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BTW - that CBC article used a lot of numbers from this report, which because it's all numbers is awesome. Some tidbits:
- The number of farms over 3,500 acres has nearly doubled in 20 years.
- 41.3% of Canadian farmland is rented.
- From 1971 to 2021, the farm population declined by 62.2%, from 1 in 14 Canadians to 1 in 61.
- Farm debt has more than doubled in the last 20 years, from $43B in 2002 to $138.8B in 2022. That is currently 10x the size of net farm income.
- In 2021, 96,043 tonnes of pesticides were sold for agricultural use – more than three times the amount sold in 1991.
#Statistics #Farming
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadian-Ag-by-the-Numbers-2024.pdf

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,082,990 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Australia to create a national park for 12,000 koalas #Australia

Australia to create a national park for 12,000 koalas
Few animals tug at Australian hearts like the koala. Yet the marsupial, once common along the eastern seaboard, was declared endangered in New South Wales (NSW) in 2022. Habitat loss, climate stress, and disease have driven populations down so far that a parliamentary inquiry warned they could vanish from the state before 2050. The proposed […]

Linearly involved Generalized Moreau Enhanced Model with Non-quadratic Smooth Convex Data Fidelity Functions
Wataru Yata, Keita Kume, Isao Yamada
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03258

Linearly involved Generalized Moreau Enhanced Model with Non-quadratic Smooth Convex Data Fidelity Functions
In this paper, we introduce an overall convex model incorporating a nonconvex regularizer. The proposed model is designed by extending the least squares term in the constrained LiGME model [Yata Yamagishi Yamada 2022] to fairly general smooth convex functions for flexible utilization of non-quadratic data fidelity functions. Under an overall convexity condition for the proposed model, we present sufficient conditions for the existence of a minimizer of the proposed model and an inner-loop free …

Thickness-dependent magnon spin transport in antiferromagnetic insulators: Crossover from quasi-three-dimensional to quasi-two-dimensional regimes
Mathias {\AA}san Myhre, Verena Brehm, Thomas Delvaux, Arne Brataas, Alireza Qaiumzadeh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03941

Thickness-dependent magnon spin transport in antiferromagnetic insulators: Crossover from quasi-three-dimensional to quasi-two-dimensional regimes
Motivated by the recent observation of giant room-temperature magnon spin conductivity in an ultrathin ferromagnetic insulator [X.-Y. Wei et al., Nat. Mater. 21, 1352 (2022)], we investigate thickness-dependent magnon spin transport in thin antiferromagnetic insulators (AFIs). We study the prototypical AFI hematite, known for its exceptionally low magnetic damping and two distinct magnetic phases: a low-temperature uniaxial easy-axis phase and a high-temperature biaxial easy-plane phase. Using …

#fedihilfe ein ungenannt bleiben wollender ChatBot hat eines meiner Fotos als Porträt der Ex- #Femen Aktivistin #JosephineWitt identifiziert. Ist das Quatsch oder hat das LLM recht?
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Matthew Somerville’s Inky dashboard.
https://dracos.co.uk/wrote/inky-dashboard/
saved 2022-01-09 https://dotat.at/…

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
#OpenAccess

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
Bibliometrics, whether used for research or research evaluation, relies on large multidisciplinary databases of research outputs and citation indices. The Web of Science (WoS) was the main supporting infrastructure of the field for more than 30 years until several new competitors emerged. OpenAlex, a bibliographic database launched in 2022, has distinguished itself for its openness and extensive coverage. While OpenAlex may reduce or eliminate barriers to accessing bibliometric data, one of the…

Its clear that Trump is effectively if not literally a Russian agent hell bent on destroying the USA...
"As president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Chrissy Lynch said in July after the Republicans passed the budget reconciliation bill cutting clean energy tax credits: “Working families shouldn’t have to purchase energy from billionaire oil tycoons and foreign governments or let them set the price of our energy bills.”
Her observation hit home earlier this week, when Joe Wallace, Costas Paris, Alex Leary, and Collin Eaton of the Wall Street Journal reported that the comments of Russian president Vladimir Putin and Trump at their meeting in Alaska on August 15 in which they talked about doing more business together were not vague goodwill. ExxonMobil and Russia’s biggest energy company, Rosneft, have been in secret talks to resume a partnership to extract Russian oil, including in the Arctic, that had been severed by Russia’s attack on Ukraine in 2022."
#USPolitics #RenewableEnergy
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-30-2025?r=103mi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Hill not among Fins' captains following apology https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46128469/tyreek-hill-not-dolphins-captains-offseason-apology

