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Understanding the evolution of black hole spin in X-ray binary systems: Case study of XTE~J1550-564
L. Bartolomeo Koninckx, M. A. De Vito, O. G. Benvenuto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00860

Understanding the evolution of black hole spin in X-ray binary systems: Case study of XTE~J1550-564
We present a comprehensive study of the X-ray binary system XTE~J1550-564, with the primary objective of analyzing the evolution of the black hole's spin parameter. To achieve this objective, we embarked on the necessary step of identifying a plausible progenitor for the system. Using a set of models covering various parameter combinations, we were able to replicate the system's observed characteristics within acceptable error margins, including fundamental parameters such as component masses, …

Washington Post edit board:
There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas:
Piracy.
That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs.
-- Max Boot
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The new pirates of the Caribbean
Attacks against alleged drug boats are lawless.

I've always been a critic of "Stoicism for the military" events and talks. I think the military often abuses a philosophy whose core aspects include cosmopolitanism and that pushes people to do the right thing, especially against power.
But I am ready to be proved wrong by all the guys filling Ryan Holiday's rooms, standing up for "justice" against bombing fishermen in the Caribbean.
Any minute now.

I've always been a critic of "Stoicism for the military" events and talks. I think the military often abuses a philosophy whose core aspects include cosmopolitanism and that pushes people to do the right thing, especially against power.
But I am ready to be proved wrong by all the guys filling Ryan Holiday's rooms, standing up for "justice" against bombing fishermen in the Caribbean.
Any minute now.