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#Movies
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On this day in 2021, 'Paddington 2' replaced 'Citizen Kane' as the highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he stands by comments he made in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol that former presidents, including Donald Trump, are
"not immune" from criminal prosecution. 
https://www.

2021 retro-link! https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/automatic_video_editing.html - Automatic video editing for presentations.

"An investigation led by The Associated Press found at least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021. About half of the 94 who died were Black."
https://apnews.com/a…

Dozens of deaths reveal risks of sedating people restrained by police
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts. The injections are given by medical personnel during police encounters. The investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in some avoidable deaths. While sedatives were mentioned as a cause or contributi…

From the vault: 2021
The legacy of French colonial psychiatry
"French psychiatry in West Africa saw Black bodies as 'alien' to white ones. It hasn't changed much."
https://africasacountry.com/2021/06/the-legacy-of-fren…

The legacy of French colonial psychiatry
French psychiatry in West Africa saw Black bodies as “alien” to white ones. It hasn't changed much.

Tracking fifth-year options for 2021 first-rounders: Which have been picked up or declined? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39900614/fifth-year-option-tracker-nfl-players-2021-first-round-draft-class

NFL fifth-year option tracker: 2021 first round draft class - ESPN
The May 2 deadline is approaching for teams to pick up fifth-year options on rookie contracts. Which teams have made a decision?

The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three years, i.e., books published in 2021, 2022, and 2023 are eligible for the 2024 prize.
https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize

The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three years, i.e., books published in 2021, 2022, and 2023 are eligible for the 2024 prize.
https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that: "The manufacturing sector was responsible for 12% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. **About 75% of those emissions came from burning fuel to create heat**, and the rest were by-products of industrial processes that transform materials into products."
Note: Most low to moderate temperature heat demands could be satisfied with heat pumps rather than burning fuel.

Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the Manufacturing Sector
At a Glance When producing goods, the manufacturing sector emits carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that cause global warming, both by burning fossil fuels and through certain industrial processes.

'70M came to arms': Prosecutors claim first rioter inside Capitol ranted about civil war - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-2667391367/

'70M came to arms': Prosecutors claim first rioter inside Capitol ranted about civil war
The first person to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, is being accused by federal prosecutors of regurgitating false claims and conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and other politicians in the wake of the former President's 2020 election loss. Michael Sparks has been charged with ...

The ‘fake news’-ification of local news—and what to do about it
from Doron Taussig @…
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/the-fa…

The ‘fake news’-ification of local news—and what to do about it
The Letter from the Editor that ran on March 23, 2021, did not shrink from acknowledging the challenges the Bucks County Courier Times faces reaching conservative readers in its politically diverse community. But Shane Fitzgerald, then the paper’s executive editor, still managed to take a hopeful tone. “We’ve been called biased, fake news, a liberal […]

Reminders
Trump = Netanyahu
‘Netanyahu is essentially an Israeli Republican’
By Marc Caputo, August 15, 2019
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/israel-trump-netanyahu-1465917
Netanyahu’s woes mirror those of his ally Trump
By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press, Nov 22, 2019
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/netanyahus-woes-mirror-those-of-his-ally-trump
Netanyahu... paints his Jewish opponents as weak ... “leftists,” and ... presents himself ... as the only person capable of leading the country.
By Asharq Al Awsat June 10, 2021
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3020331/israel’s-netanyahu-lashes-out-end-his-era-draws-near
Vote for Democracy!

#Movies
Via Captain Howdy @MajorPazuzu
·
19h
On this day in 2021, 'Paddington 2' replaced 'Citizen Kane' as the highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes.

From the vault: 2021
The Nigerian dream is to leave #Nigeria
"In Nigeria, to be an emigrant is to possess illustrious social capital and a badge of honor that is not only reserved for you, but also for your family."

The Nigerian dream is to leave Nigeria
In Nigeria, to be an emigrant is to possess illustrious social capital and a badge of honor that is not only reserved for you, but also for your family.

