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Tee Higgins back in concussion protocol after returning twice vs. Bills, raising questions about NFL's process

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tee-higgins-co…

Is Kari Lake eyeing Iowa Senate race after dismantling Voice of America? (Brahm Resnik/KPNX)
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/is-kari-lake-eyeing-iowa-senate-race-after-dismantling-voice-of-america-losing-2-consecutive-statewide-races-arizona/75-3daa3cbc-d17a-4b30-9b8b-7b2b1312a162
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p10#a260108p10

Russian GRU general Vladimir Alekseyev regains consciousness after assassination attempt: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/07/russian-gru-general-vladimir-alekseyev.html

🪸 Tree rings of the sea: How environmental conditions influence microalgae and coral communities
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-tree-sea-environmental-conditions-microalgae.html

Tree rings of the sea: How environmental conditions influence microalgae and coral communities
An international research team led by marine biologist Prof. Dr. Maren Ziegler from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JU) has developed an innovative method for reconstructing the past of corals and their symbiosis with algae by drilling into coral skeletons. The results, published in Global Change Biology, offer new insights into changes in symbiotic single-celled algae species that are crucial to the survival of coral reefs.

Russians “DEFEATED” a hospital! Consequences of the horrific shelling of Kyiv #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/russians-defeated-a-hospital-consequences.html<…

Sorry for one more post on this, but Bandcamp Friday would be a good time to get my new one if you felt like it - especially because of all @… sacrifice to get releases out (including physicals.) If it’s another label risking it I feel a bit more conscious to share. :)

NFL coach movement intel on every team: What we're hearing on possible changes, rising candidates https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47515440/2025-nfl-coach-coordinator-hiring-firing-candidates-intel-buzz-32-teams…

For all of Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,”
a spate of weak indicators this week told a worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
Job gains are dwindling.
Inflation is ticking upward.
Growth has slowed compared with last year.
More than six months into his term, Trump’s blitz of tariff hikes and his new tax and spending bill have remodeled America’s trading, manufacturing, energy and tax systems to his own liking.

It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs
President Donald Trump's economic policies are facing scrutiny as weak indicators emerge. Job gains are dwindling, inflation is rising and growth has slowed compared to last year. More than six months into his term, Trump's tariffs and tax changes have reshaped the economy. On Friday, a bleak jobs report showed a decline in manufacturing jobs, and Trump fired the head of the agency responsible for the data. Critics warn that Trump's aggressive use of tariffs and tax changes could backfire. The …

Versucht, eine Recherche im Landnutzungsmodul von #Copernicus zu machen. Dazu die eingebaute Hilfe-KI benutzt und insgesamt 3 Fragen gestellt. Nicht nur, dass mich die Antworten leider nicht weiter gebracht haben und ganz andere Schwerpunkte hatten, als meine Fragen. Der Hammer ist aber die Zahl der Abkürzungen. Bei 3 Fragen habe ich ca 200-300 Abkürzungen als Antwort erhalten. Kein Wunder, …

EAG-PT: Emission-Aware Gaussians and Path Tracing for Indoor Scene Reconstruction and Editing
Xijie Yang, Mulin Yu, Changjian Jiang, Kerui Ren, Tao Lu, Jiangmiao Pang, Dahua Lin, Bo Dai, Linning Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23065 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.23065 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.23065
arXiv:2601.23065v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent reconstruction methods based on radiance field such as NeRF and 3DGS reproduce indoor scenes with high visual fidelity, but break down under scene editing due to baked illumination and the lack of explicit light transport. In contrast, physically based inverse rendering relies on mesh representations and path tracing, which enforce correct light transport but place strong requirements on geometric fidelity, becoming a practical bottleneck for real indoor scenes. In this work, we propose Emission-Aware Gaussians and Path Tracing (EAG-PT), aiming for physically based light transport with a unified 2D Gaussian representation. Our design is based on three cores: (1) using 2D Gaussians as a unified scene representation and transport-friendly geometry proxy that avoids reconstructed mesh, (2) explicitly separating emissive and non-emissive components during reconstruction for further scene editing, and (3) decoupling reconstruction from final rendering by using efficient single-bounce optimization and high-quality multi-bounce path tracing after scene editing. Experiments on synthetic and real indoor scenes show that EAG-PT produces more natural and physically consistent renders after editing than radiant scene reconstructions, while preserving finer geometric detail and avoiding mesh-induced artifacts compared to mesh-based inverse path tracing. These results suggest promising directions for future use in interior design, XR content creation, and embodied AI.
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