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Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/nvidias-top-two-mystery-customers-made-up-39percent-of-its-q2-revenue-.html…

Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue
Nvidia's top two customers making up 39% of its total revenue is renewing concern about the risk of the chipmakers clientele concentration.

Scoop: Top Biden aide was promised $8 million for 2024 win (Alex Thompson/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/donilon-biden-2024-reelection-testimony-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/250731/p127#a250731p127

Crash Landing
- let's see if we can stop crashing - OK?
#MusicVideo #NowPlaying
https://muz4now.com/2024/…

Crash Landing #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Online Combinatorial Allocation with Interdependent Values
Michal Feldman, Simon Mauras, Divyarthi Mohan, Rebecca Reiffenh\"auser
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23500 https://

Online Combinatorial Allocation with Interdependent Values
We study online combinatorial allocation problems in the secretary setting, under interdependent values. In the interdependent model, introduced by Milgrom and Weber (1982), each agent possesses a private signal that captures her information about an item for sale, and the value of every agent depends on the signals held by all agents. Mauras, Mohan, and Reiffenhäuser (2024) were the first to study interdependent values in online settings, providing constant-approximation guarantees for secret…

Realität trifft erneut auf #Wasserstoff-Träume:
Die #Zillertalbahn wird künftig mit #Akkuzüge​n statt mit

Strombetriebene Zillertalbahn: Akkus stechen Wasserstoff - electrive.net
Die Zillertalbahn soll künftig mit Akku-Zügen betrieben werden. Damit erteilen die Entscheidungsträger der vor rund zehn Jahren geborenen Idee eine Absage,

LKA schließt offenbar russische Einflussnahme auf Weihnachtsmarkt-Anschlag aus
Das Landeskriminalamt (LKA) in Sachsen-Anhalt hat ausgeschlossen, dass der Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarktattentäter vom russischen Geheimdienst gesteuert wurde. Das berichtet der Spiegel unter Berufung auf einen Abschlussbericht der Behörde zu der Amokfahrt am 20. Dezember 2024 mit sechs Toten und mehr als 300 Verletzten her…
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Rechtsextreme Desinformation über Anschlag in Magdeburg
Nach dem Anschlag auf den Weihnachtsmarkt in Magdeburg haben Rechtsextreme in den sozialen Netzwerken zahlreiche Falschbehauptungen verbreitet. Auch internationale Akteure mischten dabei mit.

In a burst of planning, I just booked a RT flight to SFO to attend the NFS 40th birthday celebration at MSST 2025 next month a hotel room in Santa Clara for a couple nights another night near SFO so I can go visit a buddy in Oakland for a day. I'll book DTW bus tix later.
https://www.msstconference.org/

Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…

Why ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘Clue’ Are Coming Back to Theaters
The multiplex is awash in titles that are 15, 20, even 60 years old. Nostalgia is a factor but economics play a big part, too.

Mapping Gamma-Ray Bursts: Distinguishing Progenitor Systems Through Machine Learning
Sharleen N. Espinoza, Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning, Michela Negro, Roseanne M. Cheng, Nicol\'o Cibrario
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20214

Mapping Gamma-Ray Bursts: Distinguishing Progenitor Systems Through Machine Learning
We present an analysis of gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitor classification, through their positions on a Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) plot, constructed by Negro et al. 2024, from Fermi-GBM waterfall plots. The embedding plot has a head-tail morphology, in which GRBs with confirmed progenitors (e.g. collapsars vs. binary neutron star mergers) fall in distinct regions. We investigate the positions of various proposed sub-populations of GRBs, including those with and without…

Cyber Security Educational Games for Children: A Systematic Literature Review
Temesgen Kitaw Damenu, \.Inci Zaim G\"okbay, Alexandra Covaci, Shujun Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17414

Cyber Security Educational Games for Children: A Systematic Literature Review
Educational games have been widely used to teach children about cyber security. This systematic literature review reveals evidence of positive learning outcomes, after analysing 91 such games reported in 68 papers published between 2010 and 2024. However, critical gaps have also been identified regarding the design processes and the methodological rigour, including lack of systematic design, misalignment between proposed and achieved learning outcomes, rare use of control groups, limited discus…

