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Google rolls out new Android and Pixel features: Material 3 Expressive design for Pixel 6 and newer models, on-wrist navigation for the Pixel Watch, and more (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/03/goog

Google brings Material 3 Expressive to Pixel 6 and newer devices, along with other features | TechCrunch
Google announced on Wednesday that it's bringing a slew of new features to the Android ecosystem and Pixel devices.

Today we are launching Xogot for iPhone, along with a free edition.
The iPhone has been a challenging process for shrinking the UI even further.
Check the details on Joseph’s blog post:
https://blog.xogot.com/make-games-anywhere-introducin…

Make Games Anywhere: Introducing Godot for iPhone and Xogot Lite
Since the beginning of time, or at least since the launch of Xogot for iPad, developers have asked: “But can you put Godot on the iPhone?”

Sums along the edges of random regular graphs
Itai Benjamini, Georgii Zakharov, Maksim Zhukovskii
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01138 https://

Sums along the edges of random regular graphs
Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices and $(H,+)$ be an abelian group. What is the minimum size ${\sf S}_H(G)$ of the set of all sums $A(u)+A(v)$ over all injections $A:V(G)\to H$? In 2012, Alon, Angel, the first author, and Lubetzky proved that, for expander graphs and $H=\mathbb{Z}$, this minimum is at least $Ω(\log n)$, and this bound is tight -- there exists a regular expander $G$ with ${\sf S}_{\mathbb{Z}}(G)=O(\log n)$. We prove that, for every constant $d\geq 3$, the random $d$-regular gra…

Donald Trump, along with his two eldest sons, Eric and Donald Jr., formed a series of partnerships, with investors who were willing to bank on his victory, especially in cryptocurrency
Once Mr. Trump won the presidency in November, that approach kicked into overdrive.
His family business announced numerous new deals that would financially benefit Mr. Trump directly,
-- even as he made policy decisions that affected those industries or that involved countries in which the Uni…

Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.
Contrary to the president’s assertions, records filed in a fraud case against him suggest that his riches were not the product of a steady and strong empire.

Good statistical analysis of sea level rise accelerating along the US east coast, despite what the new DOE climate deniers say. https://tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/sea-level-mis-information-from-doe/

Sea Level Mis-information from DOE
Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the …

Mutual Respect Along This Raiders' Position Group Continues to Grow https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-maxx-crosby-adam-butler-christian-wilkins-jj-pegues

blumenau_drug: Blumenau drug interactions (2019)
A network of drug-drug interactions, extracted from 18 months of electronic health records (EHRs) from the city of Blumenau in Southern Brazil. Nodes are annotated with drug information (separate file), and edges are weighted by the severity of the interaction, along with other information.
This network has 75 nodes and 181 edges.
Tags: Biological, Drug interactions, Weighted, Metadata

I have been traveling through Greece with a rental car last week, really recommended, mixing little villages along the coastline with classic landmarks like Delphi and Epidaurus. Also low prices compared with the Netherlands.
#greece #holiday

Any CEO (especially those that are Billionaires) should be seen as failures if they have to do layoffs.
You fucked up. You're supposed to be the smart one, able to run things properly, but you made a mistake (or many) along the way, and you make others pay for it by destroying their livelihood.
CEO need to be made to pay for their mistakes.

Interesting, had to triple-confirm turning off Autopilot on Patreon (creator account).
2nd popup appears after turning it off in 1st popup.

A cool thing about the Seattle Frontrunners group runs is that this barred owl (Strix varia) is not even the first owl I've seen this close on a run. (This one was along the ravine trail in Ravenna Park this morning.)
#naturalist #wildlife

The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/national-guard-dc-trash-pick-up-trump-b2818830.html

today's distracting mindblow: samuel delany & karen dalton shared bills at cafe elysee, plus fred neil, tim hardin, & other notables. (can't find any other details/documentation of the west village venue of that name.) https://archive.org/details/motionofli…

The motion of light in water : sex and science fiction writing in the East Village : Delany, Samuel R : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
572 p. ; 24 cm

@… @… @… Yes, absolutely! I believe that also gets you quite far along the way to architectures tha…

Okay, figured out how I'm routing the palette select connections along with 5V power: the Player 1 connector. Pins 1 and 5 get me GND and 5V, and the Clock/Data/Latch signals come out of pins 2/3/4 respectively. This saves me running another set of cables directly from the power board.
#nes #nesissity

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy of FeNi and FeCo along the Bain path
Nica Jane B. Ferrer, Gregory A. Fiete
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01120 https://

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy of FeNi and FeCo along the Bain path
We theoretically investigate magnetic anisotropy in materials with non-critical elements to determine which symmetry conditions and atomic shell filling favor enhanced magnetic anisotropy. We study the magnetocrystalline anisotropies (MCA) of the equiatomic ferrous compounds FeCo and FeNi using ab initio calculations and analytical approaches via the diatomic pair model. We find that when these materials undergo a Bain transformation, that is, the variation of the a and c lattice parameters adj…

"I religiously followed your blog along with the blogs of Jeffrey Zeldman, Dan Cederholm, and Doug Bowman. You were blogging constantly and it was great for people who were getting immersed in web design and code."
https://veerle.duoh.com
@…

Veerle's Blog 4.0 | Graphic & Web Design Articles & Illustrator and…
Hi, I'm Veerle! Explore my design tutorials to gain valuable insights and resources that have shaped my own ( web ) design journey. Discover the…

eggs were 27¢ a dozen in 1905 when the presque isle lighthouse keeper's house was built

