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As UK faces third heatwave, is this weather 'just summer'?
As UK faces third heatwave, is this 'just summer'?

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2025 is already shaping up to be an extraordinary year for weather records in parts of the UK.
Spring 2025 was the UK's warmest and sunniest on record. Hot on its heels, June became the warmest month on record for England. And now, we're already experiencing the third heatwave of the year—and it's not even mid-July.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the UN body responsible for assessing climate change - it is now "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land", external .
As temperatures continue to rise, the likelihood of extreme weather events, including heatwaves, has increased dramatically.
So, what's going on this year? Are we witnessing the sharp edge of climate change impacts, or is this just another hot spell?
Temperatures in 2025 so far

The red shows that for 2025 spring temperatures were above average
This map shows the temperature difference compared to the average (also known as the anomaly) for spring 2025 across the UK. Temperatures were 1.4C above the long-term average.
The first half of summer has followed hot on the heels of spring, with UK temperatures since the start of June also reaching record highs in some areas.
The highest temperature of the year so far was recorded on 1 July, when 35.8C was measured in Faversham, Kent.
While this is still well below the UK's hottest ever day - recorded in July 2022, when temperatures exceeded 40C for the first time - the trend of increasingly frequent extreme heat days is clear
Why is it so hot?
Global temperatures have risen by over 1.3 Celsius since the industrial revolution as humans continue to release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate..
This might not sound like much - would we even notice the difference of just over 1C in temperature on any given day?
However, climate scientist Professor Ed Hawkins from Reading University warns that "1C of global warming does NOT mean that heatwaves 'just' get hotter by 1C. Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4C warmer".
It takes an enormous amount of heat energy to raise the Earth's average temperature by this much. Oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat energy trapped in the climate system by greenhouse gases.
The ocean's ability to store and slowly release heat plays a crucial role in stabilising Earth's climate. However their ability to regulate the world's climate may be changing as marine heatwaves are increasing in many of the world's oceans.
Role of El Niño and La Niña?
Previous periods of extreme heat globally, such as in 2023/24, have often been partly attributed to an El Niño event. El Niño typically raises global temperatures by around 0.1C, as warmer waters in the Pacific release additional heat into the atmosphere.
The world cycles between El Niño and La Niña (cooler) phases every two to seven years, with 'neutral' periods in between—such as the one we are currently experiencing.
Historically, many of the hottest years on record have occurred during El Niño episodes. However, climate scientists at NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) now say that the warming or cooling effects of El Niño and La Niña are "no match, external" for global warming.
They note that "the global average temperature during recent La Niña years is warmer than during El Niño years in earlier decades."
What about the historic heatwave of June 1976?

Keeping cool in London in the heatwave of 1976
When heatwaves hit the UK, many people compare them to the extraordinary summer of 1976.
That year still holds the record for the longest-lasting heatwave in the UK—16 consecutive days—and the highest June temperature ever recorded: 35.6C in Southampton.
However, June 2025 has been hotter when considering average temperatures.
Furthermore, analysis of historical weather data shows that the summer of 1976 was an isolated event within an otherwise much cooler decade. It also affected a smaller geographic area compared to today's heatwaves.
As our climate continues to warm, what was once a rare meteorological event is becoming a more regular feature of our summers.
Will it stay hot all summer?
Whilst the current heatwave is expected to persist into the start of next week, there are signs of slightly cooler and more unsettled conditions on Monday and Tuesday, particularly in the north
However, warmer and drier weather is likely to return later in the week as high pressure builds back in.
Temperatures are forecast to remain above average for much of the rest of the month, especially in the south-east.
By the end of July and into at least the start of August, there are indications of a cooling trend, although this may be short-lived.
Longer range weather forecasts looking at the next three months suggest temperatures should be at least average through the rest of summer and into early autumn, and well above average in southern England.
There is a less clear signal for rainfall, but it is most likely to be drier than normal in the south-east and wetter in the far north. September is most likely to see a return to wetter conditions.
Climate projections from the Met Office indicate that "hot spells will become more frequent in our future climate, particularly over the southeast of the UK. Temperatures are projected to rise in all seasons, but the heat would be most intense in summer."
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Surgeon dropped by private practice works at NHS


A surgeon banned from working for a private healthcare company, following an investigation into patient safety, continues to work in the NHS, the BBC understands.
Nuffield Health has stopped Marc Lamah from working in their hospitals, but he is still operating on patients for the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
An NHS patient left with a twisted bowel following an operation he carried out said he should never work again.
Mr Lamah did not respond to the BBC's request for comment sent via his employer.
In January the BBC revealed concerns had been raised about Mr Lamah's complication rate and that he was no longer practising at Nuffield Health's hospital in Brighton pending an investigation.
A former employee at the hospital told the BBC that internal data showed one third of Mr Lamah's patients had experienced a "moderate harm event", where, for instance, a patient had to be transferred to another hospital or re-admitted, over a 12-month period. The figure should be 5%, the BBC was told.


In a statement to the BBC, Nuffield Health said following an independent investigation, "we can confirm Mr Lamah's practicing privileges with Nuffield Health have been withdrawn.
"His conduct did not meet the standards of medical practice and governance we expect. Patient safety is our top priority, and we hold all consultants to the highest standards."
Mr Lamah continues to operate as a colorectal surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, told the BBC it had audited Mr Lamah's NHS data, which showed his outcomes were within the expected national range. The trust added that Nuffield's investigation had found "no concerns with regard to technical abilities, surgical practice or patient safety".
The trust is at the centre of a large police investigation, Operation Bramber, looking into at least 200 cases of alleged medical negligence.
Sussex Police is examining concerns about avoidable harm and cover-ups in the trust's neurosurgery and general surgery departments between 2015 and 2021.
The trust runs seven hospitals across East and West Sussex and is one of the largest organisations within the NHS, providing care to a population of almost two million people.


Sheryl Hunter says she has suffered "five years of hell" after an NHS operation carried out by Mr Lamah. She has to manually excavate her bowels and has needed several emergency admissions.
After suffering from endometriosis for a number of years, in 2019 doctors decided that Ms Hunter, a mother of one, needed an operation to ease her pain.
Mr Lamah decided the best approach was to remove a part of her large intestine, the colon, and connect it to her small intestine.
A few days after she was discharged, said Ms Hunter, "I felt something pop, and this very awful fluid was coming out of me".
She was rushed back to the Royal Sussex where they discovered the joint between the two intestines had torn, and "for 10 days it had been filling up my abdomen with bowel matter."
This is a known complication of this type of surgery, the BBC understands.
Despite that problem being resolved, Ms Hunter continued to suffer extreme pain for several years, necessitating repeated visits to both her GP and the Royal Sussex hospital.
She said: "I have very little good days. By that, I mean I am curled up in a ball crying.
"When I try to go to the toilet, I scream on the toilet in tears because it is so painful to go, to open up my bowels. I have to manually do that, which means I have to wear gloves.
"The pain is very severe – it's in my stomach, it gets into my spine, down my legs, my arms."
Letters shared with the BBC by Ms Hunter show her GP wrote to Mr Lamah repeatedly requesting he see her again.
In January, 2023 the GP wrote that "we have written to you on multiple occasions to review her and discuss her options".
A few days later Mr Lamah replied to say he had not received any previous letters.
But almost 12 months later, in December 2023, the GP wrote another letter urging Mr Lamah to see her.
Ms Hunter told the BBC he was "begged" by colleagues to see her but "he refused".
Finally, in April 2024, she was seen by another consultant at a different hospital run by the same trust - the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath - when she found out what was causing her pain.
"The main problem is a 180 degree twist on the small bowel causing an internal hernia and twisting the anastomosis [the surgical joint]," said the discharge sheet given to Ms Hunter by the hospital after the procedure.
"When they did the reconnection [of the intestines], they put it on backwards," Sheryl said she was told.
"That [creates] a risk of rupture. If you rupture, it's a two-hour window before death.
"Had I not been manually opening my bowels for five years, they said that would have happened."
The trust said surgical error was only presented as one of a range of possibilities.
The BBC passed the details to an independent medical expert who said the twist "certainly is a consequence of the 2019 operation".
The trust said only a further operation would confirm if Mr Lamah had made an error or whether the twist had occurred naturally.
However, the damage is now more extensive than it would have been had Ms Hunter been treated earlier.
She has been told she will need pelvic reconstruction surgery before she can have another operation to try to fix her intestines. She is on a waiting list for the first procedure and has spoken to Sussex Police about her experience.
Former NHS colleagues have also raised concerns to the BBC about Mr Lamah, but he continues to practise at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
"I think it's disgusting. That man shouldn't be allowed to touch any other patients," said Ms Hunter.
"I was told Marc Lamah has a terrible bedside manner, but he's a fantastic surgeon.
"Marc Lamar has a terrible bedside manner, and he's a terrible surgeon. He shouldn't be allowed to operate, as far as I'm concerned."
'Robust systems'
In a statement, Prof Katie Urch, chief medical officer for the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, told the BBC: "We can't publicly discuss an individual's care, but we absolutely understand the distress and difficulty anyone living with ongoing complex health issues can face.
"Our clinical teams are dedicated to understanding their patients' needs and providing the highest standard of care.
"Whilst no medical procedure can guarantee a successful outcome, our teams strive for the best possible results every day – and if we ever have cause to think we could have done more for a patient we have robust systems, including the routine use of independent experts, to help us learn and improve."
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Man stabbed to death near five-star hotel in London's Knightsbridge


A man has been stabbed to death outside a five-star hotel in west London.
Police, paramedics and London's Air Ambulance were called to the Park Tower Hotel on Seville Street, Knightsbridge, just before 21:30 BST on Wednesday.
Paramedics treated the 24-year-old for knife wounds but he died at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said. No arrests have been made but officers are working "to establish the circumstances of what happened".
A spokesperson for the hotel said the incident did not involve any of its guests or staff.


The area where the incident happened is generally known for its luxury shopping, multimillion-pound residences and landmarks like Harrods and Hyde Park.
Police have closed off the pavement surrounding the hotel and adjacent restaurant Nusr-Et, run by Turkish chef Nusret Gokce, aka "Salt Bae".
Supt Owen Renowden, who leads policing in Kensington and Chelsea, said: "We are aware of reports that this incident was a robbery.
"Although this is an active line of inquiry, we are keeping an open mind about all possible motives and the exact circumstances are still to be determined.
"We understand the impact this incident will have on the local community and you will see extra officers in the area to help answer any questions or concerns."


