Tootfinder

Waymo: we'll create traffic and kill your cat
https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/28/waymo-kills-cat-san-francisco/

‼️Die #Petition
"Keine Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer zum 01. Juli 2026 vom 24.11.2025"
hat bisher 1078 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 28922 Unterschriften bis zum 21.01.2026.
https://

Senate rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/28/trump-tariffs-brazil-senate-vote-republicans

Dan heb je zo'n mooie infographic gemaakt als dataspecialist, met de juiste uitleg erboven.
En dan gaat zo'n oetlul van de NOS precies de verkeerde uitleg erbij geven.
"Van de kiezers die de vorige keer op D66 stemden bleef 24% die partij trouw".
#amateurs

Not sure what to make of this survey given its sponsors, but it's true that water management in the UK is a mess. We have no clue who's using what. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/30/water-shortages-could-derai…

Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects

Study warns climate leadership falling short in New Zealand #NewZealand

Study warns climate leadership falling short in New Zealand
New Zealand leaders favor small, incremental changes in response to escalating climate impacts rather than the bold changes needed to make a real difference, according to research by University of Auckland academic Dr. Sasha Maher and Professor Brad Jackson (University of Waikato).

from my link log —
First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March catalogued.
https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/04/first-debris-pieces-from-indian-asat.html
saved 2019-04-24

First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March catalogued
classified military Space (spy satellites) and Missiles

British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an 'imposter' (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-spoke-to-the-wrong-deblasio-not-an-imposter
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p155#a251029p155

"Hundreds of road signs and billboards in France have been decorated with fake flames. Here’s why"
#France #Climate #ClimateChange

Why hundreds of road signs in France have been decorated with ‘flames’
Flames have been glued to a number of road signs and billboards across France, as activists beg ‘stop climate sabotage’.

In 2025, several books saw audiobook sales outperform hardcovers, even as digital audiobook growth slowed to 1% through October after 2024's ~24% jump to $1.1B (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/lis

🦥 Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
#diet …

Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the protective covering around nerve fibers), which leads to age-related white matter degradation.

Die letzten Vorbereitungen für die #Märlistadt laufen. Vom Mittwoch, 3. Dezember bis Sonntag, 4. Januar findet die 24. Märlistadt wieder in der wundervollen Altstadt von #SteinAmRhein statt.
Auf dem Märliweg wird der Froschkönig wunderschön bebildert wiedererzählt, mit etlichen …

"A woman's work is never done", is a saying especially relevant when applied to women's rights. Someone is always trying to take them away from us - we can never relax and think that fight is over. Please sign this Holyrood petition. https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions…

Petition: Ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across all parts of Scotland
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure abortion services are available up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy across all NHS health boards in Scotland.

El recientemente retirado Matt Cameron, ex baterista de Pearl Jam y Soundgarden, estš cumpliendo hoy 63 años. Nació el 28 de noviembre de 1962. ¡Gracias por tanto, Matt!
#MattCameron #CumpleañosRockero #PearlJam

My recent article (online first already since 30.12.24, #OA ) has a number and a page range.
Yeah!
"Unequal refugeeness. Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland"
Journal of Refugee Studies, 2025, 38(3), 674–689

Prolongement de la ligne bleue… sans les portes de protection
#montreal
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualit…

Talking Aussie Farming
Each episode features candid conversations with farmers, innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders shaping the future of food and farming...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/talking-aussie-farming/

[OT] So now even when you try to avoid using #AI, #AI hits your wallet nonetheless https://www.<…

Concern That Skyrocketing RAM Prices Driven by AI Needs Will Cause Problems for High-End Gaming for 'Several Years' - IGN
There is increasing concern that skyrocketing RAM prices will impact high-end gaming not just in the short term, but the long term.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Luca Formentini:
🎵 Pan
#LucaFormentini
https://open.spotify.com/track/2irsbYaiNXCBO9tnhDUga2

Series D, Episode 08 - Games
ORAC: There might be problems.
AVON: Why? You have extracted information from Federation computers before now. This is just a hodgepodge of three or four of them. You have already said that it is inferior to you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/408/292 B7B4

Only your Hair Dresser Knows for Sure

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Butcher Brown:
🎵 Down With the King
#ButcherBrown
https://butcherbrownmusic.bandcamp.com/track/down-with-the-king
https://open.spotify.com/track/5odKJTIElEOAjL2R4d1Gax

