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I’m running CalyxOS on my old Fairphone4, not because it’s a bad choice, but precisely to observe how incredibly behind this OS is on security updates.
My primary device today is a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, not this outdated, insecure, and privacy-compromised Fairphone 4.
This Fairphone never became my daily driver once I realized just how far behind it is on security and privacy. I used it from October 2022 until I switched to my Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS in early May 2023,…

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,024,210 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/04/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Complete Classification of Directed Quantum Graphs on M2
Nina Kiefer, Bj\"orn Sch\"afer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15534 https://

Complete Classification of Directed Quantum Graphs on M2
In 2022, Gromada and Matsuda classified undirected quantum graphs on the matrix algebra $M_2$. Later, Wasilweski provided a solid theory of directed quantum graphs which was formerly only established for undirected quantum graphs. Using this framework we extend the results of Matsuda and Gromada, and present a complete classification of directed quantum graphs on $M_2$. Most prominently, we observe that there is a far bigger range of directed quantum graphs than of undirected quantum graphs on …

Guru Puppy - I'm Learning From My Dog
#BeBetter
https://muz4now.com/2022/guru-puppy-im-learning-from-my-dog/

Overview of the TREC 2022 deep learning track
Nick Craswell, Bhaskar Mitra, Emine Yilmaz, Daniel Campos, Jimmy Lin, Ellen M. Voorhees, Ian Soboroff
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10865

Overview of the TREC 2022 deep learning track
This is the fourth year of the TREC Deep Learning track. As in previous years, we leverage the MS MARCO datasets that made hundreds of thousands of human annotated training labels available for both passage and document ranking tasks. In addition, this year we also leverage both the refreshed passage and document collections that were released last year leading to a nearly $16$ times increase in the size of the passage collection and nearly four times increase in the document collection size. U…

Ukrainische Armee: Schwerste nächtliche Angriffe Russlands seit Kriegsbeginn
Russlands nächtliche Angriffe auf die Ukraine waren nach Angaben der ukrainischen Armee die schwerste derartige Attacke seit Kriegsbeginn im Februar 2022. In der Nacht zum Freitag sei die "größte Zahl" an Drohnen eingesetzt worden, "die der Feind jemals in einem einzelnen Angriff verwendet" habe, sagte Armeesprecher Juri Ignat am Freitag im ukrainisc…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Trump: Keine Fortschritte bei Telefonat mit Putin ++
US-Präsident Trump hat in einem Telefonat mit Kreml-Chef Putin nach eigenen Angaben keine Fortschritte mit Blick auf den Ukraine-Krieg erzielt. Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj fordert die EU zur Stärkung der eigenen Rüstungsindustrie auf.

SETI Post-Detection Futures: Directions for Technosignature Research and Readiness
Kate Genevieve, Andjelka B. Kovacevic, John Elliott, Martin Dominik, Emily Finer, Kathryn Denning, Chelsea Haramia, George Profitiliotis, Carol A. Oliver, Anamaria Berea, Arik Kershenbaum, Daliah Bibas, Hannah Little, William H. Edmondson, Pauli Laine
https://

SETI Post-Detection Futures: Directions for Technosignature Research and Readiness
This white paper highlights the work that is needed to anticipate the challenges and societal impacts of a possible technosignature detection. We recommend practical steps to strengthen NASA's astrobiology agenda, guided by the existing interdisciplinary framework of the SETI PostDetection Hub (est. 2022) at the University of St Andrews (Elliot et al. 2023), which emphasizes comprehensive preparedness across science, society, governance, and communication. NASA can significantly enhance readine…

Cowboys' former 2nd-round draft pick arrested, charged after crash kills motorcyclist https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/07/former-cowboys-cb-k…

Puppy Guru - 4 more life tips from my dog
#BeBetter
https://muz4now.com/2022/puppy-guru-4-more-life-tips-from-my-dog/

Puppy Guru - 4 more life tips from my dog
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

John Willis interviewed me for his Profound podcast series...
This post provides links to more information on what we discussed in the podcast.
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Bill Hunter (my father): Quality In The Community One City’s Experience (Madison) – Quality Comes to City Hall (Madison) – Managing Our Way to Economic Success
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Design of Experiments
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PDSA improvement cycle: Keys to the Effective Use of the PDSA Improvement Cycle...

Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating assassination of Mike Pompeo in Europe in 2022, book reveals (Emily Davies/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/27/trump-iran-pompeo-assassination/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p1#a250628p1

Kiesewetter für Ausweisung russischer Diplomaten
Der CDU-Sicherheitspolitiker Roderich Kiesewetter hat angesichts der Bedrohung durch russische Cyberangriffen und Sabotageaktionen mehr Konsequenzen gefordert. "Wir sollten noch vorhandene Agenten und Diplomaten ausweisen", sagte der stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Geheimdienst-Kontrollgremiums des Bundestags dem Handelsblatt.
Schon im April 2022 hatte die Bundesregierung 40 …
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Ukraine-Verbündete beraten über weitere Hilfen ++
Auf Einladung Deutschlands und Großbritanniens kommt am Mittwoch die sogenannte Ramstein-Gruppe zusammen, um über weitere Hilfen für die Ukraine zu beraten - die USA nehmen nicht teil. Moskau fordert die Anerkennung der eroberten Gebiete.

The Revolution Has Arrived: What the Current State of Large Language Models in Education Implies for the Future
Russell Beale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02180

The Revolution Has Arrived: What the Current State of Large Language Models in Education Implies for the Future
Large language Models have only been widely available since 2022 and yet in less than three years have had a significant impact on approaches to education and educational technology. Here we review the domains in which they have been used, and discuss a variety of use cases, their successes and failures. We then progress to discussing how this is changing the dynamic for learners and educators, consider the main design challenges facing LLMs if they are to become truly helpful and effective as …

Truthful, Credible, and Optimal Auctions for Matroids via Blockchains and Commitments
Aadityan Ganesh, Qianfan Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04592 https…

Truthful, Credible, and Optimal Auctions for Matroids via Blockchains and Commitments
We consider a revenue-optimizing auctioneer in single-dimensional environments with matroid feasibility constraints. Akbarpour and Li (2020) argue that any revenue-optimal, truthful, and credible mechanism requires unbounded communication. Recent works (Ferreira and Weinberg, 2020; Essaidi et al., 2022; Chitra et al., 2024) circumvent their impossibility for the single-item setting through the use of cryptographic commitments and blockchains. We extend their results to matroid feasibility const…

2022 waren wir mit der Schachtour in Schweinfurt im Wildpark an den Eichen und haben dort geholfen, ein Blitzturnier zu veranstalten. Neben Flyern, Luftballons etc. war auch hier natürlich zur Freude aller Kinder wieder Chessy am Start. Und auch unsere "Morphs" waren mit dabei, sodass man gegen anonyme Gegner Schach spielen konnte.
Falls ihr aus dem Osten kommt und Lust habt, dass wir diesen Sommer zu euch kommen, meldet euch gerne hier an:

BidenCash darknet forum taken down by US, Dutch law enforcement https://therecord.media/bidencash-cybercrime-darknet-market-takedown-us-netherlands

Liminal and Lucid - dreamstate interplay
#DreamState #LucidDreaming
https://muz4now.co…

Liminal and Lucid - dreamstate interplay
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

A Data-Driven Model Predictive Controller to manage epidemics: The case of SARS-CoV-2 in Mauritius
S. Z. Sayed Hassen, A. Aboudonia, J. Lygeros
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01996

A Data-Driven Model Predictive Controller to manage epidemics: The case of SARS-CoV-2 in Mauritius
This work investigates the benefits of implementing a systematic approach to social isolation policies during epidemics. We develop a mixed integer data-driven model predictive control (MPC) scheme based on an SIHRD model which is identified from available data. The case of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (also known as COVID-19) in Mauritius is used as a reference point with data obtained during the period December 2021 to May 2022. The isolation scheme is designed with the control decision…

Verification of the Timing System for the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission in the GPS Unsynchronized Mode
Megumi Shidatsu, Yukikatsu Terada, Takashi Kominato, So Kato, Ryohei Sato, Minami Sakama, Takumi Shioiri, Yugo Motogami, Yuuki Niida, Chulsoo Kang, Toshihiro Takagi, Taichi Nakamoto, Chikara Natsukari, Makoto S. Tashiro, Kenichi Toda, Hironori Maejima, Shin Watanabe, Ryo Iizuka, Rie Sato, Chris Baluta, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Tessei Yoshida, Shoji Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Kotaro Fukushima, Akio Hoshino, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shinichiro Uno, Ken Ebisawa, Satoshi Eguchi, Satoru Katsuda, Aya Kubota, Naomi Ota, Atsushi Tanimoto, Yuichi Terashima, Yohko Tsuboi, Yuusuke Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tomokage Yoneyama, Satoshi Yamada, Nagomi Uchida, Matt Holland, Michael Loewenstein, Tahir Yaqoob, Eric D. Miller, Robert S. Hill, Efrain C. Perez-Solis, Morgan D. Waddy, Mark Mekosh, Joseph B. Fox, Isabella S. Brewer, Emily Aldoretta, Koji Mukai, Kenji Hamaguchi, Francois Mernier, Anna Ogorzalek, Katja Pottschmidt, Mihoko Yukita
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Russia jails man for 16 years over pro-Ukraine cyberattacks on critical infrastructure https://therecord.media/russia-jails-man-over-pro-ukraine-cyberattacks