QUIC Delay Control: an implementation of congestion and delay control
Saverio Mascolo, Andrea Vittorio Balillo, Gioacchino Manfredi, Davide D'Agostino, Luca De Cicco
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00896

QUIC Delay Control: an implementation of congestion and delay control
A new congestion and delay control algorithm named QUIC Delay Control (QUIC-DC) is proposed for controlling not only congestion but also the queuing delay encountered along the forward communication path. The core idea is to estimate the one-way queuing delay of a connection to trigger an early reaction to congestion. This idea, along with the TCP Westwood+ congestion control algorithm, has been implemented in QUIC-DC and compared with QUIC Cubic, BBRv2, NewReno, Westwood+. The results obtained…

At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Kevin Liang discussed how Apache Solr/Lucene builds dense vector indexes and talked about how he and his team optimised their dense vector setup, sharing the challenges they faced and the best practices they learned along the way.
Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/cDiCX3mVAlQ?si=YWMkpEVpA-lWrH04
Berlin Buzzwords returns on 7-9 June 2026! Get 36% off with our Trust Us Ticket: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/8Hvk0ZvJA/

How Bijan Robinson and Christian McCaffrey are forming a competitive bond https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45880215/nfl-atlanta-falcons-bijan-robinson-san-francisco-49ers-christian-mccaffrey

"Tour de France Femmes 2025: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins final stage and yellow jersey"
Well done Pauline, first French Winner since of a Tour since Catherine Marsal in the 1990 Tour de la CEE féminin.
The 33-year-old Frenchwoman had only returned from mountainbiking to road racing this season.

Bending space-time wave packets
Layton A. Hall, Ayman F. Abouraddy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01950 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01950

Bending space-time wave packets
Optical beams with certain asymmetric profiles, such as the Airy beam, can depart from rectilinear propagation and instead travel along curved (typically parabolic) trajectories. Here we show that sculpting the spatiotemporal spectrum of optical pulses yields self-accelerating beams that have symmetric profiles, remain diffraction-free, and travel along power-law curves with propagation distance having arbitrary positive exponent (integer or fractional). We build upon propagation-invariant spac…

The vote was 6-3, along ideological lines.
The vote was 6-3, along ideological lines.
The vote was 6-3, along ideological lines.
...

Welp, it was a fantastic 8-year run but my laptop is finally toast. Ol' fella had another battery give out along with its replacement keyboard and this weekend it finally stopped accepting power altogether even when plugged in. The Micro Center tech who tried to revive it today literally wrote "no signs of life" in the diagnostic report.
RIP Dell Inspiron, Fall 2017 – Summer 2025. You served me well 🫡

I have bad news from CalysOS team.😐
"We will be switching to new signing keys along with the overhaul of the signing and verification process. As a result, current CalyxOS users will not be able to receive further security software updates until this process is in place.
Given the potential risk posed by the pause of maintenance and development, it’s logical that we stop providing options to install CalyxOS for now." - CalyxOS

Disintegration theorem for multifunctions, with applications to empirical Wasserstein distances and average-case statistical bounds
James Allen Fill, Lachlan Ewen MacDonald
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01236

Disintegration theorem for multifunctions, with applications to empirical Wasserstein distances and average-case statistical bounds
We prove a generalisation of the disintegration theorem to the setting of multifunctions between Polish probability spaces. Whereas the classical disintegration theorem guarantees the disintegration of a probability measure along the partition of the underlying space by the fibres of a measurable function, our theorem gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the measure to disintegrate along a cover of the underlying space defined by the fibres of a measurable multifunction. Building on th…

The Thin Line Between Comprehension and Persuasion in LLMs
Adrian de Wynter, Tangming Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01936 https://a…

The Thin Line Between Comprehension and Persuasion in LLMs
Large language models (LLMs) are excellent at maintaining high-level, convincing dialogues. They are being fast deployed as chatbots and evaluators in sensitive areas, such as peer review and mental health applications. This, along with the disparate accounts on their reasoning capabilities, calls for a closer examination of LLMs and their comprehension of dialogue. In this work we begin by evaluating LLMs' ability to maintain a debate--one of the purest yet most complex forms of human communic…

The head wave transform
Maarten V. de Hoop, Antti Kykk\"anen, Rohit Kumar Mishra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01623 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01623

The head wave transform
We introduce and study a new integral ray transform called the head wave transform. The head wave transform integrates a function along a piecewise linear (in general geodesic) path consisting of three parts. The geometry of such paths corresponds to ray paths of head waves propagating in a medium with sharp changes in sound speed. The middle part of the ray paths corresponds to gliding along the so-called gliding surface. As our main results, we prove inversion formulas and kernel characteriza…

Anomaly detection in network flows using unsupervised online machine learning
Alberto Miguel-Diez, Adri\'an Campazas-Vega, \'Angel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Claudia \'Alvarez-Aparicio, Vicente Matell\'an-Olivera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01375

Anomaly detection in network flows using unsupervised online machine learning
Nowadays, the volume of network traffic continues to grow, along with the frequency and sophistication of attacks. This scenario highlights the need for solutions capable of continuously adapting, since network behavior is dynamic and changes over time. This work presents an anomaly detection model for network flows using unsupervised machine learning with online learning capabilities. This approach allows the system to dynamically learn the normal behavior of the network and detect deviations …

Anthropic raised a $13B Series F led by Iconiq at a $183B post-money valuation, up from $61.5B in March 2025, and says it has a $5B revenue run-rate (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-series-f-at-usd183b-post-money-valuation

Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B post-money valuation
Anthropic has completed a Series F fundraising of $13 billion led by ICONIQ. This financing values Anthropic at $183 billion post-money. Along with ICONIQ, the round was co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The investment reflects Anthropic’s continued momentum and reinforces our position as the leading intelligence platform for enterprises, developers, and power users.

