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The primitive campsites at Islay Creek in Montaña de Oro State Park are only $25 per night and I wasn't able to get WiFi or Cellular / 4G / LTE signals there, but we did have to bring a tent and sleeping bags, our own food, etc.

I found out on the last day that when we went down to the beach at Spooners Cove that I could get some Cellular signal.

One of the companies that I worked for built little one-man Faraday cages out of screen with a screen door so that they would troubleshoot WiFi cards without any stray signals getting in.

Something as miniscule as a virus is capable of reshaping our DNA amazes me.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60534-6

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Published: 19 June 2025
Herpes simplex virus type 1 reshapes host chromatin architecture via transcription machinery hijacking
Esther González-Almela, Alvaro Castells-Garcia, François Le Dily, Manuel Fernández Merino, Davide Carnevali, Pol Cusco, Luciano Di Croce & Maria Pia Cosma
Nature Communications volume 16, Article number: 5313 (2025) Cite this article

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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) remodels the host chromatin structure and induces a host-to-virus transcriptional switch during lytic infection. We combine super-resolution imaging and chromosome-capture technologies to identify the mechanism of remodeling. We show that the host chromatin undergoes massive condensation caused by the hijacking of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) and topoisomerase I (TOP1). In addition, HSV-1 infection results in the rearrangement of topologically associating domains and loops, although the A/B compartments are maintained in the host. The position of viral genomes and their association with RNAP II and cohesin is determined nanometrically. We reveal specific host–HSV-1 genome interactions and enrichment of upregulated human genes in the most contacting regions. Finally, TOP1 inhibition fully blocks HSV-1 infection, suggesting possible antiviral strategies. This viral mechanism of host chromatin rewiring sheds light on the role of transcription in chromatin architecture.

Former World Bank chief economist warns of dollar crash
INSIDE USA • Albert Steck
Former World Bank chief economist warns of dollar crash
In an NZZ interview, Harvard debt-crisis expert Carmen Reinhart says more global economic shocks are likely. A crash in the dollar's value is «absolutely» possible, she adds. The primary culprit? Skyrocketing U.S. debt, she says.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/former-world-bank-chief-economist-warns-of-dollar-crash-ld.1889335

Not as bad as I feared.

But the way these products work—receiving instructions from users and then scouring the internet for answers—creates a ton of new risks. With AI, they could be used for all sorts of malicious tasks, including leaking people’s private information and helping criminals phish, spam, and scam people. Experts warn we are heading toward a security and privacy “disaster.”

Here are three ways that AI language models are open to abuse.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/03/1070893/three-ways-ai-chatbots-are-a-security-disaster