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Complex three-dimensional rearing environments amplify compensatory plasticity following early blindness (in opossums) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651847v1 "underscoring the role of experience in directing compensatory plasticity following early s…

This week, the France-based ArianeGroup aerospace company announced that it had completed the integration of the
Themis vehicle,
a prototype rocket that will test various landing technologies, on a launch pad in Sweden.
Low-altitude hop tests,
a precursor for developing a rocket's first stage that can vertically land after an orbital launch,
could start late this year or early next.

After a very slow start, Europe’s reusable rocket program shows signs of life
Although Themis is making progress, the program is several years behind schedule.

Reliable Smoke Detection via Optical Flow-Guided Feature Fusion and Transformer-Based Uncertainty Modeling
Nitish Kumar Mahala, Muzammil Khan, Pushpendra Kumar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14597

Reliable Smoke Detection via Optical Flow-Guided Feature Fusion and Transformer-Based Uncertainty Modeling
Fire outbreaks pose critical threats to human life and infrastructure, necessitating high-fidelity early-warning systems that detect combustion precursors such as smoke. However, smoke plumes exhibit complex spatiotemporal dynamics influenced by illumination variability, flow kinematics, and environmental noise, undermining the reliability of traditional detectors. To address these challenges without the logistical complexity of multi-sensor arrays, we propose an information-fusion framework by…

Volcanic emission of reduced sulfur species shaped the climate of early Mars: #Mars Climate, Making It More Hospitable To Life: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/09/volcanic-emissions-of-reactive-sulfur-gases-may-have-shaped-early-mars-climate-making-it-more-hospitable-to-life/

New Frontiers in the Study of Magnetic Massive Stars with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Alexandre David-Uraz (Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA), V\'eronique Petit (University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA), Coralie Neiner (LESIA, Paris Observatory, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne University, Paris-Cit\'e University, Meudon, France), Jean-Claude Bouret (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France), Ya\"el Naz\'e (Groupe …

New Frontiers in the Study of Magnetic Massive Stars with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
High-mass stars are notable for several reasons: they are characterized by strong winds, which inject momentum and enriched material into their surroundings, and die spectacularly as supernovae, leaving behind compact remnants and heavy elements (such as those that make life on Earth possible). Despite their relative rarity, they play a disproportionate role in the evolution of the galaxies that host them, and likely also played a significant role in the early days of the Universe. A subset ($\…

The evolution of asymmetrical regulation of physiology is central to aging
Mirre J P Simons, Marc Tatar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15911 https://arxiv.org/…

The evolution of asymmetrical regulation of physiology is central to aging
The evolutionary biology of aging is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms of aging and how to develop anti-aging treatments. Thus far most evolutionary theory concerns the genetics of aging with limited physiological integration. Here we present an intuitive evolutionary framework built on how physiology is regulated and how this regulation itself is then predicted to age. Life has evolved to secure reproduction and avoid system failure in early life, and it is the physiological regulati…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Erykah Badu:
🎵 Love of My Life Worldwide
#ErykahBadu
https://atasteforflava.bandcamp.com/track/love-of-my-life-worldwide
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sfv48GFGTACbipv2osobB

A Certifiable Machine Learning-Based Pipeline to Predict Fatigue Life of Aircraft Structures
\'Angel Ladr\'on, Miguel S\'anchez-Dom\'inguez, Javier Rozal\'en, Fernando R. S\'anchez, Javier de Vicente, Lucas Lacasa, Eusebio Valero, Gonzalo Rubio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10227…

A Certifiable Machine Learning-Based Pipeline to Predict Fatigue Life of Aircraft Structures
Fatigue life prediction is essential in both the design and operational phases of any aircraft, and in this sense safety in the aerospace industry requires early detection of fatigue cracks to prevent in-flight failures. Robust and precise fatigue life predictors are thus essential to ensure safety. Traditional engineering methods, while reliable, are time consuming and involve complex workflows, including steps such as conducting several Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations, deriving the ex…