Ich weiss, bin ein alter Mann, dazu auch noch weiss. Und ich halte mich nicht für Hinterweltisch, obwohl ich Ostfriese bin.Aber es gibt Begriffe, wo ich echt nicht weiss, was diese bedeuten?
Natürlich kann ich mir aus dem Zusammenhang herraus lesen, nur wäre echt super, Begriffe zu nehmen, wo man nicht erstmal Wikipedia zu händen nehmen muss.
Ich lese zum Beispiel grade "eruieren", das könnte, wenn ich es so lese, ales mögliche heissen.
Bitte benutzt, wenn es geht, …

Heute erst #mysterycreatures entdeckt und direkt der Sammelsucht verfallen 🙈 Gotta scan them all! #39c3

#Zürich - Systemwechsel in den städtischen Alterszentren mit Auswirkungen: Hunderte Zürcher #Senioren gelten jetzt plötzlich als Pflegefälle
#Pflege

Hunderte Zürcher Senioren gelten jetzt plötzlich als Pflegefälle
In den städtischen Alterszentren sorgt ein unscheinbarer Brief für massiven Ärger: Rund 400 Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner gelten neu als pflegebedürftig – ohne gesundheitliche Veränderung, allein wegen eines Systemwechsels.

Dolphins' Hill carted off with left knee in air cast https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46427941/dolphins-tyreek-hill-carted-vs-jets-left-knee-injury

Sunday's game results work vs Cowboys' draft interests in worst way https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/28/sundays-game-results-sunday-week-17-draft-slot/87937751007/

BTW, you CAN survive drinking a hundred cups of coffee. :ablobcatnod:

Novel Market Temperature Definition Through Fluctuation Theorem: A Statistical Physics Framework for Financial Crisis Prediction
Masoome Ramezani, Fereydoun Rahnama Roodposhti, Ghanbar Abbaspour Esfeden, Mehdi Ramezani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23692

Novel Market Temperature Definition Through Fluctuation Theorem: A Statistical Physics Framework for Financial Crisis Prediction
This paper introduces a novel approach to financial crisis prediction by establishing a thermodynamic-like framework derived from the fluctuation theorem of statistical physics. We define market temperature through the probability ratio of positive to negative returns and demonstrate its effectiveness in identifying market states and predicting potential crises. Our empirical analysis spans nine major global indices from 2005 to 2025, revealing statistically significant differences in temperatu…

llvm has some incredible option names
disable arm... lol, oops

PredNext: Explicit Cross-View Temporal Prediction for Unsupervised Learning in Spiking Neural Networks
Yiting Dong, Jianhao Ding, Zijie Xu, Tong Bu, Zhaofei Yu, Tiejun Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24844

PredNext: Explicit Cross-View Temporal Prediction for Unsupervised Learning in Spiking Neural Networks
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), with their temporal processing capabilities and biologically plausible dynamics, offer a natural platform for unsupervised representation learning. However, current unsupervised SNNs predominantly employ shallow architectures or localized plasticity rules, limiting their ability to model long-range temporal dependencies and maintain temporal feature consistency. This results in semantically unstable representations, thereby impeding the development of deep unsupe…

T-duality and bosonization as examples of continuum gauging and disentangling
Gertian Roose, Erez Zohar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24630 https://arxiv.org/…

T-duality and bosonization as examples of continuum gauging and disentangling
Dualities and duality transformations form a well established methodology in various aspects of quantum many body physics and quantum field theories, allowing one to exploit equivalence between models which may naively seem completely different in order to gain access to further physical regimes, either analytically, numerically or experimentally. Recently, in the context of condensed matter physics and quantum information, it was shown that dualities can be understood very well through a gaugi…

Debiasing the Influence of Demographic and Appearance Cues in Social Engineering via Role-Taking: Negative Results
Tourjana Islam Supti (College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar), Israa Abuelezz (College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar), Aya Muhanad (College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar), Mahmoud Barhmagi (College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar), Ala Yankouskaya (Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK), Kha…

Debiasing the Influence of Demographic and Appearance Cues in Social Engineering via Role-Taking: Negative Results
This study investigates the efficacy of role-taking and literacy-based interventions in reducing the influence of appearance cues, such as gender, age, ethnicity, and clothing style, on trust and risk-taking in social engineering contexts. A-4 (Group: Control, Literacy, Persuader, Persuadee) * 2 (Time: Pre, Post) mixed factorial design was implemented over two weeks with 139 participants. The control group received no material. The literacy group attended two sessions focused on how behavior ca…