El Paso heat deaths hit record highs in 2023 and 2024. Advocates say the most vulnerable people are left unprotected
https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=fa4ac89bc1&u=7c733794100bcc7e083a163f0&id=72ef7d1ce0
> Get all…

Use of Bicivia bike lanes up 21% in five years, with 75,600 daily users in 2024
Use of bicycles up 29% and scooters by 92% in Barcelona metropolitan area
https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/use-of…

Use of Bicivia bike lanes up 21% in five years, with 75,600 daily users in 2024
Use of bicycles up 29% and scooters by 92% in Barcelona metropolitan area

SODA4: a mesoscale ocean/sea ice reanalysis 1980-2024
Gennady A. Chepurin, James A. Carton, Luyu Sun, Stephen G. Penny
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17462 https://

SODA4: a mesoscale ocean/sea ice reanalysis 1980-2024
This paper describes the new Simple Ocean Data Assimilation version 4 (SODA4) global eddy-resolving ocean/sea ice reanalysis that spans the 45-year period 1980-2024. The reanalysis is constructed using GFDL MOM5/SIS1 numerics and ECMWF ERA5 forcings with surface and subsurface temperature and salinity observations as constraints within an optimal interpolation data assimilation algorithm. The method of construction and resulting output files are described. Comparison of the SODA4 temperature an…

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.08.2025.
Die summarische Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt…

@… Why have you branded your "Edinburgh" account with the union flag instead of the Saltire?

"Bromism" is when you believe too much in what tech bros say https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260

U.S. law already makes clear that America cannot and will not recognize Russia’s land grabs.
2024 Omnibus Bill, Section 7047 (extended into 2025 CR): Prohibits funding for any action recognizing Russian claims over Crimea or other occupied territory.
2019 NDAA, Section 1241 (reaffirmed annually, most recently in the 2025 NDAA, Section 1303): Bars any Defense Department funds from supporting recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea. 1/2

Oh great, the 3 warmest months of July on record globally are now 2023, 2024, and 2025.
https://mstdn.social/@Powerfromspace1/114994787705123922

PKPs Powerfromspace1 (@Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image @extretemps@toot.community #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming July 2025 Worldwide,according to NASA, had a temperature anomaly of +0.45C vs 1991/2020 (+1.03C vs 1951/1980) and was the 3rd hottest July on record, +0.16C behind both those of 2023 and 2024. https://bsky.app/profile/extremetemps.bsky.social/post/3lvvxirf7mc2i

A federal appeals court rejects T-Mobile's bid to overturn a $92M fine for illegally sharing customer location data without consent, per a 2024 FCC ruling (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree
T-Mobile can’t overturn $92 million fine; AT&T and Verizon verdicts still to come.

"Umgang mit dem Unsichtbaren – Neurodiversity-Management in Bibliotheken" https://doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2024-0005

Cdu-spd wegener-regierung in berlin hat 2024 die einbürgerung von den bezirken zu einer zentralen behörde des landes übertragen und digitalisiert. Die zahl der Einbürgerungen hat sich von 9000 im jahr auf 3300 im monat vervierfacht. Der Backlog von 40000 anträgen wurde abgearbeitet.
@… @…

Das Ende des Thirty Meter Telescopes? – US-Kongress soll kein Geld mehr geben
2024 hat die National Science Foundation erklärt, dass das Geld nur für ein US-Riesenteleskop reicht. Nun soll das Thirty Meter Telescope leer ausgehen.

Es gibt keine Totalverweigerer!! Niemand nutzt das System aus! Ein signifikanter Anteil der Ausgaben fürs Bürgergeld ging an „Aufstocker:innen”, Menschen welche trotz Arbeit nicht genug zum Leben haben! Alle nutzen die existierenden Sozialsysteme so wie sie sollen.
Es gibt keine Studie die belegt das „härtere Strafen” Arbeitslosigkeit verringern, es stärkt nur psychische Probleme und drängt mehr Menschen in die Obdachlosigkeit.
Man merkt wo eine Billionen Euro für Aufrüstung und…

