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Calamus 15 O drops of me!
It's a remarkably morbid poem for Whitman, literally about blood dropping from wounds, corrupting his poetry.
stain every song I sing, every word I say, bloody drops
But he turns this blood into a sort of virtue that infuses his poem, starting with an inversion. It's not "saturate yourself with the drops". Instead it's saturate them with yourself.
Saturate them with yourself, all ashamed and wet,
Glow upon all I have written or shall write, bleeding drops,
Let it all be seen in your light, blushing drops.
I can make a case for a queer reading of recognizing gay shame and overcoming it. To take the stigma of homosexuality and turn it into a virtue, "let it all be seen in your light".
But I think I may be out on a limb with that interpretation. Whitman's not typically a writer about shame. And I think "gay shame" doesn't apply well as a concept in the 1850s, that's a malady that comes with a backlash against modern gay identity.

The ESPRESSO transmission spectrum of HD$\,$189733$\,$b : Extracting the planetary sodium and lithium signatures amid stellar contamination
D. Mounzer, W. Dethier, C. Lovis, V. Bourrier, A. Psaridi, H. Chakraborty, M. Lendl, R. Allart, J. V. Seidel, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, P. Molaro, M. Steiner, D. Ehrenreich, Y. Alibert, I. Carleo, S. Cristiani, J. I. Gonz\'alez Hern\'andez, C. J. A. P. Martins, E. Palle, J. Rodrigues, N. Santos, A. Sozzetti, A. Su\'arez Mascare\~no

The ESPRESSO transmission spectrum of HD$\,$189733$\,$b : Extracting the planetary sodium and lithium signatures amid stellar contamination
While transmission spectroscopy has allowed us to detect many atomic and molecular species in exoplanet atmospheres, the improvement in resolution and signal-to-noise ratio enabled us to become sensitive to planet-occulted line distortions (POLDs) in the spectrum that are induced by center-to-limb variations and the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. POLDs can bias the interpretation of the transmission spectrum, and it is difficult to correct for them with stellar models. We analyzed two ESPRESSO tra…

Jimmy: What's the best nationality to pretend to be if you don't want to be kidnapped by ICE?
Guillermo: I tell them I'm an Oomba Roomba, Jimmy.
Jimmy, laughing: Do you mean an Oompa Loompa?
Guillermo: That's right, Jimmy. An Oomba Roomba.

Soon, I’ll be throwing away all my desktop computers as well, though I’m keeping my Lenovo Thinkpad around. I hate computers, yet I use them.
To me, computers are just junk nobody asked for. They’re glowing traps that keep us hooked, scrolling and clicking away our time for endless feeds. No matter the OS or hardware, it’s all distraction from reality.
Yes, Linux can free us and all that, and even the hardware can be part of that freedom. But the computers themselves remain a cir…

BRAVE: Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm with Voice Integration and Embodied Learning for Enhanced Mobility
Abdul Basit, Maha Nawaz, Muhammad Shafique
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18749

BRAVE: Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm with Voice Integration and Embodied Learning for Enhanced Mobility
Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to enable intuitive control of prosthetic limbs for individuals with upper limb amputations. However, existing EEG-based control systems face challenges related to signal noise, classification accuracy, and real-time adaptability. In this work, we present BRAVE, a hybrid EEG and voice-controlled prosthetic system that integrates ensemble learning-based EEG classification with a human-in-the-loop (HITL) correction framework for enh…

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ExoStart: Efficient learning for dexterous manipulation with sensorized exoskeleton demonstrations
Zilin Si, Jose Enrique Chen, M. Emre Karagozler, Antonia Bronars, Jonathan Hutchinson, Thomas Lampe, Nimrod Gileadi, Taylor Howell, Stefano Saliceti, Lukasz Barczyk, Ilan Olivarez Correa, Tom Erez, Mohit Shridhar, Murilo Fernandes Martins, Konstantinos Bousmalis, Nicolas Heess, Francesco Nori, Maria Bauza Villalonga

ExoStart: Efficient learning for dexterous manipulation with sensorized exoskeleton demonstrations
Recent advancements in teleoperation systems have enabled high-quality data collection for robotic manipulators, showing impressive results in learning manipulation at scale. This progress suggests that extending these capabilities to robotic hands could unlock an even broader range of manipulation skills, especially if we could achieve the same level of dexterity that human hands exhibit. However, teleoperating robotic hands is far from a solved problem, as it presents a significant challenge …

Spending some time at #QConLondon this week, the schedule is stunning, the exhibitor lineup is relevant, and it’s sunny in London. Pretty sure I’m winning at life!

Had a day off and did a 4 hour ride on the VA capital trail. Went much further than I planned. The forever punchline is the hill that leads to my house.... I always end up having to walk it.
#bike #BikeTooter