City Snaps - Chengdu 🌠
城市抓拍 - 成都 🌠
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford Pan 400
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Learning Social Heuristics for Human-Aware Path Planning
Andrea Eirale, Matteo Leonetti, Marcello Chiaberge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02134 https://arxiv.…

Learning Social Heuristics for Human-Aware Path Planning
Social robotic navigation has been at the center of numerous studies in recent years. Most of the research has focused on driving the robotic agent along obstacle-free trajectories, respecting social distances from humans, and predicting their movements to optimize navigation. However, in order to really be socially accepted, the robots must be able to attain certain social norms that cannot arise from conventional navigation, but require a dedicated learning process. We propose Heuristic Plann…

Community-Centered Spatial Intelligence for Climate Adaptation at Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore
Gabriel Spadon, Oladapo Oyebode, Camilo M. Botero, Tushar Sharma, Floris Goerlandt, Ronald Pelot
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01845

Community-Centered Spatial Intelligence for Climate Adaptation at Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore
This paper presents an overview of a human-centered initiative aimed at strengthening climate resilience along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. This region, a collection of rural villages with deep ties to the sea, faces existential threats from climate change that endanger its way of life. Our project moves beyond a purely technical response, weaving together expertise from Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, and Coastal Geography to co-create tools with the community. By integrating generat…

If Trump embodies the theory of the “unitary executive,” it’s because conservative jurists like John Roberts and Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have
— along with their Republican-appointed colleagues
— effectively rewritten the Constitution to allow for the exercise of virtually unaccountable power by Republican presidents.
Yes, you can attribute some of the worst of this administration to the specific authoritarian vision of Trump and his allies.
But a good deal of…

Opinion | Now Can We Stop Talking About What a Maverick Trump Is?
The president is a normie Republican. Stop thinking otherwise.

Are you interested in Worker Cooperative game dev studios?
What about building your own someday with fellow collaborators?
Then pop along to this online panel discussion from game devs in cooperatives doing just that! Details below 👇
https://social.coop/@denmanrooke/114955247…

The $\pi$-property of a Banach space along a filter
Tomasz Kania, Jaros{\l}aw Swaczyna
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21242 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21242

The $π$-property of a Banach space along a filter
We examine the analyticity of the class of separable Banach spaces possessing the $π$-property, defined in terms of convergence along a filter. Our results establish that this class is $Σ^1_3$ whenever the underlying filter is analytic (as a subset of the Cantor set $Δ$). Furthermore, we demonstrate that if the filter is countably generated, the class of such spaces is $Σ^1_2$ with respect to any admissible Polish topology on the family of closed subspaces of $C(Δ)$.

AI bots playing music for other bots. A signpost along the way to our Matrix-like future
https://futurism.com/ai-band-spotify-streams

An "Indie Rock Band" That Appears to Be Entirely AI-Generated Is Making Alarming Amounts of Money on Spotify
While real artists struggle to earn money on Spotify, a seemingly AI-generated band has garnered enough streams to actually make a buck. 

Embodied AI: Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Policy Action
Jared Perlo, Alexander Robey, Fazl Barez, Luciano Floridi, Jakob M\"okander
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00117

Embodied AI: Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Policy Action
The field of embodied AI (EAI) is rapidly advancing. Unlike virtual AI, EAI can exist in, learn from, reason about, and act in the physical world. Given recent innovations in large language and multimodal models, along with increasingly advanced and responsive hardware, EAI systems are rapidly growing in capabilities and operational domains. These advances present significant risks, including physical harm from malicious use, mass surveillance, and economic and societal disruption. However, the…

Gauging Non-Invertible Symmetries in (2 1)d Topological Orders
Mahesh K. N. Balasubramanian, Matthew Buican, Clement Delcamp, Rajath Radhakrishnan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01142

Gauging Non-Invertible Symmetries in (2+1)d Topological Orders
We present practical and formal methods for gauging non-invertible symmetries in (2+1)d topological quantum field theories. Along the way, we generalize various aspects of invertible 0-form gauging, including symmetry fractionalization, discrete torsion, and the fixed point theorem for symmetry action on lines. Our approach involves two complementary strands: the fusion of topological interfaces and Morita theory of fusion 2-categories. We use these methods to derive constraints on gaugeable sy…

I see the #gravy train has been chugging along at full speed while we've been sleeping.
All aboard the overnight gravy sleeper express.

Density of integral points in the Betti moduli of quasi-projective varieties
Simone Coccia, Daniel Litt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00167 https://

Density of integral points in the Betti moduli of quasi-projective varieties
Let $Y$ be a smooth quasi-projective complex variety equipped with a simple normal crossings compactification. We show that integral points are potentially dense in the (relative) character varieties parametrizing $SL_2$-local systems on $Y$ with fixed algebraic integer traces along the boundary components. The proof proceeds by using work of Corlette-Simpson to reduce to the case of Riemann surfaces, where we produce an integral point with Zariski-dense orbit under the mapping class group.

