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how could anybody possibly have predicted storms at a venue called "thunder ridge"?! https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/willie-nelson-bob-dylan-outlaw-music-festival-tour-delayed-1236011597/…

Willie Nelson & Bob Dylan’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour Delayed After Storm
Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan’s co-headlining Outlaw Music Festival Tour has temporarily hit pause after a powerful storm damaged equipment.

🇺🇦 #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

Soft theorems of tree-level ${\rm Tr}(\phi^3)$, YM and NLSM amplitudes from $2$-splits
Kang Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00747 https://

Soft theorems of tree-level ${\rm Tr}(ϕ^3)$, YM and NLSM amplitudes from $2$-splits
In this paper, we extend the method proposed in \cite{Arkani-Hamed:2024fyd} for deriving soft theorems of amplitudes, which relies exclusively on factorization properties including conventional factorizations on physical poles, as well as newly discovered $2$-splits on special loci in kinematic space. Using the extended approach, we fully reproduce the leading and sub-leading single-soft theorems for tree-level ${\rm Tr}(ϕ^3)$ and Yang-Mills (YM) amplitudes, along with the leading and sub-lead…

Nodal-line semimetals and their variance
Po-Yao Chang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02329 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.02329

Nodal-line semimetals and their variance
Topological nodal-line semimetals (NLSMs) are a new family of topological materials characterized by electronic band crossings that form lines in the Brillouin zone. These NLSMs host exotic nodal-line structures and exhibit distinct features such as drumhead surface states and unique electromagnetic responses. This review classifies various NLSM types based on their nodal structures and protecting symmetries, highlighting that these nodal-line structures can form links, knots, and chains. We di…

Board of Officers of Cave No. 1, Curly Bears, in full regalia circa 1900

Went down to our small town Fourth of July parade in Grass Valley, CA. It was kinda nice. I'm feeling very ambiguous about patriotism right now but I am American and I love many things about my country.

Bah, no river swimming today. We want the flow to be more like 200 CFS. Not sure why Piggy turned it back up to 300 CFS just in time for people to drown July 4.

RIP Edmund White. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/arts/edmund-white-dead.html