2/2 Reflection on #citizenship:
I do not treat the concept of “#democracy" lightly. I was born into the aftermath of centuries of totalitarian oppression that ended suddenly, leaving the nascent Ukrainian state of the late 90s and early 2000s floundering in the turbulent whirlpool of hopes and fears felt by millions of people who were finally allowed to ponder: how to build a free democratic state in the place of Soviet and imperial ruins?
I was taught the words "democracy", "citizen", "freedom", "voting", “liberty" (and more) by people who, less than two decades prior, weren't allowed to leave the borders of their country. I was told about self-determination by people whose political choices were ridiculed, punished, and eviscerated form most of their lives. The duty of governing ourselves felt to us ephemeral - a nice fantasy, akin to a fairytale or a utopia from fictional works.
And then I saw those same people fight with their bodies and souls once the previously unfathomable democracy was threatened. Protests in 2004, then again in 2014, then the unthinkable war against foreign invasion in 2022. Democracy no longer felt abstract or silly. It became as tangible as saying "I love you".
I write of Ukraine as I reflect on becoming a citizen of another country because the history and values of my adopted United States feel as real as the skin on my legs, the significance of its legacy lays as heavy as the weight of my waist-long hair, and the desire to uphold the freedoms of its Constitution burns my throat as harshly as dehydration after a long day in the sun.
People have asked me why I even want to join this country, when the present moment is shrouded in impenetrable darkness. And I answer: because I've felt the warmth of a newly lit fire of freedom breaking through shadows that for centuries looked like solid walls. I have seen kindness, and solidarity heal the fear and hate of oppression. I've seen liberty emerge from nothing but the human soul.
I am not a religious person, but I have faith. Faith in the ideals at the foundation of the American project. Faint but powerful recognition that "we the people" now includes me.
I love #America. And I hope to keep loving my home for the rest of my life.

Anatomic Feature Fusion Model for Diagnosing Calcified Pulmonary Nodules on Chest X-Ray
Hyeonjin Choi, Yang-gon Kim, Dong-yeon Yoo, Ju-sung Sun, Jung-won Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12562

Anatomic Feature Fusion Model for Diagnosing Calcified Pulmonary Nodules on Chest X-Ray
Accurate and timely identification of pulmonary nodules on chest X-rays can differentiate between life-saving early treatment and avoidable invasive procedures. Calcification is a definitive indicator of benign nodules and is the primary foundation for diagnosis. In actual practice, diagnosing pulmonary nodule calcification on chest X-rays predominantly depends on the physician's visual assessment, resulting in significant diversity in interpretation. Furthermore, overlapping anatomical element…

Time to Play: Simulating Early-Life Animal Dynamics Enhances Robotics Locomotion Discovery
Paul Templier, Hannah Janmohamed, David Labonte, Antoine Cully
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11755

Time to Play: Simulating Early-Life Animal Dynamics Enhances Robotics Locomotion Discovery
Developmental changes in body morphology profoundly shape locomotion in animals, yet artificial agents and robots are typically trained under static physical parameters. Inspired by ontogenetic scaling of muscle power in biology, we propose Scaling Mechanical Output over Lifetime (SMOL), a novel curriculum that dynamically modulates robot actuator strength to mimic natural variations in power-to-weight ratio during growth and ageing. Integrating SMOL into the MAP-Elites quality-diversity framew…

On The Road - To Xi’An/ Signs 💚
在路上 - 去西安/ 表象 💚
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

I'm really looking forward to seeing this: https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/anchor-me-don-mcglashan-story-2025

Raheem Mostert turns personal health scare into lifesaving advocacy for skin cancer screenings and early detection https://www.raiders.com/news/raheem-mostert-turns-personal-health-scare-into-lifesaving…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Alabama Shakes:
🎵 Another Life
#AlabamaShakes
https://open.spotify.com/track/3BpmezdTQq6L0pBpt3pq8c

When Curiosity Signals Danger: Predicting Health Crises Through Online Medication Inquiries
Dvora Goncharok, Arbel Shifman, Alexander Apartsin, Yehudit Aperstein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11802

When Curiosity Signals Danger: Predicting Health Crises Through Online Medication Inquiries
Online medical forums are a rich and underutilized source of insight into patient concerns, especially regarding medication use. Some of the many questions users pose may signal confusion, misuse, or even the early warning signs of a developing health crisis. Detecting these critical questions that may precede severe adverse events or life-threatening complications is vital for timely intervention and improving patient safety. This study introduces a novel annotated dataset of medication-relate…

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20127143/reimagining-totemism-mystical-experience-life-values-and-contemporary

