Tootfinder

But everyone just wants to talk about and use "AI" ... if their paycheck depends on it
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115343584016809960

Russia circumvents sanctions, while Ukraine breaks records in drone warfare!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/russia-circumvents-sanctions-while-ukraine.html

Fascinating results from modelling different charging strategies (dumb, smart, #V2G) for 15 million BEVs in Germany in 2030, this research by Adeline Guéret, Carlos Gaete-Morales and @….
At 50% V2G, the system costs are lower than in the situation without EVs.

A moderate share of V2G outperforms large-scale smart charging of electric vehicles and benefits other consumers
While battery electric vehicles (BEVs) play a key role for decarbonizing the transport sector, their impact on the power sector heavily depends on their charging strategies. Here we systematically analyze various combinations between inflexible, smart and bidirectional (or vehicle-to-grid, V2G) charging of 15 million electric cars in Germany. Using a capacity expansion model, we find that even a moderate share of bidirectional charging below 30% leads to lower system costs than a fully smartly …

New Hairball fact sheet just dropped! Coming this year:
- 2-way protected bikeway from Marin to Jerrold (instead of path on sidewalk)
- Raised crosswalk and speed cushion approaching off-ramp crossing
- Road diet on Cesar Chavez under 101
https://www.sfmta.com/media/43046/download

Using Reinforcement Learning to Optimize the Global and Local Crossing Number
Timo Brand, Henry F\"orster, Stephen Kobourov, Robin Schukrafft, Markus Wallinger, Johannes Zink
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06108

Using Reinforcement Learning to Optimize the Global and Local Crossing Number
We present a novel approach to graph drawing based on reinforcement learning for minimizing the global and the local crossing number, that is, the total number of edge crossings and the maximum number of crossings on any edge, respectively. In our framework, an agent learns how to move a vertex based on a given observation vector in order to optimize its position. The agent receives feedback in the form of local reward signals tied to crossing reduction. To generate an initial layout, we use a …

According to Home Office data, 1097 migrants arrived on Saturday on 17 "small boats".
That's an average of 64 *passengers* per small boat - these boats must be larger than the zodiacs I've been imagining.

Small boat arrivals: last 7 days

Invisible invaders:
unveiling the carcinogenic threat of microplastics and nanoplastics in colorectal cancer
Key findings reveal that MicroPlastics/NanoPlastics,
via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact,
translocate across biological barriers to induce DNA damage, oxidative stress, and intestinal barrier disruption by reducing tight junction proteins,
while triggering chronic inflammation through pro-inflammatory cytokines and gut microbiota dysbiosis.

Frontiers | Invisible invaders: unveiling the carcinogenic threat of microplastics and nanoplastics in colorectal cancer-a systematic review
ObjectiveMicroplastics (MPs, 0.1–5000 μm) and nanoplastics (NPs, 0.001–0.1 μm) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with strong persistence and bioaccumul...

JWST Discovery of Warm Dust in the #Circumgalactic Medium of the Makani Galaxy: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adee91 -> Astronomer Sylvain Veilleux helped to detect dust far outside the body of a galaxy in a reservoir of hot gas, raising questions about how these particles survived such a long and volatile journey: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/umd-led-study-discovers-warm-space-dust-distant-place

Crossing symmetry including non planar diagrams in perturbative QFT
Ritabrata Bhattacharya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05044 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.0504…

Crossing symmetry including non planar diagrams in perturbative QFT
We venture a proof of crossing symmetry for non-planar diagrams in perturbative QFT. For the planar diagrams a proof of crossing is available in the literature and our method closely follows the one depicted in that case. We classify the non-planar diagrams broadly into two types. For one of these types the proof is pretty straightforward and hence the result extends to all point all loop on-shell amplitudes. These are called the "trivial" cases while for the other type we find certain cases ca…

Trump's Going After Disabled And Elderly People Living On SSI | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/08/trumps-going-after-disabled-and-elderly