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No worries people, the good news is Hegseth on Defense means it is the weakest departement ever. But shall we stop with the whole "NATO Act", it is clearly gone... Also a small detail, there is no need for a contingency plan because the US already has a large base and military in Greenland. But it fits with Hegseth's absolute stupidity.
"Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary"

#jukeboxfridaynight
#FunkyMusic
I always try to contribute country music to whatever Friday's theme is, and I think this one definitely fits.
Amos Moses by Jerry Reed
https://youtu.be/n7GyLr7Cz2g?si=C4e6hNKpPi_Nz1F8

Alright, AI proponents - you win. I've long been an AI skeptic but I'm finally converted. I've found an opportunity where AI fits perfectly into my workflow, and makes me more productive:
I'm writing a list of multiple choice questions, and need a lot of wrong answers. As you can see, AI is perfect for the job!

I've now — finally — watched the Naked Gun trilogy for the first time. (I know, I know, I'm going to have to turn in my "Close Personal Friend of [Weird] Al" card.) Fits the well-established 2,1,3 pattern, and I'm into it enough that I've started on Police Squad.

I printed a MIK adapter and it fits into the rear rack of the Level 3. Aventon will not say the rack is MIK-compatible.
Maybe it's a licensing issue? I've seen them post "Our racks are not labeled for MIK compatibility. For a rack to be 100% compatible, it must have the MIK or MIK HD logo on the rack." So maybe its a wink-wink situation.
Let's just unofficially say you can (probably) use MIK stuff on the rear rack of the Level 3.

Charlie Kirk has supported weapons, fits. 🇺🇸

Using End-to-End Optimized Summary Statistics to Improve IceCube's Diffuse Galactic Fits
Oliver Janik (for the IceCube Collaboration), Christian Haack (for the IceCube Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06666

Using End-to-End Optimized Summary Statistics to Improve IceCube's Diffuse Galactic Fits
Characterizing the astrophysical neutrino flux with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory traditionally relies on a binned forward-folding likelihood approach. Insufficient Monte Carlo (MC) statistics in each bin limits the granularity and dimensionality of the binning scheme. A neural network can be employed to optimize a summary statistic that serves as the input for data analysis, yielding the best possible outcomes. This end-to-end optimized summary statistic allows for the inclusion of more obs…

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

The case for calling Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz' a concentration camp
Amid ICE raids, President Donald Trump toured a new immigration detention facility with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Harnessing Adaptive Topology Representations for Zero-Shot Graph Question Answering
Yanbin Wei, Jiangyue Yan, Chun Kang, Yang Chen, Hua Liu, James T. Kwok, Yu Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06345

Harnessing Adaptive Topology Representations for Zero-Shot Graph Question Answering
Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) have shown generalized zero-shot capabilities in diverse domain question-answering (QA) tasks, including graph QA that involves complex graph topologies. However, most current approaches use only a single type of graph representation, namely Topology Representation Form (TRF), such as prompt-unified text descriptions or style-fixed visual styles. Those "one-size-fits-all" approaches fail to consider the specific preferences of different models or tasks, often lead…

Best team fits for notable NFL free agents: Keenan Allen to Steelers? Offensive line help for Cowboys? https://www.nfl.com/news/best-team-fits-for-notable-nfl-free-agents-keenan-allen-to-steelers-offensive-line-help-for-c…

Micah Parsons trade destinations? Packers, Patriots among best fits https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/08/28/micah-parsons-landing-spots-best-fits-packers-patriots/85871581007/

GUMP1.0 -- First global extraction of generalized parton distributions from experiment and lattice data with NLO accuracy
Yuxun Guo, Fatma P. Aslan, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08037

GUMP1.0 -- First global extraction of generalized parton distributions from experiment and lattice data with NLO accuracy
We report the first global extraction of generalized parton distributions (GPDs), GUMP1.0, by combining deeply virtual Compton scattering and $ρ$-meson production data from Jefferson Lab and Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator with global fits of parton distribution functions, charge form factors, and lattice quantum chromodynamics simulations. Using a conformal moment space parametrization, we achieve a unified description across low- and high-$x$ regions at next to leading order (NLO) accuracy …

