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Pogačar's (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) return to racing at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec on Friday was the scene of a rare miss, as the World Champion finished in 29th place – his worst one-day result in three years.
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) claimed a brilliant solo victory, while Pogačar finished 26 seconds back in the chase group, his lowest placing in a one-day race since 2022.

Evolution of wartime discourse on Telegram: A comparative study of Ukrainian and Russian policymakers' communication before and after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Mykola Makhortykh, Aytalina Kulichkina, Kateryna Maikovska
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11746

Evolution of wartime discourse on Telegram: A comparative study of Ukrainian and Russian policymakers' communication before and after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
This study examines elite-driven political communication on Telegram during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, the first large-scale European war in the social media era. Using a unique dataset of Telegram public posts from Ukrainian and Russian policymakers (2019-2024), we analyze changes in communication volume, thematic content, and actor engagement following Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion. Our findings show a sharp increase in Telegram activity after the invasion, particularly among ruling…

Cyberattacks against schools driven by a rise in student hackers, ICO warns https://therecord.media/cyberattacks-against-schools-driven-by-student-hackers

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,077,830 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Letter: activist investment firm Fivespan takes a stake in the NYT; Fivespan was started by the financiers who led ValueAct's investment in the NYT in 2022 (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-…

'22 1st-rounder Strange among Pats' roster cuts https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46082348/cole-strange-2022-1st-round-pick-patriots-roster-cuts

Sources: HongShan, formerly Sequoia China, has invested only a quarter of the ~$9B it raised in 2022 and has been increasingly looking beyond China for deals (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/neil-she…

Neil Shen’s HongShan Is Slow to Deploy Its $9 Billion Capital, Looks for Deals Outside China
When venture capital giant Sequoia decided to carve off Sequoia China two years ago in response to growing tensions between the U.S. and China, the newly independent China firm was expected to continue pouring its huge funds into Chinese startups. Renamed HongShan (Mandarin for Sequoia), the ...

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.

Over 250,000 desertion, AWOL cases opened since 2022, prosecutors say: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/over-desertion-awol-cases-opened.html

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Auch die Stadtbibliothek #Buckow (in der Märkischen Schweiz) scheint es nicht mehr zu geben. Sie wurde bis 2022 von einem Antiquariat nebenher betreut, bis auch hierfür der Zuschuss ausblieb (

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…

Patriots cut 2022 first-round pick Cole Strange after three seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-cut-2022-first-round-pick-cole-strange-after-three-seasons

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diveXplore 6.0: ITEC's Interactive Video Exploration System at VBS 2022
Andreas Leibetseder, Klaus Schoeffmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20687 https://

diveXplore 6.0: ITEC's Interactive Video Exploration System at VBS 2022
Continuously participating since the sixth Video Browser Showdown (VBS2017), diveXplore is a veteran interactive search system that throughout its lifetime has offered and evaluated numerous features. After undergoing major refactoring for the most recent VBS2021, however, the system since version 5.0 is less feature rich, yet, more modern, leaner and faster than the original system. This proved to be a sensible decision as the new system showed increasing performance in VBS2021 when compared t…

A Feminist Account of Intersectional Algorithmic Fairness
Marie Mirsch (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Laila Wegner (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), Jonas Strube (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Carmen Leicht-Scholten (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17944

A Feminist Account of Intersectional Algorithmic Fairness
Intersectionality has profoundly influenced research and political action by revealing how interconnected systems of privilege and oppression influence lived experiences, yet its integration into algorithmic fairness research remains limited. Existing approaches often rely on single-axis or formal subgroup frameworks that risk oversimplifying social realities and neglecting structural inequalities. We propose Substantive Intersectional Algorithmic Fairness, extending Green's (2022) notion of su…

Q&A with Bill Ready, who became Pinterest's CEO in 2022, about changes during his tenure, winning over Gen Z, Pinterest's business model, AI content, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/business/pinterest-s…

How Pinterest Is Courting Gen Z With ‘Safer’ Social Media
Bill Ready, the company’s chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”

A Logic of Stability: Formalizing Similarity in Counterfactual Reasoning
Marta Esteves
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12502 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12502

A Logic of Stability: Formalizing Similarity in Counterfactual Reasoning
Counterfactual reasoning is a foundational topic in both philosophical and logical studies \cite{Stalnaker1968-STAATO-5, Lewis1973-LEWC-2}. A pivotal component of counterfactual analysis is the concept of similarity between possible worlds \cite{CORR_A_2022, ESTEVA1997235, Lewis1979-LEWCDA, Makinson94, Pollock1976-POLTPW}. In this paper, we propose the introdutcion of a metric to quantify the degree of similarity between possible worlds, where two worlds are the more similar the longer they sha…

@… it's not even on the browser'side. Prompt injection has been a security issue since 2022 and still remain unsolved 😅

Russia occupied less than 1% of Ukraine's territory since November 2022, monitoring group says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/russia-occupied-less-than-of.html

Convergence of pushforward measures for certain countably piecewise linear Markov maps
Zolt\'an Kalocsai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18172 https://arxiv…

Convergence of pushforward measures for certain countably piecewise linear Markov maps
We study piecewise linear Markov maps, with countable Markov partitions, inspired by a problem of the Miklós Schweitzer competition in 2022. We introduce $\ell$-Markov partitions and apply ideas of symbolic dynamics to our systems, relating them to Markov shifts. We survey how the Frobenius--Perron operators of these systems can be represented by matrices, and adapt results to countable alphabets. We apply these statements to prove a convergence theorem on the pushforwards of absolutely contin…