XRISM reveals a variable, multi-phase outflow-inflow structure during the X-ray obscured 2024 outburst of the black hole transient V4641 Sgr
Maxime Parra, Megumi Shidatsu, Ryota Tomaru, Chris Done, Teo Mu\~noz-Darias, Montserrat Armas Padilla, Shoji Ogawa, Alessio Marino, Noa Grollimund, Stephane Corbel, Eduardo De la Fuente, Huaqing Cheng, Mar\'ia D\'iaz Trigo, Rob Fender, Keisuke Isogai, Shogo B. Kobayashi, Sara Motta, Katsuhiro Murata, Hitoshi Negoro, Samar Safi-Harb, Hiroma…

XRISM reveals a variable, multi-phase outflow-inflow structure during the X-ray obscured 2024 outburst of the black hole transient V4641 Sgr
We report the results of a simultaneous X-ray and optical spectroscopy campaign on the Galactic black hole X-ray binary V4641 Sgr, carried out with XRISM and the Seimei telescope during a low-luminosity phase towards the end of its 2024 outburst. Despite a very low X-ray luminosity of $10^{34}$ erg s$^{-1}$, the continuum spectrum is well reproduced by a disk blackbody model with a high inner disk temperature ($1.8$ keV). XRISM/Resolve provides the highest-resolution X-ray spectrum ever obtaine…

The economy created only 33,000 jobs in May and June combined
— anemic growth the likes of which we haven’t seen the final months of President Trump’s first term.
In contrast, under President Biden, the economy gained some 420,000 jobs in May and June 2024.
Trump’s response was as unhinged and authoritarian as you’d expect.
In an unprecedented move, he abruptly firedErika McEntarfer,
the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
-- and as an excuse lied th…

The looming Trump-cession
Orange man bad (for the economy).

Optimizing Peer Grading: A Systematic Literature Review of Reviewer Assignment Strategies and Quantity of Reviewers
Uchswas Paul, Shail Shah, Sri Vaishnavi Mylavarapu, M. Parvez Rashid, Edward Gehringer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11678

Optimizing Peer Grading: A Systematic Literature Review of Reviewer Assignment Strategies and Quantity of Reviewers
Peer assessment has established itself as a critical pedagogical tool in academic settings, offering students timely, high-quality feedback to enhance learning outcomes. However, the efficacy of this approach depends on two factors: (1) the strategic allocation of reviewers and (2) the number of reviews per artifact. This paper presents a systematic literature review of 87 studies (2010--2024) to investigate how reviewer-assignment strategies and the number of reviews per submission impact the …

Uncertainty Relation for the Wigner-Yanase Skew Information and Quantum Sobolev Inequalities
Laurent Lafleche
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15554 https://arxi…

Uncertainty Relation for the Wigner-Yanase Skew Information and Quantum Sobolev Inequalities
This note explores uncertainty inequalities for quantum analogues of the Fisher information including the Wigner-Yanase skew information, and their connection to the quantum Sobolev inequalities proved by the author in [Journal of Functional Analysis, 286 (10) 2024]. Some additional inequalities concerning commutators are derived and others are left as open problems.

‼️Die #Petition
"Keine Weiterleitung von Gesundheitsdaten an das FDZ ohne aktive Zustimmung des Patienten vom 04.10.2024"
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Offenbar ist #Brandenburg mit Tesla noch nicht genug gestraft. Amazon will auch was vom Wasser.
Und nein, mit 'Souveränität' hat es nichts zu tun, wenn einer von Trumps Buddys hier mehr Geld verdienen will.
Ort ist noch geheim: Internet, kriegen wir das raus?
Amazon will als Cloud-Anbieter 8 Milliarden Euro in Brandenburg investieren | rbb24

Mit der #Zukunftsklage wollen wir vor dem Verfassungsgericht BVerfG erreichen, dass die BundesRegierung den Klimaschutz ernst nimmt.
Unsere von @… engagierte Anwältin Roda Verheyen schreibt uns:
"Obwohl das neue Sonderverm…

#PgBouncer is useful, important, and fraught with peril
https://jpcamara.com/2023/04/12/pgbouncer-is-useful.html

Getreu unserem Motto „Wer in Bessungen aufschlägt, aus dem wird was“: Victoria Mboko – unsere Turniersiegerin 2024 schlägt Coco Gauff #TennisInternational #Darmstadt #Tennis

I woke up at 3am, and while trying to get back to sleep thought about how there will be literally thousands of men loose in society who have done unspeakable things during the brutal and disgraceful conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
Some will be caught and tried for war crimes, but most won't. They'll walk past you on the street, have jobs.
It feels like a ticking time bomb.