Towards a Signal Detection Based Measure for Assessing Information Quality of Explainable Recommender Systems
Yeonbin Son, Matthew L. Bolton
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01168

Towards a Signal Detection Based Measure for Assessing Information Quality of Explainable Recommender Systems
There is growing interest in explainable recommender systems that provide recommendations along with explanations for the reasoning behind them. When evaluating recommender systems, most studies focus on overall recommendation performance. Only a few assess the quality of the explanations. Explanation quality is often evaluated through user studies that subjectively gather users' opinions on representative explanatory factors that shape end-users' perspective towards the results, not about the …

Last year I got a phone mount for my bike handlebars, and it came with 6 of these rubber grip things to attach your phone.
Well, I left it on my bike that's in the shop but I do have 5 extra rubber grippy things!
So I designed a quick & dirty phone holder that works with the bands so I can put a phone holder on many different bikes.
It attaches with two zip ties and I use a piece of cut up tube rubber wrapped around the bar beneath it for grip.

#3GoodThings
Celebrating labour (today was the workers' holiday in North America).
Swimming (or rather dunking myself ever so briefly) in a very cold (oh so cold) Lake Ontario along with Kid2 on the last day of summer vacation.
Watching the Women's Rugby World Cup with the family (Go Canada Go! Allez les Bleues!).

EUV Wave and Coronal Seismology
Pooja Devi, Ramesh Chandra, Arun Kumar Awasthi, Brigitte Schmieder, Reetika Joshi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01400 https://…

EUV Wave and Coronal Seismology
We present an investigation of the Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) wave linked to the flare that occurred on 28 October 2021, along with the associated coronal loop oscillation and type II radio burst. The EUV wave was observed by multi-viewpoint with Solar Dynamics Observatory and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory - A. The associated coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed by Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) as well by COR1 coronagraph. From the multi-view observation, we fou…

A weighted divisor problem and exponential sum
Kritika Aggarwal, Debika Banerjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01891 https://arxiv.org/p…

A weighted divisor problem and exponential sum
In this paper, we investigate a weighted divisor problem involving the exponential sum of $D_{(1)}(n)$, the $n$th coefficient in the Dirichlet series expansion of $ζ'(s)^2$. We establish a truncated Voronoï type formula for the error term of $\sum_{n\leq x}D_{(1)}(n)e(nh/k)$, analogous to the results obtained by Jutila. Utilizing this truncated formula, we derive a mean square estimate of the error term. In addition, we study the associated Riesz sum and the corresponding error term, along wi…

Hydrodynamic effects on spin polarization along the beam direction in Au Au and p Pb collisions
Cong Yi, Xiang-Yu Wu, Jie Zhu, Shi Pu, Guang-You Qin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00380

Hydrodynamic effects on spin polarization along the beam direction in Au+Au and p+Pb collisions
We investigate hydrodynamic effects on the spin polarization of $Λ$ hyperons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and p+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 8.16$ TeV using the CLVisc hydrodynamic framework. We present numerical results for the second Fourier sine coefficient of the longitudinal spin polarization, $\langle P_{z} \sin 2(ϕ_{p} - Ψ_{2}) \rangle$, as a function of multiplicity (centrality) under three equilibrium scenarios: $Λ$ equilibrium, $s$-quark equilibrium, and i…

"Somewhere along the way, we absorbed the idea that leadership has to look a certain way." -- more @ #activism

Pollinators of Privilege
Why Privilege is Meant to be Spent

Next launch attempt for #Crew11 underway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ILMhbWHNQ. "Weather forecast is 60% favorable for liftoff, while teams are keeping an eye on weather along the ascent corridor": https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1951240848470872403

Constrained Stabilization on the n-Sphere with Conic and Star-shaped Constraints
Mayur Sawant, Abdelhamid Tayebi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02487 https://a…

Constrained Stabilization on the n-Sphere with Conic and Star-shaped Constraints
The problem of constrained stabilization on the n-sphere under star-shaped constraints is considered. We propose a control strategy that allows to almost globally steer the state to a desired location while avoiding star-shaped constraints on the n-sphere. Depending on the state's proximity to the unsafe regions, the state is either guided towards the target location along the geodesic connecting the target to the state or steered towards the antipode of a predefined point lying in the interior…

Rate Optimization for Downlink URLLC via Pinching Antenna Arrays
Tong Lin, Jianyue Zhu, Wei Huang, Meng Hua, Zhizhong Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01222 https://

Rate Optimization for Downlink URLLC via Pinching Antenna Arrays
This work studies an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (uRLLC) downlink system using pinching antennas which are realized by activating small dielectric particles along a dielectric waveguide. Our goal is to maximize the data rate by optimizing the positions of the pinching antennas. By proposing a compact and cost-efficient antenna architecture and formulating a finite blocklength-based optimization model, we derive a closed-form solution for the optimal antenna placement under qua…

On longitudinal differential operators and Nash blowups
Ruben Louis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01133 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01133

On longitudinal differential operators and Nash blowups
In this short note, we describe the Helffer-Nourrigat cone of a singular foliation in terms of the Nash algebroid associated to the foliation. Along the way, we show that the Helffer-Nourrigat cone is a union of symplectic leaves of the canonical Poisson structures on the dual of the holonomy Lie algebroids. We also provide, within this framework, a characterization of longitudinally elliptic differential operators on a singular foliation $\mathcal{F}$, generalizing results previously known in …

So anyone at the beach around eastern Toronto GTA will be noticing significantly colder water due to an UPWELLING resulting from recent prolonged winds from the NW.
This process is explained in a recent video for Lake Michigan from 13 News western Michigan.
https://youtu.be/B5vmkfnYWZE?feature=s