The nonsymmetric shuffle theorem
Jonah Blasiak, Mark Haiman, Jennifer Morse, Anna Pun, George H. Seelinger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24040 https://arxiv.o…

The nonsymmetric shuffle theorem
The shuffle conjecture of Haglund et al. expresses the symmetric function $\nabla e_n$ as a sum over labeled Dyck paths. Here $\nabla$ is an operator on symmetric functions defined in terms of its diagonal action on the basis of modified Macdonald polynomials. The shuffle conjecture was later refined by Haglund-Morse-Zabrocki to the compositional shuffle conjecture, expressing $\nabla C_α$ as a sum over labeled Dyck paths with touchpoints specified by $α$, where $C_α$ is a compositional Hall…

Community detection robustness of graph neural networks
Jaidev Goel, Pablo Moriano, Ramakrishnan Kannan, Yulia R. Gel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24662 https://

Community detection robustness of graph neural networks
Graph neural networks (GNNs) are increasingly widely used for community detection in attributed networks. They combine structural topology with node attributes through message passing and pooling. However, their robustness or lack of thereof with respect to different perturbations and targeted attacks in conjunction with community detection tasks is not well understood. To shed light into latent mechanisms behind GNN sensitivity on community detection tasks, we conduct a systematic computationa…

Het verlies van GL-PvdA lijkt voornamelijk veroorzaakt te worden door de winst van D66. Daarnaast is er per saldo weinig winst behaald door kiezers bij andere partijen weg te trekken.

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns (Claire Galofaro/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p148#a251028p148

60 years ago #OTD (or tomorrow) #comet #IkeyaSeki showed a dramatic tail: https://solarviews.com/cap/comet/ikeya.htm - and this chemical 'raw' picture proves it beyond doubt ... while nowadays creepy 'astrophotographers' past high-end stacks of the faint tails of comet Lemmon into landscape pictures creating similar "photographs" which then get likes galore. Sigh ...

Splitting Alternating Algorithms for Sparse Solutions of Linear Systems with Concatenated Orthogonal Matrices
Yun-Bin Zhao, Zhong-Feng Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24558 https…

Splitting Alternating Algorithms for Sparse Solutions of Linear Systems with Concatenated Orthogonal Matrices
A class of splitting alternating algorithms is proposed for finding the sparse solution of linear systems with concatenated orthogonal matrices. Depending on the number of matrices concatenated, the proposed algorithms are classified into the two-block splitting alternating algorithm (TSAA) and the multi-block splitting alternating algorithm (MSAA). These algorithms aim to decompose a large-scale linear system into two or more coupled subsystems, each significantly smaller than the original sys…

I don't use YouTube much. Mostly for the occasional research. I've been using it since before Google bought it, since when you could only post 10 minute videos on it. I stopped using the YouTube app because of the ads, and for a while, just using Firefox with ublock would block them. But now, it doesn't. So now, I watch YouTube with Firefox in desktop mode, even on my phone. That works, for now. But for how long, who knows. I guess what I'm trying to get at here is that Googl…

Medical Examiners Warn Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/lung-float-test-stillbirth-pregnancy-medical-examiners

Generative Modeling and Decision Fusion for Unknown Event Detection and Classification Using Synchrophasor Data
Yi Hu, Zheyuan Cheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22795 https://

Generative Modeling and Decision Fusion for Unknown Event Detection and Classification Using Synchrophasor Data
Reliable detection and classification of power system events are critical for maintaining grid stability and situational awareness. Existing approaches often depend on limited labeled datasets, which restricts their ability to generalize to rare or unseen disturbances. This paper proposes a novel framework that integrates generative modeling, sliding-window temporal processing, and decision fusion to achieve robust event detection and classification using synchrophasor data. A variational autoe…

There hasn't been nearly enough coverage of this.
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone — Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/…

Comprehensive X-ray Observations of the Exceptional Ultra-long X-ray and Gamma-ray Transient GRB 250702B with Swift, NuSTAR, and Chandra: Insights from the X-ray Afterglow Properties
Brendan O'Connor, Ramandeep Gill, James DeLaunay, Jeremy Hare, Dheeraj Pasham, Eric R. Coughlin, Ananya Bandopadhyay, Akash Anumarlapudi, Paz Beniamini, Jonathan Granot, Igor Andreoni, Jonathan Carney, Michael J. Moss, Ersin G\"o\u{g}\"u\c{s}, Jamie A. Kennea, Malte Busmann, Simone Dichiara, …

