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Moody Urbanity - TWO II 2️⃣
情绪化城市 - 贰 II 2️⃣
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
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Torsion in the Braid Monodromy of Elliptic Fibrations
Faye Jackson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14454 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.14454

Torsion in the Braid Monodromy of Elliptic Fibrations
Given an elliptic fibration $π: M \to S^2$ with singular locus $Δ\subseteq S^2$, let $\operatorname{Br}(π) < \operatorname{Mod}(S^2,Δ)$ be the subgroup of the spherical braid group consisting of those braids that lift to a fiber-preserving diffeomorphism of $M$. We classify the order $n = |Δ|$ elements of $\operatorname{Br}(π)$ up to conjugacy in $\operatorname{Br}(π)$. To do so, we relate these conjugacy classes to special points on the $\operatorname{SL}_2$-character variety …

Once you are done fighting it, documents typeset with #TexLaTeX are pretty damn rad! 🚀
The automations you can put into place to help you focus on the actual writing are really something else:
- different modes for notes, submission, and publishing
- acronym or physical unit expansion only upon first mention
- auto-generated glossary or symbol list
- and of course a ton…

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 07 - Children of Auron
TARRANT: In the absence of a more pressing engagement.
AVON: I am not asking THEM to kill him.
CALLY: But pointless revenge, it doesn't achieve anything.
https://blake.t…

Setchain Algorithms for Blockchain Scalability
Arivarasan Karmegam, Gabina Luz Bianchi, Margarita Capretto, Mart\'in Ceresa, Antonio Fern\'andez Anta, C\'esar S\'anchez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09795

Setchain Algorithms for Blockchain Scalability
Setchain has been proposed to increase blockchain scalability by relaxing the strict total order requirement among transactions. Setchain organizes elements into a sequence of sets, referred to as epochs, so that elements within each epoch are unordered. In this paper, we propose and evaluate three distinct Setchain algorithms, that leverage an underlying block-based ledger. Vanilla is a basic implementation that serves as a reference point. Compresschain aggregates elements into batches, and c…

Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on China Citing Restrictions on Rare-Earth Elements
President signals other possible economic countermeasures, adding there is no reason to meet with Xi at APEC summit
The Dow is already down more than 300 points
https://www.

Counting integral points in homogeneous spaces over function fields
Sheng Chen, Jing Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06983 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06983

Counting integral points in homogeneous spaces over function fields
We establish the asymptotic formula for the number of integral points in non-compact symmetric homogeneous spaces of semi-simple simply connected algebraic groups over global function fields, given by the sum of the products of local densities twisted by suitable Brauer elements.

Adding another post. This one is a bit less polished, but I want to get it out. As things get harder for everyone, I'm seeing a greater tendency to want to grasp onto revolutionary fiction such as #Andor. I think there's value in that, but it has to come with an informed critique.
> We are so thirsty for hope that we will drink it up, even when that hope comes from a fiction and the truth behind the hope is poison. In Andor, we see the worst elements sacrifice themselves for some of the best. The revolution goes through a process of purification, the complicated elements weeding themselves out to make room for the simplified good, as the rebellion unifies. In reality, this tends to be the opposite how things actually work.
> [...]
> [The Urban Guerilla movement of the 60's through the 80's] centered militant revolution. In doing so, they omitted or cut themselves off from the logistic support needed to sustain such revolutionary activity. The trauma of carrying out violence further isolated and radicalized them. Lacking infrastructure for trauma healing, their decay escalated and became unrecoverable. Ultimately, their revolutionary movements both emulated and reinforced the status quo they were trying to resist.
> There emerges a strange historical parallel that is difficult to see from within the dominant paradigm. The competitive politics of electoralism derives from heroic competition, where people (typically men) compete (often violently) for control over a territory or people. Thus the insurrectionary enters into the very same competition as a challenger, not against the system of domination but for control over it. The success of the revolution, then, does not abolish the system of violent domination but changes rather replaces its management.
> Many modern anarchists will be quick to point out the disconnect between ends and means. While authoritarian projects often assert that "the ends justify the means," and Andor implies the same, anti-authoritarian projects assert the ends and the means are not only united but are, in fact, the same.
This is still very much something I'm actively editing, but I'd still love feedback to help me refine it to it's final form. Typo catches and clarifying questions welcome.
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Urban Adventure 🏞️
城市探险 🏞️
📷Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️Ilford HP5, expired 1993
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Series B, Episode 02 - Shadow
BLAKE: There's no reason why they should.
[Space City. Chairman is seen on communications screen]
ENFORCER: They'll be making planetfall anytime now.
CHAIRMAN: Excellent. Are all Largo's addicts so available?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/202/444