Filing: Shein reports 2024 UK sales up 32.3% YoY to £2.05B, making the UK its third largest market after the US and Germany, as it works toward a Hong Kong IPO (Helen Reid/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co

NFL QB Tiers 2025: Lamar Jackson cracks Tier 1, Jayden Daniels sets rookie record https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6514160/2025/08/11/nfl-qb-rankings-tiers-2025-jackson-daniels/

"Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find"
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find…

Started watching Presence after seeing a few recommendations for it. I'm not usually into straight up ghosty type flicks but this one's done in a fairly unique way. Digging it.
#movies

Presence (2024)
A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.

Diarycast - Year In Review (2024) - The 2024 EOU diary, including finally ditching fossil gas... #yearInReview #heatPump - https://www.

Diarycast - Year In Review (2024)
The 2024 EOU diary, including finally ditching fossil gas... #yearInReview #heatPump

Common Sunflower. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. September, 2024. #descansogardens #sunflower #flower

#Bergschadenssituation im Rheinischen #Braunkohlenrevier. Jährliche Berichterstattung der #RWE Power AG
Berichtsjahr 2024.

#Frauenfussball #BSCYBFrauen #Bern
Sie spielte seit 2024 für die Bernerinnen und gewann mit ihnen im Sommer die Schweizer Meisterschaft...

Was weiter geschah: YB verpasste Noa Schärz einen Maulkorb

What Makes A Happy New Year? Digging My Way Out #instrumental #music https://muz4now.com/2024/what-makes-a-

What Makes A Happy New Year? Digging My Way Out
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Oh great, the 3 warmest months of July on record globally are now 2023, 2024, and 2025.
July 2025 was 1.03°C above the 1951-1980 average, that's around 1.22°C above the preindustrial average.
The map shows an anomaly of 4 to 8°C for West-Antarctica!
#globalwarming #ClimateChange

👇 👇 👇
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/04/saying-trump-is-dangerous-is-not-enough-bernie-sanders-on-biden-billionaires-and-why-the-de…

I may need to get back to doing illustrations again since it's been about a year that I took a break...
Hand drawn stuff (even if digitally) might be the future of human art with all this AI bullshit going on.
➡️ https://rasterweb.net/raster/projects/illustrations/

Illustrations
In March 2024 I started doing sketches on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. As of writing this it's May 2024 and I'm still doing it. I'll try to keep this page updated with new illustrations as they are completed. Each illustration links to a page with more info about it, and some [...]

Better Call Claude: Can LLMs Detect Changes of Writing Style?
Johannes R\"omisch, Svetlana Gorovaia, Mariia Halchynska, Gleb Schmidt, Ivan P. Yamshchikov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00680

Better Call Claude: Can LLMs Detect Changes of Writing Style?
This article explores the zero-shot performance of state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) on one of the most challenging tasks in authorship analysis: sentence-level style change detection. Benchmarking four LLMs on the official PAN~2024 and 2025 "Multi-Author Writing Style Analysis" datasets, we present several observations. First, state-of-the-art generative models are sensitive to variations in writing style - even at the granular level of individual sentences. Second, their accuracy …

God, I loved this movie. I ugly cried so hard in the theater... especially the twist.

▶️ IF | Final Trailer (2024 Movie) - Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Steve Carrell
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mb2187ZQtBE&si=uMC_d5B248gGSVyg

EliseAI, which provides AI tools for healthcare and housing industries, raised a $250M Series E led by a16z, doubling its valuation to $2.2B from August 2024 (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcar

Extended Abstract: Mutable Objects with Several Implementations
Matt Kaufmann, Yahya Sohail, Warren A. Hunt Jr
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00016 https://arx…

Extended Abstract: Mutable Objects with Several Implementations
This extended abstract outlines an ACL2 feature, attach-stobj, that first appeared in ACL2 Version 8.6 (October, 2024). This feature supports different executable operations for a given abstract stobj, without requiring recertification of the book that introduces that stobj or theorems about it. The paper provides background as well as a user-level overview and some implementation notes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44246518 is that still named the slashdot effect, or is slashdot effect something for old people only?

