The author attended IMO 2025 on the Sunshine Coast as a problem selection committee member, discovering that the airport floor tiles coincidentally matched a pattern related to problem 6. The event involved shortlisting and coordination work, with an alumni reunion and distribution of historical mathematics publications, though media coverage focused on AI claims rather than student achievements.
The International Meteor Organization, a nonprofit that coordinates meteor and fireball observations, suffered a cyberattack that caused critical infrastructure damage and took much of its website offline. The organization expects several weeks of partial downtime while transitioning to new infrastructure, though it continues accepting fireball reports through alternative channels.