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From Croatia:
'Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery' – Mladen Domazet
In the series #ProspectsForDegrowth

Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery
by Mladen Domazet1 When Mark asked me to contribute to this series, there was an instruction to try to point to any good prospects for degrowth in this conjuncture, and a lingering implication to u…

A look at Decart, which has developed video-to-video AI model Mirage that manipulates live video in real time and can potentially shake up livestreaming (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/decart-artificial-intelligence-model-live-stream/

This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time
A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.

Watching the second to last season of SVU (wifey loves it) and the cops just got info from being in a Discord server. Realistic. The FBI are all over Discord too. Always keep that in mind. Say nothing sensitive there. Discord servers are NOT secure, the authorities can always easily get in, and they often do.
#Discord #privacy

Parents sending their kids to live without them for the first time grapple with the question:
Does love mean buying a $469 mattress topper?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2025/08/19/luxury-dorm-decorating/

The over-the-top world of luxury dorm decorating
Wallpaper, custom headboards and $469 mattress toppers aren’t the norm in college rooms. But they are everywhere on TikTok.

18,500 soldiers convicted in Russia of desertion or unauthorized absence since 2022, analysis finds: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/soldiers-convicted-in-russia-of.html

"Meanwhile [various] projects, are co-constructed, won or lost, implemented and written about using cloaked expressions and degrowth-like terminology.
"But the fear of openly speaking about justice, survival and revolution, the fear of being the first fool to shout ‘the emperor has no clothes’, keeps finely hairstyled Europeans in social positions, jobs – sometimes even offices of authority – and sense of self-worth."

Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery
by Mladen Domazet1 When Mark asked me to contribute to this series, there was an instruction to try to point to any good prospects for degrowth in this conjuncture, and a lingering implication to u…

Report Alleges Degrading Treatment and Medical Neglect at South Florida ICE Detention Centers (C.J. Ciaramella/Reason)
https://reason.com/2025/07/21/report-alleges-degrading-treatment-and-medical-neglect-at-south-florida-ice-detention-centers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p111#a250721p111

Blind Super Resolution with Reference Images and Implicit Degradation Representation
Huu-Phu Do, Po-Chih Hu, Hao-Chien Hsueh, Che-Kai Liu, Vu-Hoang Tran, Ching-Chun Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13915

Blind Super Resolution with Reference Images and Implicit Degradation Representation
Previous studies in blind super-resolution (BSR) have primarily concentrated on estimating degradation kernels directly from low-resolution (LR) inputs to enhance super-resolution. However, these degradation kernels, which model the transition from a high-resolution (HR) image to its LR version, should account for not only the degradation process but also the downscaling factor. Applying the same degradation kernel across varying super-resolution scales may be impractical. Our research acknowle…

'Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery' – Mladen Domazet
In the series #ProspectsForDegrowth

Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery
by Mladen Domazet1 When Mark asked me to contribute to this series, there was an instruction to try to point to any good prospects for degrowth in this conjuncture, and a lingering implication to u…

Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery
by Mladen Domazet1 When Mark asked me to contribute to this series, there was an instruction to try to point to any good prospects for degrowth in this conjuncture, and a lingering implication to use my semiperipheral voice to inform the by-now-desperate comrades in the metropole. Combine that with a professional deformation to write essays when given…

Stories of expanded solidarity: the personal and the political in the degrowth perspective from the European periphery
by Mladen Domazet1 When Mark asked me to contribute to this series, there was an instruction to try to point to any good prospects for degrowth in this conjuncture, and a lingering implication to u…