Oh last guy who did use the (#)LongHashtags did that in 2024, Sep 16...wow...time flies...
#LongHashtags

Panthers' Xavier Legette ejected after fight; Dave Canales admonishes WR for putting team at 'disadvantage'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pa…

52 responses.
Numbers of participants:
— 13 in the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey
— 12 in the 2025 Laptop and Desktop Workgroup survey
— 20 in the 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey.
36 of 52 found the poll in Reddit.(I inadvertently created a fourth choice by changing "The" to "the".)

Irreducible components of Toric Complete Intersections
Andrey Zhizhin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00745 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00745

Irreducible components of Toric Complete Intersections
An equivariant linear system on a toric variety is a linear system invariant under the torus action. We study the number of irreducible components of the complete intersection of general divisors from a fixed collection of equivariant linear system on a toric variety $X$. An explicit formula for the number of components was obtained by Khovanskii in 2016 for the case $X = T^n$ over $\mathbb C$ and generalized to an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic the author in 2024. Build…

Programming tonight’s episode of @… radio and stumbled on our most recent 3–hour #Drone #Accordion special episode from last fall
That’ll keep me going through…

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-10-30: Electronic, Experimental & Drone Show IV: Night of the Restless
So… our podcast schedule got disrupted by the Internet Archive hack late last year, and we never quite got caught up. But we can get closer. Here, today, I can share with you our incredible e…

Understanding Human Daily Experience Through Continuous Sensing: ETRI Lifelog Dataset 2024
Se Won Oh, Hyuntae Jeong, Seungeun Chung, Jeong Mook Lim, Kyoung Ju Noh, Sunkyung Lee, Gyuwon Jung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03698

Understanding Human Daily Experience Through Continuous Sensing: ETRI Lifelog Dataset 2024
Improving human health and well-being requires an accurate and effective understanding of an individual's physical and mental state throughout daily life. To support this goal, we utilized smartphones, smartwatches, and sleep sensors to collect data passively and continuously for 24 hours a day, with minimal interference to participants' usual behavior, enabling us to gather quantitative data on daily behaviors and sleep activities across multiple days. Additionally, we gathered subjective self…

Zwischen 2018 und 2024 starben in #Berlin jährlich durchschnittlich 205 Menschen infolge von #Hitze.
In diesem Zeitraum wurden im Schnitt 21 sogenannte #Hitzetage pro Jahr gezählt, an denen die Tem…

Hitzeschutz Berlin - Berlin.de

Improved Bounds on Access-Redundancy Tradeoffs in Quantized Linear Computations
Ching-Fang Li, Mary Wootters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00183 https://arxiv…

Improved Bounds on Access-Redundancy Tradeoffs in Quantized Linear Computations
Consider the problem of computing quantized linear functions with only a few queries. Formally, given $\mathbf{x}\in \mathbb{R}^k$, our goal is to encode $\mathbf{x}$ as $\mathbf{c} \in \mathbb{R}^n$, for $n > k$, so that for any $\mathbf{w} \in A^k$, $\mathbf{w}^T \mathbf{x}$ can be computed using at most $\ell$ queries to $\mathbf{c}$. Here, $A$ is some finite set; in this paper we focus on the case where $|A| = 2$. Prior work \emph{(Ramkumar, Raviv, and Tamo, Trans. IT, 2024)} ha…

Digital-GenAI-Enhanced HCI in DevOps as a Driver of Sustainable Innovation: An Empirical Framework
Jun Cui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13185 https://arxiv.o…

Digital-GenAI-Enhanced HCI in DevOps as a Driver of Sustainable Innovation: An Empirical Framework
This study examines the impact of Digital-GenAI-Enhanced Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in DevOps on sustainable innovation performance among Chinese A-share internet technology firms. Using panel data from 2018-2024, we analyze 5,560 firm-year observations from CNRDS and CSMAR databases. Our empirical framework reveals significant positive associations between AI-enhanced HCI implementation and sustainable innovation outcomes. Results demonstrate that firms adopting advanced HCI technologies…