The man's family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
Kaya Comer-Schwartz, London's deputy mayor for policing and crime, called the stabbing "appalling" and said there would be "increased high-visibility police patrols" in the area.
She said: "Knife crime has no place in our streets of communities."
In July 2021, an Omani student Mohammed Al-Araimi, 20, was stabbed to death outside nearby Harrods in an attempted watch robbery.
Badir Al-Nazi was subsequently sentenced to a minimum of 27 years in prison for his murder.
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More asbestos fragments found near south Belfast bonfire
The police have declared a major incident over a bonfire in south Belfast that is due to be lit on Friday as part of annual Twelfth events across Northern Ireland.
Belfast City Council have requested the police assist contractors to dismantle the bonfire before it is lit.
There are concerns that the power supply to Belfast City Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital would be put at risk because the bonfire lies near a major electricity substation.
On Thursday afternoon, bonfire builders voluntarily removed tiers of pallets from the top of the bonfire and told BBC News NI the action was an "olive branch" to those concerned.


The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said no decision had been taken on assisting the removal of the bonfire and they continued to work with agencies and community representatives on this matter.
Bonfires are lit as part of Eleventh night celebrations in some unionist areas of Northern Ireland, to usher in the Twelfth of July, the main date in the parading season.
The Twelfth commemorates the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant King William III - also known as King Billy and William of Orange - defeated Catholic King James II.
Bonfires were lit on 11 July to welcome - and guide - William.
There are separate concerns about the presence of asbestos at the bonfire site which is between the Donegall Road and the Westlink and the council voted to write to the environment minister to act immediately to have it removed.
The Deputy First Minister and DUP MLA, Emma Little-Pengelly, said: "No one wants anyone to be hurt or for there to be any risks to health or wellbeing".
On Facebook she said those involved in the bonfire had engaged for "some time" on "size and other mitigations" and she believed that would continue.
Earlier, Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that the police had a "responsibility" in the situation.
He said the issue had only been brought into the public domain because it is "the first time a bonfire has been held in this site".
He also called on action from the landowner and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) regarding the asbestos.
Sheehan had also urged unionist politicians to "show leadership" and said Emma Little Pengelly "should be out today calling for that bonfire to be dismantled. Where is her leadership?"


Residents of the Village area of Belfast, where the bonfire is situated, said the bonfire means "everything".
"This bonfire has been going for all of our generations… and we want our next generations to know our culture. This isn't to get up anybody's nose.
"The children of this area have been collecting for the bonfire since Christmas time."


Billy Garrett, another resident, said there was "a lot of frustration".
"It's just another attack on our culture and our traditions. We don't see any harm in what we're doing here, especially in the Village area of south Belfast. It's just knocking the heart out of everyone," he told BBC News NI.
He said the organisers of the bonfire site had been making sure it was safe since September last year.
"They've went through all the proper people to make sure it is safe for everyone in the community."


Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson planned to take legal action to stop the bonfire being dismantled and has questioned the decision-making process behind the vote.
However, the council rejected claims that the decision to dismantle the bonfire breached legal guidelines and said the move was part of its "emergency" decision-making processes.
It also said it was in line with the rules of council, those cases on which an "inability to immediately implement a decision would result in a breach of statutory or contractual duty".
Power for hospitals
Belfast Health Trust said the bonfire was near a substation that supplies both hospitals.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said it had expressed concerns over the bonfire's "proximity to the substation causing potential risk to critical infrastructure and power outages".
The trust said it had contingency measures including back-up generators and it was confident there was no need to cancel any planned treatments or procedures.
The NIEA said it was first alerted to the issues of asbestos near the bonfire on 16 May and had been engaging with the landowner and the city council regularly since then.
An inspection was carried out and the NIEA said if the asbestos was not cleared by 11 July, "mitigating measures" would need to be put in place.