Characterizing the interplay between Galactic star formation and ionization feedback with PRIMA
Annie Zavagno, Delphine Russeil, Paolo Suin, Siju Zhang, Ram Kesh Yadav, Miguel Figueira, Loris Berthelot, Doris Arzoumanian, Manash Ranjan Samal, Vineet Rawat, Philippe Andr\'e, Michael Mattern, Hong-Li Liu, Sarah Sadavoy, Parisa Nozari, Beno\^it Epinat
https://…

Characterizing the interplay between Galactic star formation and ionization feedback with PRIMA
Recent results from the James Webb Space Telescope show that nearby spiral galaxies are dominated by the presence of H I and H II bubbles that strongly shape their surrounding medium. These bubbles result from the feedback of high-mass stars at different stages of their life cycle. However, early (pre-supernova) feedback from high-mass stars is still poorly quantified. Recent results from numerical simulations suggest that the impact of high-mass star early feedback (photoionization, wind) on s…

During lockdown I was contemplating a move to France or maybe Greece.
The part of France I was considering was Angoulême, which hit a windless 40ºC today, and meanwhile large swathes of Greece are covered in wildfires and are almost as hot.
Maybe life isn't so bad in the north of Scotland, currently about 15ºC and clear (it rained a bit early this morning).
Dodged that bullet!

A lot happened in the cybersecurity world over the weekend, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you should know, including
--Aeroflot grounded by 'crippling cyberattack' as Silent Crow takes credit,
--Microsoft probes early alert system leak tied to SharePoint hacks,
--Women’s Tea app hit with photo leak,
--Allianz Life confirms major data breach,
--Hackers claim Naval Group breach,
--US senator urges Musk to …

Aeroflot grounded by 'crippling cyberattack' as Silent Crow takes credit
Microsoft probes early alert system leak tied to SharePoint hacks, Women’s Tea app hit with photo leak, Allianz Life confirms major data breach, Hackers claim Naval Group breach, US senator urges Musk to block SpaceX cyberscammers, much more.

I hadn’t realized Dr Demento was retiring. I’m glad to find out so I can listen to his show on a Sunday as is apropos.
It was a Sunday evening in the early 80s when I found his show, lazing in my grandfathers office (which was also where the TV and radio were, when I ran across “so long mom (I’m off to drop the bomb)” by Tom Lehrer. Two performers who would be influential in my life.
🫡

Dr. Demento

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Nation of Language:
🎵 In Another Life
#NationofLanguage
https://nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com/track/in-another-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/6pEvh57vzBZ2qFF8v7Zo0r

Raheem Mostert turns personal health scare into lifesaving advocacy for skin cancer screenings and early detection https://www.raiders.com/news/raheem-mostert-turns-personal-health-scare-into-lifesaving…

I learned early about the intrusive operations of state power in the daily routines of domestic life:
there were unexpected visits from the FBI, subpoenas served, telephones tapped, subversive books wrapped in brown paper and stuffed in the back of closets, hushed conversations (in Yiddish, the household language of secrecy) between my parents.
On the day of my father’s firing, when he called to report the news,
I overheard my mother “congratulate” him in an ironic tone, …

Interesting early version release of iconclass-vlm, a specialised small vision language model that automatically generates ICONCLASS metadata for cultural heritage collections by Daniel van Strien
iconclass-vlm: https://huggingface.co/davanstrien/iconclass-vlm
model evaluatio…

"Simple #chemistry helps explain the origin of life, new study suggests" | WaPo (should be a gift link) #geology #biology

Simple chemistry helps explain the origin of life, new study suggests
Scientists have figured out how proteins may have been created on early Earth.

If anyone’s curious about the e-bike, I wrote up a bunch of early impressions here:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/113239134076318382
What I wrote still stands. The bike is a joy, one of the best changes I’ve made in my life in recent memory.

