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A judge in Michigan dismissed the felony charges against a slate of electors who falsely signed on to documents claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election
in the latest blow to efforts to hold the president and his allies accountable for attempting to overturn the results of the White House race he lost to Joe Biden.
Sixteen people were initially charged with eight felonies each related to forgery and conspiracy by the Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, in 2023,
tho…

Determining the orientation of radio antennas at the South Pole using Galactic noise measurements
Paras Koundal (for the IceCube Collaboration), Valeria Torres-Gomez (for the IceCube Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07224

Determining the orientation of radio antennas at the South Pole using Galactic noise measurements
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a multi-messenger observatory at the South Pole. As preparation for an enhancement of its surface array, IceTop, a prototype station consisting of elevated scintillation panels and radio antennas has been installed and is operating since 2020. The radio antennas detect emissions from cosmic-ray-induced air showers, and their precise orientation is essential for an accurate reconstruction of the air-shower properties. This work presents a novel method to deter…

Oh great, the 3 warmest months of July on record globally are now 2023, 2024, and 2025.
https://mstdn.social/@Powerfromspace1/114994787705123922

PKPs Powerfromspace1 (@Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image @extretemps@toot.community #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming July 2025 Worldwide,according to NASA, had a temperature anomaly of +0.45C vs 1991/2020 (+1.03C vs 1951/1980) and was the 3rd hottest July on record, +0.16C behind both those of 2023 and 2024. https://bsky.app/profile/extremetemps.bsky.social/post/3lvvxirf7mc2i

Hybrid GCN-GRU Model for Anomaly Detection in Cryptocurrency Transactions
Gyuyeon Na, Minjung Park, Hyeonjeong Cha, Soyoun Kim, Sunyoung Moon, Sua Lee, Jaeyoung Choi, Hyemin Lee, Sangmi Chai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07392

Hybrid GCN-GRU Model for Anomaly Detection in Cryptocurrency Transactions
Blockchain transaction networks are complex, with evolving temporal patterns and inter-node relationships. To detect illicit activities, we propose a hybrid GCN-GRU model that captures both structural and sequential features. Using real Bitcoin transaction data (2020-2024), our model achieved 0.9470 Accuracy and 0.9807 AUC-ROC, outperforming all baselines.

A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH$_2$-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom, Matthew M. Knight, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Darryl Z. Seligman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Aur\'elie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuel Jehin, Laurent Jorda, Michael Marsset, Youssef Moulane, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Vernazza, Bin Yang

A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH$_2$-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the first interstellar object where compositional characterisation was possible throughout its entire perihelion passage. We report all 16 epochs of a comprehensive optical observation campaign with ESO VLT's integral field spectrograph MUSE, spanning 126 days from 2019 November 14 to 2020 March 19. The spatial dust emission of 2I/Borisov was predominantly smooth, with no seasonal effect. A jet-like feature was consistently visible. The gas production morpho…

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE
Grace Smith, Guillaume Mahler, Kate Napier, Keren Sharon, Matthew Bayliss, Bradford Benson, Lindsey Bleem, Benjamin Floyd, Vittorio Ghirardini, Michael D. Gladders, Gourav Khullar, Tim Schrabback
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07404

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE
We present a strong lensing analysis and reconstruct the mass distribution of SPT-CL J0356-5337, a galaxy cluster at redshift z = 1.034. Our model supersedes previous models by making use of new multi-band HST data and MUSE spectroscopy. We identify two additional lensed galaxies to inform a more well-constrained model using 12 sets of multiple images in 5 separate lensed sources. The three previously-known sources were spectroscopically confirmed by Mahler et al. (2020) at redshifts of z = 2.3…

{testthat} is great for automatic testing. Here are some tricks for the heavy user: #rstats

Testing, Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV) of Digital Twins: A Comprehensive Framework
Gabriella Waters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04555 https…

Testing, Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV) of Digital Twins: A Comprehensive Framework
Digital twins have emerged as a powerful technology for modeling and simulating complex systems across various domains (Fuller et al., 2020; Tao et al., 2019). As virtual representations of physical assets, processes, or systems, digital twins enable real-time monitoring, predictive analysis, and optimization. However, as digital twins become more sophisticated and integral to decision-making processes, ensuring their accuracy, reliability, and ethical implementation is essential. This paper pr…

Dropbox says it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords, launched in 2020, on October 28 to focus on its core product, and recommends 1Password as a replacement (Richard Speed/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/dropbox_drops_dropbox_passwords/

Users left scrambling for a plan B as Dropbox drops Dropbox Passwords
: Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 01.08.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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Project Veritas has withdrawn its 2020 lawsuit against The New York Times; the lawsuit accused the newspaper of defamation over an article published in 2020 (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/business/media/project-verita…

Project Veritas Withdraws Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The conservative group accused The Times of defamation over an article published in 2020.