Tensions are escalated
The PSNI appears to have been put between a rock and a hard place here by a political decision at the 11th hour.
One of its considerations is most certainly: Would any operation trigger disorder which could spread to other areas?
Just 36 hours ago, the PSNI felt the mood music going into the 12th of July was pretty positive.
Now we have a significant bonfire row which has escalated tensions.
We saw evidence last night of how the local community has reacted to the prospect of a police operation.
Site entrances were blocked, a protest took place on the road, people were in an around the bonfire, and there is also a risk it could be lit early if any operation is mobilised.
Who owns the site?
The landowners, Boron Developments, bought the site in the summer of 2017 and were made aware of asbestos at that time.
Boron Developments have said it engaged a waste management company to remove the asbestos but the company needed "no personnel" on the site in order to complete the removal of asbestos.
Due to people "bringing in materials and building the bonfire" the company told the landowners it could not complete its work.
Belfast City Council said while the lands at the site remained "the responsibility of the landowner" the council and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) were "working together in relation to this site".
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said it had put in place mitigations "over the past week including the further covering of the asbestos containing material, the use of fire-retardant material and the erection of additional fencing".
科技爱好者周刊(第 356 期):公司强推 AI 编程,我该怎么办
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公司强推 AI 编程,我该怎么办
前两天,"黑客新闻"论坛有一个求助帖。
程序员求助,公司强制使用 AI 编程,他不想用,怎么办。
下面七嘴八舌,大家说了很多想法。这是现在的热点问题,我今天就来分享这个帖子。
2025年的现实就是,AI 编程(AI coding)已经从实验室技术变为成熟技术,无法回避了。
它自动写代码,成本低、产出快,公司管理层不可能不推广。程序员就很尴尬了,跟 AI 是合作竞争关系,既要用好 AI,又要防止岗位被它抢走。
求助帖这样写道:
我是一个高级工程师,已经在公司工作五年了。公司越来越推崇快速工程,CEO 和 CTO 都对 AI 编程痴迷不已。
公司强制大家使用 AI 编程,甚至提倡让 AI 生成单元测试,对于失败的测试用例,也是扔给 AI 处理,而不是手动解决,以加快开发速度、产品尽早上线。
我考虑辞职,不想参与这种流程,成为不写代码、只写提示的"提示工程师",眼睁睁看着自己的技术停滞或退化。我也不想两三年后,负责维护一堆由 AI 生成的意大利面条代码。
我想听听大家的意见,怎么应对公司推行 AI 编程。
网友的看法,总结起来就是三种选择,都有一定的道理。换成你,会怎么选择?
选择一:听从内心
如果你确实精疲力竭,那就离开吧。即使你还能忍,做一份自己讨厌的工作,也很快会精疲力竭。
最糟糕的情况是,你平时在公司里,表面上假装对 AI 充满热情,但心里又不愿意,那真的是煎熬。
放任自流的 AI 编程会快速积累技术债,最终导致项目失败。公司迟早会要求你,修复 AI 造成的代码混乱,如果你回答唯一解决方法就是大规模的手动重写,可能还是会被解雇。
而且,你们的 CEO 和 CTO 看上去盲目信任 AI,公司的前途堪忧。
已经有一些公司明确声明,现阶段不打算将 AI 编程用于线上代码,你可以试试找这样的公司。
不过,如果没有足够的积蓄,你还需要再忍几个月,一边攒钱,一边找工作,并学习一些 AI 不容易取代的复杂枯燥的技术。记住,除非你是超级技术明星或非常富有,否则不要在找到新工作之前就辞职。
选择二:接受现实
你去其他公司也一样,现在到处都在使用 AI 编程。有些公司实际上通过采用 AI,来清除那些"拒绝改变"的人。
我认为,我们永远不会再走回头路了,你用过就知道回不去了。下一代程序员都会在 AI 的陪伴下成长。你不愿意使用 AI,就好比不愿意用电脑替代打字机。AI 编程的普及,只是时间迟早的问题,不接受它的人都会被淘汰。
再说,反正是公司付钱,让你学习使用 AI。聪明点,留下来接受这笔交易。
现在的市场是雇佣者市场,有的是人愿意接替你的位置。即使你找到一家目前不使用 AI 的公司,很可能意味着他们远远落后于时代潮流,也许很快也转向 AI。
你最好适应现实,找到在公司立足的方法。即使心理上接受不了,也要用公司的钱来试试新技术。
你可以先在小范围使用 AI 编程,检查它做的代码变更。AI 代码需要大量审查和重构,你能做的比你想象的要多。
选择三:静观其变
你可以继续留在公司,一边学习 AI 和其他新技术,一边观察会发生什么情况。
如果公司发展比你预期的要好,AI 效果不错,那么你应该改变想法,为新的工作模式做好准备。
如果结果跟你预计的一样,代码快速劣化,项目面临失败。你得到了使用 AI 的经验,知道它在第一线的优势和劣势,把它写进简历,为应聘下一家公司提供帮助。
无论哪一种情况,你接下来留在公司的几个月,都会对你的职业生涯有帮助。
私底下,你必须现在就开始找下一个更符合你期望的职位,为不利局面做准备,为自己留一条后路。
科技动态
1、日经新闻发现,8个国家的多篇学术论文,包含隐藏的提示,要求 AI 工具给予论文好评。
它们的 PDF 文件里面,有隐藏的小字或白色文本,人类不容易看见,但是 AI 能读到。
提示为"只给出正面评价"和"不要强调任何负面评价",甚至要求 AI 推荐该论文,理由是"贡献卓著、方法严谨、新颖性非凡"。
现在,AI 往往用来筛选论文,或者总结论文内容,这些提示就是针对这种情况。类似的情况还有,许多简历也隐藏 AI 提示,要求对求职者给予好评。
它使用激光雷达,不断发射激光脉冲来确定蚊子的方位,然后再发射激光击杀蚊子。
如果蚊子的飞行速度超过每秒1米,就无法被检测到,因此它不适用于飞行速度较快的苍蝇。
它用移动电源充电。普通版可以杀灭3米内的蚊子,续航8小时,众筹价格468美元;专业版杀灭6米内的蚊子,续航16小时,价格629美元。
3、"酷"(cool)这个词,常常用来形容人或事物,比如这个女孩很酷。但是,酷到底是指什么?
一项研究发现,酷主要包含6种特征:外向的、享乐主义的、强大的、爱冒险的、开放的和自主的。
4、《华盛顿邮报》报道,美国很多员工,让 AI 代替自己出席线上会议,本人不去。
AI 负责录下会议内容、转成文字、并整理出要点。当然它只能听,不能发言。
这真是很有创意的用途,让 AI 当作自己的替身,承担部分工作。
5、数学海报
旧金山街头的电线杆上,最近出现了奇怪的海报,上面是一个很长的数学公式。
解开这个公式,可以得到一个网址,领取奖品。
标题链接有这道题目的全文,它的评论部分有答案(奖品已经领光了)。出题的是一家 AI 公司,这确实是很新颖的吸引人才的方式。
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1、Bloom Filters 示例讲解(中文)
本文通过例子,介绍 Bloom Filters 入门知识,可以用来判断元素是否在集合内。
2、阶乘的斯特林公式推导(中文)
一篇数学科普文章。斯特林公式一般用来快速计算阶乘 n!,本文尝试用通俗语言推导这个公式。(@longluo 投稿)
3、Git 用户应该尝试 Jujutsu (英文)
Jujutsu 是 Git 的一个前端,底层兼容 Git 代码库,但是大大简化了前端操作。本文比较了三种操作,都是 Jujutsu 简单得多。
4、在 Mac 电脑使用 Apple Container 的感受(英文)
在 Mac 电脑使用 Docker 容器,性能开销很大,好在苹果推出了自家的原生工具 Apple Container 取代 Docker。
本文是作者的使用感受,发现它目前只适合简单场景。
5、如何判断是否在线?(英文)
通过向某些特定网址发送 HTTP 请求(比如google.com/generate_204
),根据它们的回复,判断当前是否在线。
6、点赞泄漏的个人信息(英文)
作者将过去7年中、自己点赞保存的近900篇文章,输入 o3 模型,让模型分析自己是怎样一个人。
结果令他大吃一惊,模型给出了2000多字的分析,准确说出了他的个人情况。
7、从 DNS 查询国际空间站的位置(英文)
本文介绍 DNS 的一个妙用,它可以提供 LOC 记录,表示服务器的经纬度。作者就用这个记录,来提供国际空间站的当前位置。
工具
1、giscus
一个基于 GitHub Discussion 的静态网站评论系统。
2、phpIPAM
这个工具通过 Web 界面,查看/管理局域网设备的 IP 地址,参见介绍文章。
3、NumPad
一个在线的网络笔记本,特点是可以进行数学计算,输入1 + 1
,它自动输出答案2
。
4、LiteOps
一个自搭建的轻量级 DevOps 平台,用来管理 CI/CD 操作。(@hukdoesn 投稿)
5、Ech0
一个开源的个人微博平台,查看 demo。(@lin-snow 投稿)
静态 HTML 页面生成工具,内置各类模版,适合快速测试或展示网页。(@luhuadong 投稿)
6、REM
基于 Rclone 的跨平台桌面 App,在一个窗口管理各种云存储的文件,实现文件互传。(@surunzi 投稿)
这个项目把 OnlyOffice 转成了 WASM 文件,不需要服务器,浏览器纯前端就能查看/编辑 Word、Excel、PowerPoint 文档,在线试用。(@chaxus 投稿)
8、在线拼图工具
免费的在线工具,多张图片拼成一张大图。(@ops-coffee 投稿)
一个基于 Docusaurus 的个人静态网站的模版,查看效果。
10、Postcard
一个自搭建的个人网站+新闻邮件服务,参见作者的产品介绍。
AI 相关
1、OpenCode
一个 AI 终端客户端,可以在命令行向大模型发出指令,操作文件等,类似于 Claude Code,但是开源且不限定大模型种类。
Chrome 浏览器从138版后,内置了 Gemini Nano 模型,并提供 AI Prompt API 以便调用。
这个库就是浏览器 AI Prompt API 的封装,用起来更方便。
3、TouchFS
一个很有创意的 AI 命令行工具,用它加载目录后,直接输入文件名,就能自动生成想要的文件。比如,输入touch README.md
,就会自动生成自述文件。
4、yutu
YouTube 的非官方 MCP 服务器,AI 智能体接入后,就能用自然语言操作 YouTube。(@OpenWaygate 投稿)
5、Pointer
一个 AI 聊天的桌面客户端,可以使用文件夹管理聊天记录,支持全文搜索和交叉表分析。(@experdot 投稿)
6、TTS Omni
免费的文本转语音网站,基于 Qwen-TTS。(@CurioChen77 投稿)
资源
1、气温地图
这张地图可以查看全球当前的天气数据。(@Codeniu 投稿)
n8n 是一个工作流自动化编排软件,这个网站收集已经编排好的 n8n 工作流,目前共有近2000个。(@panyanyany 投稿)
另有一篇教程文章,通过 n8n 工作流,将网址保存进 Notion 数据库。
3、4 colors
这个网站提出,页面设计只需要4种颜色:前景色、背景色、强调色和趣味色。你可以在该网站生成这四种颜色的调色板。
图片
1、魔方板凳
国外设计师制作的"魔方板凳"。
板凳就是一个魔方,必须解开魔方,才能坐上去。
实际上,只要把四条腿转到同一个面,就能坐了。
2、中国最大的书
中国最大最厚的书,是清朝的玉牒,一册厚达85厘米,重约90公斤。
它是皇家的族谱,记载的皇族宗室男性就有10余万人,由宗人府负责编撰,目前收藏于北京的中国第一历史档案馆。
文摘
1、计算机好比自行车
摘自斯蒂夫·乔布斯1980年的访谈。
我记得,大概12岁的时候,读过一篇文章,应该是在《科学美国人》杂志。
那篇文章给出了地球上所有物种的运动效率,从 A 点到 B 点,同样的距离,它们消耗了多少能量。
结果,秃鹫位居榜首,运动效率最高,超越了其他所有生物。人类排在榜单的最后三分之一,对于"万物之王",这个成绩实在不值一提。
但是,作者很有想象力,测试了人类骑自行车的效率,结果远远超过了秃鹫,荣登榜首。
这给我留下了深刻的印象。我们人类是工具制造者。我们可以制造工具,将自己的能力放大到惊人的程度。
对我来说,计算机就是思维的自行车。它能让我们超越自身的能力。
我认为,我们才刚刚处于计算机的早期阶段----非常早期的阶段----我们只走了很短的一段路,计算机仍在发展中,但我们已经看到了巨大的变化。
我认为现在与未来一百年即将发生的事情相比,根本不算什么。
言论
1、
长久以来,你努力培养技能,成为一个程序员,编程已经成为你的身份认同的一部分,是你人生价值的来源。突然之间,AI 取代了你的技能,让你的人生价值消失,许多人因此抵制 AI。
2、
洛杉矶的问题是太大,太分散,公共交通很少,必须开车。但是,这使得你根本遇不到有意思的人,他们都被困在车里。
3、
AI 不缺乏知识,它的问题是不会怀疑现有知识。
要让 AI 变成爱因斯坦,仅仅让它无所不知是不够的,更需要让它能够提出别人未曾想到或不敢问的问题。
-- 托马斯·沃尔夫(Thomas Wolf),Hugging Face 联合创始人
4、
《纽约时报》报道,雇主正被大量 AI 生成的简历淹没,根据求职网站统计,今年的简历比去年激增45%。
AI 可能会让简历消亡,AI 生成的简历已经无法鉴别一个人了。未来的招聘应该采用 AI 无法介入的方式,比如现场解决问题。
-- 《AI 让简历消亡》
5、
如果你把爱好当成职业,想以此养活自己,一段时间后,最初的兴奋消退了,你就会发现,开始阶段根本不算什么,真正的困难在后面,无数繁琐和重复的工作正等着你。
这个时刻被称为"放弃点"(quitting point),很多人会在这个时点选择放弃。
每个人的放弃点不一样,但都会到来。作家的放弃点,也许是小说写到第30页,最初的灵感枯竭,不知道怎么写下去。创业者的放弃点,也许是最初的几个月之后,市场的反应不像朋友和家人那样热烈。艺术家的放弃点,也许是作品第一次上架后,意识到自己的愿景与能力之间存在巨大差距。
往年回顾
无人驾驶出租车的双面刃(#309)
如何免费使用 ChatGPT(#259)
程序员是怎样的人(#209)
游戏开发者的年薪(#159)
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文档信息
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- 发表日期: 2025年7月11日
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Llullaillaco is a dormant stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile. It lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of tall volcanic peaks on a high plateau close to the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world. Its maximum elevation is most commonly given as 6,723 metres (22,057 ft), making it the second- or third-highest volcano in the world. Between 3700 m and 5000 m elevation there is a sparse plant cover, while at lower altitudes the climate is too dry for plants to grow. The volcano formed during the Pleistocene in two stages. The oldest rocks are about 1.5 million years old. About 150,000 years ago, the volcano's southeastern flank collapsed, generating a debris avalanche that reached as far as 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the summit. There are reports of activity from the 19th century. There are a number of archaeological sites on the mountain; Llullaillaco marks the highest archaeological site in the world. (Full article...)
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- ... that Ivan I of Moscow (pictured) earned the nickname "Kalita", which literally means 'money bag'?
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- In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers to win the NBA Finals.
On this day
July 11: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Poland (1943)