Comprehensive X-ray Observations of the Exceptional Ultra-long X-ray and Gamma-ray Transient GRB 250702B with Swift, NuSTAR, and Chandra: Insights from the X-ray Afterglow Properties
GRB 250702B is an exceptional transient that produced multiple episodes of luminous gamma-ray radiation lasting for $>25$ ks, placing it among the class of ultra-long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, unlike any known GRB, a soft X-ray precursor was discovered by the Einstein Probe up to 24 hours before the gamma-ray triggers. We present comprehensive X-ray observations of the transient's afterglow obtained with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, and …

Fascist invaders crash into car, pulls father out and beat him in front of his children at a Home Depot in Harlingen, TX (12/28/25)
Source:
#politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@LillyHerself/115794002427871534
Life hack.

Non-linear infusion of intrinsic alignment and source clustering: impact on non-Gaussian cosmic shear statistics
J. Harnois-D\'eraps, N. \v{S}ar\v{c}evi\'c, L. Medina Varela, J. Armijo, C. T. Davies, N. van Alfen, J. Blazek, L. Castiblanco, A. Halder, K. Heitmann, P. Larsen, L. Linke, J. Liu, C. MacMahon-Gell\'er, L. Porth, S. Rangel, C. Uhlemann, the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Non-linear infusion of intrinsic alignment and source clustering: impact on non-Gaussian cosmic shear statistics
Intrinsic alignments (IA) of galaxies is one of the key secondary signals to cosmic shear measurements, and must be modeled to interpret weak lensing data and infer the correct cosmology. There are large uncertainties in the physical description of IA, and analytical calculations are often out of reach for weak lensing statistics beyond two-point functions. We present here a set of six flexible IA models infused directly into weak lensing simulations, constructed from the mass shells, the proje…

Induced-Flare Candidates from the TESS Mission
Nathan Whitsett, Tansu Daylan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22918 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22918

Induced-Flare Candidates from the TESS Mission
The empirical underabundance of close-in planets with radii 1.5-2.0 times that of the Earth, referred to as the radius irradiation valley, may be linked to the inability of gas dwarfs under certain conditions to retain their volatile envelopes due to photoevaporation or core-powered mass loss. In either case, the extent to which a planet can preserve its atmosphere critically depends on poorly understood planetary magnetism. An effective probe of planetary magnetic fields is the interaction bet…

Impact of Environmental Factors on LoRa 2.4 GHz Time of Flight Ranging Outdoors
Yiqing Zhou, Xule Zhou, Zecan Cheng, Chenao Lu, Junhan Chen, Jiahong Pan, Yizhuo Liu, Sihao Li, Kyeong Soo Kim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23125

Impact of Environmental Factors on LoRa 2.4 GHz Time of Flight Ranging Outdoors
In WSN/IoT, node localization is essential to long-running applications for accurate environment monitoring and event detection, often covering a large area in the field. Due to the lower time resolution of typical WSN/IoT platforms (e.g., 1 microsecond on ESP32 platforms) and the jitters in timestamping, packet-level localization techniques cannot provide meter-level resolution. For high-precision localization as well as world-wide interoperability via 2.4-GHz ISM band, a new variant of LoRa, …

Developers of invasive visual prostheses for the blind (brain implants, retinal implants) try to protect their turf by ignoring noninvasive alternatives based on smart glasses, using outdated and restrictive definitions, from ivory towers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewuFviiSsQ

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Jack Rose:
🎵 Song for the Owl
#JackRose
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UsmPDvCGPFhYVsVROKkss

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Black Sabbath:
🎵 Planet Caravan
#BlackSabbath
https://ancientdeep.bandcamp.com/track/black-sabbath-planet-caravan-ancient-deep-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4zgHtuasZkiZu1caZwxF5P

"Dana, Elliot wants to know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey on the light grid."
"It's 24 pounds."
"I'll tell him, but he'll probably just want to know why there's a 24-pound frozen turkey on the light grid."
#ThanksgivingQuotes #HashtagGames

The Range of the Monge-Amp\`ere operator $(\omega dd^c .)^n$ in bounded domains
Omar Alehyane, Fatima Zahra Assila, Mohammed Salouf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23944 https://…