Finally some information about this strange guy who ride like a train in front of the whole pack. Source: dotwatcher.cc
Nicolas Chatelet #tcrno11cap46: The Quiet Master of Suffering
Nicolas Chatelet isn’t new to long, brutal efforts. In 2020, the Parisian maths teacher rode 11 reps of Plateau de Beille, climbing 21,165 metres in 24 hours – the highest known vertical gain. He fue…

STRRINGS: STReams in Residual Images of Nearby GalaxieS
E. Sola, D. Chemaly, V. Belokurov, O. M\"uller, A. Ardern-Arentsen, E. Y. Davies, J. Laguna-Miralles, G. Myeong, K. Panagiotakis, H. Zhang, D. Erkal, S. E. Koposov, D. Lang, J. Nibauer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02154

STRRINGS: STReams in Residual Images of Nearby GalaxieS
Tidal features from galaxy mergers, particularly stellar streams, offer valuable insights into galaxy assembly and dark matter halo properties. This paper aims to identify a large sample of nearby stellar streams suitable for detailed modelling and comparison with simulations to enable population-level constraints on halo properties. We visually inspect and compile a tidal feature catalogue for $19,387$ galaxies with redshift $z \leq 0.02$ from the Siena Galaxy Atlas 2020 using original, model,…

Towards Skeletal and Signer Noise Reduction in Sign Language Production via Quaternion-Based Pose Encoding and Contrastive Learning
Guilhem Faur\'e (MULTISPEECH), Mostafa Sadeghi (MULTISPEECH), Sam Bigeard (MULTISPEECH), Slim Ouni (LORIA, MULTISPEECH)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14574

Towards Skeletal and Signer Noise Reduction in Sign Language Production via Quaternion-Based Pose Encoding and Contrastive Learning
One of the main challenges in neural sign language production (SLP) lies in the high intra-class variability of signs, arising from signer morphology and stylistic variety in the training data. To improve robustness to such variations, we propose two enhancements to the standard Progressive Transformers (PT) architecture (Saunders et al., 2020). First, we encode poses using bone rotations in quaternion space and train with a geodesic loss to improve the accuracy and clarity of angular joint mov…

Characterization of Higher-Order Sobolev Spaces on the Sphere via Generalized Averaging of Function
Ikhsan Maulidi, Hiroshi Ohtsuka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17736

Characterization of Higher-Order Sobolev Spaces on the Sphere via Generalized Averaging of Function
We present a new characterization of higher-order Sobolev spaces on the sphere. Building on the approach of Barceló et al. (2020), we refine the square function they introduced for this purpose. In particular, we provide a detailed analysis of the weight function and the averaging range in its definition. Our results demonstrate that averaging can be performed using a weight function from a broad class, and that the averaging domain can be restricted to a local coordinate patch on the sphere.

Continued fractions with large prime partial quotients
Gerardo Gonz\'alez Robert, Mumtaz Hussain, Benjamin Ward, Lauren White
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17167

Continued fractions with large prime partial quotients
We determine the Lebesgue measure and Hausdorff dimension of various sets of real numbers with infinitely many partial quotients that are both large and prime, thus extending the well-known theorems by Łuczak (1997) and Huang-Wu-Xu (2020). To this end, we obtain new asymptotics on the tail end of the almost prime zeta function. Our results include some recent work by Schindler-Zweim{ü}ller (2023).

Cowboys season outlook: Dak Prescott is healthy, but is that enough for Dallas to rebound from forgetful 2024?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys…

KORRIGIERTE GRAFIK FÜR ZU/RÜCKBAU
Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.08.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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Ohio renters need to make $22.51 an hour to afford two-bedroom apartment, new report shows
The state’s “Housing Wage” has increased 40.7% since 2020.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/18/ohio-rente…

Berlin-based Knowunity, an AI-powered learning platform with 20M users in 15 countries, raised a €27M Series B led by XAnge, bringing its total funding to €45M (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/06/13/knowunity-raises-eur…

Knowunity raises €27M to scale its personalized AI tutor globally
The Berlin-based learning platform Knowunity, has raised €27 million in a Series B round to expand its personalised AI study companion globally. The new funding brings Knowunity’s total raised to €45 million and will be used to further develop its global AI learning companion. Built by and for students, Knowunity was founded in 2020 by Benedict Kurz (CEO), along with Gregor Weber (CPO), Lucas Hild (CTO), and Yannik Prigl (Backend). All were just 17 years old and still in school at the ti…

A federal judge dismisses Trump's ~$50M 2023 lawsuit against Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 book Rage as an audiobook (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/d

Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley:
just nine households hold 15% of the region’s wealth, according to new research from San Jose State University.
🔥A mere 0.1% of residents hold 71% of the tech hub’s wealth.
The findings come from the 2025 “Silicon Valley Pain Index”,
a report published by SJSU’s Human Rights Institute each year since 2020. The report aims to quantify “structured inequalities” in Silicon Valley, and measures “pai…