- 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe (depicted), under threat by conspiracies, abdicated in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and became a monk.
- 1848 – Waterloo Bridge Station, which later became Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
- 1914 – The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
- 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee featuring themes of racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the Deep South of America, was published.
- 2010 – The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
- Matthew McCauley (b. 1850)
- H. M. Brock (b. 1875)
- Nicolai Gedda (b. 1925)
- Balaji Sadasivan (b. 1955)
From today's featured list
Athletes representing 38 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) received at least one medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and 25 NOCs won at least one gold medal. The 1956 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from 22 November to 8 December in Melbourne, Australia, with the equestrian events being held from 10 to 17 June 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden. A total of 3,314 athletes representing 72 NOCs participated, which was a record for the most NOCs at a single Olympics at the time. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 37 and 98 respectively. Gymnast Ágnes Keleti (pictured) of Hungary was the most successful competitor of the games, winning four gold medals and two silver medals for a total of six medals. (Full list...)
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Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. This photograph by Bernard Gotfryd shows Bloom in 1986.
Photograph credit: Bernard Gotfryd
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一个手机号,辅助号码绑定(非注册),可以绑几个 Google 账号?
我看有说最多 4 个,也有说最多 5 个,到底是几个?
大家一般倾向于用哪种文字(简体、繁体、英文……)向 chatgpt 或者其他 ai 工具提问呢?
2025 六月读昆虫 蘑菇 罕见病 小说…… 12 本
原文: https://conge.livingwithfcs.org/2025/07/10/reading_summary/
引子
读主题涵盖昆虫学、真菌学、罕见病、文学等多个领域。
罕见病部分,将个人体验融于书评,写了些自身的感受。读昆虫与生态,对我最直接的影响,让我不再积极的去除院子里的野花野草。虽然不会将院子“再野化”,但让野花开,给昆虫提供些食物,似乎是很好的不收拾院子的借口。从昆虫世界到罕见病的生命叙事,提示多样性于生存的基石作用。看见昆虫,看见病友。
以“空”和“心”命名的书,对我有吸引力。这次看了两部日本小说,探讨心与空。心空了,在不喜欢那空的人那里,会从心中催生出欲望。而欲望的短暂满足之后,会发现空仍然在那里。空并没有不好,但是,两部小说中的人,都不喜欢。我发现,不停的读书,看上去似乎也是在填补某种空。
读关于蘑菇的书,会导致神奇蘑菇出现在生活之中。不是说事情一定会这样发生,然而事情的确就这样发生了。柜子中的几棵蘑菇,将带来怎样的故事呢。
继续和女儿一起读《哈利波特》。魔法界的成长烦恼,不知是否照进她的现实。蘑菇的菌丝与哈利波特的魔杖,哪一个更加神奇?
书目
- 昆虫
- 蘑菇
- 罕见病
- 小说
昆虫
01. 草地上的嗡嗡声
2025-06-03 读过 | 生物学,科普,昆虫| 豆瓣评分
我给它 [ 8 分] :作为英国昆虫学家的作者在法国乡间买了一个农场,附带一间叫做诺歇家的农舍。买下的目的是改造农田为草地,让野花昆虫在此栖息。本书就以围绕诺歇发生的一系列事件,介绍昆虫、草地的生态知识以及他自己的研究。
节肢动物门包含甲壳纲、蛛形纲和昆虫纲。昆虫也许是地球上率先飞到空中的生物。他们演化出变态发育过程:幼虫专注进食积累足够物质与能量,变为成虫后任务则是繁殖。地球上生物约有一百五十万种,昆虫就占了约一百万种。收拾房子时发现水嫄,于是作者挖池塘以提供栖息地。之后一转介绍昆虫的生殖交尾,各种策略简直是两性的斗智。雌虫体型大,雄虫机动性强。为交尾而献身雌螳螂的雄螳螂,也并非心甘情愿,一有机会还是会逃跑的。
蝇类有 24 万多种。迟收垃圾往往造成的苍蝇的大爆发。而垃圾场解决问题并不是那么积极,有时候花钱赔偿比解决问题要更节省。而蝴蝶翅膀斑点的形成,竟然不是遗传而是由温度变化预测。这样的非遗传漂变“往往让遗传学家的研究失去意义。常常被当做合作典范的社会性昆虫峰类,其日常活动中也有许多工蜂背着丰厚产卵,或偷着到别的蜂巢产卵,刺杀蜂后,蜂巢间移居等行为。报死窃蠹发出的笃笃并非死神不耐烦的敲手指而是他们寻找配偶的信号。而雄性的此种虫子,一次生殖转移的生殖细胞加营养成分相当于自己体重的 20%,真下血本。工蚁和蚜虫合作共生,有点儿像牧者和牲畜的样子。
昆虫与花的共生关系更加明显。植物有的提供花蜜,有的提供花粉,有的提供温暖的“旅馆”给昆虫,换取它们为自己传粉。然而也有一些植物却不提供这些,通过蜂类勘查性质的探访而授粉。但这比陷阱路线式有规律的定时来访效率要低很多。有的峰类则学会在花朵外侧开口取花蜜而不拜访花蕊的方式获取食物而不帮助花朵授粉。我们总以为植物的细胞是共同体,然而细胞内的线粒体 DNA 和细胞本身的 DNA 有时会有利益冲突,线粒体 DNA 倾向于不进入雄性配子,因此常表现出对雄性性别 DNA 的攻击。
作者对类尼古丁类农药对蜜蜂行为的研究揭示出,此类杀虫剂通过瓦解蜂群而非杀死个体的方式,使得蜜蜂大幅减少。而且,实际上农用化学品的安全检验方式常常失效,检验不出未达致死量的农药对环境的巨大破坏作用。野生动物栖息地随着人类居住地的扩展被缩小和割裂,决定复合族群整体存亡的拓殖事件与灭绝的平衡常被打破。诺歇家这样的栖息地,将有助于生物多样性。作者对人类的看法比较悲观:毕竟我们这种遇到新物种先问“能否吃它或被它吃”的物种,正在大量消耗地球供养地球生物的能力。
有意思的是,读此书的时候,家里来了个年轻人,推销杀虫服务。妻子虽然不喜欢家里总爬蚂蚁,也还是拒绝了。就在关门后,年轻人有重新窍门,指着前门的蛛网说,你看你家都有这么多虫子了:那是一大群比芝麻粒儿还小的刚刚孵化出来的蜘蛛。密集事物恐惧症的人恐怕会很难受。但妻子的理智还在:难道蜘蛛不是天然的虫子杀手吗?有了它们,更不需要使用化学杀虫剂的服务了呀。
作者的英式幽默随手拈来,让逐渐沉重的科普话题,读起来轻松莞尔。
02. 寻蜂记
2025-06-11 读过 | 生物学,科普 | 豆瓣评分 9.0
我给它 [ 8 分] :孩子们天生热爱自然,好奇心推动他们观察或收集各种植物、动物、虫子……有些到人成年仍保持了同样的热情,他们适合做生物学家。作者是这样的人。他研究熊蜂( Bumble Bee ),一种浑身长满绒毛的蜂。在好奇心的驱使下,他四处旅行,去寻找罕见蜂种。
罕见蜂种有两类来源,一个是在陌生之地发现的陌生物种;一种是熟悉之地的常见物种因各种原因逐渐迁移消失。为了见罕见物种,作者到被用作军事基地的索尔兹伯里探访尖叫熊蜂,到地处偏远的本贝丘拉岛查访卓熊蜂,去农业欠发达地区的东欧戈尔茨山脉观察黄腋蜂,去加利福尼亚和俄勒冈的山间寻觅富兰克林熊蜂,去厄瓜多尔的云雾林保护区研究当地昆虫,到英国的宗地雨林和奈颇见证再野化所带来的生态恢复的奇迹。
字里行间,作者在传达这样一个信息,单一作物为主的大规模集约化的现代化农业,造成生物多样性的重大损失。而因特定目的而规划的自然保护区也常常难以完成动植物保护的目的。人类的退出之地,如因军事目的而退耕的平原,因种种原因而造抛弃的工业棕地,和停止规划且减少人类介入的奈颇城堡,反而在自然的作用下“再野化”,招致了许多罕见物种重新出现,生态多样性蓬勃发展。
换句话说,为了某种单一目标而进行优化,往往带来各种生态问题,进而伤害目标。比如,为了增加粮食产量,养活更多人的集约化农业,短时间内的确提高了产量,但紧接着的病虫害问题,授粉类昆虫减少的问题,水源缺乏问题,土地肥力下降问题,环境污染问题,生态破坏问题,等等,很快会使得粮食面临减产威胁。环境保护最有效的方法,就是减少人类意志对自然的干预。人类退出之地,生态复苏。
我虽现在生活在城市,也把孩子送到了森林学校。从小时候上户外幼儿园开始,到现在四年级了,仍然可以,一周两次的从公立学校脱身,去在野外学习。妻子为此办了个野外学校,为孩子们提供这种户外教育的机会。感恩西雅图还有几处大片的林地与海滩作为公园,可以让孩子接触山川大地,海洋河流,小草大树,清风白云。..
读这本书,也让我给后院除杂草的热情大减。看着那些绽放的野花,就知道它们在养活一些昆虫,其中,一定也有熊蜂。
03. 无敌蝇家
2025-06-12 读过 | 昆虫,生物学,科普 | 豆瓣评分 8.7
我给它 [ 8 分] :这本书需要读者打开心胸来读,因为它的主角是双翅目昆虫,蚊、蝇、蚋、蛉、虻、蠓,我敢说以上的每一个名字,都不大可能引发愉悦的感受,除非,你是向作者那样的昆虫迷。
我呢,读这本书时,忽然想起《西游记》盘丝洞一劫。拜盘丝洞蜘蛛精为干妈的那一班叮人的飞虫小妖儿,是不是都是双翅目呢?查了一下,把猪八戒好一顿叮咬的“蜜、蚂、蜍、班、蜢、蜡、蜻”中,却原来只有蜢是双翅目。看样子《西游记》的七种,只是咬人比较厉害的。双翅目这个名字,据说是亚里士多德给的,同时他也注意到“两只翅膀的昆虫尾部都没有刺”。从伤人能力上讲,双翅目中的昆虫大多都比不了西游记中的蜂、甲虫、蜻蜓类。
即便如此,人类对双翅目昆虫仍是厌恶情绪居多。有时,这也怪不了人类,双翅目昆虫食性杂,一些植食性的与人类争食,另一些食腐性的长与污秽肮脏相伴,一些食肉类的不介意吃人的肉。本书第一章就是从介绍作者被一种蝇类把幼虫产在皮下生吃他的肉……瞧,读这本书是得有些定力,耐得住恶心。
然而,双翅目并不是可有可无的。它们是大自然中的清道夫,没有它们,这个世界会肮脏许多。它们有能力将排泄物,腐烂物变成生命。它们同样充当植物传粉的媒介。在遗传学研究中,果蝇引起快速繁殖换代的特性,而成为首选的研究对象。
另外一个有趣的观察是,人类罕达的地方,生物多样性会高。因此,人类对双翅目昆虫的厌恶,使得它们成为阻挡人类入侵自然的一种生物力量。当然,人类也发明了很多方法对付这些“害虫”。这些方法往往给人类自身造成伤害的同时,也因为抗药性的原因使得昆虫越来越难以控制。
双翅目昆虫物种多样性和绝对数量占据优势,加以研究利用,它们可以是我们人类生活的绝好助手。
多数人包括我自己,是“昆虫盲”。书中许多昆虫的名字,对我来说几乎不具有任何意义。但这其实又没有什么关系。人类不去插手它们的生活,未尝不是一种彼此尊重。我们与他们在地球上共栖。它们有时候是我们,我们有时候是它们。
蘑菇
04. 蘑菇
2025-06-17 读过 | 真菌,科普,蘑菇 | 豆瓣评分
我给它 [ 8 分] :本书译自 2010 年出版的《 Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms 》,翻译时整章删除了原书第 13 章致幻蘑菇的部分。
书中分五部分。第一部分谈论世界上的文化大致可以分为喜菇文化和厌菇文化。东欧和俄罗斯的斯拉夫文化洗菇,野外采菇可说是全民喜爱的活动。而西欧和北美的文化则是厌菇的,认为野外采食蘑菇与作死无异。但随着移民的增多,西欧和北美的蘑菇“狩猎”也越来越频繁了。反观自己,虽然是唱着“采蘑菇的小姑娘”长大,但其实是生活在厌菇文化中的。我长大的地方,野生菌是被认为危险的,碰都不要碰。
第二部分介绍食用野生菌种。先介绍了包括羊肚菌,马勃菌,硫黄菌或硫黄多孔菌,和鸡腿菇在内的四种常见、容易辨认且很难与其他有毒物种混淆的可食用蘑菇。之后又介绍鸡油菌,美味牛肝菌和伞菌属及其近缘种这几种可食用蘑菇。但后面这几种蘑菇,都有一些有毒物种与其相像,必须要采拾者有一定经验,认真辨别才行。
作者指出,采食蘑菇,必须要要十分确定其品种,保证其可食性。介绍美中蘑菇时,作者都具体介绍蘑菇的大致产地,采摘时令,蘑菇生长的微环境,伴生物种,以及如何区分与其相近的有毒品种。当然,作者不忘介绍蘑菇的处理方式,烹调菜谱,让人非常也去一尝野生食用菌的美味。
第三部分,则介绍蘑菇的有毒物种,死亡帽、假羊肚菌,天使之翼,卷边桩菇,毒蝇伞,裸盖菇等。同时也指出,北美因有毒蘑菇致死的案例其实很少,因蘑菇就医的情况也比东欧要少。厌菇的文化使得一般的野生菌爱好者比较小心,不像喜菇文化中的人比较容易盲目自信于自己的野生菌知识,而反受其害。有意思的是,在有的文化中认为有毒而不能吃的蘑菇,在另外的文化里却被认为是可食用的。作者对于危险蘑菇的态度是:“既然有明确可食用的物种,又何必冒生命危险尝试未知的呢?”
第四部分介绍了蜜环菌,仙女环,发光蘑菇,松露。这些蘑菇有的能吃又的不能吃,但是否能吃不是这一部分的主题。这一部分主要是介绍真菌这种生物在生态系统中的种种作用。真菌有的寄生其他植物,从草木之种吸收营养成文;有的与树木的根共生,为树木提供矿物质,水分和个体交流的网络,树木则将碳水化合物回馈给菌丝体,树木甚至可以通过菌丝网络传递营养物质以救助生病或弱小的个体;有的真菌食腐,把死去的树木化作土壤。在这个过程中,有的真菌把一部分能量以冷光的形式释放,形成发光体。真菌和树木、动物形成的共生关系被称为关键复合体 (keystone complex),对森林和森林物种的健康而言很重要。
第五部分只有一章,介绍在庭院或者卧室里栽培蘑菇。能在家里栽培的野生菌基本上只是食腐真菌。菌根共生体很难被移植。
本书避开未谈的,是蘑菇的药用和疗愈作用,对此作者另著有一书《 Mushrooms for Health:Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi 》。另外就是在地域上作者偏向于介他所居住的绍美国东北部的经验,对于世界其他地区或者我所在的西北地区较少涉及。
我之所以对蘑菇感兴趣,一是因为儿子最近对蘑菇着迷,借来许多图册指南来看,二是最近尝试了一些蘑菇保健品,感觉似乎有用。儿子现在通过图片,叫得出许多蘑菇名字,知道他们的习性,可食性。我在超市买了蘑菇做了菜,他却不吃。他说,自己是 Mushroom lover ,不是 mushroom eater 。可见,我们两个对蘑菇的兴趣,一个是纯属好奇,一个是以胃为准。话说回来,准备带他报名参加一个当地的蘑菇真菌学会,去认识一下本地蘑菇物种。也许我俩可以同时向着“蘑菇猎人”转变。
05. Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion
2025-06-24 读过 |真菌,科普,蘑菇 | 豆瓣评分
我给它 [ 8 分] :进入书评之前,首先强调,裸盖菇及其活性成分 Psilocybin 是致幻剂,是受控物质、毒品。在大多数国家和地区,持有、制造和销售它们是非法行为。
裸盖菇在墨西哥被称为神圣蘑菇,对它的研究一开始见于真菌学和植物学。有记录表明他们一直在节庆,宗教仪式和巫医治疗中使用。20 世纪五六十年代,美国科学家开始研究它对于意识的影响作用,并向公众介绍其作用。很快,这种致幻剂就失去控制,在大学和社会上流行起来,并在一些反政府和反战的运动中发挥作用,之后很快就被征服列为毒品而禁止。
在美国,对 Psilocybin 的禁令是从 1965 年开始的。然而,进入 21 世纪以来,对于 Psilocybin 的研究开始复苏,发现其可以用来治疗抑郁、焦虑、创伤应激障碍、成瘾的问题。于是有来自学术界与民间的运动,试图推动神奇蘑菇使用的去罪化与合法化。自 2019 年开始,美国已有城市不将持有和使用 Psilocybin 定为刑事罪。有三个州将裸盖菇素用于治疗合法化。但在联邦层面,FDA 并未获准用于医疗用途。
在民间,私下种植、贩卖、使用 Psilocybin 的违法行为一直存在。
本书介绍的,正是人们为何冒着进监狱的危险还在使用,以及怎样安全使用裸盖菇和 Psilocybin 。这里的安全,并不是指如何躲过警察,而是避免“坏的旅程”。作者认为使用神奇蘑菇改变意识状态跟游泳和滑雪一样,需要接受一些指导和训练去避免危险,但不必因为其危险就将其定位非法。
食用神奇蘑菇后,会有 6 个小时左右的药效期。如果是个“好的旅程”,使用者会产生神秘体验,可能包括:与宇宙合一,超越时空,透过直觉获得智慧,产生神圣感,深入积极情绪,直面不可言说的体验。使用者可能会称这个经历为灵性的,神秘的,高峰体验。如果是个坏的旅程,也有些人会出现可怕的幻觉,并因恐惧而做出伤害自己或攻击他人的行为。
为了获得一个好的旅程,要从内在心态和外在坏境两方面做好准备。环境设置的原则是让人平静或开心。关键词:安全,熟悉,整洁,明亮,舒适。确保周围的人是支持的,有经验的。生活中没有紧急重大的事件,个人至少有 6 个小时的时间无需承担任何责任。最好把蘑菇当作以为最尊敬的客人来迎接。同时,它又将是你最好的客人。事先准备好与它相处时要做的事,听音乐,看风景,写作,玩儿玩具,吃东西,聊天,躺平,走动,吸烟,所有可以让你快乐的事,都可以。.. 但要事先把相关的用具准备好,tripping 时对身体的控制不会灵活。心态方面,要选自己相对情绪平稳,心态开放的时候,不要在有压力时使用。
神奇蘑菇作用于大脑神经,会改变人的所有感官和想法。不要抱有期待,但要保持好奇。信任,放开。如果遇到自己恐惧的事情,请不要逃开,深呼吸,直面它,你可以的。最好请一个自己信任的人,来确保自己不会有事。
使用之后,要花时间整理自己的经历,从中学习。可以用书写或者其他的创作方式,记录自己的所得。与信任的人或者治疗师聊。
有高血压和恐惧症的人最好不要用神奇蘑菇。服精神类药物的人要避免使用。有 serotonin 相关问题的人,不要使用。不要与干扰记忆的药物共用。不要几种致幻药物混合使用。第一次使用,要使用低剂量。如果对其有任何怀疑,不要使用。
最后,读《蘑菇:一部真菌奇幻史》时,发现中文版整章删除了 Psilocybin 的内容,于是找来本书来填补空白,算是读本书的机缘。其实,关于 Psilocybin ,我 2018 年的时候就从 Michael Pollan 的《 How to Change Your Mind 》中读到过。记得 Pollan 在书中科普了致幻剂对精神疾病的治疗作用和对神秘经验以及宗教经验的影响后,还描述了亲身实验多种致幻剂的过程和感受。记得他在书说,中年人应该试试服用致幻蘑菇,尝试一下超自然的体验。那会改变人的认知。
罕见病
06. 愿你可以自在张扬
2025-06-04 读过 | 罕见病,散文,诗歌,绘画| 豆瓣评分
我给它 [ 8 分] :刘开心是作者的真名。她是一个罕见病人。我也是,这也是我读此书的原因。
她的罕见病叫做 EDS (全称 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ,埃勒斯-当洛斯综合征)基因缺陷使得 EDS 病人结缔组织发育异常,皮肤、筋膜,血管壁等组织非常脆弱松弛,也就不太能支持身体的骨骼肌肉系统的正常功能。
生活中我认识另外一位 EDS 女孩,2017 年飞去华盛顿 DC 见议员为罕见病发声,同行的一位叫做 Sarah 的姑娘就患有此病。整个过程中我推着她的轮椅,辗转去华盛顿州的议员们的办公室,号召他们在立法实践中多考虑罕见病人的需求。
EDS 病人身体非常容易受伤,进出医院如串门,收病危通知如便饭。常在痛苦之中的 Sarah ,刘开心能站出来,展现罕见病人的生活和创造,是为善举。即便如此,Sarah 还是因为自己是他人的负担而急得要哭,直到我安慰她,我们是一个团队。
Sarah 当时带着一条围巾,是斑马的花纹。后来我得知,美国的 EDS 病友们自称“斑马”。因为医学院教学生在行医时要根据症状去找常见诊断而不是寻求新奇。“听见马蹄向,你应该想到常见的马,而不是罕见的斑马”。而刘开心和 Sarah 这样罕见的 EDS 病人,或我自己这样的 FCS 病人,正是这个比喻中的“斑马”。
受忽视,我们习以为常。
本书焦点,并不是罕见病,而是留开心的作品集。每一小节往往从诗歌或散文开始,有时就只是诗歌,或者散文,配上她的画作。诗歌绘画是一时的情感凝结,浓烈而馥郁,璀璨耀眼。而一片片散文则勾勒出她因罕见病而不被理解甚至霸凌的经历。罕见病是她的诗歌散文和绘画的基底,处处可见。
疾病会不会使人睿智,我不知道。但同是罕见病患者的我,很乐意做刘开心读者,诸多共鸣,摘录几句:
-- “疾病不是我们的错误,更不是对你的惩罚。它只是……就那样发生了。如果我们期待的是世界的绝对公平、人与人的绝对一致,恐怕很难不陷入愤懑与纠结,那样的人生才会更辛苦吧。”
--“面对无法改变的绝境,我不是没有沮丧,只是不再那么不甘心——与其去想“为什么是我”,倒不如想想为什么不能是我呢?既然是我,又如何呢?”
--“我们没有不正常,我们只是不一样。”
--这世界很大,我看过了,还想再多看看,如是而已。没必要把这叫作“坚强”。
最后,感觉我比作者幸运多了。我是很早发病,医生虽然不知道我是啥病,但下断言,说我不会活到成年。有这样的“死刑”,反而是我在成长过程受到更多的保护,而没有遭遇如作者受到的来自家庭,亲友,学校的压力、不理解和欺负。
没别的,祝愿作者,在疼痛时,有一双手可以握住。
小说
07. 心
2025-06-15 读过 |文学,小说 | 豆瓣评分 8.8
我给它 [ 8 分] :封面上,一个红红的圆日中显眼的写着个“心”字。看作者,是夏目漱石。决定读一读。
小说分为三部分。
上部先是写“我”与先生作为忘年交交往的几年之间的一些事,如何在度假地认识,如何开始在回东京后拜访,如何成为常客,与先生和先生的妻子熟悉起来。平淡如水的叙述笔调,逐渐勾勒出先生的一些怪处。比如,不怎么出门却常一人去郊外扫某人的墓;自称“是个寂寞的人”;读书很多也有学问,对我的问题也回答,但从不主动灌输什么。并非不关心世事,却从不出来做事,仿佛没有什么是重要的。
然而得知我的父亲病重,先生却异的常关切,一再嘱托我要趁父亲清醒时,将家产分好。偶尔流露出对人的看法,却非常消极:“爱是罪恶”,“我连我自己都不信任”,“平时都是好人,至少是普通人,而到了关键时刻,就摇身变成坏人”。
中部是我因毕业且父亲病重而返乡与父母住的一段时光。期间给先生写几封信,出于寂寞交流近况,或受父母催着委托求职。父母是知道先生这个人的,但对一个“东躺西歪”不做事的人获得我的尊敬,是感到奇怪的。父亲的病慢慢的重起来,尤其是得知明治天皇驾崩,乃木大将殉死的消息后,更是一蹶不振。就在在父亲弥留之际,久未回信的先生,却忽然来了封非常厚重的挂号信。没想到,等来的竟是先生的遗书。于是“我”火速坐上火车奔向东京,将自己父亲放诸脑后……
下部则是先生的遗书全文。其中讲述了先生像“我”那样年纪时的事情。于是,先生的行为,对爱情的态度,等等一切,就水落石出了。先生年幼时父母双亡,接着因钱受至亲的欺骗后不再能信任任何人。而让他无法原谅自己的,是发现自己因感情之私,害死了朋友,变成了为了欺骗朋友的不可信任之人。而先生则背负这样一副内心枷锁,在自我限制中过了一生。
小说没有交代,留下遗书的先生是否真的离世了,也没有说”我“的父亲怎样了。死与不死,不是重点。父亲生的是慢性肾病,先生生的,是人性病。书中反复提及明治时代,明治精神,仿佛在暗示,这人性之病也是时代之病。与父亲比起来,先生表面身体上非常健康。如同 35 年前“被敌夺旗以来数次欲一死抵罪而竟活至今日”的乃木大将那样,先生也被自己的贪婪人性所伤而,一生苟活。
外显的病与内里的病,个人的病与时代的病,苟活与殉死,究竟哪个更痛苦些?
08. 哈利·波特与密室
2025-06-13 读过 |文学,小说,魔幻 | 豆瓣评分 9.0
我给它 [ 10 分] :哈利在魔法学校度过一年后,回到麻瓜世界姨父姨妈那里过暑假,仍旧是不受他们待见。但因为他们的惧怕,所以也没有太多麻烦。但是一个叫做多比的小精灵现身,劝阻哈利不要回学校。可麻瓜世界没有任何值得哈利浏览的。即便仍然得面对马尔福,厄内斯教授等他不喜欢的角色,魔法学校仍是他的归属。但,他的返校路程非常不顺利,却给他和罗恩再次赢得名声。
霍格沃茨迎来新生,其中不免有哈利的仰慕者(比如罗恩的妹妹金妮),他早就名声在外了。同样有名的,是哈利的新黑魔法防御术课的老师洛哈特。洛哈特写过许多畅销书,潇洒倜傥,妥妥的名人。不过哈利本能的反感洛哈特的过分炫耀。奇怪的事频频发生,哈利能听到别人听不到的邪恶声音,盘算着伤害他人。斯莱特林的马尔福称赫敏为泥巴种--出身麻瓜的家庭。学校里开始出现攻击学生的事件,同五十年前差点造成学校关闭的事件如出一辙:受攻击的人居然都是“泥巴种”。攻击者留下字迹,称是斯莱特林的继承人所为。谣言四起,哈利被误认为是发动攻击的人。
在调查当前的事情的同时,哈利,赫敏和罗恩,还发现了五十年前的秘密:密室中的怪物,海格被开除的真相,斯莱特林的野心,伏地魔的心魔。同时,他也见识到了学校董事会、校长、魔法管理局之间的政治角逐,禁林中的更多怪物……扑朔迷离,悬念迭生。
哈利在朋友的帮助下,揭开谜题,战胜怪物。对自己了解更多的同时,又出现更多谜题。为什么分院帽坚持认为哈利应该去斯莱特林?为什么伏地魔的化身说哈利与他相像?为什么他有斯莱特林一样的天赋能力,同时又能抽出只有真正的格兰芬多才能抽出来的银剑?
故事之外,本书关注人际平等。为什么,同样是巫师,总有人要按照出身分成“泥巴种”和“纯种”?又是为什么,精灵多比因为哈利一句“坐下”就感激涕零?人与人之间的平等相待,有的时候不觉怎样,缺少的时候方显珍贵。
罗琳的魔法世界,时时映照现实。
09. 哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒
2025-06-25 读过 | 文学,小说,魔幻 | 豆瓣评分 9.1
我给它 [ 8 分] :说起来,当初哈利波特风靡的时候,每年出一本。每一本哈利长一岁,他的读者也长一岁。罗琳大概是按照她的的读者的成长,一步步将更为复杂的生活埋入故事。现在陪女儿一块儿看,就不太可能做到那样的同步了。要想让她 11 岁时看哈利 11 岁的故事,12 岁时看 12 岁的故事,就得给她踩着刹车,一年看一本。但现在,已经看了哈利 13 岁的时候了。
哈利十三岁。家庭生活还是一团糟:姨夫姨妈一家仍旧让人不可忍受,哈利的情绪控制也没那么好,直接让佩妮姑妈变成佩奇小猪气球飞上了天。学校生活仍旧忙碌。学业之余,哈利的探索范围,从女贞路,伦敦地下的对角巷,霍格沃茨,霍格沃茨的禁林,扩展到了魔法村庄霍格莫德村。学霸赫敏忙的不可开交,却和学渣罗恩因为各自的宠物闹了矛盾。马尔福及其跟班一如既往的敌对且傲慢。伍德因为即将毕业而对赢得魁地奇比赛执念更浓。黑魔法防御术课来了新老师卢平,且大受欢迎。海格也做了老师,专讲怪物,却在第一堂课就出教学事故。
学校之外,小天狼星从阿兹卡班越狱,噬魂怪包围霍格沃茨。哈利的周围似乎充满危险。但对哈利这个年纪的少年来说,危险常常意味着邀约。跟他们说某事危险,禁止去做,他们听到的是,少侠,这有个挑战,要不要来。而少侠将毫不犹豫,“我接受挑战!”
哈利的新冒险中,他得到了另一件法宝,能显示每个人当下位置的“活点地图”。
哈利面对的问题,还是在父母去世后,自己怎么面对这个世界。他内心有个空的无法填满,丧失父母,让他的愤怒而恐惧。卢平教授让他认识到自己惧怕的是恐惧本身。愤怒和恐惧能激发勇气,同时也蒙蔽理性。对玛姬姑施魔法;对小天狼星爆发出仇恨;对小矮星的求饶心软自造成他的逃走,结缘于此。如何辨别善恶,如何掌控自己,是不能期望 13 岁小男孩解决的课题。
但,他的能力在增强。愤怒和恐惧时所不能面对的噬魂怪,在平静之后则爆发出巨大的能力,扫平他们。恐惧时渴望父亲来救自己的他。平静之后,终于觉悟,自身本就是那救赎的力量。
相信很多人都被这一册中穿越到过去的桥段击节赞叹。
10. 空之境界(上)
2025-06-25 读过 | 文学,小说,魔幻 | 豆瓣评分 7.8
我给它 [ 8 分] :空之境界,日本的网络小说,出圈,有影视动漫,广播剧等衍生品。上部,分三个故事,俯瞰风景,杀人考察,痛觉残留。探讨主题为死亡,根源,人性。作品弥漫着冷静的内心独白与观察,引人深思的对话,和怎么说呢,暴力的美。
俯瞰风景:
巫条大楼,少女们飞落。大楼上空漂浮疑似人影的物体。在和服少女“式”的眼里,看到了倚月飞行着的少女。人类的视野,朝下俯瞰。而在高处俯瞰,会有向下的冲动。只要一个念头,“会飞”,就能让人飘落。
跳楼并非完全的自杀,引人注目,如同声明。是逃。漫无目的的逃是“漂浮”,带有目的的逃,是“飞行”。“自杀是没有理由的,只不过是今天没能飞起来罢了。”
向往飞行的巫条雾绘,拥有控制两个身体的灵体,依附死亡而飘浮的双重身体者。把会飞的念头植入少女,造成八人坠楼。取走少年黑瞳干也的意识。最终,被来取回干也意识到和服少女两仪式,杀死。
杀人考察(上):
交代两仪式和黑瞳干也的关系。
太极生两仪,两仪家族有超越者的遗传因子,却只能以双重人格保全自己。女性人格为式,只穿和服;。男性人格名织,红色夹克。前者岁月静好,后者杀人技一流。通常前者主导,后者沉睡。而在十六岁那年,却开始了深夜游荡,嗜血狂杀。
黑瞳干也,对式说出“因为我喜欢你,所以想要一直相信你”的少年,却在深夜撞上实践暴力美学而杀人的式/织。这让两仪停止了无谓的杀戮,也陷入无言。喜欢两仪式,喜欢到听见她威胁“我会杀了你”都能一笑置之的地步的干也,能察觉不为人知痛苦。
式遭遇一场车祸,昏睡两年。再次醒来,十六岁时的记忆充满漏洞,织的人格消失,式的人格解离,产生一个空洞如迦蓝。觉醒为一个没有活着感觉的人,但却拥有了直接看到死亡的魔眼。干也也已经退学,跟一位魔术师在事务所做些奇奇怪怪的工作。
痛觉残留:
浅上藤乃,与式一样,缺乏生存实感,又一个杀人魔。能力被封印带来副作用无痛症。即便骨折,也不喊痛。被干也看出痛苦,施加援手。痛苦并不总是源于疼痛,也源于无痛。内心的伤痕不会消失,将一直隐隐作痛。惨遭多位不良少年长期轮暴与施虐而无动于衷的她,在少年亮出刀子之后,终于感受到了疼痛,同时觉醒了被封印的能力。拥有“扭曲之魔眼”的她,将施暴者以意志力扭曲毁掉。在痛感的趋势下,追杀逃掉的一人,过程中肆意杀人。
再次醒来的式,仍然用杀人填补自己的内心空洞。但已经依赖身为魔术师的苍崎橙子为其指出可杀的人。这让我想起《嗜血法医》中的 Dexter ,心里中有不可抑制的杀人冲动,用来对付逃避掉法律惩罚的罪人。于是,两个嗜血的超能力者对决。
“会痛的话,就要喊疼。”痛觉没有错,有问题的是伤口。而浅上没有伤口,伤在内心,痛觉残留。
11. 空之境界(中)
2025-06-30 读过 |文学,小说,魔幻 | 豆瓣评分 8.3
我给它 [ 8 分] :空之境界 中部,两个故事,伽蓝之洞,矛盾螺旋,中间一个插入点。
伽蓝之洞:
两仪式和苍崎橙子的纠葛。两仪式从两年的昏迷中醒来,第一件事就是发现自己觉醒了“直死之魔眼”,能一眼看出人身的死亡线。而她的第一冲动,就是将其毁掉。体力不济未能成功。苍崎橙子化身心理治疗师,来助其康复,实际则暗中保护。并向读者揭示了,在两仪式这样的异能者之外,世上还有魔法师。没来由的想起哈利波特。
两仪式的双重人格中,式的记忆得以保留,但缺失了 16 岁的许多记忆内容,也许是跟随织一起死了。
接下来,发现有杂念要入侵夺得两仪式的身体。其力量强大到入侵成功。式只能通过杀死软弱的自己而不把自己交出去。然后,接受橙子的条件,学习使用魔眼,并未橙子做事。
于是,式,空了。一个永远也填不满的伽蓝之洞在体内的空的身体,完成。
境界式:
- 点出式所杀过的“杂念”,浅上,巫条,都跟一个人有关。
矛盾螺旋:
又一个没有活着真实感的人,胭条巴。为了不在做被父母杀掉的噩梦,反手杀了父母,然后又杀欺负他的同学以求死。正在他被狂揍的时候,却被两仪式救了出去。他在等着通缉令,却什么也没有来。与两仪式的相处,却让他产生了“可以为她而死的”想法。咔嗒咔嗒咔嗒咔嗒。梦并没有结束。
一栋建筑,胭条巴的公寓,噩梦的所在地。设计精巧,隐藏空间。进入期间,只有一天,反复重演。却是一个魔法师的化身之所。胭条巴不过是个诱饵,吸引式前来。耶宗莲。一个要杀死式的人。为的是那与“空”相通的身体。他得到了,却又失去。原本是无足轻重的诱饵,却逆转了事态。为了诱惑而注入的爱,酿成了严密计划的意外。
魔法师荒耶宗莲,收集死亡,体验痛苦。他“只在自己的内心”追求“真正的睿智。”然而,他认为“越是学习越能往上提升”是魔术师的本质,却看不到“越聪明就越愚蠢的讽刺”。折腾到最后,却发现自己的起源,是静止。
二元矛盾充斥文本:冲动的起源是静止,混沌来自虚无。越追求根源,就越遇到抑止力。一种让人类世界存续的意图,开始破坏人类生存的世界。荒耶宗莲视他人生死为小事。而生死之外,何为大事?
仍旧是帅的战斗场面,冷静而又絮絮叨叨的抛出哲思折腾读者。如何调和,是读者的事儿。
12. 空之境界(下)
2025-07-01 读过 |文学,小说,魔幻÷ | 豆瓣评分 9.5
我给它 [ 9 分] :三个故事,忘却录音、杀人考察(后)、空之境界,一个境界式。
忘却录音:
一个通达一切语言的人,名伪神之书。先是记忆超群,后来丧失了记忆。为了取回记忆,他得到了从根源取回记忆的能力。然而,他同时丧失了四种基本机能之一的再认。他可以做到编码,存储和读取,但再认的能力故障,使他只能通过可以语言化的特征认识事物。换句话说,看见一个人,他只能能认出可以语言化的特征,直觉的再认能力消失了。
他提取记忆,目的是为了找自己。提取别人的记忆,是因为他认不出他所提取的记忆是否属于自己。一旦发现不是自己的,就再退回去。人们掩埋的记忆,有些是不想收回的秘密。秘密被揭穿,是无法活下去的。作为魔法师,他语言通神,有无与伦比的催眠能力,能实现人的愿望。不愿面对痛苦记忆浮出水面的,有些想要死去。于是他成全。所到之处,就有人自杀。
他表现的如同无我一般。但其实他不喜欢不接受无我,无我变成了“缺我”。即便掌握了全部语言网络的魔力,能从“根源漩涡”“阿卡夏”抽取任何记忆。有强大的力量被乱用。所以,接触到“根源漩涡”又如何,仍是一个迷惘之人。
黑瞳鲜花与两仪式,在女子学园,面对的就是这样的存在,一座个人式的巴别塔,一个认不出自己的人,一个帮助别人实现死亡愿望的人。式出手了,伪神之书死了。但她却不是杀死对方的人。她杀不死语言。
境界式:
杀人容易灭迹难。一个杀人魔的诞生,产生于一个念头:吃掉不就好了吗?根源是“吃”的里绪,是荒耶宗莲用觉醒根源法制造的第一个杀人魔。
杀人考察(后):
在上册杀人考察(前)中,黑瞳干也即便在杀人现场撞见了两仪式,却从不相信式杀过人。
重新认识式和织这两个人格。虽然有杀人技的是织,然而嗜杀的则是式:她必须不断杀死他,不然他就会跳出来杀人。式只是碰巧没有杀过人而已。说碰巧,是碰到了黑瞳干也。这一篇,变成了爱情故事。
干也从各方面看来都很普通,但他给接触到的人需要的支持的能力,从而带出对方的温柔,使得杀人魔也不忍杀他。而所有人都愿意帮他。他超凡的情报能力似乎来源于此。
人一辈子只能杀一个人。从第二个起,就是杀戮了。但,一旦杀了一个人,也就无法杀死自己,也就无法作为人死去。奇怪且自洽的逻辑,是式没有杀人的原因之二。
杀了人之后,不承认是自己的罪孽,只会一味地逃避的话,不过是个连杀人犯,都算不上的逃避者。逃避者成魔。
空之境界:
黑瞳的影响下,两仪式觉醒了自己的根源,虚无。这虚无的第三人格,明白了普普通通的黑瞳,没人去探寻研究的普通人黑瞳,真正拥有空之境界。他不追求更快乐的明天,“因为我现在已经很快乐了。我觉得这已经够了。”本自具足,原来自在,无所求。”
“如果来者不拒完全接受,那么就不会受到伤害”:臣服。
所以,这么一个长篇,生生死死,打打杀杀,情情爱爱,只是为了说空,说臣服。
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Judge blocks Trump's birthright order after Supreme Court ruling


