.com)
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/08/mass-mom-detained-by-ice-for-10-days-over-decades-old-minor-marijuana-charge.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250824/p1#a250824p1

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.
In Pennsylvania,
the far-right took advantage of No Kings protests
using them 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
in the run up to the critically important November 2025 Supreme Court Retention election.
Across the state,
"No Kings" attendees reported MAGA activists 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨
trying to trick voters into voting No,
the GOP ballot choice,
in their …

Kinematics of Stellar Streams from Globular Clusters Depend on Black Hole Retention and Star Mass: A Selection Effect for Dark Matter Inference
Newlin C. Weatherford, Ana Bonaca
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15307

Kinematics of Stellar Streams from Globular Clusters Depend on Black Hole Retention and Star Mass: A Selection Effect for Dark Matter Inference
Velocity dispersion ($σ$) in stellar streams from globular clusters (GCs) is sensitive to heating by Galactic substructure, including dark matter (DM) subhalos. Recent studies have compared $σ$ in observed and modeled streams to probe DM properties, but have relied on stream models that neglect strong encounters, black holes (BHs), and mass segregation in GCs. Such phenomena may inflate stream $σ$ or introduce selection effects -- e.g., a $σ$ that depends on star mass ($m$). We investigate …