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internet_as: Internet AS graph (2006)
A symmetrized snapshot of the structure of the Internet at the level of Autonomous Systems (ASs), reconstructed from BGP tables posted by the University of Oregon Route Views Project. This snapshot was created on 22 July 2006.
This network has 22963 nodes and 48436 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted

Studie: Was den Pinguinen ihre Kiesel sind Menschen im Internet süße Tierfotos
In sozialen Netzen ist nicht alles schlecht, im Mittelpunkt stehen oft süße Tierfotos. Zwei Forscherinnen haben analysiert, wie die sich verbreiten – und warum.

Last year I wrote a paper on how "GenAI" is a risk for #citizenscience (it being an academic paper it's still slowly dying in review). One of the points was that using "AI" devalues the contributions made by human volunteers, leading to contributors (rightfully) disengaging.
Yesterday, #inaturalist announced an "AI"-partnership with Google, and unsurprisingly that's exactly the backlash they got…
https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-inaturalist-receives-grant-to-improve-species-suggestions

A new, updated, streamlined, and generally improved version of The Vector Grounding Problem paper, joint work by @… and me on the meaningfulness or else of LLM outputs and internal representations is now available on ArXiv.

The Vector Grounding Problem
The remarkable performance of large language models (LLMs) on complex linguistic tasks has sparked debate about their capabilities. Unlike humans, these models learn language solely from textual data without directly interacting with the world. Yet they generate seemingly meaningful text on diverse topics. This achievement has renewed interest in the classical `Symbol Grounding Problem' -- the question of whether the internal representations and outputs of symbolic AI systems can possess intrin…

49ers' Williams healthy, introspective in year 16 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45487778/49ers-trent-williams-healthy-introspective-entering-15th-season

Dass diese Eskalation einem Drehbuch folgt scheint niemand sehen zu wollen.
Teile der bürgerlichen Presse haben echt fertig. Die machen einfach weiter mit ihrem Both Sides Quatsch. Unfassbar.
https://www.rnd.de/politik/intern…

„Selbst für seine Maßstäbe außergewöhnlich“: Pressestimmen zu Trumps Vorgehen in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles demonstrieren Hunderte gegen die Migrationspolitik der US-Regierung. Trump reagiert mit der Mobilisierung von Nationalgardisten und der Entsendung regulärer Streitkräfte. So reagiert die internationale Presse auf die Eskalation.

Si Intercalation Beneath Epitaxial Graphene: Modulating Mott States at the SiC(0001) Interface
Niclas Tilgner, Zamin Mamiyev, Susanne Wolff, Philip Sch\"adlich, Fabian G\"ohler, Christoph Tegenkamp, Thomas Seyller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07545

Si Intercalation Beneath Epitaxial Graphene: Modulating Mott States at the SiC(0001) Interface
Intercalation has proven to be a powerful tool for tailoring the electronic properties of freestanding graphene layers as well as for stabilizing the intercalated material in a two-dimensional configuration. This work examines Si intercalation of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) using three preparation methods. Dangling bond states at the interface were found to undergo a Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition as a result of a significant on-site repulsion. Comparing this heterostructure consis…

Trump's War on International Students (Washington Monthly)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/11/trumps-war-on-international-students/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p26#a250611p26

topology: Internet AS graph (2004)
An integrated snapshot of the structure of the Internet at the level of Autonomous Systems (ASs), reconstructed from multiple sources, including the RouteViews and RIPE BGP trace collectors, route servers, looking glasses, and the Internet Routing Registry databases. This snapshot was created around October 2004.
This network has 34761 nodes and 171403 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

GIFs galore: Neue Suchmaschine für gerettete GIF
Sapperlot! Die Datenautobahn droht, wieder von kleinen Bewegtbildchen bescheidenen Informationsgehalts verstopft zu werden. Schuld ist das Internet Archive.
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