Researchers have found the
fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution released by wildfires
is even more toxic than air pollution from other sources.
One possible reason is the high level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
mixed with various levels of other known neurotoxic particles that can be found in smoke,
including heavy metals.
These particles can reach the brain via the olfactory nerve
and pass through the blood–brain barrier,
…

The 2024 #Labour Budget allocated just £11.3 billion to climate change mitigation and adaptation—covering everything from carbon capture* and
nuclear energy* to tree planting and EV charging*—compared to
at least £58 billion for military spending.
NB, those with a * are fake climate mitigation.
#warmongering

Call for Papers: ICMS 2026 Panel, "The Imagined Woman"
https://ift.tt/1MBUHxi
University of Alaska - Fairbanks - Alaska & Polar Regions Area Studies Bibliographer & Curator of…
via Input 4 RELCFP …

Symphony of Creation: Understanding What It Takes To Compose #composer #composing #inspiration

Symphony of Creation: Understanding What It Takes To Compose
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Discovery of 63 New Young Asteroid Families
David Nesvorny, David Vokrouhlicky, Miroslav Broz, Fernando V. Roig
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00753 https://ar…

Discovery of 63 New Young Asteroid Families
We searched for young asteroid families -- those with ages t_age < 10 Myr and at least three members -- using the proper element catalog from Nesvorny et al. (2024). Our approach employed the Hierarchical Clustering Method (HCM) in a five-dimensional space of proper orbital elements: semimajor axis, eccentricity, inclination, proper nodal longitude, and proper perihelion longitude. The proper longitudes were calculated for various times in the past. Any convergence of these angles at times t < …

South Africa to ban highly toxic pesticide Terbufos https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/south-africa-to-ban-highly-toxic-pesticide-terbufos/

South Africa to ban highly toxic pesticide Terbufos
In a decision welcomed by advocacy groups and researchers, South Africa’s Cabinet has approved a ban on the import of Terbufos, a highly toxic pesticide linked to the deaths of six children in a South African township in October 2024. On June 12, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister of Presidency, said the ban will be accompanied by […]

Doubling property of self-similar measures with overlaps
Yu Wang, Ya-Min Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00601 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00601

Doubling property of self-similar measures with overlaps
Recently, Yang, Yuan and Zhang [Doubling properties of self-similar measures and Bernoulli measures on self-affine Sierpinski sponges, Indiana Univ. Math. J., 73 (2024), 475-492] characterized when a self-similar measure satisfying the open set condition is doubling. In this paper, we study when a self-similar measure with overlaps is doubling. Let $m\geq 2$ and let $β>1$ be the Pisot number satisfying $β^m=\sum_{j=0}^{m-1}β^j$. Let $\mathbf{p}=(p_1,p_2)$ be a probability weight and let $…

Translation Groups for arbitrary Gauge Fields in Synthetic Crystals with real hopping amplitudes
Marco Marciani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08461 https://ar…

Translation Groups for arbitrary Gauge Fields in Synthetic Crystals with real hopping amplitudes
The Cayley-crystals introduced in [F. R. Lux and E. Prodan, Annales Henri Poincaré 25(8), 3563 (2024)] are a class of synthetic lattices whose Hamiltonians are symmetric under the simply transitive action of a generic discrete group G. We show that these systems naturally realize the generalization of the so-called magnetic translation groups to arbitrary discrete gauge groups. The one-body dynamics mimics that of a particle carrying multiple charges, each experiencing a distinct static gauge-…

Magnetic octupole Hall effect in heavy transition metals
Insu Baek, Seungyun Han, Hyun-Woo Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02516 https://

Magnetic octupole Hall effect in heavy transition metals
d-wave altermagnets have the magnetic octupole as their primary order parameter. A recent study [Han et al. arXiv 2409.14423 (2024)] demonstrated that magnetic octupole current can induce Néel vector dynamics. Therefore, identifying materials that can efficiently generate a magnetic octupole current is essential. In this paper, we investigate the magnetic octupole Hall effect in 4d and 5d transition metals. By employing atomic magnetic octupole operators, we calculate the magnetic octupole Hal…

‼️Die #Petition
"Keine Weiterleitung von Gesundheitsdaten an das FDZ ohne aktive Zustimmung des Patienten vom 04.10.2024"
hat bisher 273 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29727 Unterschriften bis zum 08.07.2025.