Early start today for two weeks in Aachen.
Today: talk at the Center for Computational Life Sciences (come by!)
Tue-Thu: #CoRDI2025 with a poster for the German Reproducibility Network @… and a Market Stall for the Digital Research Academy

Branched Broomrape Detection in Tomato Farms Using Satellite Imagery and Time-Series Analysis
Mohammadreza Narimani, Alireza Pourreza, Ali Moghimi, Parastoo Farajpoor, Hamid Jafarbiglu, Mohsen Mesgaran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10804

Branched Broomrape Detection in Tomato Farms Using Satellite Imagery and Time-Series Analysis
Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel) is a chlorophyll-deficient parasitic plant that threatens tomato production by extracting nutrients from the host, with reported yield losses up to 80 percent. Its mostly subterranean life cycle and prolific seed production (more than 200,000 seeds per plant, viable for up to 20 years) make early detection essential. We present an end-to-end pipeline that uses Sentinel-2 imagery and time-series analysis to identify broomrape-infested tomato fie…

CFP: Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20127238/reimagining-totemism-mystical-experience-life-values-and-contemporary

Evidence is growing that
some HIV-infected infants,
if given antiretroviral drugs early in life,
are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels
and then come off the medicine.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-wide

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.

Just finished "Concrete Rose" by Angie Thomas (I haven't yet read "The Hate U Give" but that's now high on my list of things to find). It's excellent, and in particular, an excellent treatise on positive masculinity in fiction form. It's not a super easy book to read emotionally, but is excellently written and deeply immersive. I don't have the perspective to know how it might land among teens like those it portrays, but I have a feeling it's true enough to life, and it held a lot of great wisdom for me.
CW for the book include murder, hard drugs, and parental abandonment.
I caught myself in a racist/classist habit of thought while reading that others night appreciate hearing about: early on I was mentally comparing it to "All my Rage" by Sabaa Tahir and wondering if/when we'd see the human cost of the drug dealing to the junkies, thinking that it would weaken the book not to include that angle. Why is that racist/classist? Because I'm always expecting books with hard drug dealers in them to show the ugly side of their business since it's been drilled into me that they're evil for the harm they cause, yet I never expect the same of characters who are bankers, financial analysts, health insurance claims adjudicators, police officers, etc. (Okay, maybe I do now look for that in police narratives). The point is, our society includes many people who as part of their jobs directly immiserate others, so why and I only concerned about that misery being brought up when it's drug dealers?
#AmReading

Did you know I studied electrical engineering besides work? On Thursday, I finished my bachelor's thesis with the final presentation and it's time to finally present my project: ZEReader, a microcontroller-based E-Reader.
Inspired by the Open Book Project by Joey Castillo, I designed my own platform from scratch. My focus was on building a reader usable in everyday life that is capable of handling books in the EPUB format. The project is still in a very early phase, but it shows…

Detection of Autonomic Dysreflexia in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Using Multimodal Wearable Sensors
Bertram Fuchs, Mehdi Ejtehadi, Ana Cisnal, J\"urgen Pannek, Anke Scheel-Sailer, Robert Riener, Inge Eriks-Hoogland, Diego Paez-Granados
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03715

Detection of Autonomic Dysreflexia in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Using Multimodal Wearable Sensors
Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by sudden, severe blood pressure (BP) spikes in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Early, accurate detection is essential to prevent cardiovascular complications, yet current monitoring methods are either invasive or rely on subjective symptom reporting, limiting applicability in daily file. This study presents a non-invasive, explainable machine learning framework for detecting AD using multimodal wear…

ADHDeepNet From Raw EEG to Diagnosis: Improving ADHD Diagnosis through Temporal-Spatial Processing, Adaptive Attention Mechanisms, and Explainability in Raw EEG Signals
Ali Amini, Mohammad Alijanpour, Behnam Latifi, Ali Motie Nasrabadi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08779

ADHDeepNet From Raw EEG to Diagnosis: Improving ADHD Diagnosis through Temporal-Spatial Processing, Adaptive Attention Mechanisms, and Explainability in Raw EEG Signals
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common brain disorder in children that can persist into adulthood, affecting social, academic, and career life. Early diagnosis is crucial for managing these impacts on patients and the healthcare system but is often labor-intensive and time-consuming. This paper presents a novel method to improve ADHD diagnosis precision and timeliness by leveraging Deep Learning (DL) approaches and electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. We introduce ADHDeepNet…

Half-life of Youtube News Videos: Diffusion Dynamics and Predictive Factors
Anahit Sargsyan, Hridoy Sankar Dutta, Juergen Pfeffer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21187 https://