A US judge has once again blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order ending birth right citizenship for some US residents as a legal challenge moves forward.
A New Hampshire judge approved a class action lawsuit against Trump's executive order, and temporarily stopped the president's order from taking effect.
The class action lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of immigrant parents and their infants.
The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court introduced limits on how and when universal injunctions are issued by federal courts. However, the decision still allows them through certain legal avenues.
The class action suit was introduced after the Supreme Court decision, in keeping with the new standards set by the court.
Still, the White House challenged the validity of the judge's ruling.
"Today's decision is an obvious and unlawful attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court's clear order against universal relief. This judge's decision disregards the rule of law by abusing class action certification procedures," spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement Thursday. "The Trump Administration will be fighting vigorously against the attempts of these rogue district court judges to impede the policies President Trump was elected to implement."
The US Constitution guarantees citizenship to all born on US soil, but Trump has sought to revoke that right for babies born to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors, as part of his crackdown on immigration.
The class-action lawsuit seeks to challenge the order as harmful and unconstitutional, and the judge ruled that it can proceed on behalf of the babies who would be affected by the restrictions.
The ruling also once again pauses an order that was a priority for Trump. The judge has given the government seven days to appeal.
Restricting birthright citizenship was one of his first actions in office.
Multiple courts across the US issued nationwide injunctions as they considered legal challenges to the order.
The Trump administration appealed those temporary holds to the highest US court, arguing judges did not have the authority to block a presidential order nationally while the courts considered the cases.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with Trump in a 6-3 ruling that broadly curtailed judicial power, though the justices did not address the constitutionality of Trump's birthright citizenship order.
Following the Supreme Court's decision, Trump's order had been set to take effect on 27 July.
Arsenal poised to make Liverpool's Smith first £1m female footballer
Arsenal agree world record £1m fee with Liverpool for Smith

