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Thin active nematohydrodynamic layers: asymptotic theories and instabilities
Mehrana R. Nejad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16523 https://

Thin active nematohydrodynamic layers: asymptotic theories and instabilities
Starting from a three-dimensional description of an active nematic layer, we employ an asymptotic theory to derive a series of low-dimensional continuum models that capture the coupled dynamics of flat and curved films, including variations in film thickness, shape deformations, internal velocity fields, and the dynamics of orientational order. Using this asymptotic theory, we investigate instabilities driven by activity in both the nematic and isotropic phases for cylindrical and flat films.…

Feeling like moving this account to a GTS instance, would delete my Bsky and bridge it there and make it a one-for-all, but I want something like WP to tweak not GTS. It'd be cool if @… would consider a 10 buck a month plan for something like ClassicPress w/ ActivityPub, I imagine that's pretty light.

Sorority cites Trump while slamming trans sister in discriminatory court filing - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/sorority-cites-while-slamming-trans-sister-in-discriminatory-court-filing/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Me (to myself): Get in to work early this morning, with no messing about on the way in. Just 'a to b', fast and efficient!
Also me: [Leaves very late, grabs a unicycle and proceeds to cycling in via the following route]
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https://www.strava.com/activities/14824892

Scattered Spider hackers targeting insurance industry following retail hits, Google warns https://therecord.media/scattered-spider-targeting-insurance-sector-following-retail-attacks

[PODCAST] Episode 308: The Campus Free Speech Panic: Who’s Fueling the Misinformation Machine?
https://pca.st/episode/a003e200-73bf-405f-9036-f96590459999
“Bradford Vivian is at Penn State. His latest book is Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in Am…

Next stop on our NLP timeline (as part of the #ISE2025 lecture) was Terry Winograd's SHRDLU, an early natural language understanding system developed in 1968-70 that could manipulate blocks in a virtual world.
Winograd, T. Procedures as a Representation for Data in a Computer Program for Understanding Natural Language. MIT AI Technical Report 235.

In situ Thermal Trimming of Waveguides in a Standard Active Silicon Photonics Platform
Tianyuan Xue, Hannes Wahn, Andrei Stalmashonak, Joyce K. S. Poon, Wesley D. Sacher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13578

In situ Thermal Trimming of Waveguides in a Standard Active Silicon Photonics Platform
We present suspended heater structures fabricated in a standard C- and O-band silicon (Si) photonics platform that can achieve sufficiently high local temperatures to induce effective refractive index trimming of Si and silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides with 30 - 90 mW of applied electrical power. Following thermal trimming at moderate powers ($\leq$ 40 mW), maximum changes in the averaged waveguide effective refractive index of $-5.18 \times 10^{-3}$ and $-7.9 \times 10^{-4}$ are demonstrated i…

Sometimes you look at a graph and think that a particular value seems a bit odd. Then you look at the other numbers and they seem off, too. At that point, you realise that the graph is not intended to clarify, but to obscure. On German #EV charging prices, Quartets and diesel.

Sometimes you look at a graph and think that a particular value seems a… | Jaap Burger
Sometimes you look at a graph and think that a particular value seems a bit odd. Then you look at the other numbers and they seem off, too. At that point, you realise that the graph is not intended to clarify, but to obscure. Thank you, Felix Hamer, for drawing attention to this recent slide from BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. The title suggests that EV charging would only cost the same as filling up a diesel or petrol car for the same distance in an 'Extremszenario…

DappRadar: NFT lending market volume has dropped 97% from a peak of ~$1B in January 2024 to ~$50M in May 2025, with borrower activity falling by 90% (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/real-world-assets-revitalize-dy…