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This will distract consciousness researchers from working on human suffering? Denying qualia are real isn't helpful either https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sophisticated-ai-suffering The more sophisticated

"Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025"
#Nature #Environment

Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025  - Carbon Brief
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

A Panchromatic JWST Spectrum of a Giant #Starspot on the Fully Convective M Dwarf TOI-3884: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae6fb6 -> The First Starspot Spectrum Revealed by JWST: https://aasnova.org/2026/06/02/the-first-starspot-spectrum-revealed-by-jwst/

A detailed recap of the real-world target hacks by OpenAI's and Anthropic's models, exposing failures in AI alignment training and meaningful supervision (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/further-developments-about-interna…

Further Developments About Internal AI Models Hacking Things
If I had a nickel for every major leading AI lab that sheepishly admitted that the model it thought was sandboxed had, during a cybersecurity evaluation with its safeguards lowered, successfully hacked outside companies, I would have two nickels.

"the spectre of communism is stalking Europe" factoid actually just statistical error. Most places in Europe have never been visited by the spectre of communism. Karl Marx, who lives in Engels's apartment and is stalked by 10,000 spectres of communism, is an outlier and should not have been counted

The Trump administration has canceled federal funding for test strips used to find out if a substance contains fentanyl. 
CBS News, citing a letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, reports that
government funds can’t be used to purchase the strips anymore,
increasing the risk of drug overdoses.
The strips also test for other dangerous substances such as xylazine and medetomidine,
which are normally used to sedate animals and hav…

Trump Makes It Harder to See if Drugs Are Laced With Fentanyl
The move has shocked public health experts who are worried about a spike in drug overdoses.

I really love the ending of this video:
#NebulaTV

Spectacles — Washington's Plot to Kidnap a Free Woman
Ona Judge ran for freedom. Washington hunted her until the day he died. For citations, turn on CC. Sources in description.

Vivani proposes to merge #Cortigent with a wholly owned subsidiary of #ClearOne

Vivani Announces Entry into Merger Agreement Between Wholly Owned Subsidiary Cortigent, Inc. and Nasdaq-listed ClearOne, Inc.
Vivani proposes to merge Cortigent, Inc. with a wholly owned subsidiary of ClearOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRO), and change the listed company’s name and ticker...

#LittleRedDots as Globular Clusters in Formation: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae6dae -> Little Red Dots Do James Webb Podem Ser Aglomerados Blobulares Recém-Nascidos: https://spacetoday.substack.com/p/little-red-dots-do-james-webb-podem - estudo de John Chisholm e colegas propõe que os enigmšticos pontos vermelhos flagrados pelo telescópio escondam, no lugar de buracos negros supermassivos, sejam aglomerados globulares!

An unidentified absorption feature at 5.11 μm on the surface of #Titan and #Pluto from #JWST spectroscopy: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.13350 -> James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan: https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-may-have-discovered-a-mysterious-never-before-seen-substance-on-pluto-and-titan