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Du Maroc Š Madagascar, la génération Z fait sonner la révolte au-delŠ des frontières https://www.france24.com/fr/afrique/20251001-du-népal-à-madagascar…

Integral $ab$ $initio$/DFT and experimental TDPAC approach enlightening the $aftereffects$ phenomenon: probing electronic properties in $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$:$^{111}$In($\rightarrow$ $^{111}$Cd) at the atomic scale
G. N. Darriba, R. Vianden, A. P. Ayala, M. Renter\'ia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03460

Integral $ab$ $initio$/DFT and experimental TDPAC approach enlightening the $aftereffects$ phenomenon: probing electronic properties in $α$-Al$_2$O$_3$:$^{111}$In($\rightarrow$ $^{111}$Cd) at the atomic scale
By means of an integral experimental and $ab$ $initio$/DFT approach we contribute here to enlighten and quantify the origin of dynamic hyperfine interactions (HFIs) assigned to the electron-capture (EC) decay aftereffects (ECAE) phenomenon observed in time-differential perturbed $γ$-$γ$ angular correlation (TDPAC) experiments in oxides doped with ($^{111}$In (EC)$\rightarrow$)$^{111}$Cd as probe-atom. In previous works [Darriba et al., Phys. Rev. B 105, 195201 (2022)] we proposed an $ab$ $ini…

One--Component Plasma Equation of State Revisited via Angular--Averaged Ewald Potential
G. S. Demyanov, P. R. Levashov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02390 https://

One--Component Plasma Equation of State Revisited via Angular--Averaged Ewald Potential
We present analytic fits of classical one--component plasma (OCP) internal energy over a wide range of coupling parameter $0.01\leΓ\le 170$ using Monte--Carlo data in the thermodynamic limit. We extend the dataset obtained in [Demyanov and Levashov, Phys. Rev. E 106, 015204 (2022)] using the angular--averaged Ewald potential with additional points at strong coupling ($Γ=120,\ 150,\ 170$). We then fit two frequently used functional forms for the OCP equation of state: (i) a five-parameter equa…

Burlington publishes a PDF of both sides of the foldable cycling route map (same one given away at community centres and street events) - it was last updated in 2022.
* #BikeTooter #OnPoli

90 % der Bürger wünschen sich laut Bitkom mehr Tempo bei der Verwaltungsdigitalisierung. 2017 versprach das OZG: 575 Leistungen bis Ende 2022 online. Realität: erst 165 flächendeckend – selbst gefragteste Behördenleistungen gibt es oft nur in 10 % der Kommunen. Das Vertrauen schwindet schneller, als Aktenordner verstauben. #heise

Gefragteste Behördenleistungen nur in 10 Prozent der Kommunen digital verfügbar
Digitalisierung der Behörden bleibt eine Großbaustelle: Nach wie vor sind viele Leistungen nicht online verfügbar. Die Bürger wünschen laut Bitkom mehr Tempo.

Add richer tooltips to ggiraph with kableExtra and friends: #dataviz

UNCHARTED DATA: Interactive Tooltip Tables
How to include tables in your {ggiraph} tooltips.

Been doing a deep dive on hosting offline LLMs with ollama. I think it's funny that all the tutorials I find are like "This is linux only but if you're using Windows, don't worry, there's WSL."
Saw a comment on one of those video tutorials that said "How do you get this running with Windows Server 2022."
Idk, you could just use linux? 🤷‍♂️

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,105,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/25/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Hill added $100 billion-plus since 2022 on unrequested weapons - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2025/09/16/hill-added-100-billion-plus-since-2022-on-unrequested-weapons/

The orbital period and inclination of the neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807 132
E. A. Saavedra, T. Mu\~noz-Darias, M. A. P. Torres, I. V. Yanes-Rizo, M. Armas Padilla, A. \'Alvarez-Hern\'andez, J. Casares, D. Mata S\'anchez, S. K. Rout, S. Navarro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20178 …

