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Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #cemetery

Apple says its design team will report to Tim Cook after Jeff Williams retires; Williams was overseeing the team following Evans Hankey's departure in 2023 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/08/apple-design-team-tim-cook/

Apple design team to start reporting directly to Tim Cook later this year - 9to5Mac
Apple today announced that COO Jeff Williams will retire later this year, with Sabih Khan set to assume the COO...

Strong converse rate for asymptotic hypothesis testing in type III
Nicholas Laracuente, Marius Junge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07989 https://

Strong converse rate for asymptotic hypothesis testing in type III
We extend from the hyperfinite setting to general von Neumann algebras Mosonyi and Ogawa's (2015) and Mosonyi and Hiai's (2023) results showing the operational interpretation of sandwiched relative Rényi entropy in the strong converse of hypothesis testing. The specific task is to distinguish between two quantum states given many copies. We use a reduction method of Haagerup, Junge, and Xu (2010) to approximate relative entropy inequalities in an arbitrary von Neumann algebra by those in finit…

EA schließt Studio und stampft "Black Panther"-Spiel ein
EA hat ein 2023 angekündigtes "Black Panther"-Spiel eingestampft. Das eigens dafür gegründete Entwicklerstudio wird geschlossen.

NYT and Amazon agree to a content licensing deal for use in Amazon's AI platforms and to bring the NYT's "content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/business/m…

The Times and Amazon Announce an A.I. Licensing Deal
In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.

Astrix @ Boom Festival 2023 (Full Set Movie) | #NowPlaying

Waarom er meer oversterfte is bij hitte, pol... | #EenVandaag
https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/waarom-er-meer-o…

Débat de 2023 sur les victimes de sectes, de l’emprise Š la reconstruction. Quels sont les mécanismes Š l'oeuvre, comment identifier le discours sectaire, comment trouver de l'aide pour s'en sortir et se reconstruire ? https://chardonsbleus.org/debat-victim

I’ve been enjoying the beginner focused articles on bikes here…
➡️ #MastoBikes #biking

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Der #Windpark Wulkow-Trebnitz mit neun #Vestas V150-Anlagen ist in Betrieb gegangen.
Fünf davon betreibt die #EnBW. Nach Verzögerungen durch

wpd und EnBW nehmen neun Windenergieanlagen vom Typ Vestas V150 in Betrieb nehmen | Windkraft-Journal
EnBW nimmt Windpark Wulkow-Trebnitz in Betrieb Windpark ist wichtiger Bestandteil des Erneuerbaren-Clusters in Märkisch-Oderland Zeichnungsphase für Bürgerbeteiligung beginnt Ende Februar 2025 (WK-intern) - Im Windeignungsgebiet Wulkow-Trebnitz in der Gemeinde Neuhardenberg wurde 2023 der Bau von neun Windenergieanlagen abgeschlossen, für die naturwind Potsdam die Genehmigung vorbereitet und Ende 2020 erhalten hatte. Die Projektierer und Betreiber wpd

Les discours de déshumanisation des Palestiniens et d’éradication de Gaza se sont banalisés en Israël depuis le 7 octobre 2023.
Les propos génocidaires, proférés par les plus hautes autorités de l’Etat, ont fait tache d’huile au sein de la majorité et prospèrent désormais sur les plateaux de télévision et dans les think tanks.
#genocide

En Israël, les discours de déshumanisation des Palestiniens et d’éradication de Gaza se sont banalisés depuis le 7 octobre 2023
Les propos génocidaires, proférés par les plus hautes autorités de l’Etat, ont fait tache d’huile au sein de la majorité et prospèrent désormais sur les plateaux de télévision et dans les think tanks.

University of Chicago Becker-Friedman Institute of Economics just published research this April 2025 of how Generative AI has had "almost no significant wage or labor impact so far".
✅ Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

Audience Optimization - 4 Ways to Increase Streaming Royalties
#MusicianTips #UnsignedMusician

Audience Optimization - 4 Ways to Increase Streaming Royalties
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

from my link log —
XTerm control sequences.
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.pdf
saved 2023-08-23 https…

"Maailma näyttää nyt toisenlaiselta kuin vuonna 2023.” toteaa Orpo. Tämä ei kuitenkaan vaikuta hallituksen toimiin. Näin se käy ja seli seli. Tavoitteet on Orvolle annettu toteutettaviksi - tapahtui mitä tapahtui.
#velka #hallitus

VM kumosi pää­ministerin väitteen – Orpo: En tehnyt virhettä
Valtiovarainministeriö kiisti Orpon väitteen velkatavoitteen saavuttamisesta. Orpon mielestä ilmaisu ei ollut virheellinen vaan tulkinnanvarainen.

