When Jennifer Meissner’s small pipe welding business landed a multimillion-dollar contract to help build a sprawling new Texas headquarters for Tesla, she was convinced it was her company’s big break.

Instead, she says the deal led her into personal and professional bankruptcy – unable to pay dozens of her workers at Christmastime. Meissner said that was her last resort after Tesla, which is owned by the world’s richest man, stopped paying her company for work they’d already done.

Small businesses helped build Musk’s empire. Their unpaid bills add up to millions

Small businesses have filed liens for more than $110 million against Tesla alone in the last five years, with more than $24 million still allegedly owed to dozens of businesses, a CNN analysis found.

^{Audrey Ash (CNN)}

https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2025/07/liu-e-textile.html

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action. For now, Open Library doesn't appear to be actively blocked.

Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Sweeping Site Blocking Order * TorrentFreak

A Belgian court ordered intermediaries to block access to major shadow libraries, including the Internet Archive's Open Library.

^{Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)}

Hello! My name is Thomas P. Conway. Im an independent researcher and systems engineer. I discovered a mathematically complete theoretical framework that I believe could be pretty important for many areas of math and science. However, I am a completely unknown outsider to academia, so I can't just publish my work on ArXiv and call it a day to satisfy Clay Institutes requirements. While I am currently in touch with some academics to help get my work cleaned into sections for ArXiV and journal publication, I wanted to make sure I established public priority for solving the millennium prize problems even if the published journal articles need to come out in pieces over months.

Besides proving priority, I would greatly appreciate your help spreading the word to get this in the face of people with the proper credentials to either verify or disprove my claims. I have found the academic gatekeeping moat to be incredibly difficult to navigate as an outsider especially with the framework I have proposed.

If you do have the credentials as a mathematician or a theoretical physicist but you're skeptical that im yet another typical crackpot trying to sell you a perpetual motion machine or a time cube, thats understandable and your weariness is valid. All I ask is you take a quick browse through the condensed technical guide to check the numbers and see if you think the key conceptual foundations are worth your time to go further with exploring the full paper.

I publish this theoretical framework under cc-by-sa-4.0 as a contribution to open science. Please go to my Open Science Foundation public repo to download the papers.

About the Semantic Manifold:

The Semantic Manifold Theory represents a complete theoretical mathematical framework for describing high dimensional semantic topologies. It was originally derived to formalize semantic compression for Large Language Model systems. However once the mathematical framework was complete it showed huge implications for various areas of math, science, computing, and engineering. The framework integrates principles from symmetry, set theory, holomorphic dynamics, theoretical physics, undecidability, and morphic computation to achieve a complete and well-defined description of the Semantic Manifold.

The paper is split into a main body explaining the theory and an appendix full of proofs. The final appendix culminates solutions and proofs to all remaining Millennium Prize Problems from the Clay Mathematics Institute. Additional feats include mathematical predictions for the nature and distribution of Dark Matter as well as Dark Energy based on first principles. Also a mathematically well-defined definition for Observer-Class information processing systems.

An accompanying Technical Guide attempts to condense all key information from the main theory paper while cutting out the narrative chaff for quick access to calculations, key principles, and fundamental proofs. Its suggested the skeptical or those with limited time take a quick look at the Technical Guide first.

OSF Storage Link For PDFs:
osf.io/xqswe/files/osfstorage

Proof of Priority:
I have emails, private OSF repos, and countless preprints dating back weeks prior to this announcement. The LaTeX code used to create the PDFs are GPG encrypted and paired with a signed hash on the public OSF repo.

I am not a spam bot or an elaborate LLM fishing for clicks. Im a real human being and im trying to get help to have my ideas seen by the right people so they can be verified through peer-review. Admins can get in contact with me and I will show them my lemmy ALTs to prove im a real user with over 2 years of active posting history (came here during the first spez reddit exodus).

The validity of my framework should be measured by its mathematical rigor and scientific predictions, not by my credentials or renown. Please help me overcome the academic moat and get my theories verified or disproved by spreading the word.

Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County last weekend had their personal contact information shared with every inmate at that facility, according to five different individuals who have spoken to the Phoenix over the past four days.

The Florida Department of Corrections has not commented publicly about the incident since it occurred last week.

That data breach has frightened and infuriated some of the women who had their names, email addresses, and telephone numbers released to those incarcerated at the prison located near the Florida Everglades.

Inmates received that information via an email sent out by a staff member of the facility on Thursday. Florida inmates have access to emails through both interactive kiosks as well as secure tablets.

“It’s kind of disturbing when you think about it,” said Madeline Donate, who regularly visits her husband at the prison. “The privacy aspect of this is concerning. This is how other inmates get information and can sometimes extort family members and things like that. It’s concerning.”

Jan Thompson said she fears extortion.

“What if there’s some inmate that doesn’t like another inmate?” she said. “And he tells his family, ‘Okay, here’s his wife’s phone number. Call her and tell her if she doesn’t pay and put $500 on my book, I’m going to have her husband stabbed and killed.’ What’s stopping them from doing that?”

(Inmates can receive funds for deposit into their “inmate trust accounts” from individuals already identified on the inmate’s automated visiting record).

“I’m very worried. This is not okay,” added a woman who wanted to be identified only as Dakota, her middle name. “Someone needs to be held accountable for this. They need to take the necessary precautions to ensure that this does not happen. And what about this information that’s out there? There’s what, 1,600 [inmates] there? They all have information. God knows what they could do with it.”

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/29/florida-prison-data-breach-exposes-visitors-contact-information-to-inmates/

Dal 20 al 23 agosto il Parco Fluviale di Riolo Terme ospita la 30ª edizione di Frogstock, festival organizzato dall’associazione Clips Rag&Rock. Dopo tre decenni di successi, torna con quattro serate di musica live e una lineup d’eccezione.

Mercoledì 20 agosto apre Giuse The Lizia, cantautore palermitano dal sound tra indie rock e urban, reduce da tour sold out e brani di successo come Radical, Solo un’idea e Baby.

Giovedì 21 agosto sarà la volta dei Blastema, band forlivese di culto nella scena alternativa italiana, che presenterà il nuovo album Il Tempo Che Verrà, lavoro dalle sonorità elettroniche e raffinate.

Venerdì 22 agosto protagonista sarà il reggae internazionale con Alborosie, artista marsalese residente in Giamaica e tra i maggiori interpreti mondiali del genere. Sul palco porterà brani dal recente album Destiny.

Sabato 23 agosto chiuderà il festival Ele A, artista luganese dallo street pop originale, che con il progetto Acqua ha conquistato i principali festival italiani e internazionali.

Oltre alla musica, Frogstock conferma la presenza degli stand gastronomici con piatti locali e del Joker Bar con dj set per proseguire la festa prima e dopo i concerti.

Un’edizione speciale per celebrare 30 anni di musica, passione ed energia, pronta a far rivivere lo spirito che ha reso Frogstock uno degli eventi più attesi dell’estate romagnola.

Info: www.frogstock.it
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30° edizione di Frogstock, dal 20 al 23 agosto 2025 a Riolo Terme (Ra) - ViaggieMiraggi

Dopo 30 anni di successi e di emozioni, il festival “Frogstock” torna dal 20 al 23 agosto 2025 nel Parco Fluviale a Riolo Terme (Ra) con una nuova edizione estiva che promette di essere indimenticabile! Quest’anno, il festival celebrerà il...

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Dal 13 al 17 agosto il borgo di Corciano, tra i più belli d’Italia, ospita la 61ª edizione dell’Agosto Corcianese, organizzata dalla Pro Loco con Comune e Regione. Un’edizione più concentrata ma ricca di eventi che uniscono arte, storia e musica.