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
🎵 All Along the Watchtower
#TheJimiHendrixExperience
https://benwaddell.bandcamp.com/track/all-along-the-watchtower-ft-the-jimi-hendrix-experience
https://open.spotify.com/track/2aoo2jlRnM3A0NyLQqMN2f

On the reducibility of the 1d quantum harmonic oscillator with a quasi-periodic bounded potential
Emanuele Haus, Zhiqiang Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01484 https://

On the reducibility of the 1d quantum harmonic oscillator with a quasi-periodic bounded potential
Using the decay along the diagonal of the matrix representing the perturbation with respect to the Hermite basis, we prove a reducibility result in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ for the one-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator perturbed by time quasi-periodic potential, via a KAM iteration. The potential is only bounded (no decay at infinity is required) and its derivative with respect to the spatial variable $x$ is allowed to grow at most like $|x|^δ$ when $x$ goes to infinity, where the pow…

Attributing the point symmetric structure of core-collapse supernova remnant N132D to the jittering jets explosion mechanism
Noam Soker (Technion, Israel)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00757

Attributing the point symmetric structure of core-collapse supernova remnant N132D to the jittering jets explosion mechanism
I identified a point-symmetric morphology in the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant (CCSNR) N132D, composed of two symmetry axes: the short symmetry axis extending from the northwest ear and through the center of the iron-rich emission on the other side, and the second along the long dimension of N132D and coincides with the extension of the central oxygen-rich gas to the northeast. Namely, the point-symmetry of the outer zones of CCSNR N132D correlates with that of the oxygen-rich gas near…

Rushin' Roulette: Cowboys' strengths, weaknesses at RB along with a 2025 wildcard https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/30/cowboys-rb-strengths-weaknesses-wildcards-2025/…

Propulsion and interaction of wave-propelled interfacial particles
Daniel M. Harris, Jack-William Barotta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00247 https://

Propulsion and interaction of wave-propelled interfacial particles
When a floating body is internally or externally vibrated, its self-generated wavefield can lead to steady propulsion along the interface. In this article, we review several related and recently discovered systems that leverage this propulsion mechanism and interact hydrodynamically with one another via these surface waves. Particles with an onboard oscillatory driver may self-propel by virtue of a fore-aft asymmetric wavefield, a phenomenon with demonstrated relevance to biological and artific…

Nonlinear Fisher information, corresponding functional inequalities and applications
Tomasz Cie\'slak, Kentaro Fujie, Tatsuya Hosono
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01475 https:/…

Nonlinear Fisher information, corresponding functional inequalities and applications
We study the evolution of the nonlinear version of the Fisher information along the quasilinear heat equation. We also provide a nonlinear version of a recent functional inequality (Cieślak--Fuest--Hajduk--Sierżęga, 2024), corresponding to the nonlinear heat equation. Next, applications of our version of nonlinear Fisher information to the 1D critical quasilinear fully parabolic Keller--Segel system are given. In particular, the global existence of solutions to the critical nonlinear diffusi…

A posteriori and a priori error estimates for linearized thin sheet folding
Harbir Antil, Sean P. Carney, Rohit Khandelwal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00807

A posteriori and a priori error estimates for linearized thin sheet folding
We describe a posteriori error analysis for a discontinuous Galerkin method for a fourth order elliptic interface problem that arises from a linearized model of thin sheet folding. The primary contribution is a local efficiency bound for an estimator that measures the extent to which the interface conditions along the fold are satisfied, which is accomplished by constructing a novel edge bubble function. We subsequently conduct a medius analysis to obtain improved a priori error estimates under…

Things like this are not just a symbolic expression of discontent.
Fascism depends to a •very• large extent on anticipatory compliance. It needs people to feel like things are going that way, it’s already a done deal, better to just go along with it.
Every time dissent is visible, every way dissent feels ubiquitous, every time somebody feels like they’re not alone in opposition, every time somebody who’s tempted to comply fears there might be hell to pay if they do — that directly, concretely damages the fascists’ power.

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
Lucila G. Alvarez-Zuzek, Juan P. Bascur, Anna Bertani, Riccardo Gallotti, Vincent A. Traag
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01481

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific understanding related to the topic evolved rapidly. Along with scientific information being discussed widely, a large circulation of false information, labelled an infodemic by the WHO, emerged. Here, we study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter (now X) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We built a comprehensive database of $\sim$407M COVID-19 related tweets and classified the reliability of URLs in the tweets based on Media Bias/Fac…

Basic scientists' disproportionate impact amid applied drift reveals structural asymmetry in science
Rikuei Kaku, Mikako Bito, Keita Nishimoto, Ichiro Sakata, Kimitaka Asatani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530

Basic scientists' disproportionate impact amid applied drift reveals structural asymmetry in science
Despite broad acclaim for basic research, science is undergoing an applied shift that marginalizes basic scientists. This gap reflects an incomplete understanding of their distinctive roles, which prevents translating philosophical appreciation into effective support. We introduce a scalable metric--the application score--to position research along the basic-applied spectrum and apply it to 62 million publications (1970-2023) to reveal the distinctive contributions of basic scientists. We find …

The ring of $\omega$-invariant symmetric polynomials in characteristic 2
Sebastian {\O}rsted
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02177 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02…

The ring of $ω$-invariant symmetric polynomials in characteristic 2
We provide a simple presentation by generators and relations of the ring of $ω$-invariant symmetric polynomials over the field $\mathbb{F}_{2}$. Here, $ω$ denotes the standard involution on the ring of symmetric polynomials, interchanging the elementary symmetric polynomials with the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials. Along the way, we prove several important properties of this involution in the specific setting of characteristic 2.

