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arxiv_collab: Scientific collaborations in physics (1995-2005)
Collaboration graphs for scientists, extracted from the Los Alamos e-Print arXiv (physics), for 1995-1999 for three categories, and additionally for 1995-2003 and 1995-2005 for one category. For copyright reasons, the MEDLINE (biomedical research) and NCSTRL (computer science) collaboration graphs from this paper are not publicly available.
This network has 8361 nodes and 15751 edges.
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As salty as I am about it, there's also another way to think about this. For anyone who still has connections to folks on the right (which is perhaps unlikely for anyone on this server, I digress), the cult that has consumed them thrives on isolation and grievance.
The words "you were right" have the potential to cut through the programming and open up an opportunity for reconnection. The modern conspiratorial cult of the Right has been built partially around people who were told they were wrong or were crazy. In the vast majority of cases, they were wrong and even when they were right they completely misunderstood why, but we'll skip that for now. Liberals making fun of them (even the times when they definitely earned it) has pushed them further and further into their ideological hole.
The thing about those words, "you were right," in this context is that the way they offer reconnection also requires them to take one little step of betraying their ideology to accept them. So they must choose between maintaining allegiance to a pedophile or finally getting to feel superior after years of living in an illusion of persecution.
Under the ideology of the Right, admitting one is wrong is a weakness. It is admitting defeat. They have to "own the libs" by saying things, things that they know aren't true, in order to feel dominant. But these things are often so absurd that they end up being made fun of, feeling even more weak and pathetic, reinforcing their fear and alienation.
Offering what they're looking for can offer a way out, but only if they're willing to start to recognize the thing they've supported for what it is.
And they were right about some things. They were right that Bill Gates was a terrible person. I've had plenty of liberals defend him based on his philanthropy washing, but he's awful and always has been. The Epstein links make that blatant. They intuitively recognized him and didn't trust him, even if they were wildly off base about *how and why* he shouldn't be trusted... Even if their correct mistrust was leveraged into one of the most destructive conspiracy theories ever (vaccine denial and COVID vaccine avoidance).
They were right about Bill Clinton. He was always shady as fuck. Sure, the people who attacked him at the time turned out to be even more shady but that's not the point right now. He was connected to Epstein and that was always creepy as fuck.
And the Epstein thing was an open secret that liberals ignored for a long time. It was seen as some weird thing that right wing nutjobs believed about the Clintons. But it was true. Not all of it, and there has always been an antisemitic element to the right wing interpretation or Epstein stuff, but his whole pedophile conspiracy was always kind of real.
The whole "Illuminati"/deep state thing is a vast oversimplification, an attempt to make comprehensible an incredibly complex set of interlocking and emergent behaviors. But Epstein did very much want to remake the world, to create a new world order, and he absolutely played a part in it.
The Right wing nutjobs talked about global authoritarianism, Blackhawks flying over American cities, masked men with guns disarming and executing legal gun owners in the streets. That's all happening right now.
The "FEMA concentration camps" are not actually that far off. ICE and FEMA are sister agencies, both under DHS. I'd be more than happy to call that one "close enough" in order to hear some MAGA admit that ICE is, in fact, building concentration camps.
There was always a huge millennialist element to these things. They tended to be connected to "the antichrist." It was absurd, especially for me as someone who no longer identifies as a Christian. But I'll even acquiess that to a degree. The "the number of the Beast" is 666. That's just the sum of the Hebrew spelling of "Nero." Revelations focuses a lot on Nero coming back to life after his death. His death that involved a head wound, thus the line from Revelation 13:3:
> And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
The parallels between Trump and Nero are easy to draw, and Trump's ear wound feels pretty on-the-nose for this. I don't believe in "prophecy" in this way. I think that there are patterns, and useful patterns can become encoded in beleif systems. But I will, again, happily call this one "close enough" for anyone on that side willing to also acknowledge it. I'm happy to meet on that common ground, because anyone who accepts it must recognize that their duty is to fight against it.
A lot of these correct nuggets are embedded in a framework of religious extremism and antisemitism. The vast majority of the beliefs holding these together are wildly wrong and incredibly toxic. But by giving some room to feel validated, listened to, understood, can give some room to admit things that were wrong.
Cult de-programming starts with an opening. People have to talk through their own thoughts, hear their own inconsistencies. Guiding questions can help them untangle these things for themselves. And it all starts by having enough room to feel safe, to not feel cornered, to not feel stupid. Admitting mistakes means being vulnerable, and the MAGA cult is built on fear. It's built on exploiting vulnerability and locking it away.
De-programming takes a long time. It's not easy. It takes patience. But every person who comes out does so with a powerful perspective, a deep understanding, that can be turned back against it. The best people at getting people out of cults are former members. Some of the most dedicated antifa are former fascists who understood their mistakes and dedicate their lives to fixing them.

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/3

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
New research details how Civitai lets users buy and sell tools to fine-tune deepfakes the company says are banned.

Tengo una pregunta para sysadmins del #fediverso. Para la charla de la fedifiesta que voy a dar me gustaría dar un dato de cuantos recursos a nivel de hardware tiene una instancia del fediverso, por compararlo con los CPD's de las grandes redes sociales. #preguntaAmastodon

I – somewhat implausibly – got lucky enough to start the exact job I had dreamed of for the last 5 years this year.
I’ve opened my own research group at the #Umeå Plant Science Center, and get to dig into the cell #biology of #wood

Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

A New Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings.
Our Finite World | Exploring how oil limits affect the economy
https://ourfiniteworld.com/

Our Finite World
Resources per capita have fallen too low in key areas, including diesel fuel and critical minerals needed for electrification. Leads to conflict & tariffs.

Logistics fleets are highly sensitive to energy costs, so charging rates must be as low as possible to enable the transition to battery-electric vehicles.
A French cooperative of logistics operators is targeting a shared charging infrastructure with a market-leading rate of just €0.20/kWh.

Alphya structure son réseau de recharge et vise 0,20 €/kWh
Créée au printemps 2025 dans le giron de H2P, la holding Alphya fédère actuellement 95 transporteurs actionnaires et déploie un maillage national de bornes électriques pour poids lourd mutualisées. L’objectif affiché par sa direction opérationnelle : maîtriser le coût de l’électron pour rendre l’électrique compétitif face au diesel.

Cowboys rumor reveals interest in 4 edge rushers after failed Maxx Crosby pursuit https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-rumor-interest-4-edge-rushers-failed-maxx-crosby-pursu…

‘She has no expertise’:
the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth HŸeg’s tenure at the FDA
The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines
So far in public appearances, she has continued to focus on vaccines
– typically the purview of Vinay Prasad,
director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
– rather than drug regulation.
HŸeg’s predecessors reportedly clash…

FBI deploys more resources to
‘dismantle fraud schemes’
in Minnesota
Cash Patel said the FBI believes
“this is just the tip of a very large iceberg”.
Some of those involved in the alleged scheme are being
“referred to immigrations officials for possible further #denaturalization and deportation proceedings where eligible”.
The Trump administration has por…