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Virginia Democrats are looking for a way to overturn the state Supreme Court’s Friday decision invalidating the constitutional amendment temporarily adopting new congressional districts that a majority of voters ratified last month.
They have a simple—and lawful—solution:
Send the entire court into early retirement.
Article VI, Section 9, of the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature unlimited authority to set the retirement age for judges.
It specifies, “The …

How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.

From a strict contribution to global warming standpoint, how to decide how dark of exterior home paint should be used?
At the extremely hot end (e.g. Phoenix AZ), there might be a clear answer, but what about mid-continent where we need significant amounts of both heating & cooling?
I think coming up with anything other than a guess would require a lot of calculations based on a lot of variables, such as latitude (sun angles) and heating efficiency.

Gridcare, which uses AI to detect underused capacity in electric grids, raised a $64M Series A, following a $13.5M seed in 2025 (Bianca Giacobone/Latitude Media)
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/gridcare-raises-oversubscribed-64-million-series-a/

Gridcare raises an oversubscribed $64-million Series A
The grid intelligence startup uses AI to unlock capacity and get data centers connected faster.

foursquare_global: Foursquare global check-ins (2013)
A bipartite network of users and locations, representing check-in events worldwide on Foursquare, from April 2012 to September 2013. Metadata include country, city name, city type (e.g. national capital), and vender's latitude and longitude.
This network has 3935215 nodes and 22809624 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata, Timestamps

Does someone have any pointers for a crashing system?
I suspect that it is related to the GPU, especially under heavy load.
It is an Intel Xe GPU in a Dell Latitude 7450 notebook.
Unfortunately nothing shows up in the journal.
I have to wait for the diagnostic LED code again. Looking at the manual, it seems I remembered it wrong.
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The #NoctilucentCloud season 2026 which began a few nights ago at high Northern latitude has reached Germany: a #webcam view - #Flensburg at 54.8°N from 15 minutes ago!

internet_top_pop: Internet topology (PoP level) (1969-2012)
Assorted snapshots of internet graph at the Point of Presence (PoP) level (which lies between the IP and AS levels), collected from around the world and at various times. The earliest snapshots are for ARPANET (1969-1972), with a few more from pre-2000. Most are from 2006 onward. Metadata include link type or speed, longitudes, and latitudes of nodes, URL, and date of record.
This network has 110 nodes and 158 edges.

Amazon says Leo reached 396 satellites in low-Earth orbit following a recent launch, which is "enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes" (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/science/960563/amazon-leo-service-tipping-point

Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor
Amazon Leo has just 396 satellites in orbit, compared to Starlink’s bumpy “better than nothing” beta which launched with about 900.

foursquare_global: Foursquare global check-ins (2013)
A bipartite network of users and locations, representing check-in events worldwide on Foursquare, from April 2012 to September 2013. Metadata include country, city name, city type (e.g. national capital), and vender's latitude and longitude.
This network has 3935215 nodes and 22809624 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata, Timestamps

A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822–24. Containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude; and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants. To which is added, much useful information on the coasting navigation of Cape Horn, and the adjacent lands.
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A voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24: containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude, and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants : Weddell, James : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
iv, 276 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill. (some folded, 1 col.), maps (some folded); 22 cm. Subtitle: To which is added much useful information on the coasting...