I didn't realize so many Quick Build projects were failing this badly to reduce injury crashes. On some of these streets I *feel* safer since the changes, but the numbers don't lie. These are failures and SF must reevaluate its whole approach. Concrete > flex posts
https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/sf-vi

Vision Zero lacks a vision, experts say
As San Francisco hit the 10-year anniversary of its 2014 “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities, the effort has failed: Nearly as many

“Unlike the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, those who do not vote or refrain from voting do not threaten violence. Nor do they obstruct the functioning of a governmental institution.
Yet through their inaction, they too impair the political freedom of America that arises from the democratic character of its government and thus violate their elemental duty of citizenship.
We vote to preserve democracy and thus our own freedom.”

Professor Owen M. Fiss on the Importance of Voting
In Why We Vote, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen M. Fiss stresses the importance of voting and examines Supreme Court cases that sought to enlarge the freedom that democracy generates, emphasizing that it's the Court's responsibility to uphold the democratic ideal of the Constitution.

The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three years, i.e., books published in 2021, 2022, and 2023 are eligible for the 2024 prize.
https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that: "The manufacturing sector was responsible for 12% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. **About 75% of those emissions came from burning fuel to create heat**, and the rest were by-products of industrial processes that transform materials into products."
Note: Most low to moderate temperature heat demands could be satisfied with heat pumps rather than burning fuel.

Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the Manufacturing Sector
At a Glance When producing goods, the manufacturing sector emits carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that cause global warming, both by burning fossil fuels and through certain industrial processes.

Virtual physical therapy service Hinge Health lays off ~10% of its workforce; Hinge had an estimated 1,700 employees, and was valued at $6.2B in October 2021 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/virtu…

Exclusive: Hinge Health, a virtual physical therapist, lays off 10% of its workforce
The 9-year-old Hinge Health offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and was last valued at $6.2 billion in October 2021.

My current laptop, a T470 (32G SSD, 4core i7) I love, but its almost 8 yrs old (?) and it runs VMs kinda badly. Everything else about it is great, so Im looking at replacement (referb) Thinkpads from 2021/2022. Any suggestions on things to look out for since I really can't say WHY vm's run kinda slow? I assume its CPU related, or thats what top tells me. I have a x230 that is awesomely portable, but even worse with VMs.Fedora SwayWM on both.

Holy cow, Ed Zitron can write about the careening rolling disaster that is the useful knowledge of the web being rendered useless by the glue-factories of modern search
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-great-looting-of-the-internet/

They're Looting The Internet
Last week, Meta revealed (in a motion trying to dismiss an FTC anti-monopoly lawsuit) that Instagram made an astonishing $32.4 billion in advertising revenue in 2021. That figure becomes even more shocking when you consider Google's YouTube made $28.8 billion in the same period. Bloomberg reports that the

Celebrity Stalker - “Your Mom” (2021)
A magically strange journey into a world of self discovery thru the eyes of a young man looking for something only an experienced woman can provide 🍪
#metal #HardRock #music

From the vault: 2021
Israel and African Pentecostalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4LWfKr2t8&t=86s
"Pentecostal movements are usually very open to endorsing Zionist theologies - because of the idea that whoever blesses Israel and does th…

The helpers, the doers, and the ones left behind: Reflections on the gendered dimension of academic citizenship in Dutch #academia #Gender #Inclusion

I didn't realize so many Quick Build projects were failing this badly to reduce injury crashes. On some of these streets I *feel* safer since the changes, but the numbers don't lie. These are failures and SF must reevaluate its whole approach. Concrete > flex posts
https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/sf-vi

Vision Zero lacks a vision, experts say
As San Francisco hit the 10-year anniversary of its 2014 “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities, the effort has failed: Nearly as many

New Orleans signs: Gators edition (volume II).
1) Carrollton
2) Central Business District
3) Bayou St. John
4) Lakeview
Photos by Infrogmation of New Orleans.
@…
#NOLA

My People - Cha Wa (2021)
New Orleans brass band-meets-Mardi Gras Indian outfit Cha Wa radiates the energy of the city’s street culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOwamJ99JEw