Half-life of Youtube News Videos: Diffusion Dynamics and Predictive Factors
Consumption of YouTube news videos significantly shapes public opinion and political narratives. While prior works have studied the longitudinal dissemination dynamics of YouTube News videos across extended periods, limited attention has been paid to the short-term trends. In this paper, we investigate the early-stage diffusion patterns and dispersion rate of news videos on YouTube, focusing on the first 24 hours. To this end, we introduce and analyze a rich dataset of over 50,000 videos across…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Soul II Soul:
🎵 Back to Life
#SoulIISoul
https://soul-2-soul.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-life-house-remixes
https://open.spotify.com/track/7vvRkLPIvfjjmCIqNxBuEZ

Detecting COPD Through Speech Analysis: A Dataset of Danish Speech and Machine Learning Approach
Cuno Sankey-Olsen, Rasmus Hvass Olesen, Tobias Oliver Eberhard, Andreas Triantafyllopoulos, Bj\"orn Schuller, Ilhan Aslan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02354

Detecting COPD Through Speech Analysis: A Dataset of Danish Speech and Machine Learning Approach
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious and debilitating disease affecting millions around the world. Its early detection using non-invasive means could enable preventive interventions that improve quality of life and patient outcomes, with speech recently shown to be a valuable biomarker. Yet, its validity across different linguistic groups remains to be seen. To that end, audio data were collected from 96 Danish participants conducting three speech tasks (reading, coughing, …

Wanna Feel Old? The Vans #WarpedTour is 30...
What Other #PunkRock Tour Admits It's Age And Sets Up Its Own Museum?
Kevin Lyman's Tour That First Tried To Bring #Sublime To America Returns To The

Drone-Based Multispectral Imaging and Deep Learning for Timely Detection of Branched Broomrape in Tomato Farms
Mohammadreza Narimani, Alireza Pourreza, Ali Moghimi, Mohsen Mesgaran, Parastoo Farajpoor, Hamid Jafarbiglu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09972

Drone-Based Multispectral Imaging and Deep Learning for Timely Detection of Branched Broomrape in Tomato Farms
This study addresses the escalating threat of branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa) to California's tomato industry, which supplies over 90 percent of U.S. processing tomatoes. The parasite's largely underground life cycle makes early detection difficult, while conventional chemical controls are costly, environmentally harmful, and often ineffective. To address this, we combined drone-based multispectral imagery with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) deep learning networks, using the Synthetic Mi…

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices
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"Chaise Longue" describes the unconventional, alcohol and drugs-fueled early life of Baxter Dury.
Entertaining, funny, sad and chaotic-not unlike his music.
#book #goodread

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Talk Talk:
🎵 Life’s What You Make It
#TalkTalk
https://othervoices-eu.bandcamp.com/track/elsehow-life-s-what-you-make-it-talk-talk-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/0P0Qbqyplr7DduF1jr7Quv

Scientists Make Breakthrough in Solving the Mystery of Life’s Origin https://www.404media.co/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-solving-the-mystery-of-lifes-origin/

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices
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Future of Brain Health: From Developmental Insights to Clinical Translation
Mariela Chertoff, Martin G Frasch, Eduardo T C\'anepa, Gerlinde A. S. Metz, Marta Cristina Antonelli, Sheehan D. Fisher, Bea R. H. Van den Bergh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21332

Future of Brain Health: From Developmental Insights to Clinical Translation
This review highlights brain health as a dynamic process shaped by both genetic and environmental influences throughout development. Critical periods provide unique windows of heightened neural plasticity, during which genetic-environmental interactions and parental influences profoundly impact brain maturation. Frameworks such as DOHaD, ACEs, and neurosocial plasticity elucidate how early-life experiences modulate long-term cognitive and emotional outcomes. Brain health science is emerging as …