The orbital period and inclination of the neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807+132
The neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807+132 has undergone outbursts in 2017, 2019, and 2023. We conducted an $R$-band time series photometry campaign using the Isaac Newton Telescope during the 2022 quiescent state. We detected a periodic variation in the light curve, consistent with ellipsoidal modulation, which allowed us to determine an orbital period of $P_{\rm orb} = 4.258 \pm 0.008$ hr. By modelling the light curve, we obtained a binary inclination of $ i = 72\pm5 \, °$ and a mass ra…

Initiator of the #NixOS documentation team is stepping down:
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-next-chapter-in-nix-documentation/68425

We have no idea how this #AI cycle is affecting jobs. The numbers are all over the place.
Relatedly, I've found myself regularly explaining the concept of an "AI winter" and that most academics expect that we're coming up on the next one. Nobody is connecting these two concepts because they're both so…

TIL: Cliff Bar gehört seit 2022 zu Mondelēz 😩

Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2025 Proceedings
Shigenobu Hirose, Patrick Stengel, Natsue Abe, Daniel Ang, Lorenzo Apollonio, Gabriela R. Araujo, Yoshihiro Asahara, Laura Baudis, Pranshu Bhaumik, Nathaniel Bowden, Joseph Bramante, Lorenzo Caccianiga, Mason Camp, Qing Chang, Jordan Chapman, Reza Ebadi, Alexey Elykov, Anna Erickson, Valentin Fondement, Katherine Freese, Shota Futamura, Claudio Galelli, Andrew Gilpin, Takeshi Hanyu, Noriko Hasebe, Adam A. Hecht, Samuel C. …

Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2025 Proceedings
The third ``Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter'' (MD$ν$DM'25) meeting was held May 20-23, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan, hosted by the Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). These proceedings compile contributions from the workshop and update the progress of mineral detector research. MD$ν$DM'25 was the third such meeting, following the first in October of 2022 held at the IFPU in Trieste, Italy and the second in January of…

The inner working of parquette/arrow data in R: #rstats

Unpacking Arrow Datasets – Notes from a data witch
A comment on how Datasets work in Apache Arrow. I’m not really sure who the audience for this one. Am I just talking to myself? Probably.

Auch weiterhin unentbehrlich für den täglichen Journalismusgenuss: Die Grundsätze der Kriegspropaganda.
https://tamagothi.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/grundsaetze-der-kriegspropaganda/

Weak Nearly $\mathcal S$- and Weak Nearly $\mathcal C$- Manifolds
Vladimir Rovenski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17755 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.17755

Weak Nearly $\mathcal S$- and Weak Nearly $\mathcal C$- Manifolds
The recent interest of geometers in the $f$-structures of K. Yano (1961) is motivated by the study of the dynamics of contact foliations, as well as their applications in theoretical physics. Weak metric $f$-structures on a smooth manifold, introduced by of the author and R. Wolak (2022), open a new perspective on the theory of classical structures. In the paper, we define structures of this kind, called weak nearly ${\cal S}$- and weak nearly ${\cal C}$- structures, study their geometry, e.g. …

LST-1 observations of GRB 221009A: Insights into its late-time VHE afterglow
Arnau Aguasca-Cabot (for the CTAO-LST Project), Susumu Inoue (for the CTAO-LST Project), Monica Seglar-Arroyo (for the CTAO-LST Project), Kenta Terauchi (for the CTAO-LST Project), Pol Bordas (for the CTAO-LST Project), Marc Rib\'o (for the CTAO-LST Project)
https://

LST-1 observations of GRB 221009A: Insights into its late-time VHE afterglow
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from explosions at cosmological distances, generating collimated jets. GRB 221009A, exploded on 9 October 2022, has been established as the brightest GRB to date. Its bright and long emission was extensively followed up from radio to gamma rays. LHAASO firmly detected the onset of the afterglow emission at energies up to $\sim$13 TeV within about an hour after the burst, starting just a few minutes after the trigger. While this VHE emission component can be acc…