How do you do EIGHTEEN American road trip books and still not include John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie"?!?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/books/best-road-trip-books.html

Love Jack Kerouac? Read These Great American Road Trip Books Next.
Come along for the ride as our three critics back-seat drive their way through America. (Rest stops provided.)

Study of $p$-Young tableaux, Robinson-Schensted correspondence and the lacunary Cauchy identity of group algebras $KG_{r}$ and $KSG_{r}$
M. Parvathi, A. Tamilselvi, D. Hepsi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00580

Study of $p$-Young tableaux, Robinson-Schensted correspondence and the lacunary Cauchy identity of group algebras $KG_{r}$ and $KSG_{r}$
In this paper, we develop the Robinson-Schensted correspondence between the elements of the groups $G_{r}$ $(\mathbb{Z}_{p^{r}}\rtimes \mathbb{Z}^{*}_{p^{r}})$ and $SG_{r}$ $(\mathbb{Z}_{p^{r-1}}\rtimes \mathbb{Z}^{*}_{p^{r}})$, along with a pair of the standard $p$-Young tableaux. This approach differs from the classical method, and ours is based on matrix units arising from orthogonal primitive idempotents computed for every group algebra. Some classical properties of the Robinson-Schensted c…

Seeing smoke from the #GiffordFire down in Santa Barbara
https://share.watchduty.org/i/58187?ts=1754181161000

I've had an earworm for 2 days now. Feel It Still (from Portugal. The Man.). It's the kind of earworm where you keep singing along. Out loud. It must be annoying--especially since today I'm singing it w/ the lyrics from Please Mr. Postman.
Imma make it stop by replacing it w/ a new earworm. https://www.…

Detection of 'super-virial' gas in the Circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way towards PKS 2155-304
Mukesh Singh Bisht, Sanskriti Das, Smita Mathur, Manami Roy, Yair Krongold, Anjali Gupta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02019

Detection of 'super-virial' gas in the Circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way towards PKS 2155-304
We present the first simultaneous detection of four distinct highly ionized $z=0$ absorbing phases using Chandra and XMM-Newton grating spectra toward the blazar PKS 2155$\hbox{-}$304. We detect the MgXII K$α$ absorption line for the first time in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of the Milky Way. Along with MgXII K$α$, we detect SiXIV K$α$ absorption, which are the tell-tale signatures of the hot 'super-virial' gas in the CGM. Both from the model-independent calculations and hybrid-ionizatio…

Comparative Study of Pre-Trained BERT and Large Language Models for Code-Mixed Named Entity Recognition
Mayur Shirke, Amey Shembade, Pavan Thorat, Madhushri Wagh, Raviraj Joshi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02514

Comparative Study of Pre-Trained BERT and Large Language Models for Code-Mixed Named Entity Recognition
Named Entity Recognition (NER) in code-mixed text, particularly Hindi-English (Hinglish), presents unique challenges due to informal structure, transliteration, and frequent language switching. This study conducts a comparative evaluation of code-mixed fine-tuned models and non-code-mixed multilingual models, along with zero-shot generative large language models (LLMs). Specifically, we evaluate HingBERT, HingMBERT, and HingRoBERTa (trained on code-mixed data), and BERT Base Cased, IndicBERT, R…

Urban Snaps 📸
城市抓拍 📸
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fujifilm Neopan SS, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

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Whereas Leibniz’s task was to find the sum of infinitely many known terms, Hounsfield wondered:
Could the process be run in reverse?
With enough total dimmings, from enough directions, could we work backward to deduce the unknown absorption at each point along the many beams
— and use that to see inside the brain?
Most radiologists thought the idea was crazy. -- But one doctor was willing to listen.
He handed Hounsfield a jar containing a human brain with a t…

How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.

Generalized Token Graphs
C. Amairani Herrera-Ramirez, Teresa I. Hoekstra-Mendoza
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01773 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01773

Generalized Token Graphs
In this paper we give a new generalization of token graphs. Given two integers $1\leq m \leq k$ and a graph $G$ we define the generalized token graph of the graph $G$, to be the graph $F_k^m(G)$ whose vertices correspond to configurations of $k$ indistinguishable tokens placed at distinct vertices of $G$, where two configurations are adjacent whenever one configuration can be reached from the other by moving $m$ tokens along $m$ edges of $G$. When $m=1$, the usual token graph $F_k(G)$ is recove…

Who Gets Left Behind? Auditing Disability Inclusivity in Large Language Models
Deepika Dash, Yeshil Bangera, Mithil Bangera, Gouthami Vadithya, Srikant Panda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00963

Who Gets Left Behind? Auditing Disability Inclusivity in Large Language Models
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used for accessibility guidance, yet many disability groups remain underserved by their advice. To address this gap, we present taxonomy aligned benchmark1 of human validated, general purpose accessibility questions, designed to systematically audit inclusivity across disabilities. Our benchmark evaluates models along three dimensions: Question-Level Coverage (breadth within answers), Disability-Level Coverage (balance across nine disability categor…

Resolving the Singularities of Splitting Loci
Feiyang Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01233 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01233

Resolving the Singularities of Splitting Loci
We construct modular resolutions of singularities for splitting loci, and use them to show that tame splitting loci have rational singularities. As a corollary of our results and Hurwitz-Brill-Noether theory, we prove that if $C$ is a general $k$-gonal curve, the components of $W^r_d(C)$ have rational singularities. We also recover the classical Gieseker-Petri theorem. Along the way, we prove a cohomology vanishing statement for certain tautological vector bundles on $\operatorname{Quot}^{r,d}_…