ℹ️ Beitrag im Liveblog gelöscht oder nicht zuordenbar, es folgt die alte Version:
USA senden Ukraine beschlagnahmte Waffen
Die US-Regierung hat der von Russland angegriffenen Ukraine eigenen Angaben nach tausende beschlagnahmte Maschinengewehre aus dem Iran geschickt. Die Waffen seien vom US-Militär und den Streitkräften von Verbündeten auf vier Schiffen ohne Flagge zwischen 2021 und 2023 im Arabisc…
🔗

Lieferung aus dem Iran: USA schicken beschlagnahmte Waffen in die Ukraine
Tausende Sturmgewehre und eine halbe Million Schuss Munition: Die USA haben nach eigenen Angaben beschlagnahmte Waffen aus dem Iran, die für die Huthi-Rebellen im Jemen bestimmt waren, in die Ukraine geschickt.

Proud Boys appear at Trump rally, drawing condemnation from Biden
At least 10 men wearing the uniform of the Proud Boys,
a violent extremist group,
appeared outside the entrance of a rally here for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump,
prompting condemnation from President Biden’s campaign.

The men
— wearing black and yellow shirts, hats and masks identifying them as Proud Boys
— were seen walking along the line of vendors selling Trump appa…

Proud Boys appear at Trump rally, drawing condemnation from Biden
Members of the violent extremist group were calling for the release of everyone charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Trump has pledged to pardon rioters.

What can Hurricane SAM (2021) tell us about ocean waves under tropical cyclones?
Xiaolu Zhao, Ludivine Oruba, Dani\`ele Hauser, Biao Zhang, Emmanuel Dormy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13457

What can Hurricane SAM (2021) tell us about ocean waves under tropical cyclones?
We investigate the ocean wave field under Hurricane SAM (2021). Whilst measurements of waves under Tropical Cyclones (TCs) are rare, an unusually large number of quality in situ and remote measurements are available in that case. First, we highlight the good consistency between the wave spectra provided by the Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) instrument onboard the China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT), the in situ spectra measured by National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buo…

Yep.
“This is the state of the modern internet — ultra-profitable platforms outright abdicating any responsibility toward the customer, offering not a "service" or a "portal," but cramming as many ways to interrupt the user and push them into doing things that make the company money …”
“On some level, it's hard to even suggest we use these apps. The term "use" suggests a level of user control that Meta has spent over a decade destroying ...”

They're Looting The Internet
Last week, Meta revealed (in a motion trying to dismiss an FTC anti-monopoly lawsuit) that Instagram made an astonishing $32.4 billion in advertising revenue in 2021. That figure becomes even more shocking when you consider Google's YouTube made $28.8 billion in the same period. Bloomberg reports that the

Celebrity Stalker - “Your Mom” (2021)
A magically strange journey into a world of self discovery thru the eyes of a young man looking for something only an experienced woman can provide 🍪
#metal #HardRock #music

New Orleans signs: Gators edition (volume II).
1) Carrollton
2) Central Business District
3) Bayou St. John
4) Lakeview
Photos by Infrogmation of New Orleans.
@…
#NOLA

#NowPlaying #TheSundayStarter A group of eight musicians and writers came together on the island of Vlieland in December, 2021. Filled with music, poetry, and field recordings, “Public Relations” is a languid soundtrack for daydreamers.

Court filings from FTC lawsuit against Meta show Instagram made $32.4B in ad revenue in 2021, which is more than YouTube's $28.8B in ad revenue that year (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-ads-revenue-y…

Instagram makes more ad money than YouTube, court filings show
Meta bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. Now it's a giant part of Mark Zuckerberg's empire.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.08543 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Comparing Diagonals on the Associahedra
We prove that the formula for the diagonal approximation $Δ_{K}$ on J. Stasheff's $n$-dimensional associahedron $K_{n+2}$ derived by the current authors in 2004 agrees with the "magical formula" for the diagonal approximation $Δ_{K}^{\prime}$ derived by Markl and Shnider in 2006, by Loday in 2011, and by Masuda, Thomas, Tonks, and Vallette in 2021.

The helpers, the doers, and the ones left behind: Reflections on the gendered dimension of academic citizenship in Dutch #academia #Gender #Inclusion

Court filings from FTC lawsuit against Meta show Instagram made $32.4B in ad revenue in 2021, which is more than YouTube's $28.8B in ad revenue that year (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-ads-revenue-y…

Instagram makes more ad money than YouTube, court filings show
Meta bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. Now it's a giant part of Mark Zuckerberg's empire.