The Range of the Monge-Ampère operator $(ω+ dd^c .)^n$ in bounded domains
Let $Ω$ be a bounded strictly pseudoconvex domain of $\mathbb{C}^n$. We solve degenerate complex Monge-Ampère equations of the form $(ω+ dd^c φ)^n = μ$ in the generalized Cegrell classes $\mathcal{K}(Ω,ω,H)$, where $H \in \mathcal{E}(Ω)$ is maximal, $ω$ is a smooth real $(1,1)$-form defined in a neighborhood of $\barΩ$ and $μ$ is a positive Radon measure. This generalizes the previous work of the last author \cite{Sal25} to the case of non-continuous functions $H$ and also to the cas…

The top 10 US tech billionaires collectively added $550B to their combined net worth in 2025, reaching $2.5T by December 24, up from $1.9T at the year's start (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/9dcd770a-1ca7-4533-980c-08c5704c9670

aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 29-11-2025 01:10
Temperatur: (min: 6,2C) 6,4C (max: 6,4C)
Feuchte: 99%
Luftdruck: 1011,5 hPa (langsam fallend)
Windrichtung: N/A Grad
W…

«The tech industry is being taken over by merchants of services, and the Open Source community is starting to depend on them. We've seen this coming, with GitHub being a startup, bought by Microsoft which is now pushing AI. They are the means of production.»
And FLOSS would be doing well to divest from the industrial-owened means of production sooner rather than later.
What AI is doing to developers - (not) my ideas
https://notmyidea.org/what-ai-is-doing-to-developers.html

Ukraine says it struck Russia's only Il-38N in the Black Sea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/ukraine-says-it-struck-russias.html

I helped lead the National Guard. Troops don't belong in our cities. (Home of the Brave)
https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-lead-the-national-guard
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p38#a251029p38

Enabling Physical AI through Biological Principles
Wilkie Olin-Ammentorp
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24521 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.24521

Enabling Physical AI through Biological Principles
The introduction of large language models has significantly expanded global demand for computing; addressing this growing demand requires novel approaches that introduce new capabilities while addressing extant needs. Although inspiration from biological systems served as the foundation on which modern artificial intelligence (AI) was developed, many modern advances have been made without clear parallels to biological computing. As a result, the ability of techniques inspired by "natural intell…

[2025-09-30 Tue (UTC), 12 new articles found for cond-mat.stat-mech Statistical Mechanics]
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Hybrid Graph Embeddings and Louvain Algorithm for Unsupervised Community Detection
Dalila Khettaf, Djamel Djenouri, Zeinab Rezaeifar, Youcef Djenouri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23411

Hybrid Graph Embeddings and Louvain Algorithm for Unsupervised Community Detection
This paper proposes a novel community detection method that integrates the Louvain algorithm with Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), enabling the discovery of communities without prior knowledge. Compared to most existing solutions, the proposed method does not require prior knowledge of the number of communities. It enhances the Louvain algorithm using node embeddings generated by a GNN to capture richer structural and feature information. Furthermore, it introduces a merging algorithm to refine th…

Making the Case for Massive Islands
Hao Geng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22775 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22775

Making the Case for Massive Islands
It has been established in both high and low spacetime dimensions that existing constructions of entanglement islands, at least in the study of black holes, are all in the context of massive gravity. In fact, later studies realized that the graviton mass is not an accident and it is necessary for the consistency of the holographic interpretation for entanglement islands. An important lesson we learned from these studies is that the graviton mass is a manifestation of the deep relationship betwe…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Cola Boyy:
🎵 Busy
#ColaBoyy
https://colaboyy.bandcamp.com/track/busy
https://open.spotify.com/track/0NR1ws6QVQUjMIi0zkx17A

The true geeks among you will appreciate this:
How to convert a day number (and, transitively) a number of seconds since an calendar start date ("epoch", e.g. 1970-01-01) into a readable date in only 24 CPU cycles.
https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-date-64

from my link log —
How the CPython compiler works.
https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/python-behind-the-scenes-2-how-the-cpython-compiler-works/
saved 2020-09-24

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…

Series B, Episode 09 - Countdown
PROVINE: No! Now, then, Tronos, you know what to do.
TRONOS: I give you four minutes to reach the launch area, then I activate. I then follow without delay.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/209/22 B7B3