Coronal dimmings from active region 13664 during the May 2024 solar energetic events
Amaia Razquin, Astrid M. Veronig, Karin Dissauer, Tatiana Podladchikova, Shantanu Jain
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04818

Coronal dimmings from active region 13664 during the May 2024 solar energetic events
Coronal dimmings are regions of transiently reduced brightness in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and soft X-ray (SXR) emissions associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), providing key insights into CME initiation and early evolution. During May 2024, AR 13664 was among the most flare-productive regions in recent decades, generating 55 M-class and 12 X-class flares along with multiple Earth-directed CMEs. The rapid succession of these CMEs triggered the most intense geomagnetic storm in two deca…

Simultaneous observations of multiple ELVES and SPRITES at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Roberto Mussa (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11641

Simultaneous observations of multiple ELVES and SPRITES at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Since 2014, the Pierre Auger Observatory has exploited a dedicated trigger and its very high time resolution to study ELVES and harvest record samples of multiple ELVES using the Fluorescence Detector (FD). In 2017, after extending the readout of trace lengths to 0.9 ms, we started observing other types of light transients from the base of the ionosphere, such as HALOS, which deserved further investigation. In December 2023 and April 2024, we installed two additional cameras (TLECAMs), which al…

„This year, over 11.7 million people applied for Schengen short-stay visas. Globally, demand rose by more than 13%.
But for African applicants, that just meant more money lost.
Analysts estimate Africans lost €60 million (around US$67.5 million) in visa fees in 2024 alone — just for rejections.“
Via Sham Jaff's excellent newsletter https:…

3 NFL players returning from injury who will bounce back immediately https://fansided.com/nfl/3-nfl-players-returning-from-injury-who-will-bounce-back-immediately

Confirmation of an investigation into Jack Smith comes after Arkansas senator Tom Cotton, a Republican,
requested last week that Smith be investigated for
“unprecedented interference in the 2024 election”.
The Hatch Act,
a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees.
Trump, along with other prominent Republican lawmakers, have argued that Smith’s investigations into Trump amounted to illegal political activity.
Smi…

An interview with Strava CEO Michael Martin on Athlete Intelligence, the premium AI "coach" introduced in 2024 that has alienated experienced users, and more (Haley Zimmerman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…

Estado del clima en Jalisco: temporada de lluvias y comportamiento extremo de la temperatura en 2024
Mauricio L\'opez-Reyes, Julio Eduardo Zamora-Salvador, Alma Delia Ort\'iz-Ba\~nuelos, Stephany Paulina Arellano-Ram\'irez, Carlos Rom\'an-Casta\~neda, Armando Gonz\'alez-Figueroa, Hector Hugo Ulloa-God\'inez, Mario E. Garc\'ia Guadalupe

Estado del clima en Jalisco: temporada de lluvias y comportamiento extremo de la temperatura en 2024
This article analyzes the characteristics of the rainy season and extreme temperatures recorded in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, during 2024. Using ERA5 and CHIRPS reanalysis data and observations from thirteen meteorological stations, patterns of precipitation and temperature anomalies were identified. The results show a late start and early end of the rainy season, with positive anomalies in the central and southern regions, and significant deficits in the coastal strip. Furthermore, 2024 sto…

Die Bundesregierung gibt jährlich Milliarden für proprietäre US-Software aus, obwohl das E-Government-Gesetz seit 2024 #OpenSource (OSS) bevorzugt. Trotzdem bleibt OSS in der Verwaltung Randerscheinung – mit gravierenden Folgen für digitale Souveränität, Transparenz und Kostenkontrolle
Gerd Mischler: Digitalisierung: Open Source hat im Bund keine Lobby -

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Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in Deutschland. Stand: 09.08.2025.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
Anmerkung: Erste Versuche einer #Datenanalyse. 😁 Hinweise gerne. Wü…

Stargazing: Cowboys who stood out vs. Rams https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/stargazing-cowboys-who-stood-out-vs-rams

Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of $\alpha$ Cen A. I. Observations, Orbital and Physical Properties, and Exozodi Upper Limits
Charles Beichman, Aniket Sanghi, Dimitri Mawet, Pierre Kervella, Kevin Wagner, Billy Quarles, Jack J. Lissauer, Max Sommer, Mark Wyatt, Nicolas Godoy, William O. Balmer, Laurent Pueyo, Jorge Llop-Sayson, Jonathan Aguilar, Rachel Akeson, Ruslan Belikov, Anthony Boccaletti, Elodie Choquet, Edward Fomalont, Thomas Henning, De…

Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of $α$ Cen A. I. Observations, Orbital and Physical Properties, and Exozodi Upper Limits
We report on coronagraphic observations of the nearest solar-type star, $α$ Cen A, using the MIRI instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. With three epochs of observation (August 2024, February 2025, and April 2025), we achieve a sensitivity sufficient to detect $T_{\rm eff}\approx$ 225-250 K (1-1.2 $R_{\rm Jup}$) planets between 1"-2" and exozodiacal dust emission at the level of $>$5-8$\times$ the brightness of our own zodiacal cloud. The lack of exozodiacal dust emission sets an unpre…

Call for Papers: ICMS 2026 Panel, "The Imagined Woman" https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20121835/call-papers-icms-2026-panel-imagined-woman

Der Ausbau der #Windenergie in Deutschland hat im ersten Halbjahr 2025 deutlich zugelegt.
Mit 405 neuen Onshore-Anlagen und 2.157 MW installierter Leistung wurde der Zubau gegenüber 2024 mehr als verdoppelt.
Treiber sind beschleunigte Genehmigungen und höhere Ausschreibungszuschläge.

Ausbau Windenergie: Deutschland verdoppelt neue Windenergieleistung an Land im ersten Halbjahr 2025
Münster – Der Ausbau der Windenergie in Deutschland hat sich im ersten Halbjahr 2025 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr deutlich beschleunigt. Dies geht aus einer ersten vorläufigen Auswertung von Daten des Marktstammdatenregisters (MaStR) der Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) durch das Internationale Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR) in Münster (Datenstand: 01. Juli 2025) hervor.

Stargazing: Cowboys who stood out vs. Rams https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/stargazing-cowboys-who-stood-out-vs-rams

Wusstet Ihr....
Die erste #Balkonsolaranlage wurde bereits am 14.04.1923 auf einer #Gartenlaube errichtet.
Damals arbeitete das #Marktstammdatenregister noch mi…

Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of $\alpha$ Cen A. II. Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis
Aniket Sanghi, Charles Beichman, Dimitri Mawet, William O. Balmer, Nicolas Godoy, Laurent Pueyo, Anthony Boccaletti, Max Sommer, Alexis Bidot, Elodie Choquet, Pierre Kervella, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Jarron Leisenring, Jorge Llop-Sayson, Michael Ressler, Kevin Wagner, Mark Wyatt

Worlds Next Door: A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of $α$ Cen A. II. Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis
JWST observed our closest solar twin, $α$ Cen A, with the MIRI coronagraph in F1550C (15.5 $μ$m) at three distinct epochs between August 2024 and April 2025. For the first time with JWST, we demonstrate the application of reference star differential imaging to simultaneously subtract the coronagraphic image of a primary star and the point spread function (PSF) of its binary companion to conduct a deep search for exoplanets and dust emission. We achieve a typical 5$σ$ point source contrast se…

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Jugadores que brillaron en el debut de los Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jugadores-que-brillaron-en-el-debut-de-los-cowboys

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Jugadores que brillaron en el debut de los Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jugadores-que-brillaron-en-el-debut-de-los-cowboys

‼️Die #Petition
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Die #Erdbeerernte 2025 fällt so schlecht aus wie seit 30 Jahren nicht mehr.
Bundesweit werden nur rund 75.500 Tonnen #Freilanderdbeeren erwartet. Das ist ein Minus von 4 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr.
In

Erdbeerernte: Schlechtester Wert seit 30 Jahren erwartet
Die Erdbeerernte soll in diesem Jahr so schlecht ausfallen wie seit 30 Jahren nicht mehr. Laut Statistischem Bundesamt werden vier Prozent weniger Freilanderdbeeren als 2024 erwartet. Niedersachsen liegt im Norden dennoch vorn.

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