How popular media gets love wrong
Had some thoughts in response to a post about loneliness on here. As the author emphasized, reassurances from people who got lucky are not terribly comforting to those who didn't, especially when the person who was lucky had structural factors in their favor that made their chances of success much higher than those is their audience. So: these are just my thoughts, and may not have any bearing on your life. I share them because my experience challenged a lot of the things I was taught to believe about love, and I think my current beliefs are both truer and would benefit others seeing companionship.
We're taught in many modern societies from an absurdly young age that love is not something under our control, and that dating should be a process of trying to kindle love with different people until we meet "the one" with whom it takes off. In the slightly-less-fairytale corners of modern popular media, we might fund an admission that it's possible to influence love, feeding & tending the fire in better or worse ways. But it's still modeled as an uncontrollable force of nature, to be occasionally influenced but never tamed. I'll call this the "fire" model of love.
We're also taught (and non-boys are taught more stringently) a second contradictory model of love: that in a relationship, we need to both do things and be things in order to make our partner love us, and that if we don't, our partner's love for us will wither, and (especially if you're not a boy) it will be our fault. I'll call this the "appeal" model of love.
Now obviously both of these cannot be totally true at once, and plenty of popular media centers this contradiction, but there are really very few competing models on offer.
In my experience, however, it's possible to have "pre-meditated" love. In other words, to decide you want to love someone (or at least, try loving them), commit to that idea, and then actually wind up in love with them (and them with you, although obviously this second part is not directly under your control). I'll call this the "engineered" model of love.
Now, I don't think that the "fire" and "appeal" models of love are totally wrong, but I do feel their shortcomings often suggest poor & self-destructive relationship strategies. I do think the "fire" model is a decent model for *infatuation*, which is something a lot of popular media blur into love, and which drives many (but not all) of the feelings we normally associate with love (even as those feelings have other possible drivers too). I definitely experienced strong infatuation early on in my engineered relationship (ugh that sounds terrible but I'll stick with it; I promise no deception was involved). I continue to experience mild infatuation years later that waxes and wanes. It's not a stable foundation for a relationship but it can be a useful component of one (this at least popular media depicts often).
I'll continue these thoughts in a reply, by it might take a bit to get to it.
#relationships

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Spoon:
🎵 Back to the Life
#Spoon
https://spoontheband.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-the-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/0lmLH3eBNKf2S1xRnfkiDo

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20127235/reimagining-totemism-mystical-experience-life-values-and-contemporary

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Talk Talk:
🎵 Life’s What You Make It
#TalkTalk
https://oldbutgold.bandcamp.com/track/talk-talk-life-s-what-you-make-it-oldbutgold-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0P0Qbqyplr7DduF1jr7Quv

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices
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Call for Abstracts: Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt - SCS San Francisco…
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Gradual assembly of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent
Natalia Mrnjavac, Nadja K. Hoffmann, Manon L. Schlikker, Maximilian Burmeister, Loraine Schwander, Carolina Garcia Garcia, Max Brabender, Mike Steel, Daniel H. Huson, Sabine Metzger, Quentin Dherbassy, Bernhard Schink, Mirko Basen, Joseph Moran, Harun Tueysuez, Martina Preiner, William F. Martin

Gradual assembly of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent
The origin of microbial cells required the emergence of metabolism, an autocatalytic network of roughly 400 enzymatically catalyzed chemical reactions that synthesize the building blocks of life: amino acids, nucleotides and cofactors. Proposals for metabolic origin are theoretical in nature [1-9], empirical studies addressing the origin and early evolution of the 400-reaction chemical network itself are lacking. Here we identify intermediate states in the primordial assembly of metabolism from…

Good Morning #Canada
#HappyBirthday to Sir Isaac Brock (1769 - 1812), who kept Canada from becoming the 51st state. Technically, we would have become the 19th at that time if the U.S. didn't retreat so frequently. Brock was the military commander and administrator of Upper Canada when the War of 1812 commenced. His early capture of Fort Mackinac, forcing the total surrender of American troops, was a rallying cry for Canada and took away USA military momentum. His actions in that victory were considered rash, and his next rash decision cost him his life at the battle of Queenston Heights.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianHeroes
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-isaac-brock

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Radio Frequency Identification: Decades at a Time
Christopher Saetia, Daniel M. Dobkin, Gregory Durgin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17051 https://arxiv.org/p…

Radio Frequency Identification: Decades at a Time
In this article, we briefly review the history of the use of radio signals to identify objects, and of the key Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) standards for ultra-high-frequency (UHF) and near-field communications that enabled broad use of these technologies in daily life. We will compare the vision for the future presented by the Auto-ID Lab in the early 21st century with the reality we see today, two decades and a little after. We will review some of the applications in which UHF RFID t…

Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20126096/reimagining-totemism-mystical-experience-life-values-and-contemporary

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Reimagining Totemism: Mystical Experience, Life Values, and Contemporary Art Practices
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