#Transit growth outpaces driving growth in Metro #Vancouver
More people in Metro Vancouver are choosing transit over driving as their primary option to get around, according to new data from TransLink. In 2024, there were 7.7 million more trips on transit, an increase of more than three per cent over 2023, o…

Q&A with British Library CEO Rebecca Lawrence on dealing with the aftermath of a major October 2023 cyberattack, AI scraping, AI for text analysis, and more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

From Knowledge to Noise: CTIM-Rover and the Pitfalls of Episodic Memory in Software Engineering Agents
Tobias Lindenbauer, Georg Groh, Hinrich Sch\"utze
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23422

From Knowledge to Noise: CTIM-Rover and the Pitfalls of Episodic Memory in Software Engineering Agents
We introduce CTIM-Rover, an AI agent for Software Engineering (SE) built on top of AutoCodeRover (Zhang et al., 2024) that extends agentic reasoning frameworks with an episodic memory, more specifically, a general and repository-level Cross-Task-Instance Memory (CTIM). While existing open-source SE agents mostly rely on ReAct (Yao et al., 2023b), Reflexion (Shinn et al., 2023), or Code-Act (Wang et al., 2024), all of these reasoning and planning frameworks inefficiently discard their long-term …

30 years ago today Pulp's Common People was released.
RIP Steve Mackey 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Y7zFI4HOI

Abor & Tynna: *bescheren 🇩🇪 die drittbeste #ESC-Platzierung der letzten 10 Jahre und die sechstbeste der letzten 20 Jahre*
Deutsch-#Mastodon: hOfFeNtLicH tRiTt DiEseR eLeNdiGe #RaAb JeTzT ZUrÜcK

Optical Photometric Monitoring of the Blazar OT 355 and Local Standard Stars' Calibration
R. Bachev, Tushar Tripathi, Alok C. Gupta, A. Kurtenkov, Y. Nikolov, A. Strigachev, S. Boeva, G. Latev, B. Spassov, M. Minev, E. Ovcharov, W. -X. Yang, Yi Liu, J. -H. Fan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23677…

Optical Photometric Monitoring of the Blazar OT 355 and Local Standard Stars' Calibration
OT 355 (4FGL J1734.3 + 3858) is a relatively rarely studied but highly variable, moderate-redshift (z = 0.975) flat-spectrum radio quasar (blazar). With this work, we aim to study its optical variability on different timescales, which can help us to better understand the physical processes in relativistic jets operating in blazar-type active galactic nuclei. OT 355 was observed in four colors (BVRI) during 41 nights between 2017 and 2023 using three 1 and 2 m class telescopes. The object was al…

"The number of humanitarian workers killed around the world in 2023 was 280. Of these 163 were in the occupied Palestinian Territories"
#freepalestine #fucktheidf #freegaza

Monotone Bounded-Depth Complexity of Homomorphism Polynomials
C. S. Bhargav, Shiteng Chen, Radu Curticapean, Prateek Dwivedi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22894

Monotone Bounded-Depth Complexity of Homomorphism Polynomials
For every fixed graph $H$, it is known that homomorphism counts from $H$ and colorful $H$-subgraph counts can be determined in $O(n^{t+1})$ time on $n$-vertex input graphs $G$, where $t$ is the treewidth of $H$. On the other hand, a running time of $n^{o(t / \log t)}$ would refute the exponential-time hypothesis. Komarath, Pandey and Rahul (Algorithmica, 2023) studied algebraic variants of these counting problems, i.e., homomorphism and subgraph $\textit{polynomials}$ for fixed graphs $H$. Thes…

Optimizing fMRI Data Acquisition for Decoding Natural Speech with Limited Participants
Louis Jalouzot, Alexis Thual, Yair Lakretz, Christophe Pallier, Bertrand Thirion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21304

Optimizing fMRI Data Acquisition for Decoding Natural Speech with Limited Participants
We investigate optimal strategies for decoding perceived natural speech from fMRI data acquired from a limited number of participants. Leveraging Lebel et al. (2023)'s dataset of 8 participants, we first demonstrate the effectiveness of training deep neural networks to predict LLM-derived text representations from fMRI activity. Then, in this data regime, we observe that multi-subject training does not improve decoding accuracy compared to single-subject approach. Furthermore, training on simil…

