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There's a small Japanese-French bakery in our hood run by a mother-daughter team (the best bakery in Toronto, IMHO). Everything they sell is mind-blowing. The milk bread may be my fav, though their French translation (pain de mie) entirely fails to give it the credit it deserves. Their milk bread is to even the best sandwich bread what handmade Swiss chocolate is to Hershey's.

Fuc*ing lawnmower timing belt shredded itself again, mere minutes after fitting the replacement, suggesting buggered pulleys or similar 🤬 All this on what I hoped would be the last grass-cut of the year, long delayed as a result of all the damn rain.
Considering one of:
* sheep
* a robot mower with a direct motor-to-blade design
* paving the entire bloody garden

An Efficient Algorithm for Exploring RNA Branching Conformations under the Nearest-Neighbor Thermodynamic Model
Svetlana Poznanovi\'c, Owen Cardwell, Christine Heitsch
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12059

An Efficient Algorithm for Exploring RNA Branching Conformations under the Nearest-Neighbor Thermodynamic Model
Background: In the Nearest-Neighbor Thermodynamic Model, a standard approach for RNA secondary structure prediction, the energy of the multiloops is modeled using a linear entropic penalty governed by three branching parameters. Although these parameters are typically fixed, recent work has shown that reparametrizing the multiloop score and considering alternative branching conformations can lead to significantly better structure predictions. However, prior approaches for exploring the alternat…

For years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 and the safety of vaccines.
He’s promoted disproven treatments for COVID-19
and claimed, without evidence, that athletes are “dropping dead on the field” after getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
Now the Wisconsin politician is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments:
chlorine dioxide, a chem…

Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.

Spotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix bars shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ad breaks, but Spotify's integrated ads remain (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/business/media/netflix-spotify-pod…

Netflix Jumps Into Podcasts With Spotify Deal
Netflix will show video versions of 16 podcasts on sports, culture, entertainment and true crime.

Lightweight CNN-Based Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection Using 2D Traffic Representations
Rayed Suhail Ahmad, Rehan Ahmad, Quamar Niyaz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11898 https://

Lightweight CNN-Based Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection Using 2D Traffic Representations
Wi-Fi networks are ubiquitous in both home and enterprise environments, serving as a primary medium for Internet access and forming the backbone of modern IoT ecosystems. However, their inherent vulnerabilities, combined with widespread adoption, create opportunities for malicious actors to gain unauthorized access or compromise sensitive data stored on connected devices. To address these challenges, we propose a deep learning based network intrusion detection system (NIDS) for Wi-Fi environmen…

Bedroom Entertainment: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/10/14/bedroom-entertainment.html

Bedroom Entertainment
No come on, don’t be filthy, you lot. We don’t have a TV in …

I'm slowly and entirely accidentally working my way through the canon of stuntman Loren Janes. (No relation as far as I've been able to determine.) The first time I saw his name was in the credits for Masters of the Universe leading into a show I'd videotaped; the most recent was in Escape from New York (today). Pretty sure the most famous film he worked in was Back to the Future, which I've seen *many* times, but haven't yet watched again since learning he was involved. …

Spotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix bars shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ad breaks, but Spotify's integrated ads remain (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/business/media/netflix-spotify-pod…

Netflix Jumps Into Podcasts With Spotify Deal
Netflix will show video versions of 16 podcasts on sports, culture, entertainment and true crime.

Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor's Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer (Megan O'Matz/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p24#a251211p24