The deal for Olivia Smith would make her the most expensive signing in women's football
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Arsenal have had a world-record bid in excess of £1m accepted by Women's Super League rivals Liverpool for forward Olivia Smith.
The current world record is the £900,000 Chelsea paid to sign United States defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave in January.
The deal for 20-year-old Canada international Smith is subject to a medical and personal terms being agreed.
Smith joined Liverpool from Portuguese side Sporting last summer and scored seven times in 20 WSL appearances in her debut season.
Smith joined Liverpool for a club-record fee of just over £200,000 in July 2024 from the Portuguese club and still has two years left on her contract.
Arsenal have also added Chloe Kelly to their ranks on a free transfer from Manchester City, alongside former Liverpool left-back Taylor Hinds.
Smith has played 18 times for Canada, scoring four goals.
Liverpool, who finished seventh in the WSL last season, view the sale of Smith as a major opportunity to strengthen their squad by reinvesting the transfer fee.
They are currently without a manager since sacking Matt Beard in February, with former Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor the leading candidate to take over.
'Quite something for the women's game'
"Wow, the fee is massive. It really is," said former Manchester City and England midfielder Izzy Christiansen, reacting to the news on Thursday night.
"She is in the very early stages in her career but she is going to a good club."
At Arsenal she would have competition with a star-studded forward line including Chloe Kelly, Beth Mead, Caitlin Foord, Katie McCabe, Alessia Russo and Stina Blackstenius.
"They have a very strong frontline and depth in it," Christiansen said.
"This is Arsenal adding layers to a Champions League-winning squad who will want to go and do it again.
"I'm sure their prerogative will be to win the WSL as well.
"She certainly adds depth. It is early days to say whether she starts or not.
"I'm sure it is a project for the near future in an Arsenal shirt. It is some fee and quite something for the women's game."