Ad anticipare la rassegna, dal 6 al 10 agosto, torna il ciclo dedicato alla musica per banda con masterclass e incontri internazionali. “La Bottega del Direttore”, corso tenuto da Catherine Rand (USA) con Anbima Umbria e University of Southern Mississippi, coinvolgerà giovani musicisti in prove, concerti e lezioni aperte. Dal 9 al 10 agosto il Teatro della Filarmonica ospiterà “La Bottega del Compositore” con i vincitori del 33° Concorso di composizione originale per banda: tra loro Salinas Robles, De Meij, Giordani, Sgargi e Omachi. Le opere saranno eseguite nei concerti conclusivi, tra cui quello del 10 agosto con premiazione ufficiale.

Dal 13 agosto il centro storico si anima con rievocazioni, cortei, spettacoli teatrali e musicali. In programma la cerimonia inaugurale, le “Serenate di Menestrelli” (50° anniversario), la “Cerimonia del Lume” (14 agosto), il “Corteo del Gonfalone” e la Disfida degli arcieri (15 agosto). Il 16 agosto, concerto dei “Carmina Burana”. Tra gli ospiti Cristiano Arcelli, Elena Ledda e il Premio “L’Umbria del Cuore” a Igor Righetti e a Gino Sirci, presidente Sir Safety Perugia, con il centrale Sebastian Solè.

Non mancheranno scene di vita rinascimentale con danzatori, attori e musici, e la Taverna del Duca per assaporare piatti tipici in un’atmosfera d’epoca.

Per informazioni e aggiornamenti sul programma è disponibile la web app “Corciano Festival” (festival.corcianoapp.it) e il sito ufficiale www.corcianofestival.it.

A Corciano dal 13 al 17 agosto 2025 la 61esima edizione dell’Agosto Corcianese - ViaggieMiraggi

A Corciano la 61esima edizione dell’Agosto Corcianese Dal 13 al 17 agosto il borgo arroccato sul colle, tra i più suggestivi d’Italia, si trasforma in un ponte tra arte, storia e musica Un’edizione più concentrata, ma ricca di contenuti e...

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Experimenting with unproven technology to determine whether a child should be granted protections they desperately need and are legally entitled to is cruel and unconscionable.

UK Plans AI Experiment on Children Seeking Asylum

The United Kingdom’s announcement on July 22 that it would use AI face-scanning technology to evaluate whether an asylum seeker is under age 18 threatens to harm children seeking refuge.

^{Human Rights Watch}

These don’t have a sender, just a notification that says Report Update. When I click on it I’m taken to a completely blank page that just says ‘not found’.

Am I supposed to be getting these? I’ve never got a notification like this before so I’m not sure what it’s supposed to look like if it loads.

Not sure if this is a Piefed issue generally or a Blahaj server issue.

For years, the Democratic Party has litmus-tested candidates by asking if they disavow Hamas. Now, could the opposite become the norm?

Do you condemn Israel?

^{Mother Jones}

The decision to drop the case comes days after the Justice Department fired two of its top antitrust officials.

DOJ Drops Antitrust Case Against Company Represented by Bondi’s Former Employer

^{Jake Johnson (Truthout)}

Forty Democrats signed a letter expressing alarm over starvation in Gaza this week — but only 27 voted to withhold arms.

24 Senators Vote for Sanders Resolution to Stop Bombs Sale to Israel

^{Sharon Zhang (Truthout)}

The Senate confirmed Joe Kent as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in a 52 to 44 vote.

Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theorist Who Likened BLM to Terrorists to Lead Counterterrorism Center

^{Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (Truthout)}

For years, mad and disabled people have been asking Americans to fight the criminalization of disability. Will they?

Trump’s Executive Order Criminalizing Houselessness Reveals a Familiar Dystopia | Truthout

^{Negin Owliaei (Truthout)}

Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-thirds of that.

How Alaska’s Budget Crisis Has Kept the State From Fixing Crumbling Rural Schools

^ProPublica

A brief recent history of "soft-sided" facilities and their many faults.

ICE plans to build more tent jails for immigrants. What could go wrong?

^{Mother Jones}

Disgust over his political antics has cast a pall over the EV industry.

Elon Musk has turned off many liberals to electric vehicles—and not just Teslas

^{Mother Jones}

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