Fiducial-Cosmology-dependent systematics for the DESI 2024 Full-Shape Analysis
R. Gsponer, S. Ramirez-Solano, F. Rodr\'iguez-Mart\'inez, M. Vargas-Maga\~na, S. Novell-Masot, N. Findlay, H. Gil-Mar\'in, P. Zarrouk, S. Nadathur, A. Rocher, S. Brieden, A. P\'erez-Fern\'andez, J. Aguilar, S. Ahlen, D. Bianchi, D. Brooks, F. J. Castander, T. Claybaugh, A. Cuceu, A. de la Macorra, A. de Mattia, Arjun Dey, P. Doel, A. Font-Ribera, J. E. Forero-Romero, E. Gazta\~naga, S. Go…

Fiducial-Cosmology-dependent systematics for the DESI 2024 Full-Shape Analysis
We assess the impact of the fiducial cosmology choice on cosmological inference from full-shape (FS) fits of the galaxy power spectrum in the DESI 2024 Data Release 1 (DR1). Using a suite of AbacusSummit DR1 mock catalogues based on the Planck 2018 best-fit cosmology, we quantify potential systematic shifts introduced by analysing the data under five secondary cosmologies - featuring variations in matter density, thawing dark energy, higher effective number of neutrino species, reduced clusteri…

A parking structure for the new Whitefish Bay Sendik's is an idea but I don't think that it is happening. There is already a municipal lot across the street (behind Winkies) and a parking structure behind the Fox Bay / Argo.
#WhitefishBay #NorthShore #Sendiks

One-Embedding-Fits-All: Efficient Zero-Shot Time Series Forecasting by a Model Zoo
Hao-Nan Shi, Ting-Ji Huang, Lu Han, De-Chuan Zhan, Han-Jia Ye
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04208

One-Embedding-Fits-All: Efficient Zero-Shot Time Series Forecasting by a Model Zoo
The proliferation of Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) has significantly advanced zero-shot forecasting, enabling predictions for unseen time series without task-specific fine-tuning. Extensive research has confirmed that no single TSFM excels universally, as different models exhibit preferences for distinct temporal patterns. This diversity suggests an opportunity: how to take advantage of the complementary abilities of TSFMs. To this end, we propose ZooCast, which characterizes each model…

Modeling Uncertainties on the Z Boson Background in the Context of High Precision W Boson Mass Measurements
Maarten Boonekamp, Matthias Schott, Chen Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07835

Modeling Uncertainties on the Z Boson Background in the Context of High Precision W Boson Mass Measurements
The precise determination of the $W$ boson mass, $m_W$, is a cornerstone of electroweak precision tests and a critical input to global fits of the Standard Model (SM). While most existing measurements of $m_W$ are in agreement with SM predictions, the recent result from the CDF collaboration exhibits a significant deviation from the SM prediction but also exceeding $4σ$ from the global average of all other high precision measurements. This prompts renewed scrutiny of potential sources of syste…

This fits the definition of terrorism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/los-angeles-park-federal-officers-national-guard?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Changed up the anime list on new website version a bit.
- Before: Server yeeted 1 big HTML file with the entire list (~24kB in size).
- After: Server yeets 1 smaller HTML file (~4kB) and client will then later request the anime list itself.
So client can get working on the main HTML which now neatly fits in 1 little packet rather than being split across 2 (assuming MTU of 1500 bytes).

