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Physics of the gluon mass gap
Mauricio N. Ferreira, Joannis Papavassiliou, Jan M. Pawlowski, Nicolas Wink
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20568 https://arxiv.or…

Physics of the gluon mass gap
It has long been known that the gluon propagator in Landau-gauge QCD exhibits a mass gap; and its emergence has been ascribed to the action of the Schwinger mechanism in the gauge sector of QCD. In the present work, we relate this property to the physical mass gap of QCD by considering two observables associated with confinement and chiral symmetry breaking, namely the confinement-deconfinement transition temperature and the pion decay constant, respectively. It turns out that the first observa…

Today the European Commission will release a draft budget which is expected to make major changes to agribusiness subsidies (the CAP).
I think the only way to fix the #CAP is to kill it completely. Rename it and forget it. I'm not anti-regulation in general but I don't believe it's possible for bureaucrats in Bruxelles to meaningfully manage lands 2500 km away.
Why? Elinor Ostrom ex…

Signs of Struggle: Spotting Cognitive Distortions across Language and Register
Abhishek Kuber, Enrico Liscio, Ruixuan Zhang, Caroline Figueroa, Pradeep K. Murukannaiah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20771 …

Signs of Struggle: Spotting Cognitive Distortions across Language and Register
Rising mental health issues among youth have increased interest in automated approaches for detecting early signs of psychological distress in digital text. One key focus is the identification of cognitive distortions, irrational thought patterns that have a role in aggravating mental distress. Early detection of these distortions may enable timely, low-cost interventions. While prior work has focused on English clinical data, we present the first in-depth study of cross-lingual and cross-regis…

🍫 Cacao agroforestry in Belize hits the sweet spot for people and nature
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/cacao-agroforestry-in-belize-hits-the-sweet-spot-for-people-and-nature/

Cacao agroforestry in Belize hits the sweet spot for people and nature
The Maya Golden Landscape in southern Belize is a patchwork of protected areas, agricultural lands and small communities, part of the greater Maya Forest, the second-largest tropical forest in the Americas, after the Amazon. It’s a haven for predators like jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), and threatened species like Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) […]

Good Morning #Canada
July 24th, 1534, the original Cross of Gaspé was erected overlooking the bay of Gaspé, by the crew of Jacques Cartier on his first trip exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Planting the cross symbolized the ownership of the territory on behalf of the King of France. Today, a granite Cross of Gaspé, erected in 1934, has replaced the original. Amazing that the installation of a religious artifact defined clear ownership of a continent you didn't know existed just days prior.
I have a small Easter Island statue in my garden that I'm going to install in the middle of my neighbour's yard. Wish me luck.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #Colonization
https://youtu.be/aXZkwrI3V10?si=8abMJ6iEnSgGLUCr