Memo: David Leavy, who became CNN's COO in 2023, is leaving; sources say the longtime key lieutenant of David Zaslav is returning to Warner Bros. Discovery (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/david-leavy-cnn…

David Leavy, CNN's COO, Will Return to Warner Bros. Discovery
David Leavy will leave CNN and return to duties at corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery, where he has long been a key aide to CEO David Zaslav

International collaboration of Ukrainian scholars: Effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine International collaboration of Ukrainian scholars: Effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Myroslava Hladchenko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20944

International collaboration of Ukrainian scholars: Effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine International collaboration of Ukrainian scholars: Effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
This study explores the effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on the international collaboration of Ukrainian scholars. First and foremost, Ukrainian scholars deserve respect for continuing to publish despite life-threatening conditions, mental strain, shelling and blackouts. In 2022-2023, universities gained more from international collaboration than the NASU. The percentage of internationally co-authored articles remained unchanged for the NASU, while it increased for universitie…

Approaching Deadline: CFP: Conference: American Jewish Landscapes after October 7th
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Pirino on Suzuki, 'Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese…
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Meet Alexius Chipalamwazani - 2023 Emerging NREN Programme (ENP) Participant!
At #TNC23, Alexius joined the ENP—a programme built to equip and empower emerging NREN representatives with the skills, knowledge, and community ties that will drive innovation back home.
In this interview, Alexius reflects on his ENP experience, how it shaped his growth, and the impact it’s had on Malawi’s NRE…

Reflections on the Emerging NREN Programme: a personal journey with the Malawian NREN | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Alexius Chipalamwazani from MAREN shares how the Emerging NREN Programme empowered him to drive innovation and lead IPv6 adoption in Malawi.

Simultaneous Diophantine approximation on the three dimensional Veronese curve
Dmitry Badziahin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21401 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507…

Simultaneous Diophantine approximation on the three dimensional Veronese curve
We compute the Hausdorff dimension of the set of simultaneously $λ$-well approximable points on the Veronese curve in $\RR^3$ for $1/3\le λ\le 3/5$. This range for $λ$ was predicted in the conjecture of Beresnevich and Yang from~\cite{ber_yan_2023}. To the best of the author's knowledge, this makes $\VVV_3$ the first nondegenerate curve in $\RR^n$, $n\ge 3$, to confirm the lower bound part of this conjecture.

Trotz der UN-Vereinbarung von 2023, die globale #Energie aus #Erneuerbaren bis 2030 zu verdreifachen, haben nur wenige Länder ihre Ziele angepasst.
Laut Analyse bleibt die Welt deutlich hinter dem 11-TW-Ziel zurück. Vor allem große Emittenten wie die

Learning to Regulate: A New Event-Level Dataset of Capital Control Measures
Geyue Sun, Xiao Liu, Tomas Williams, Roberto Samaniego
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23025

Learning to Regulate: A New Event-Level Dataset of Capital Control Measures
We construct a novel event-level Capital Control Measures (CCM) dataset covering 196 countries from 1999 to 2023 by leveraging prompt-based large language models (LLMs). The dataset enables event study analysis and cross-country comparisons based on rich policy attributes, including action type, intensity, direction, implementing entity, and other multidimensional characteristics. Using a two-step prompt framework with GPT-4.1, we extract structured information from the IMF's Annual Report on E…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01942 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Pairwise Rearrangement is Fixed-Parameter Tractable in the Single Cut-and-Join Model
Genome rearrangement is a common model for molecular evolution. In this paper, we consider the Pairwise Rearrangement problem, which takes as input two genomes and asks for the number of minimum-length sequences of permissible operations transforming the first genome into the second. In the Single Cut-and-Join model (Bergeron, Medvedev, & Stoye, J. Comput. Biol. 2010), Pairwise Rearrangement is $\#\textsf{P}$-complete (Bailey, et. al., COCOON 2023), which implies that exact sampling is intracta…

30 years ago today Pulp's Common People was released.
RIP Steve Mackey 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Y7zFI4HOI

From Press Progress
Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ Protest at Elementary School
Police face calls for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was ‘invited’ to help manage aggressive protests
by Luke LeBrun, Editor
May 16, 2025

Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ+ Protest at Elementary School
Police face calls for investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was ‘invited’ to help manage aggressive protests

X-ray observations of Nova Sco 2023: Spectroscopic evidence of charge exchange
Sharon Mitrani, Ehud Behar, Marina Orio, Jack Worley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02465

X-ray observations of Nova Sco 2023: Spectroscopic evidence of charge exchange
The super-soft source (SSS) phase of a nova eruption, observed a few days after the outburst, usually displays an absorbed X-ray thermal continuum with absorption features, emitted by the white dwarf (WD) atmosphere. However, the X-ray spectra of many novae in this phase display additional emission lines which likely originate from shocks in the novae ejecta. When the shocked plasma interacts with cold gas, narrow radiative recombination continua (RRCs) and charge exchange (CX) emission are obs…

The evolution of CME sheath turbulence from L1 to Earth: Wind and MMS observations of the 2023-04-23 CME
Matthew R. Argall, Li-Jen Chen, No\'e Lugaz, Norberto Romanelli, Jaye L. Verniero, Charles W. Smith, Brandon Burkholder, Victoria Wilder
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13645

The evolution of CME sheath turbulence from L1 to Earth: Wind and MMS observations of the 2023-04-23 CME
An interplanetary shock driven by a coronal mass ejection (CME) containing an interval of sub-Alfvénic flow impacted Earth on April 23, 2024. In this article, we analyze the turbulence in the sheath region between the shock and CME to determine how it evolves from L1 (as observed by Wind) to Earth (as observed by MMS, upstream of the bow shock). Wind and MMS were separated by $55\,\mathrm{R_{E}}$ in the dawn-dusk direction, but the shock normals differ by only $2.8^{\circ}$ and the Pearson cor…

LADbible launches Betches, the US women's media brand it acquired in 2023, in the UK aiming to fill a "gap in the market" for Gen Z and millennial women (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publish…

Ladbible launches Betches in UK to talk ‘with, not to’ millennial and Gen Z women
US women's media brand Betches has launched in the UK aiming to fill a gap in the market for Gen Z and millennial audiences and clients.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06448 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csDL_…

Gaming the Metrics? Bibliometric Anomalies and the Integrity Crisis in Global University Rankings
Global university rankings have transformed how certain institutions define success, often elevating metrics over meaning. This study examines universities with rapid research growth suggestive of metric-driven behaviors. Among the 1,000 most publishing institutions, 98 showed extreme output increases between 2018-2019 and 2023-2024. Of these, eighteen were selected for exhibiting sharp declines in first and corresponding authorship. Compared to national, regional, and international norms, thes…

“An assessment of updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the EU is on course to achieve a 54 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 - just one per cent shy of its legally binding 55 per cent target.”
Fun fact, if Canada joined the EU it would probably hurt it from an emissions reduction perspective because Oil and Gas.
“It attributed the progress towards the 2030 goal to action in the energy sector, with renewables covering 24 per cent of energy consumption in the EU in 2023. Most member states are now aligned with the target of reaching a share of 42.5 per cent by 2030, according to the Commission.”
Weird how they don’t mention LNG as being a reason why Europe has been able to meet its goals. Almost like renewables are essentially the only way to decarbonize the industry, just like the scientists say it is.
“States have a legal obligation to deliver climate action, and the Commission has a clear responsibility to uphold and enforce EU law in response.”
Imagine Danielle Smith whining about unfair laws…
Wonder how much #bclmg Europe will be asking for…
#bcpoli #abpoli #climateAction #ClimateChange #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/28/eu-on-track-to-meet-2030-emissions-goal-thanks-to-strong-progress-on-renewables?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Solar-cycle Variability of Composite Geometry in the Solar Wind Turbulence
Zhan Fa, H. -Q. He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12870 https://

Solar-cycle Variability of Composite Geometry in the Solar Wind Turbulence
The composite geometry and spectral anisotropy of the solar wind turbulence are very important topics in the investigations of solar wind. In this work, we use the magnetic field and plasma data from Wind spacecraft measured during 1995 January to 2023 December, which covers more than two solar cycles, to systematically investigate these subjects in the context of solar-cycle variability. The so-called spectrum ratio test and spectrum anisotropy test are employed to determine the three-dimensio…

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #documentingplaces

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #documentingplaces

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #cemetery

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #cemetery

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #cemetery

Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham, September 2023
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #documentingplaces