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Good Morning #Canada
December 15th, 1964, the Canadian House of Commons votes 163 to 78 to approve the red Maple Leaf flag. The vote put an end to years of conflict over the Liberals proposing a new flag, and gave Canada a new symbol for its upcoming 100th birthday celebration. In 1960, Lester B. Pearson, then Leader of the Opposition, declared that he was determined to solve what he called “the flag problem.” To Pearson, this issue was critical to defining Canada as a unified, independent country. As the newly elected Prime Minister in 1963, Pearson promised to resolve the question of a new national flag in time for Canada’s centennial celebrations in 1967. Traditionalists fought for their beloved Union Jack while a younger generation wanted a new modern design to represent Canada. Thousands of designs, some truly ugly, were considered and rejected, including Pearson's preferred flag. I think we did OK in the end.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://youtu.be/qTMdH9-kmDk?si=9G9ykcp7wpxihKQR

CAMNet: Leveraging Cooperative Awareness Messages for Vehicle Trajectory Prediction
Mattia Grasselli, Angelo Porrello, Carlo Augusto Grazia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12703 http…

CAMNet: Leveraging Cooperative Awareness Messages for Vehicle Trajectory Prediction
Autonomous driving remains a challenging task, particularly due to safety concerns. Modern vehicles are typically equipped with expensive sensors such as LiDAR, cameras, and radars to reduce the risk of accidents. However, these sensors face inherent limitations: their field of view and line of sight can be obstructed by other vehicles, thereby reducing situational awareness. In this context, vehicle-to-vehicle communication plays a crucial role, as it enables cars to share information and rema…

eToro reports Q3 net contribution up 28% YoY to $215M, vs. $208M est., adjusted EBITDA up 43% to $78M, and announces a $150M share buyback; ETOR closed up 8% (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/10/eto…

EToro (ETOR) Third-Quarter Results Top Estimates on Crypto Trading Strength, KBW Says
The trading platform’s adjusted Ebitda beat expectations as higher crypto trading and net interest income offset weaker equities and commodities results.

Please complain about Schumer and his cohort. Please give the mushy centrists black eyes. Please light a fire under all the politicians.
But…please also look for work you can do that doesn’t center around elections. Start local. Help people. Throw sand in the gears. Whatever it is, do work that counts.
Create a context in which there •has• to be an anti-fascist opposition party, because that’s the work so many people are already doing. •That• is what the cynicism is trying to stop you from doing.
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Rethinking User Empowerment in AI Recommender Systems: Designing through Transparency and Control
Mengke Wu, Weizi Liu, Yanyun Wang, Weiyu Ding, Mike Yao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11098

Rethinking User Empowerment in AI Recommender Systems: Designing through Transparency and Control
Smart recommendation algorithms have revolutionized content delivery and improved efficiency across various domains. However, concerns about user agency persist due to their inherent opacity (information asymmetry) and one-way influence (power asymmetry). This study introduces a provotype designed to enhance user agency by providing actionable transparency and control over data management and content delivery. We conducted qualitative interviews with 19 participants to explore their preferences…

We need peace in Ukraine - CND https://cnduk.org/we-need-peace-in-ukraine/?link_id=0&can_id=fa41d46fda326186a7dd2445f763d020&source=email-tb…

We need peace in Ukraine - CND
CND Chair Tom Unterrainer assesses the UK government’s likely response to peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine. CND has consistently called for an end to the war in Ukraine. We do so because – yes – we are opposed to war in general, but we are particularly concerned about the stark increase in … Continued

Optimal run-tumble navigation in disordered landscapes
Yang Bai, Caiyun He, Weirong Liu, Songtao Cheng, Pan Chu, Liang Luo, Chenli Liu, Xiongfei Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12106

Optimal run-tumble navigation in disordered landscapes
Active navigation in disordered media is governed by the interplay between self-propulsion and environmental constraints. Using the chemotaxis of E. coli in agar gels as a model system, we uncover a universal trade-off between persistence and obstacle avoidance that dictates optimal search strategies. We find that populations evolving under pressure for rapid expansion adapt by shortening their mean run time (τ_f), counter to the intuition that longer runs always favor faster migration. Contro…

Science ouverte et collaborative pour l'\'elaboration d'un banc automatis\'e de caract\'erisation de pertes en commutation par opposition
Nicolas Rouger, Luiz Villa, Matthieu Masson, Pauline Kergus, Joseph Kemdeg, Lorenzo Leijnen, Jean Alinei, Adrien Colomb, Ayoub Farah-Hassan, Arnauld Biganzoli
https://arxiv.org/abs/25…

Science ouverte et collaborative pour l'élaboration d'un banc automatisé de caractérisation de pertes en commutation par opposition
The switching losses of power transistors are generally measured using the so-called double pulse method. Measuring the opposition of two switching cells is a complementary method that is more accurate but indirect. However, implementing this method can be more complex and requires calibration steps and comprehensive control, with the added issue of thermal management. In this context, we proposed to address this topic through open and collaborative science, first in the form of a two-day hacka…

Many lessons have been learned in Ukraine, chief among them is to never believe promises made by politicians.
Volunteers are the opposite - they were the first to show up and defend, and they are still showing up, even as governments around the world hides behind lies.
US media won't tell you about the volunteers providing counseling and support for those wounded by Russian cruelty. They never send reporters to find the truth, just cover the lying politicians.
Georgio r…

Khmelnytskyi Counts Its Fallen But No Longer Counts On Others’ Promises
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

VideoCanvas: Unified Video Completion from Arbitrary Spatiotemporal Patches via In-Context Conditioning
Minghong Cai, Qiulin Wang, Zongli Ye, Wenze Liu, Quande Liu, Weicai Ye, Xintao Wang, Pengfei Wan, Kun Gai, Xiangyu Yue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08555

VideoCanvas: Unified Video Completion from Arbitrary Spatiotemporal Patches via In-Context Conditioning
We introduce the task of arbitrary spatio-temporal video completion, where a video is generated from arbitrary, user-specified patches placed at any spatial location and timestamp, akin to painting on a video canvas. This flexible formulation naturally unifies many existing controllable video generation tasks--including first-frame image-to-video, inpainting, extension, and interpolation--under a single, cohesive paradigm. Realizing this vision, however, faces a fundamental obstacle in modern l…