Effect of seaweed, moringa leaf extract and biofertilizer on growth, yield and fruit quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under greenhouse condition
Roshna Faeq Kakabra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17984

Effect of seaweed, moringa leaf extract and biofertilizer on growth, yield and fruit quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under greenhouse condition
This factorial experiment was conducted in a greenhouse during the period of May 3, 2021 to August 5, 2021 at the research farm belongs to the Horticulture Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq. The experiment was designed to study the effect of some biostimulants, individually and their combinations, on cucumber plants performance under greenhouse conditions; in addition to compare the results with of chemical fertilizers application…

The MONUMENT Experiment: Ordinary Muon Capture studies for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay
Dhanurdhar Bajpai, Laura Baudis, Viacheslav Belov, Elisabetta Bossio, Thomas E. Cocolios, Hiroyasu Ejiri, Evgenii Sushenok, Maria Fomina, Izyan H. Hashim, Michael Heines, Konstantin Gusev, Sergej Kazartsev, Andreas Knecht, Elizabeth Mondragon, Ng Zheng Wei, Faiznur Othman, Igor Ostrovskiy, Gabriela R. Araujo, Nadyia Rumyantseva, Mario Schwarz, Stefan Schoenert, Mark Shirchenko, Egor Shevchik, Yury Shitov,…

The MONUMENT Experiment: Ordinary Muon Capture studies for 0$νββ$ decay
The MONUMENT experiment measures ordinary muon capture (OMC) on isotopes relevant for neutrinoless double-beta (0$νββ$) decay and nuclear astrophysics. OMC is a particularly attractive tool for improving the theoretical description of 0$νββ$ decay. It involves similar momentum transfers and allows testing the virtual transitions involved in 0$νββ$ decay against experimental data. During the 2021 campaign, MONUMENT measured OMC on $^{76}$Se and $^{136}$Ba, the isotopes relevant for next…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.02277 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Discretized sum-product type problems: Energy variants and Applications
In this paper, we provide estimates for the additive discretized energy of \[\sum_{c\in C} |\{(a_1, a_2, b_1, b_2)\in A^2\times B^2: |(a_1 +cb_1) - (a_2 + cb_2)|\le δ\}|_δ,\] that depend on non-concentration conditions of the sets. Our proof follows the Guth-Katz-Zahl approach (2021) with appropriate changes along the way clarifying and optimizing many of the steps. Several applications will also be discussed.

Dolphins plan to pick up fifth-year options on WR Jaylen Waddle, OLB Jaelan Phillips https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-plan-to-pick-up-fifth-year-options-on-wr-jaylen-waddle-olb-jaelan-phillips

Dolphins plan to pick up fifth-year options on WR Jaylen Waddle, OLB Jaelan Phillips
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told reporters on Tuesday that the club plans to pick up fifth-year options on 2021 first-round picks Jaylen Waddle and Jaelan Phillips before the May 2 deadline.

What can Hurricane SAM (2021) tell us about ocean waves under tropical cyclones?
Xiaolu Zhao, Ludivine Oruba, Dani\`ele Hauser, Biao Zhang, Emmanuel Dormy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13457

What can Hurricane SAM (2021) tell us about ocean waves under tropical cyclones?
We investigate the ocean wave field under Hurricane SAM (2021). Whilst measurements of waves under Tropical Cyclones (TCs) are rare, an unusually large number of quality in situ and remote measurements are available in that case. First, we highlight the good consistency between the wave spectra provided by the Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) instrument onboard the China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT), the in situ spectra measured by National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buo…

Court filings from FTC lawsuit against Meta show Instagram made $32.4B in ad revenue in 2021, which is more than YouTube's $28.8B in ad revenue that year (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-ads-revenue-y…

Instagram makes more ad money than YouTube, court filings show
Meta bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. Now it's a giant part of Mark Zuckerberg's empire.

