Enhanced ACA subsidies expire in 19 days: Here’s what you need to know

The Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies expire on December 31. These subsidies are a cornerstone of the open market; they ensure that these purchased plans actually remain affordable and accessible. Without the subsidies health insurance premiums are going up, the price doubles (on average) for 22 million Americans throughout the country – many of them […]

Elephant(s) in the room: mapping neural networks, embeddings and basic models in spatial data science | R bloggers

Slides: https://jakubnowosad.com/agforum2025 This presentation covered three interconnected deep learning concepts found in spatial data science work. Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are a deep learning architecture that represents spatial data as graphs: nodes are spatial entities (pixels, regions, locations) and edges are relationships (proximity, similarity, connectivity). Nodes collect information from neighbors by passing messages, similar to […]

Green lover, SMART cinema stalker and love for double cheese | December 15, 2025

Sunday evening – late evening. Unfortunately, I fell asleep with the kids on both Friday and Saturday.Had a very eventful week. Hanged out with friends, went to a cinema event, filmed all Saturday for Fluffy corner. FYI, it was fun to do something where the idea really brought out my inner self and then gave […]

Lucia in the past, now and in the future – a tradition that is constantly changing

Advertisement Advertisement Writer: Helena Bergström Every year on December 13, Sweden is filled with candles, white light and familiar tones. For many, Lucia is associated with childhood memories, school performances and early mornings in front of the television. But how old is the tradition – and how much has it changed? And above all… what […]

Swedish Lucia celebration

At the darkest time of the year, Santa Lucia (St Lucy) comes to visit us early in the morning of December 13th. Lucia has candles in her hair and is surrounded by her handmaids and boys, shining light into the dark depths of our minds. And slowly, slowly the day awakens. It is believed that […]