Hybrid Layer-Wise ANN-SNN With Surrogate Spike Encoding-Decoding Structure
Nhan T. Luu, Duong T. Luu, Pham Ngoc Nam, Truong Cong Thang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24411 https://

Hybrid Layer-Wise ANN-SNN With Surrogate Spike Encoding-Decoding Structure
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have gained significant traction in both computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence for their potential in energy-efficient computing. In contrast, artificial neural networks (ANNs) excel at gradient-based optimization and high accuracy. This contrast has consequently led to a growing subfield of hybrid ANN-SNN research. However, existing hybrid approaches often rely on either a strict separation between ANN and SNN components or employ SNN-only encode…

Stationary densities and delocalized domain walls in asymmetric exclusion processes competing for finite pools of resources
Sourav Pal, Parna Roy, Abhik Basu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23983

Stationary densities and delocalized domain walls in asymmetric exclusion processes competing for finite pools of resources
We explore the stationary densities and domain walls in the steady states of a pair of asymmetric exclusion processes (TASEPs) antiparallelly coupled to two particle reservoirs without any spatial extent by using the model in Haldar et al, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 111}, 014154 (2025). We show that the model admits {\em delocalized} domain walls which exist for some choices of the model parameters that define the effective entry and exit rates into the TASEP lanes. Surprisingly, in the parameter space …

Post Malone honors Cowboys' Marshawn Kneeland during Thanksgiving halftime show https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6843722/2025/11/27/post-malone-kneeland-94-halftime-cowboys-chiefs/

Lest we forget: "The U.S. exit from Afghanistan happened during former President Joe Biden's term, but it was set in motion by the first Trump administration, which signed a deal with the Taliban in 2020 to withdraw after two decades in the country."
A history of ‘Operation Allies Welcome,’ which allowed Afghans U.S. entry : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5622991/afghan-refugee-program-national-guard-shooting-suspect

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq (David Faber/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-g…

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.

LLMs never make mistakes or hallucinate, as this presupposes they actually know what they’re doing—they don’t: they have no concept of what words mean.
They don’t even deal with language, as they generate chains of big numbers based on statistical correlations.
The resulting transformation into human-readable text is always only a statistical approximation of what a real answer could maybe look like.
By sheer chance sometimes LLMs are even correct (usually for trivial things); however above a certain length of answer it is always wrong.

Is Russia preparing Europe for war? Kremlin propaganda has crossed the line: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/is-russia-preparing-europe-for.html

Network-Optimised Spiking Neural Network for Event-Driven Networking
Muhammad Bilal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23516 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.23516

Network-Optimised Spiking Neural Network for Event-Driven Networking
Spiking neural networks offer event-driven computation suited to time-critical networking tasks such as anomaly detection, local routing control, and congestion management at the edge. Classical units, including Hodgkin-Huxley, Izhikevich, and the Random Neural Network, map poorly to these needs. We introduce Network-Optimised Spiking (NOS), a compact two-variable unit whose state encodes normalised queue occupancy and a recovery resource. The model uses a saturating nonlinearity to enforce fin…

To cut or not to cut: Data-quality evaluation for the ASTRI Mini-Array
E. Molina (for the ASTRI Project), L. Foffano (for the ASTRI Project), S. Crestan (for the ASTRI Project), S. Iovenitti (for the ASTRI Project), S. Lombardi (for the ASTRI Project), F. Lucarelli (for the ASTRI Project), T. Mineo (for the ASTRI Project)
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To cut or not to cut: Data-quality evaluation for the ASTRI Mini-Array
The ASTRI Mini-Array consists of nine Cherenkov telescopes under construction at the Observatorio del Teide, with one of them already performing observations since November 2024. Given the complexity of the analysis of gamma-ray data acquired with Cherenkov telescopes, a proper evaluation of the quality of these data is important to avoid a negative impact on the high-level scientific products. There are several factors that can contribute to reducing the quality of the observations, such as cl…

Eigenvector overlaps of sample covariance matrices with intersecting time periods
Volodymyr Riabov, Konstantin Tikhonov, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25076 …

Eigenvector overlaps of sample covariance matrices with intersecting time periods
We compute exactly the overlap between the eigenvectors of two large empirical covariance ma- trices computed over intersecting time intervals, generalizing the results obtained previously for non-intersecting intervals. Our method relies on a particular form of Girko linearisation and ex- tended local laws. We check our results numerically and apply them to financial data.