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Police will not assist in removal of south Belfast bonfire
The police have declared a major incident over a bonfire in south Belfast that is due to be lit on Friday as part of annual Twelfth events across Northern Ireland.
Belfast City Council have requested the police assist contractors to dismantle the bonfire before it is lit.
There are concerns that the power supply to Belfast City Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital would be put at risk because the bonfire lies near a major electricity substation.
On Thursday afternoon, bonfire builders voluntarily removed tiers of pallets from the top of the bonfire and told BBC News NI the action was an "olive branch" to those concerned.


The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said no decision had been taken on assisting the removal of the bonfire and they continued to work with agencies and community representatives on this matter.
Bonfires are lit as part of Eleventh night celebrations in some unionist areas of Northern Ireland, to usher in the Twelfth of July, the main date in the parading season.
The Twelfth commemorates the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant King William III - also known as King Billy and William of Orange - defeated Catholic King James II.
Bonfires were lit on 11 July to welcome - and guide - William.
There are separate concerns about the presence of asbestos at the bonfire site which is between the Donegall Road and the Westlink and the council voted to write to the environment minister to act immediately to have it removed.
The Deputy First Minister and DUP MLA, Emma Little-Pengelly, said: "No one wants anyone to be hurt or for there to be any risks to health or wellbeing".
On Facebook she said those involved in the bonfire had engaged for "some time" on "size and other mitigations" and she believed that would continue.
Earlier, Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that the police had a "responsibility" in the situation.
He said the issue had only been brought into the public domain because it is "the first time a bonfire has been held in this site".
He also called on action from the landowner and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) regarding the asbestos.
Sheehan had also urged unionist politicians to "show leadership" and said Emma Little Pengelly "should be out today calling for that bonfire to be dismantled. Where is her leadership?"


