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Ich bin an dem Punkt, wo ich einfach gern eine halbwegs funktionierende freiheitlich-demokratische, rechtsstaatliche Regierung hätte. Wo diese mit meinen persönlichen Überzeugungen und Vorstellungen übereinstimmt, ist mir inzwischen (beinahe) egal.
(Kann ich die Bonner Republik nochmal sehen?)
#Merz

I've really been moved by Edward White's death and the tributes to him being written. His books have meant a lot to me as a gay man. I wrote a blog post with more links, many also shared on @…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21611 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hept…

Disturbing news about the $d=2+ε$ expansion
The $O(N)$ Non-Linear Sigma Model (NLSM) in $d=2+ε$ has long been conjectured to describe the same conformal field theory (CFT) as the Wilson-Fisher (WF) $O(N)$ fixed point obtained from the $λ(ϕ^2)^2$ model in $d=4-ε$. In this work, we put this conjecture into question, building on the recent observation [Jones (2024)] that the NLSM CFT possesses a protected operator with dimension $N-1$, which is instead absent in the WF $O(N)$ CFT. For $N=3$, we investigate the possibility of lifting thi…

What is this nonsense?

Effective description of Nelson-Barr models and the theta parameter
Gustavo H. S. Alves, Celso C. Nishi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03257 https://

Effective description of Nelson-Barr models and the theta parameter
Nelson-Barr theories solve the strong CP problem with CP spontaneously broken at Λ_{CP} and transmitted to the CP conserving version of the SM through vector-like quarks (VLQs). For an arbitrary number of CP breaking scalars and VLQs, we perform the full one-loop matching calculations at Λ_{CP} up to dimension five operators and the relevant matching calculations at the VLQ scale relevant to tracking the contributions to the parameter \barθ. In the EFT after the CP breaking scalars have been…

Nach Arnie-Durchsage - Jetzt stärkt nächster Star Wiener Öffis den Rücken #News #Nachrichten

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #JazzTheatre
Oliver Nelson:
🎵 Teenies Blues
#OliverNelson
https://loribellquartet.bandcamp.com/track/teenies-blues-oliver-nelson
https://open.spotify.com/track/10Duc9tIQoNwR439wZ9APR

Tempted to go to the Valkyries preview tonight considering you can get a club level ticket for $26...

LA train friends: I'm flying down and Amtraking up over next weekend, any recs on what to do/where to stay? I get in early Friday and have all of Saturday.

Plex has tried to trick me twice in the last month into agreeing to the abusive data sharing agreement that I first refused in March.