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GPT-5 review: GPT-5-Thinking is a substantial upgrade over o3, Auto is only useful for free tier users, picking the right model still matters, and more (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/gpt-5s-are-alive-synthesis

GPT-5s Are Alive: Synthesis
What do I ultimately make of all the new versions of GPT-5?

sachen gibts
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettisierung

Ich habe eben dem #Spektral #Graz eine größere Summe als Kredit angeboten, damit sie diese tolle Einrichtung für uns aller erhalten können: https://zukunft.spektral.at/…

another reason concrete is better than cameras. there are real solutions to traffic violence without making excuses for mass surveillance
https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/

SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds
SF and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from license plate cameras with federal agencies. OPD fulfilled a request related to an ICE investigation on one occasion.

Hey, I've previously mentioned Michael Sweater's cartooning stuff here (https://sweater.substack.com/).
I was nice to him, so I received 3 x free 1 month subscriptions to give away. So if you're interested, DM me an email address to receive Substack posts. First in, best spammed!
KTXHBAI!

Sweater Weather | Michael Sweater | Substack
Comics and writing straight from the desk of Michael Sweater. Click to read Sweater Weather, by Michael Sweater, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Sevastopol under attack – Drones strike Russian Black Sea Fleet: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/14/sevastopol-under-attack-drones-strike.html

1/N Paras tänä vuonna lukemani artikkelikokoelmakirja sivistyksestä on tuore Sivistyksen vuoksi (toim. Janne S. Kotiaho, Sanna Karkulehto, Kyösti Isokulju & Helmi Jyrkkänen). Sivistys on tietysti ajankohtainen, koska se on poliittisten toimien kohteena, vaikka se on ns. ainoa avain kestävyyteen.
Puolet kirjoittajista mainitsee J. V. Snellmannin suomalaisen sivistyskäsityksen isänä.

Classifying Cool Dwarfs: Comprehensive Spectral Typing of Field and Peculiar Dwarfs Using Machine Learning
Tianxing Zhou, Christopher A. Theissen, S. Jean Feeser, William M. J. Best, Adam J. Burgasser, Kelle L. Cruz, Lexu Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09370

Classifying Cool Dwarfs: Comprehensive Spectral Typing of Field and Peculiar Dwarfs Using Machine Learning
Low-mass stars and brown dwarfs -- spectral types (SpTs) M0 and later -- play a significant role in studying stellar and substellar processes and demographics, reaching down to planetary-mass objects. Currently, the classification of these sources remains heavily reliant on visual inspection of spectral features, equivalent width measurements, or narrow-/wide-band spectral indices. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) methods offer automated approaches for spectral typing, which are becomin…

Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with ICE https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/

SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds
SF and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from license plate cameras with federal agencies. OPD fulfilled a request related to an ICE investigation on one occasion.

One of the RV dwellers Lurie plans to displace is a staffer helping Joel Engardio fight his recall. #sfPol
https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/11/l…

Lurie has a plan to get RVs off the streets. RV dwellers say it's cruel and misguided
The residents react to City Hall's voucher proposal: "That's a step down."