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Fear of flying therapy is about reframing the flight experience;
if my mind’s eye squints,
I can almost interpret my sweating palms and pounding heartbeat as a kind of buzz.
But this requires repeated, strenuous effort,
and the result is a mental exhaustion that makes the worst-case scenario appealing:
succumbing to my fears and never flying again.
I imagine this as analogous to what many Americans, aerophobic or not, are feeling.
It’s simply easier…

Winging It | Noelle Mateer
For those trying to overcome their fears of flying, it’s been . . . a challenging time to say the least.

Lovely piece, and why I often take small hotel rooms in cities: so I'm forced out to go explore. I especially love this line: "I understood how a metropolis allows you to be solitary without being lonely." People who don't live in cities don't get this.
https://www.nytim…

Opinion | The Paris Métro Smell That Transports Me
A whiff of the Paris Métro flings me back to a summer I spent in France.

Eine der populärsten Mate-Sorten in der Schweiz ist El Tony-Mate.
Nun haben Fans den bisher höchsten Turm aus leeren Mate-Dosen gebaut: 42 Meter.
Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen stapeln Sie einfach höher.
Quelle: _angi_24 auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOBaNqcjcmB/

YES!
GDP growth is effectively dead.The motor is broken.
Now it's time to face reality and share the wealth that is so evidently present.
An economy for life!
#degrowth
Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May

Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May
The UK economy contracted unexpectedly in May, marking the second month in a row of falling output and heaping further pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1% in May, following a 0.3% drop in April. Most economists had expected the economy to rebound […]

Constraining Dark Photon Dark Matter with Radio Silence from Soliton Mergers around Supermassive Black Holes
Dorian W. P. Amaral, Enrico D. Schiappacasse, Hong-Yi Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08932

Constraining Dark Photon Dark Matter with Radio Silence from Soliton Mergers around Supermassive Black Holes
We place the first constraints on the dark matter fraction contained within dark photon solitons using the absence of their predicted radio-frequency signatures, or radio silence, following mergers around supermassive black holes. In these dense environments, spiky dark matter density profiles can form that enhance the soliton merger rate. We present a novel estimate of this rate by incorporating both the steepened dark matter profile and the soliton velocity dispersion via the Jeans equation. …

"THIS IS WAR": Some Right-Wing Figures Call for Retribution Following Kirk Killing (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/charlie-kirk-killing-assassination-reactions-right-wing-grief-outrage-retribution/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p150#a250910p150

banana republic shit https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-cornyn-fbi-granted-request-locate-fleeing-texas/story?id=124446304

FBI granted request to 'locate' fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
The FBI declined to comment on the matter.

Madre Fire Update from Los Padres National Forest
Size: 80,786 Acres / Containment: 67%
Total Personnel: 1,330
Work continues along the west, northwest, northeast, and southwest of the fire perimeter to strengthen both - direct and indirect - containment lines as well as mop-up and patrol to ensure lines are secure. Dozer and handcrews are engaged on rugged terrain along the southeast flank, with ongoing efforts focused on structure protection and securing Highway 166. Aeri…

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

Sufficient minimum degree conditions for the existence of highly connected or edge-connected subgraphs
Maximilian Krone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07997 https://

Sufficient minimum degree conditions for the existence of highly connected or edge-connected subgraphs
Mader conjectured that an average degree of at least $3k-1$ is sufficient for the existence of a $(k+1)$-connected subgraph. The following minimum degree version holds: Every graph with minimum degree at least $3k-1$ has a $(k+1)$-connected subgraph on more than $2k$ vertices. Moreover, for triangle-free graphs, already an average degree of at least $2k$ is sufficient for a $(k+1)$-connected subgraph (which has at least $2(k+1)$ vertices). For edge-connectedness (in simple graphs), we prove t…

Following the expected mention of technology neutrality with regard to the 2035 review of CO₂ standards for cars, the automotive section of Von der Leyen's State of the Union speech ends on a positive note:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH…