Wikipedia has virtues, one of which is acting for a central source for info on breaking news.

Picture of activity with respect to the Valencia floods, and the Palisades fire.

Sting voice:
"The EU is everywhere around you.
On the train you take.
Over the bridge you pass.
On the motorway you drive.
We'll be watching you!"

Is that the message?

https://mastodon.social/@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu/113797546164519235

I've been looking at @psmaldino's book on social simulation https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691224145/modeling-social-behavior for a potential new course.

I like it a lot but it uses NetLogo. I'd prefer to use Julia, so I spent a couple of hours this afternoon translating his first example.

Result: likely quite straightforward to teach from this book using Julia. Blog summary:

https://brendanhalpin.net/blog/posts/netlogovsjulia/