The Yosemite monolith and public figure in recent court and conservation news.
A U.S. District Court has ruled Shannon Joslin must pursue the Civil Service Reform Act process after termination from Yosemite; a final OSC determination is due in August. Joslin is a nonbinary biologist who helped hang a 66-foot Pride flag on El Capitan while off duty. The park has since banned banners larger than 15 square feet in wilderness-designated areas.
China's LineShine has been named the world's fastest supercomputer on the TOP500 list, marking its debut at the top. The system runs entirely on CPUs and achieves 2.198 exaflops, surpassing El Capitan in the US. Analysts say the result signals recognition of China’s chip-design efforts, though AI workloads and list methodology cloud the claim.