Empirical Analysis of the Model-Free Valuation Approach: Hedging Gaps, Conservatism, and Trading Opportunities
Zixing Chen, Yihan Qi, Shanlan Que, Julian Sester, Xiao Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16595

Empirical Analysis of the Model-Free Valuation Approach: Hedging Gaps, Conservatism, and Trading Opportunities
In this paper we study the quality of model-free valuation approaches for financial derivatives by systematically evaluating the difference between model-free super-hedging strategies and the realized payoff of financial derivatives using historical option prices from several constituents of the S&P 500 between 2018 and 2022. Our study allows in particular to describe the realized gap between payoff and model-free hedging strategy empirically so that we can quantify to which degree model-free…

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…

Quantum criticality in cuprate superconductors revealed by optical conductivity measurement
Hwiwoo Park, Sung-Sik Lee, G. D. Gu, Jungseek Hwang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19675 …

Quantum criticality in cuprate superconductors revealed by optical conductivity measurement
The ubiquitous temperature ($T$)-linear behaviour of the transport scattering rate in the normal state of strongly correlated electron systems is called strange metallicity \cite{zaanen:2004,phillips:2022,hartnoll:2022,chowdhury:2022,yuan:2022}. Although strange metallicity is crucial to understanding superconductivity in correlated electron systems, its origin remains elusive to date \cite{hussey:2023}. Here, we present the doping-, temperature-, and frequency ($ω$)-dependent transport proper…

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. …

Top Russian commander seriously wounded in Ukrainian strike, Dagestan head says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/top-russian-commander-seriously-wounded.html

Straddling Two Platforms: From Twitter to Mastodon, an Analysis of the Evolution of an Unfinished Social Media Migration
Sim\'on Pe\~na-Fern\'andez, Ainara Larrondo-Ureta, Jordi Morales-i-Gras
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17563

Straddling Two Platforms: From Twitter to Mastodon, an Analysis of the Evolution of an Unfinished Social Media Migration
Social media have been fundamental in the daily lives of millions of people, but they have raised concerns about content moderation policies, the management of personal data, and their commercial exploitation. The acquisition of Twitter (now X) by Elon Musk in 2022 generated concerns among Twitter users regarding changes in the platform's direction, prompting a migration campaign by some user groups to the federated network Mastodon. This study reviews the onboarding of users to this decentrali…

The Incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier Limits from Boltzmann-Fermi-Dirac Equation for Low Regularity Data
Ning Jiang, Chenchen Wang, Kai Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21030 …

The Incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier Limits from Boltzmann-Fermi-Dirac Equation for Low Regularity Data
We consider the hydrodynamic limits of the quantum Boltzmann equation with Fermi-Dirac statistics for hard sphere and hard potentials in the whole space. By analyzing the spectrum of the linearized collision operator combined with the transport operator and its associated semigroup, the incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier limits from the BFD equation is verified rigorously. Compared to the results in [Jiang-Xiong-Zhou,J. Differ. Equ.,2022], this paper works with a lower regularity for the init…

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Symbolic dynamics, shadowing and representation of real numbers with some countably piecewise linear Markov maps
Zolt\'an Kalocsai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17159 https://

Symbolic dynamics, shadowing and representation of real numbers with some countably piecewise linear Markov maps
We study piecewise linear Markov maps, with countable Markov partitions, inspired by a problem of the Miklós Schweitzer competition of the János Bolyai Mathematical Society in 2022. We introduce $\ell$-Markov partitions and apply ideas of symbolic dynamics to our systems, relating them to Markov shifts. We prove the shadowing property for the system from the competition. We also investigate the possible orbits of rational numbers, for a class of piecewise linear Markov maps which generalize o…

The “sticker range” advertised on the lot for our new 2019 Hyundai Kona EV was 420km.
The battery was replaced under recall at around 40,000km in 2022 a couple months before we went on an epic 12,000km Pacific-Atlantic-Pacifc cross Canada adventure.
Fast forward to today. The car is at 226,000km and I am headed 225km down to Victoria to bring my wife home from the Airport.
Car is ready. 100% charge. 468km on the rangeOmeter. That is city driving so I don’t expect to get that range at highway speeds. I’ll top it up in Sydney before heading home. This was always our main criteria. Can we drive to Victoria comfortably.
Yep. No problem. Even 200,000km later!
Range anxiety is a myth foisted on you by the oil industry. They are gas lighting the world into believing we are the problem, evs are the problem, electric systems are the problem.
They are the problem. Them. Not us. Them. They need to end.
#ev #hyundai #endfossilfuels #rangeanxiety

The HST Ultraviolet Spectrum of V723 Mon: Additional Evidence of a Stellar Companion
C. S. Kochanek (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University), K. Z. Stanek (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University), T. A. Thompson (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University), T. Jayasinghe (Independent Researcher)
https://arxi…

The HST Ultraviolet Spectrum of V723 Mon: Additional Evidence of a Stellar Companion
V723 Mon is a high mass function (f=1.7Msun) single lined spectroscopic binary with a red giant primary that Jayasinghe et al. (2021) suggested had a black hole as its massive companion. Unfortunately, el-Badry et al. (2022) demonstrated that it had a hotter stellar companion whose detectability in optical spectra was difficult due to its rapid rotation. Here we confirm the presence of the stellar companion with a Hubble Space Telescope STIS ultraviolet spectrum.