Nova Launcher is shutting down, and Android fans are heartbroken
Nova’s founder and original developer, Kevin Barry, made the announcement over the weekend. On September 6, Barry posted a message confirming that he had left Branch, the analytics firm that acquired Nova Launcher in 2022, and would no longer be involved with the project.

from my link log —
Writing a C compiler.
https://norasandler.com/2022/03/29/Write-a-C-Compiler-the-Book.html
saved 2025-06-11

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1153689 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Predicting and Explaining Traffic Crash Severity Through Crash Feature Selection
Andrea Castellani, Zacharias Papadovasilakis, Giorgos Papoutsoglou, Mary Cole, Brian Bautsch, Tobias Rodemann, Ioannis Tsamardinos, Angela Harden
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11504

Predicting and Explaining Traffic Crash Severity Through Crash Feature Selection
Motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of injury and death worldwide, necessitating data-driven approaches to understand and mitigate crash severity. This study introduces a curated dataset of more than 3 million people involved in accidents in Ohio over six years (2017-2022), aggregated to more than 2.3 million vehicle-level records for predictive analysis. The primary contribution is a transparent and reproducible methodology that combines Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) and explain…

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SkyNET-scape Room: An Escape Room to Explore Astroparticle Physics
Elisa Prandini, Sabine Hemmer, Michele Branca, Luca Campagnoni, Gabriella Cataldi, Marco Circella, Jean-Pierre Jonckheere, Emanuele Leonora, Ilaria Viale, Giuseppe Silvestri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14190

SkyNET-scape Room: An Escape Room to Explore Astroparticle Physics
Innovative science communication is key to engaging the public with complex topics such as astroparticle physics. As part of the Italian PRIN 2022 funding initiative, we are developing SkyNET-scape Room, an interactive escape room designed to introduce participants to the main messengers of the high-energy universe, namely cosmic rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos. The experience is structured into three interactive stations, each focusing on a specific messenger and its detection method. Small …

from my link log —
Agile and the long crisis of software.
https://logicmag.io/clouds/agile-and-the-long-crisis-of-software/
saved 2022-05-09

Agile and the Long Crisis of Software
What is Agile? And where does it come from?

Digital Transformation and Corporate Financial Asset Allocation: Evidence from China
Yundan Guo, Han Liang, Li Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09095 https://

Digital Transformation and Corporate Financial Asset Allocation: Evidence from China
Against the backdrop of rapid technological advancement and the deepening digital economy, this study examines the causal impact of digital transformation on corporate financial asset allocation in China. Using data from A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2022, we construct a firm-level digitalization index based on text analysis of annual reports and differentiate financial asset allocation into long-term and short-term dimensions. Employing fixed-effects models and a staggered difference-i…

Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit
Lucio La Cava, Luca Maria Aiello, Andrea Tagarelli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07226 https://…

Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit
Generative Artificial Intelligence is reshaping online communication by enabling large-scale production of Machine-Generated Text (MGT) at low cost. While its presence is rapidly growing across the Web, little is known about how MGT integrates into social media environments. In this paper, we present the first large-scale characterization of MGT on Reddit. Using a state-of-the-art statistical method for detection of MGT, we analyze over two years of activity (2022-2024) across 51 subreddits rep…

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#SweetAndSourPoetry

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.08.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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Literature Clock
https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com/
saved 2022-11-20 https://dotat.at/:/S22ZG.html

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from my link log —
What is PL research and how is it useful?
http://www.pl-enthusiast.net/2015/05/27/what-is-pl-research-and-how-is-it-useful/
saved 2022-09-28

Semantic Network Analysis of Achievement Standards in Physics of 2022 Revised Curriculum
Jibeom Seo, Jun Cho, Sukyung Han, Meesoon Ha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02864 https://…

Semantic Network Analysis of Achievement Standards in Physics of 2022 Revised Curriculum
We investigate semantic networks of achievement standards for physics subjects in the 2022 revised curriculum to derive information embedded in the curriculum. We extract each subject's keywords with node strength and random-walk betweenness, detect communities of physics terms by the optimized greedy algorithm, and find the connectivity of physics subjects using bipartite networks. The network analysis reveals three remarkable results: First, keywords are about scientific thinking and practice…