Residents of the Village area of Belfast, where the bonfire is situated, said the bonfire means "everything".
"This bonfire has been going for all of our generations… and we want our next generations to know our culture. This isn't to get up anybody's nose.
"The children of this area have been collecting for the bonfire since Christmas time."


Billy Garrett, another resident, said there was "a lot of frustration".
"It's just another attack on our culture and our traditions. We don't see any harm in what we're doing here, especially in the Village area of south Belfast. It's just knocking the heart out of everyone," he told BBC News NI.
He said the organisers of the bonfire site had been making sure it was safe since September last year.
"They've went through all the proper people to make sure it is safe for everyone in the community."


Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson planned to take legal action to stop the bonfire being dismantled and has questioned the decision-making process behind the vote.
However, the council rejected claims that the decision to dismantle the bonfire breached legal guidelines and said the move was part of its "emergency" decision-making processes.
It also said it was in line with the rules of council, those cases on which an "inability to immediately implement a decision would result in a breach of statutory or contractual duty".
Power for hospitals
Belfast Health Trust said the bonfire was near a substation that supplies both hospitals.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said it had expressed concerns over the bonfire's "proximity to the substation causing potential risk to critical infrastructure and power outages".
The trust said it had contingency measures including back-up generators and it was confident there was no need to cancel any planned treatments or procedures.
The NIEA said it was first alerted to the issues of asbestos near the bonfire on 16 May and had been engaging with the landowner and the city council regularly since then.
An inspection was carried out and the NIEA said if the asbestos was not cleared by 11 July, "mitigating measures" would need to be put in place.


Tensions are escalated
The PSNI appears to have been put between a rock and a hard place here by a political decision at the 11th hour.
One of its considerations is most certainly: Would any operation trigger disorder which could spread to other areas?
Just 36 hours ago, the PSNI felt the mood music going into the 12th of July was pretty positive.
Now we have a significant bonfire row which has escalated tensions.
We saw evidence last night of how the local community has reacted to the prospect of a police operation.
Site entrances were blocked, a protest took place on the road, people were in an around the bonfire, and there is also a risk it could be lit early if any operation is mobilised.
Who owns the site?
The landowners, Boron Developments, bought the site in the summer of 2017 and were made aware of asbestos at that time.
Boron Developments have said it engaged a waste management company to remove the asbestos but the company needed "no personnel" on the site in order to complete the removal of asbestos.
Due to people "bringing in materials and building the bonfire" the company told the landowners it could not complete its work.
Belfast City Council said while the lands at the site remained "the responsibility of the landowner" the council and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) were "working together in relation to this site".
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said it had put in place mitigations "over the past week including the further covering of the asbestos containing material, the use of fire-retardant material and the erection of additional fencing".
Six things Trump should know about Liberia after he praised leader's 'good English'
US President Donald Trump has praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking "good English" and asked him where he went to school.
What Trump might have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and long-standing connection with the US.
English is the country's official language and many Liberians speak with an American accent because of those historical ties to the US.
It may have been this accent that Trump picked up on.
Here are five things to know about the country:
Founded by freed slaves
Liberia was founded by freed African-American slaves in 1822 before declaring independence in 1847.
Thousands of black Americans and liberated Africans - rescued from transatlantic slave ships - settled in Liberia during the colonial era.
Former US President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Liberia's independence in 1862 but the country retained a lot of US heritage and it remained in the American "sphere of influence" during the colonial period.
Due to this integration, Liberian culture, landmarks, and institutions have a heavy African-American influence.
Ten of Liberia's 26 presidents were born in the US.


The capital is named after a former US president


Liberia's capital, Monrovia, was named in honour of America's 5th President, James Monroe, who was a strong supporter of the American Colonization Society (ACS).
The ACS was the organisation responsible for resettling freed African-Americans in West Africa - which eventually led to the founding of Liberia.
Not surprisingly the early architecture of the city was largely influenced by American-style buildings.
Many streets in Monrovia are named after colonial American figures, reflecting the city's founding and historical ties to the US.
Nearly identical flags


The flag of Liberia closely resembles the American flag. It features 11 alternating red and white stripes and a blue square with a single white star.
The white star symbolises Liberia as the first independent republic in Africa.
The US flag, in comparison, has 13 stripes representing the original 13 colonies and 50 stars, one for each state.
The Liberian flag was designed by seven black women - all born in America.
Ex-president's son plays for US football team


Timothy Weah, the son of Liberia's former President George Weah, is an American professional soccer player who plays for Italian club Juventus as well as the US national team.
The 25-year-old forward was born in the US but began his professional career with Paris St-Germain in France, where he won the Ligue 1 title before moving on loan to the Scottish team, Celtic.
His father, George, is a Liberian football legend who won the Ballon d'Or in 1995 while playing for Juventus's Italian rivals AC Milan. He is the only African winner of this award - and went on to be elected president in 2018.
Former president won the Nobel Peace Prize


Liberia produced Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
She was elected in 2005, two years after the nation's bloody civil war ended, and served as president until 2018.
Sirleaf has a strong American background as she studied at Madison Business College and later went to Harvard University where she graduated as an economist.
She has received worldwide recognition and accolades for maintaining peace during her administration.
Her story is pitted with remarkable feats of defiance and courage.
In 2011, along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karmān, she won the Nobel Prize for Peace for her efforts to further women's rights.
In 2016, Forbes listed her among the most powerful women in the world.
What do Liberians make of the comments?
There has been a mixed reaction.
Accountant Joseph Manley, 40, told the BBC that Trump should have been properly briefed before meeting Liberia's leader.
"Liberia has always been an English-speaking country. Our president represents a country with a rich educational tradition."
For human resources professional Henrietta Peter-Mogballah, The US president's surprise at Boakai's eloquence reflects a broader problem of global ignorance about African nations and its peoples.
"From travel experiences and observations, most citizens of other nations outside Africa do not know a lot about African countries," she said. "The few that know a little, their minds are clouded by narratives of war, poverty, and lack of education."
While many have criticised Trump, others see nothing wrong in his comments.
"I believe President Trump's remark was a genuine compliment on President Boakai's command of English," lawyer and politician Kanio Gbala told the BBC. "There is no evidence of sarcasm. Reading it as disrespectful may reflect political agendas."
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Six ways to save money on your holiday - as cost of popular package trips soar


Prices for all-inclusive family package holidays in some of the most popular desinations have soared over the past year.
But there are ways of saving money if you want to escape abroad. Here are six tips to help keep costs down.
1. Book early for July and August
The price you pay for your accommodation depends on when you book.
July and August are the peak months for summer holidays, not just for Brits but for people in other parts of Europe.
"If you've ever been to Paris in August there's hardly anyone there, everybody goes to the beach or heads for the mountains," says Sean Tipton, spokesperson for The Travel Association (ABTA), which represents tour operators and travel agents.
"That's when the hotels put their prices up," he says. Therefore, it is usually cheaper to book a holiday aboard for June or September.
If you do have to go during the peak months, Mr Tipton says: "It is generally a good idea to book it as early as you can.
"It can be a bit of a lottery because you can't 100% predict what the demand will be but as a rule of thumb in the majority of cases if you know you're travelling in July, August or over Christmas or Easter, book early."
2. Fly mid-week and early in the morning


The best time to travel is the middle of the week, according to Mr Tipton.
"The weekend is the most expensive time to go because people prefer to fly over the weekend so if you fly mid-week it is generally cheaper," he says.
"Just simple little things like that get the price down."
The same goes for the time of the day you travel.
"It is common sense really," he says. "I don't particularly like getting up at 3am for a 6am flight and I'm not alone in that so those flights will be consequently cheaper."
3. Book a hotel room late
If you have some flexibility around when you can travel, there are some last minute bargains to be had.
Package holiday operators may have booked a lot of hotel space in advance which they may not have been able to sell at the holiday date approaches.
"They'll discount it just to make sure they get something for it," says Mr Tipton.
"Travel agents get sent notifications of last minute good deals so they're a good place to go if you've left it late and you want a good, cheap deal."
Another option is house-swapping. Instead of paying for a hotel or villa, people can register with an online platform which acts as a fixer between homeowners in different countries who want to stay in other's houses.
Justine Palefsky, co-founder and chief executive of Kindred, says that people who register with her site pay only a service and a cleaning fee.
For example, someone booking a seven night stay at a three bedroom house in Majorca would pay a $140 (£103) service fee to Kindred as well as $140 for cleaning before and after a stay in the house.
Ms Hawkes advises that travellers go through a reputable site if they are choosing a house-swap.
"People need to be wary of social media ads at this time of year, advertising cheap holidays because scammers do tend to use those portals to show you images of a wonderful location.
"Then when you book it and do you bank transfer, you find it doesn't exsist," she says.
She recommends doing a reverse image search on websites such as Google to check the images haven't been lifted from somewhere else to promote a home that doesn't exist.
4. Pay in the local currency
Avoid changing money at the airport, says Alastair Douglas, chief executive at TotallyMoney, a price comparison site.
"Airports are normally the most expensive places to change cash," he says.
Instead, change your money well in advance.
Mr Douglas says that if people are worried about exhange rate shifting between booking a holiday and the date of departure they can "hedge their bets" by changing half in advance and half nearer the time.
However, he says that people don't really travel with lots of cash anymore. Most spending is done on cards.
This is a good thing, Mr Douglas says, because it will often allow you to select the local currency which is "probably the thing that will save you the most amount of money".
5. Weigh your bags
Even before you reach your destination, costs can pile up. Make sure you print out your boarding pass ahead of time.
"Some airlines can charge a lot of money just to print out at the airport," says Nicky Kelvin, editor at The Points Guy website. "Not all of them but just be safe."
If you're bringing a small suitcase on board the plane, bear in mind both the weight and the size of the luggage if you have to measure it in a metal sizer at the airport.
If it doesn't fit, you may be charged a fee to check it into the plane's hold.
Ms Hawkes recommends documenting the luggage dimensions an airline provides on its website just in case you have followed them but get to the airport and discover your bag does not fit.
"In that case, if the airline makes you put it in the hold and you've adhered to their website conditions, document everything and make a complaint after," she says.
6. Buy toiletries in advance
Food, drink and toiletries are often more expensive at the airport.
One of the reasons, according to Mr Kelvin, is because of the 100ml onboard liquid rule. While restrictions have recently been relaxed at airports in Edinburgh and Birmingham, it applies everywhere else in the UK.
One way to cut costs is to order your suncream or other toiletries online and pick them up in-store at the airport once you've been through security.
Some retailers allow you to do this, Mr Kelvin tells the BBC's Morning Live programme.
"So it's a double whammy - you're going to save because you're going to get the cheaper online pricing and you're going to avoid the security issue because you're going to pick up your big liquids after."
Another cost-saving tip is to take a water bottle with you. Most airports have free water refill stations.
He also recommends taking along your own snacks in lunch boxes, especially handy if you're travelling with children.
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