Dynamic Programming Principle for Stochastic Control Problems on Riemannian Manifolds
Dingqian Gao, Qi L\"u
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01407 https://

Dynamic Programming Principle for Stochastic Control Problems on Riemannian Manifolds
In this paper, we first establish the dynamic programming principle for stochastic optimal control problems defined on compact Riemannian manifolds without boundary. Subsequently, we derive the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation for the value function. We then prove the existence, uniqueness of viscosity solutions to the HJB equation, along with their continuous dependence on initial data and model parameters. Finally, under appropriate regularity conditions on the value function…

The new new case came in for the NES, fits perfectly. Still waiting on the replacement screw kit to come in along with the NES Slotmaster replacement which fixes the biggest issue with the frontloader. Even better: haven't sheared off any of the screws in the case unlike the previous one.
#retrogaming

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 Ensemble Classification Approach in A Multi-Layered Large Language Model Framework for Disease Prediction
Ali Hamdi, Malak Mohamed, Rokaia Emad, Khaled Shaban
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02446

An Ensemble Classification Approach in A Multi-Layered Large Language Model Framework for Disease Prediction
Social telehealth has made remarkable progress in healthcare by allowing patients to post symptoms and participate in medical consultations remotely. Users frequently post symptoms on social media and online health platforms, creating a huge repository of medical data that can be leveraged for disease classification. Large language models (LLMs) such as LLAMA3 and GPT-3.5, along with transformer-based models like BERT, have demonstrated strong capabilities in processing complex medical text. In…

X-ray polarization of Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries -- I. Model-independent, time-resolved X-ray polarimetry
Andrea Gnarini, Francesco Ursini, Giorgio Matt, Stefano Bianchi, Fiamma Capitanio, Massimo Cocchi, Sergio Fabiani, Ruben Farinelli, Antonella Tarana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00302

X-ray polarization of Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries -- I. Model-independent, time-resolved X-ray polarimetry
Z-sources are a particular class of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries characterized by a wide Z-like track in their hard colorsoft color (or hardness-intensity) diagrams, with three branches: the horizontal (HB), the normal (NB), and the flaring branch (FB). Spectropolarimetric observations with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) show that the polarization in these sources varies along the Z-track, reaching unexpectedly high values in the HB. In this work, we collected all the pol…

Investigation of structure and anisotropic electrical resistivity in single-crystalline CoSn kagome metal thin films for interconnect applications
Tomoya Nakatani, Nattamon Suwannaharn, Taisuke Sasaki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21711

Investigation of structure and anisotropic electrical resistivity in single-crystalline CoSn kagome metal thin films for interconnect applications
CoSn kagome metal is a pseudo-one-dimensional electronic conductor, exhibiting low resistivity (\r{ho}) along the [0001] direction (c-axis) and significantly higher \r{ho} along other crystallographic directions. Such anisotropic conduction is expected to mitigate resistivity increases in narrow interconnect wires at advanced semiconductor technology process nodes, making CoSn a promising candidate for future interconnect applications. In this study, CoSn thin films were fabricated by magnetron…

Higher Order Unfitted Space-Time Methods for Transport Problems
Erik Burman, Fabian Heimann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02253 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.022…

Higher Order Unfitted Space-Time Methods for Transport Problems
In this article, we present an Unfitted Space-Time Finite Element method for the scalar transport equation posed on moving domains. We consider the case of the domain boundary being transported by the same velocity field as the scalar concentration inside the physical domain. A standard continuous Galerkin Finite element space is considered on a fixed background mesh, as well as tensor product Space-Time elements, which can be discontinuous along time slice boundaries. For the computational geo…

On The Road - To Xi’An 🏮
在路上 - 去西安 🏮
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️Kentmere Pan 200
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

(Did you know that in the original stage version of The Sound of Music, the thing that finally breaks Captain von Trapp’s engagement to the baroness isn’t the vague, wishy-washy “noble unstated feelings” scene that’s in the movie (and which never worked in my view, despite the actors giving it their all); it’s that the baroness tries to convince him to go along with the Nazis because there’s nothing he can do, and he decides he can’t marry a woman with no convictions. They cut the song from the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Way_to_Stop_It)

RAG has revolutionised AI by merging search and generation. Agentic behaviour takes this search to the next level by enabling LLMs to make decisions and call tools. At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Bilge Yücel discussed how agentic behaviour enhances pipelines, what it means for a system to act as an 'agent', and core concepts such as routing, tool calling and reasoning, along with a live demo.
Watch the full session: #bbuzz returns on 7-9 June 2026: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/uIWaci8Cm/

Global well-posedness and Asymptotic analysis of a nonlinear heat equation with constraints of finite codimension
Ashish Bawalia, Zdzis{\l}aw Brze\'zniak, Manil T. Mohan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00160

Global well-posedness and Asymptotic analysis of a nonlinear heat equation with constraints of finite codimension
We prove the global existence and the uniqueness of the $L^p\cap H_0^1-$valued ($2\leq p < \infty$) strong solutions of a nonlinear heat equation with constraints over bounded domains in any dimension $d\geq 1$. Along with the \textit{Faedo-Galerkin} approximation method and the compactness arguments, we utilize the monotonicity and the hemicontinuity properties of the nonlinear operators to establish the well-posedness results. In particular, we show that a Hilbertian manifold $\mathbb{M}$, wh…