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A minimal model of self-organized clusters with phase transitions in ecological communities
Shing Yan Li, Mehran Kardar, Zhijie Feng, Washington Taylor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24985

A minimal model of self-organized clusters with phase transitions in ecological communities
In complex ecological communities, species may self-organize into clusters or clumps where highly similar species can coexist. The emergence of such species clusters can be captured by the interplay between neutral and niche theories. Based on the generalized Lotka-Volterra model of competition, we propose a minimal model for ecological communities in which the steady states contain self-organized clusters. In this model, species compete only with their neighbors in niche space through a common…

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DelRec: learning delays in recurrent spiking neural networks
Alexandre Queant, Ulysse Ran\c{c}on, Benoit R Cottereau, Timoth\'ee Masquelier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24852 …

DelRec: learning delays in recurrent spiking neural networks
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are a bio-inspired alternative to conventional real-valued deep learning models, with the potential for substantially higher energy efficiency. Interest in SNNs has recently exploded due to a major breakthrough: surrogate gradient learning (SGL), which allows training SNNs with backpropagation, strongly outperforming other approaches. In SNNs, each synapse is characterized not only by a weight but also by a transmission delay. While theoretical works have long sug…

The Limits of Inference in Complex Systems: When Stochastic Models Become Indistinguishable
Javier Aguilar, Miguel A. Mu\~noz, Sandro Azaele
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24977 htt…

The Limits of Inference in Complex Systems: When Stochastic Models Become Indistinguishable
Robust inference methods are essential for parameter estimation and model selection in stochastic modeling approaches, which provide interpretable frameworks for describing time series of complex phenomena. However, applying such methods is often challenging, as they typically demand either high-frequency observations or access to the model's analytical solution, resources that are rarely available in practice. Here, we address these limitations by designing a novel Monte Carlo method based on …

Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel's findings (Jessica Priest/The Texas Tribune)
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CaRe-BN: Precise Moving Statistics for Stabilizing Spiking Neural Networks in Reinforcement Learning
Zijie Xu, Xinyu Shi, Yiting Dong, Zihan Huang, Zhaofei Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23791

CaRe-BN: Precise Moving Statistics for Stabilizing Spiking Neural Networks in Reinforcement Learning
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer low-latency and energy-efficient decision-making on neuromorphic hardware by mimicking the event-driven dynamics of biological neurons. However, due to the discrete and non-differentiable nature of spikes, directly trained SNNs rely heavily on Batch Normalization (BN) to stabilize gradient updates. In online Reinforcement Learning (RL), imprecise BN statistics hinder exploitation, resulting in slower convergence and suboptimal policies. This challenge limits…

Synchronization transitions and spike dynamics in a higher-order Kuramoto model with L\'{e}vy noise
Dan Zhao, J\"urgen Kurths, Norbert Marwan, Yong Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24554

Synchronization transitions and spike dynamics in a higher-order Kuramoto model with Lévy noise
Synchronization in various complex networks is significantly influenced by higher-order interactions combined with non-Gaussian stochastic perturbations, yet their mechanisms remain mainly unclear. In this paper, we systematically investigate the synchronization and spike dynamics in a higher-order Kuramoto model subjected to non-Gaussian Lévy noise. Using the mean order parameter, mean first-passage time, and basin stability, we identify clear boundaries distingusihing synchronization and inc…

Accuracy-Robustness Trade Off via Spiking Neural Network Gradient Sparsity Trail
Nhan T. Luu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23762 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.23…

Accuracy-Robustness Trade Off via Spiking Neural Network Gradient Sparsity Trail
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have attracted growing interest in both computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence, primarily due to their inherent energy efficiency and compact memory footprint. However, achieving adversarial robustness in SNNs, particularly for vision-related tasks, remains a nascent and underexplored challenge. Recent studies have proposed leveraging sparse gradients as a form of regularization to enhance robustness against adversarial perturbations. In this work,…

Nonequilibrium statistics of barrier crossings with competing pathways
Gulzar Ahmad, Sergey Saveliev, Steven P Fitzgerald, Marco G Mazza, Andrew J Archer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24533

Nonequilibrium statistics of barrier crossings with competing pathways
Many biological, chemical, and physical systems are underpinned by stochastic transitions between equilibrium states in a potential energy. Here, we consider such transitions in a minimal model with two possible competing pathways, both starting from a local potential energy minimum and eventually finding the global minimum. There is competition between the distance to travel in state space and the height of the potential energy barriers to be surmounted, for the transition to occur. One pathwa…

