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Dynamic Sub-region Search in Homogeneous Collections Using CLIP
Bastian J\"ackl, Vojt\v{e}ch Kloda, Daniel A. Keim, Jakub Loko\v{c}
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09506

Dynamic Sub-region Search in Homogeneous Collections Using CLIP
Querying with text-image-based search engines in highly homogeneous domain-specific image collections is challenging for users, as they often struggle to provide descriptive text queries. For example, in an underwater domain, users can usually characterize entities only with abstract labels, such as corals and fish, which leads to low recall rates. Our work investigates whether recall can be improved by supplementing text queries with position information. Specifically, we explore dynamic image…

Is the Bike Shed (https://bikeshedmoto.co.uk/) in financial trouble?
I see they are doing a public investment round using Crowdcube - it’s usually a sign of orgs that are not able to get investment from established sources.

Bike Shed Motorcycle Club | Dining, Barbers & Motorcycle Clothing
The Bike Shed Motorcycle Club is an exclusive motorcycle brand offering dining, barbers & official motorcycle clothing; Jackets, Gear, Shirts, Tees, Jeans, Helmets.

Searching for GEMS: The Occurrence of Giant Planets orbiting M-dwarfs within 100 pc
Rowen I. Glusman, Caleb I. Ca\~nas, Shubham Kanodia, Te Han, Rachel B. Fernandes, Gu{\dh}mundur Stef\'ansson, Marissa Maney, Andrew Monson, Andrew Hotnisky, Suvrath Mahadevan, Michael Rodruck, Kristo Ment, Andrew McWilliam, William D. Cochran, Knicole D. Col\'on, Mark R. Giovinazzi, Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes, Chad F. Bender, Cullun H. Blake, Alexandra Boone, Scott A. Diddams, Arvind F. Gupta, Sam…

Searching for GEMS: The Occurrence of Giant Planets orbiting M-dwarfs within 100 pc
We present results from a systematic search for transiting short-period Giant Exoplanets around M-dwarf Stars (GEMS; $P < 10$ days, $R_p \gtrsim 8~R_\oplus$) within a distance-limited 100\,pc sample of 149,316 M-dwarfs using TESS-Gaia Light Curve (TGLC) data. This search led to the discovery of one new candidate GEM, following spectroscopic vetting of 12 additional candidates to eliminate astrophysical false positives and refine our occurrence rate estimates. We describe the development and app…

Il y a cette sensation, parfois, face Š certaines photographies. On tombe nez Š nez avec une image, et il se passe quelque chose. Pas besoin qu’elle soit l’œuvre d’un grand photographe, ni de tout savoir ou de connaître l’artiste. Il suffit de la regarder, et aussitôt elle nous plonge dans un souvenir, un vieux rêve ou une sensation intime.
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CancerGUIDE: Cancer Guideline Understanding via Internal Disagreement Estimation
Alyssa Unell, Noel C. F. Codella, Sam Preston, Peniel Argaw, Wen-wai Yim, Zelalem Gero, Cliff Wong, Rajesh Jena, Eric Horvitz, Amanda K. Hall, Ruican Rachel Zhong, Jiachen Li, Shrey Jain, Mu Wei, Matthew Lungren, Hoifung Poon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07325…

CancerGUIDE: Cancer Guideline Understanding via Internal Disagreement Estimation
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) provides evidence-based guidelines for cancer treatment. Translating complex patient presentations into guideline-compliant treatment recommendations is time-intensive, requires specialized expertise, and is prone to error. Advances in large language model (LLM) capabilities promise to reduce the time required to generate treatment recommendations and improve accuracy. We present an LLM agent-based approach to automatically generate guideline-con…

DOJ probes CalEPA hiring for potential racial bias
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5473143-doj-california-epa-calepa-racial-equity-newsom-trump/

Jack Johnson opened a multi-racial restaurant and nightclub, Club Deluxe, which he ran with his white wife.
Because of this, the authorities arrested him for violating the Mann act (transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes).
Johnson fled the country to avoid arrest, but continued boxing abroad.
Eventually he turned himself in and served time at Leavenworth Prison.
Fight- fan Donald Trump pardoned him in 2018, something Reagan, both Bushes and even…

MikeDunnAuthor (@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image Today in Labor History July 4, 1910: African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocked out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round, leading to race riots throughout the U.S. 11 separate riots occurred in NYC, alone. There were riots in 50 cities, including New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, and St. Louis. At least 20 people died in these riots. Johnson, who was also known as the Galveston Giant, became the first black World Heavyweight …

EZ-Sort: Efficient Pairwise Comparison via Zero-Shot CLIP-Based Pre-Ordering and Human-in-the-Loop Sorting
Yujin Park, Haejun Chung, Ikbeom Jang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21550

EZ-Sort: Efficient Pairwise Comparison via Zero-Shot CLIP-Based Pre-Ordering and Human-in-the-Loop Sorting
Pairwise comparison is often favored over absolute rating or ordinal classification in subjective or difficult annotation tasks due to its improved reliability. However, exhaustive comparisons require a massive number of annotations (O(n^2)). Recent work has greatly reduced the annotation burden (O(n log n)) by actively sampling pairwise comparisons using a sorting algorithm. We further improve annotation efficiency by (1) roughly pre-ordering items using the Contrastive Language-Image Pre-trai…

An introduction to conifold transitions
Tristan C. Collins
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01002 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01002…

An introduction to conifold transitions
These lecture notes introduce conifold transitions between complex threefolds with trivial canonical bundle from the differential geometric point of view, and with a particular view towards aspects of mathematical physics and string theory. The lecture notes are aimed at beginning graduate students and non-experts, emphasizing explicit calculations and examples. After a brief introduction in Section 1, we recall some basic facts about Calabi-Yau manifolds in Section 2. Section 3 studies the con…

“Sikh owners, Sikh manager - what Morecambe takeover means to community”
I’ll tell you what it means. It means the half time snacks will be AWESOME. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8ry4v3dv22o

Morecambe takeover: What Panjab Warriors and Ashvir Johal history means for Sikhs
BBC Sport explores the impact of Morecambe's new ownership and manager on the Sikh community, as the National League club enter a new era.