Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
埃隆·马斯克是美国不平衡繁荣的受益者——这个国家有再分配的胃口吗？随着巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)的总统任期即将结束，时任总统经济顾问委员会主席贾森·弗曼(Jason Furman)以“伟大社会以来减少不平等的最大投资”阐述了他的政府为遏制国家过高的收入不平等所取得的进展。事实上，到2016年底，税收和根据国会预算办公室 (CBO) 的估计，转移支付使最富有的 1% 家庭的收入份额减少了五分之一多一点，比至少吉米·卡特 (Jimmy Carter) 执政以来的任何政府都多。他们将最贫困的五分之一人口的收入比例从 3.9% 提高到 7.9%，这是至少自 1979 年以来的最高比例。
1985 年 6 月，苏联做了一件听起来仍然不可能的事情：让两个气球飞过另一个星球的云层。他们被释放到一层硫酸云中，风速超过每小时 150 英里，他们在近两天的时间里乘着风绕金星绕了三分之一的路程。它们仍然是人类在另一个世界的大气层中飞行过的唯一飞机，直到 2021 年一架直升机在火星上起飞之前，它们是无与伦比的。最令人惊讶的是：苏联的这一胜利是在冷战最激烈的时期由法国人设计的，并由美国天线跟踪。 1985 年 6 月，苏联驾驶两个气球穿过金星的硫酸云，以 150 英里/小时的风速绕地球三分之一，这是在另一个世界飞行的唯一飞机直到 36 年后，一架直升机在火星上升空，“苏联”的胜利才由法国秘密
Air Force, Army display rapid deployment joint capabilities during Exercise Turbo Distribution
密西西比州谢尔比营——加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地的第 821 应急响应中队于 2026 年 5 月 21 日至 27 日在此处举行的 Turbo Distribution 26-2 演习期间完成了联合特遣部队-港口开放 (JTF-PO) 验证评估。
我上周在 Twitter 上发布的一些有趣的链接（我还在 Mastodon、Threads、Newsmast 和 Bluesky 上发布了这些链接）：如果人工智能使用模特的相似性来生成图像，则应该对模特进行补偿：https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/style/nz-fashion-faces-ai-reckoning-after-huffer-allegations使用人工智能生成广告的组织是这样的组织无论如何都不会使用广告公司：https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/598109/why-everyone-from-you
Pristimantis etsaFigueroa-Coronel, Cisneros-Heredia, Brito-Zapata, Carrión-Olmedo & Reyes-Puig, 2026 DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1282.187506摘要一种来自秃鹰山脉的 Pristimantis 的新种被描述，厄瓜多尔东南部萨莫拉钦奇佩省，基于形态和分子数据，Pristimantis etsa sp。十一月该新物种通过以下特征组合从其同系物中进行诊断：雌性SVL 32.5毫米，雄性SVL 18.3毫米，由成排的亚圆锥形结节形成的背外侧褶皱，强烈的圆形腹侧皮肤，
美国商务部 CHIPS 项目办公室宣布签署意向书，根据 CHIPS 和科学法案向相干公司 (Coherent) 提供最多 5000 万美元的直接资金。
Bard College Appoints Acting President
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How to Turn Any Google Slides Deck Into a Student-Ready Video with Google Vids
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They Can Do Everything But Pass A New Budget
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We can get clean energy by tapping the heat of the Earth. But in Indonesia, geothermal plants destroy the land and lives of people who have long lived there.
Johns Hopkins study explores U.S. conservatives' relationship with democracy
Right-leaning Americans aim to restore democracy's founding values, not undermine them, according to data gathered by the SNF Agora Institute and collaborators
Description of a new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 (Araneae, Araneidae) from ChinaAbstractBackgroundThe orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 contains four species known only from Xizang, China. In our recent study, the fifth species has
OPINION: Congress needs to face the ugly truth about cosmetology schools that don’t pay off
世世代代，我们都被告知高等教育是通向更美好生活的最可靠途径。但太多的学生并不这么认为，而且往往有充分的理由：他们毕业时负债累累，职业前景渺茫。 Last summer, Congress wisely ushered in a new era of accountability in higher education when […]The post OPINION: Congress needs to face the ugly truth about cosmetology schools that don’t pay off appeared first on The Hechinger
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What You Did not Know Concerning the World’s Most Deadliest Household
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