Relating spatially resolved optical attenuation, dust and gas in nearby galaxies
E. D. Paspaliaris, S. Bianchi, E. Corbelli, A. Concas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01803 https://

Relating spatially resolved optical attenuation, dust and gas in nearby galaxies
We relate the optical attenuation inferred by the Balmer decrement, $A_{V\mathrm{,BD}}$, and by the SED-fitting, $A_{V\mathrm{,SED}}$, to the dust distribution and gas surface density throughout the disc of galaxies, down to scales smaller than 0.5 kpc. We investigate five nearby star-forming spirals with available FUV to sub-mm observations, along with atomic and molecular gas surface density maps and optical integral-field spectroscopic data. We use the CIGALE SED-fitting code to map the dust…

Random burning of the Euclidean lattice
Guillaume Blanc, Alice Contat
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02562 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02562

Random burning of the Euclidean lattice
The burning number of a graph is the minimal number of steps that are needed to burn all of its vertices, with the following burning procedure: at each step, one can choose a point to set on fire, and the fire propagates constantly at unit speed along the edges of the graph. In this paper, we consider two natural random burning procedures in the discrete Euclidean torus $\mathbb{T}_n^d$, in which the points that we set on fire at each step are random variables. Our main result deals with the ca…

Traverse City, Part 2: This time by bike! As summer winds down, come along for a recap of my adventure from June and an update on the North-South Passenger Rail project from Groundwork.
Beyond the Bay | The Café Car
https://coreyrowe.me/2025/09/01/traverse-city-beyond-the-b…

Traverse City, Vol. 2: Beyond the Bay | The Café Car
How far can you get with just a bike and a bus pass? (Answer: Pretty far!)

Seeing is not believing in limited visibility cops and robbers
Bojan Ba\v{s}i\'c, Alfie Davies, Aleksa D\v{z}uklevski, Strahinja Gvozdi\'c, Yannick Mogge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00941

Seeing is not believing in limited visibility cops and robbers
We consider the model of limited visibility Cops and Robbers, where the cops can only see within their $l$-neighbourhood. We prove that the number of cops needed to see the robber can be arbitrarily smaller than the number needed to capture the robber, answering an open question from the literature. We then consider how close we can get to seeing the robber when we do not have enough cops, along with a probabilistic interpretation.

A critique of two contrasting research papers on AI's impact on US employment trends, along with caveats from a Stanford study on jobs in AI-exposed fields (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/ai-and-jobs-again

AI and jobs, again
Some top economists claim AI is now destroying jobs for a subset of Americans. Are they right?

The view on the way to work along the Oak Leaf Trail is lovely at some spots...
(Though stopping for the photo I got attacked by bugs, which is not great.)
#biking #bikeTooter #mke

Fenceline (or frontline) communities are residential areas that sit next to high polluting facilities that emit pollutants like noise, light, odours, chemicals, and even traffic.
Lynn Jacobs explains that less than a kilometer from her home and across from the KahnawŠ:ke Survival (High) School are waste management facilities, including one that recycles plastic battery casings.
“In the summer, we smell plastic burning odours because the process of the recycling is, it gets shredd…

Sacrifice Zones: Life along the fenceline between the land and industry
Lynn Jacobs opens a gate to the backyard of her small homestead, taking slow strides

High-quality Tungsten-doped Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Fabricated in an Extremely Low-oxygen Furnace Environment
Vishwa Krishna Rajan, Ken Araki, Robert Y. Wang, Liping Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01956

High-quality Tungsten-doped Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Fabricated in an Extremely Low-oxygen Furnace Environment
This work reports the fabrication and characterization of high-quality tungsten-doped vanadium dioxide (WxV1-xO2, x = 0~3 at. %) by thermal oxidation of sputtered tungsten-vanadium alloyed thin films with different atomic percentages and high-temperature annealing in an extremely low oxygen atmosphere (5 to 20 ppm) along with reduction of surface over-oxides in high vacuum (1 mPa). Oxidation parameters such as temperature, time and nitrogen purging rate are first optimized for obtaining high qu…

Google announces 30 Gemini AI tools for educators, like "Gems" which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…

Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more | TechCrunch
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.

An elderly Asian woman was mauled to death by a pair of large dogs in San Bernardino County, California, last week.
Soon Han, 80, was out for a morning walk on Friday when two Dogo Argentinos attacked her near the intersection of Vinton Street and Mesa Road in Baldy Mesa.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived after 11 a.m. and found Han unresponsive along the roadway. She had suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene

Elderly woman mauled to death by Dogo Argentino dogs while on morning walk in California
An elderly Asian woman was mauled to death by a pair of large dogs in San Bernardino County, California, last week. The Dogo Argentino is a large, white and...

You can now virtually explore the stunning landscapes and vibrant culture of Nepal in Street View.
Wander the lively streets of Kathmandu, discover the serene beauty of the Terai region or wind along roads that offer breathtaking views of the snow-capped Himalayas — all virtually.
You can even immerse yourself in Nepal’s rich architectural history, ancient temples and bustling markets.

Street View has now come to Nepal.
You can now virtually explore the stunning landscapes and vibrant culture of Nepal in Street View. Wander the lively streets of Kathmandu, discover the serene beauty of the Terai region or wind along roads that offer breathtaking views of the snow-capped Himalayas — all virtually. You can even immerse yourself in Nepal’s rich architectural history, ancient temples and bustling markets.To see the newest images of Nepal, open up Maps from your phone or computer, click the 360° view or the ye…