Spatiotemporal Radar Gesture Recognition with Hybrid Spiking Neural Networks: Balancing Accuracy and Efficiency
Riccardo Mazzieri, Eleonora Cicciarella, Jacopo Pegoraro, Federico Corradi, Michele Rossi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23303

Spatiotemporal Radar Gesture Recognition with Hybrid Spiking Neural Networks: Balancing Accuracy and Efficiency
Radar-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR) offers privacy and robustness over camera-based methods, yet remains computationally demanding for edge deployment. We present the first use of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) for radar-based HAR on aircraft marshalling signal classification. Our novel hybrid architecture combines convolutional modules for spatial feature extraction with Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) neurons for temporal processing, inherently capturing gesture dynamics. The model re…

Field-theoretical form of the molecular dynamics method in condensed matter physics: relativistic quantum statistical thermodynamics
A. Yu. Zakharov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24082

Field-theoretical form of the molecular dynamics method in condensed matter physics: relativistic quantum statistical thermodynamics
The principles of microscopic foundation of thermodynamics within the framework of relativistic quantum theory have been formulated

Training Deep Normalization-Free Spiking Neural Networks with Lateral Inhibition
Peiyu Liu, Jianhao Ding, Zhaofei Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23253 https://

Training Deep Normalization-Free Spiking Neural Networks with Lateral Inhibition
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have garnered significant attention as a central paradigm in neuromorphic computing, owing to their energy efficiency and biological plausibility. However, training deep SNNs has critically depended on explicit normalization schemes, such as batch normalization, leading to a trade-off between performance and biological realism. To resolve this conflict, we propose a normalization-free learning framework that incorporates lateral inhibition inspired by cortical cir…

One-dimensional lattice random walks in a Gaussian random potential
Silvio Kalaj, Enzo Marinari, Gleb Oshanin, Luca Peliti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23985 https://

One-dimensional lattice random walks in a Gaussian random potential
We study random walks evolving in continuous time on a one-dimensional lattice where each site $x$ hosts a quenched random potential $U_x$. The potentials on different sites are independent, identically distributed Gaussian random variables. We analyze three distinct models that specify how the transition rates depend on $U_x$: the random-force-like model, random walks with randomized stepping times, and the Gaussian trap model. Our analysis focuses on five key disorder-dependent quantities def…

Tensor Network Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Efficient Sampling of Three-Dimensional Spin Glasses and Beyond
Tao Chen, Jing Liu, Youjin Deng, Pan Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23945

Tensor Network Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Efficient Sampling of Three-Dimensional Spin Glasses and Beyond
Sampling the three-dimensional (3D) spin glass -- i.e., generating equilibrium configurations of a 3D lattice with quenched random couplings -- is widely regarded as one of the central and long-standing open problems in statistical physics. The rugged energy landscape, pronounced critical slowing down, and intrinsic ergodicity breaking render standard Monte Carlo methods severely inefficient, particularly for large systems at low temperatures. In this work, we introduce the Tensor Network Marko…

Symmetric L\'evy flights in semi-infinite domain
Barnali Pyne, Kiran M. Kolwankar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23282 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.23282

Symmetric Lévy flights in semi-infinite domain
We study symmetric Lévy flights in a semi-infinite domain $[0,\infty)$ with a reflecting and absorbing boundary at 0. To this end, we use the fractional differential equation that governs the Lévy process. Incorporating the boundary conditions in Lévy flights has been an open and tricky question, as the long jumps can lead to the Lévy flights leaping over the boundary. We, for the first time, incorporate reflecting and absorbing boundary conditions for Lévy flights and solve the fractional…

Transporting Baguettes With Minimal Action: The Geometry of Optimal Nonequilibrium Processes in Stochastic Thermodynamics
Adrianne Zhong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22886 https:/…

Transporting Baguettes With Minimal Action: The Geometry of Optimal Nonequilibrium Processes in Stochastic Thermodynamics
What are the fundamental limitations placed by the laws of thermodynamics on the energy expenditure needed to carry out a given task in a nonequilibrium environment in finite time? In this thesis, we investigate "optimal nonequilibrium processes": how nonequilibrium state changes in a thermodynamic system may be performed most efficiently, in the sense of requiring the least amount of thermodynamic work. Surprisingly, there is a hidden, fundamental geometric structure in this optimization probl…