Power Series Composition in Near-Linear Time
Yasunori Kinoshita, Baitian Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05177 https://arxiv.org/pdf/24…

Power Series Composition in Near-Linear Time
We present an algebraic algorithm that computes the composition of two power series in $\mathop{\tilde{\mathrm O}}(n)$ time complexity. The previous best algorithms are $\mathop{\mathrm O}(n^{1+o(1)})$ by Kedlaya and Umans (FOCS 2008) and an $\mathop{\mathrm O}(n^{1.43})$ algebraic algorithm by Neiger, Salvy, Schost and Villard (JACM 2023). Our algorithm builds upon the recent Graeffe iteration approach to manipulate rational power series introduced by Bostan and Mori (SOSA 2021).

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.13636 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Two-term spectral asymptotics in linear elasticity
We establish the two-term spectral asymptotics for boundary value problems of linear elasticity on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of arbitrary dimension. We also present some illustrative examples and give a historical overview of the subject. In particular, we correct erroneous results published in [J. Geom. Anal. 31 (2021), 10164--10193].

Dolphins plan to pick up fifth-year options on WR Jaylen Waddle, OLB Jaelan Phillips https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-plan-to-pick-up-fifth-year-options-on-wr-jaylen-waddle-olb-jaelan-phillips

Dolphins plan to pick up fifth-year options on WR Jaylen Waddle, OLB Jaelan Phillips
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told reporters on Tuesday that the club plans to pick up fifth-year options on 2021 first-round picks Jaylen Waddle and Jaelan Phillips before the May 2 deadline.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12757 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Local momentum balance in electromagnetic gyrokinetic systems
The Eulerian variational formulation is presented to obtain governing equations of the electromagnetic turbulent gyrokinetic system. A local momentum balance in the system is derived from the invariance of the Lagrangian of the system under an arbitrary spatial coordinate transformation by extending the previous work [H. Sugama et al., Phys. Plasmas 28, 022312 (2021)]. Polarization and magnetization due to finite gyroradii and electromagnetic microturbulence are correctly described by the gyrok…

Just going to leave this here:
#Australia 2024, #Alonso vs. #Russell: 20sec penalty
#Silverstone 2021,

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.13636 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Two-term spectral asymptotics in linear elasticity
We establish the two-term spectral asymptotics for boundary value problems of linear elasticity on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of arbitrary dimension. We also present some illustrative examples and give a historical overview of the subject. In particular, we correct erroneous results published in [J. Geom. Anal. 31 (2021), 10164--10193].

In October 2021, Donald Trump announced that his media company, the owner of the platform Truth Social, had sealed an incredible deal:
👉 a merger with a “special purpose acquisition company” that would deliver to his firm $300 million toward his promise of giving “a voice to all.”
By then, however, the insider trading by investors in the #SPAC, 🔸Digital World Acquisition🔸, had already begun
…

Propensity-score matching analysis in COVID-19-related studies: a method and quality systematic review
Chunhui Gu, Ruosha Li, Guoqiang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07023

Propensity-score matching analysis in COVID-19-related studies: a method and quality systematic review
Objectives: To provide an overall quality assessment of the methods used for COVID-19-related studies using propensity score matching (PSM). Study Design and Setting: A systematic search was conducted in June 2021 on PubMed to identify COVID-19-related studies that use the PSM analysis between 2020 and 2021. Key information about study design and PSM analysis were extracted, such as covariates, matching algorithm, and reporting of estimated treatment effect type. Results: One-hundred-and-fi…

Inverse optically-induced ring currents in ring-shaped molecules
Krishna Reddy Nandipati, Sudip Sasmal, Oriol Vendrell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00328 htt…

Inverse optically-induced ring currents in ring-shaped molecules
Permanent electronic ring currents can be supported within a manifold of $Γ_E$ degenerate excited electronic states as $E_{\pm} = E_x \pm i E_y$ excitations. This requires at least a 3-fold-symmetry rotational axis or higher, and includes the subclass of ring-shaped molecules. In [Phys. Rev. Res. {\bf 3}, L042003 (2021)] we showed the existence of inverse-current manifolds, where the direction of the electronic ring-current in each degenerate state $E_\pm$ is opposite to the circular polarizat…