Starting to document the journey with the NESessity board NESRGB installation. The docs are there, but they're kinda hard to put together. I'm hoping to get the information in one place and offer more clarity on how everything fits together.
#nes #nesessity

Joint calibration of the volatility surface and variance term structure
Jiwook Yoo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08096 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08096…

Joint calibration of the volatility surface and variance term structure
This article proposes a calibration framework for complex option pricing models that jointly fits market option prices and the term structure of variance. Calibrated models under the conventional objective function, the sum of squared errors in Black-Scholes implied volatilities, can produce model-implied variance term structures with large errors relative to those observed in the market and implied by option prices. I show that this can occur even when the model-implied volatility surface clos…

The best microcontroller thing I did last year was build this little kit that fits in a 3D printed rugged box and covers close to 90% of things I need to deal with for the products I sell & support.
I can easily throw it in my bag when I'm on the road, otherwise it sits on my desk where I can quickly grab it to test something.
#maker

Replaced article(s) found for stat.ML. https://arxiv.org/list/stat.ML/new
[1/3]:
- Non-negative matrix factorization algorithms generally improve topic model fits
Peter Carbonetto, Abhishek Sarkar, Zihao Wang, Matthew Stephens

#til about docker contexts.
Turns out docker already has facilities for securely running commands on a remote host via tcp socket.
Wonder how this fits in with platforms like komodo or portainer that have their own core agent model for managing remote servers 🤔

Amari Cooper and Keenan Allen landing spots: Best fits for free agent WRs ahead of 2025 NFL season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/amari-c

For this week's #ThePlaylistSuggestion I'd like to put forward Pretty in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs. It's the only song with "Caroline" in its lyrics that an ex-girlfriend of mine (called Caroline, who would have thought?) would ever listen to. The rest of them drove her into fits of unimaginable fury.
Also it's a damn good song!

New preprint article based on an open letter (which I've signed onto) against the uncritical adoption of AI:
#AI #LLMs #GenAI

Thermodynamic Analysis of Transverse Momentum Spectra in Pb-Pb Collisions at 2.76 TeV: Centrality Dependence of Temperature, Freezeout Parameters and Non-Extensitivity
M. Waqas, Hassan Ali Khan, Wolfgang Bietenholz, Muhammad Ajaz, Jihane Ben Slimane, Haifa I. Alrebdi, A. Haj Ismail
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07369

Thermodynamic Analysis of Transverse Momentum Spectra in Pb-Pb Collisions at 2.76 TeV: Centrality Dependence of Temperature, Freezeout Parameters and Non-Extensitivity
We study properties of Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV in mid-rapidity, $|y|<0.5$, based on data by the ALICE Collaboration. In particular, we examine the transverse momentum ($p_T$) spectra of positively charged (identified) hadrons, $π^+$, $K^+$ and $p$, generated in various centrality intervals. We perform individual fits using the thermodynamically consistent Tsallis distribution to extract the following quantities: the non-extensitivity parameter, $q$, the effective temperature, $T…

Lesbian Hanky Codes (partial list)

I'm starting my glider project! It will be slow progress in fits and spurts but I'll update progress here as I go.
It will be awkward, because I haven't written code in 5 years.
This is the idea that I'm attempting to implement:
https://infosec.exchange/@saraislet/11

Cambridge, UK-based Paragraf, which makes graphene-based electronics using standard semiconductor processes, raised a $55M Series C to scale its manufacturing (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/08/25/paragraf-closes-55m-series-c-funding-round/…

Paragraf closes $55M Series C funding round
Paragraf, the UK-based company leading the way in mass-producing graphene-based electronics using industry-standard semiconductor processes, has completed a $55 million Series C funding round. The funding will speed up the scaling of Paragraf’s manufacturing capabilities and increase production capacity, paving the way for graphene electronics to enter mass markets.Paragraf’s technology fits smoothly into the existing semiconductor ecosystem, offering customers ready-to-use solutions…

Top NFL fits

Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications
Theia Henderson, David R. Karger, David D. Clark
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04889 https://

Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications
Most social applications, from Twitter to Wikipedia, have rigid one-size-fits-all designs, but building new social applications is both technically challenging and results in applications that are siloed away from existing communities. We present Graffiti, a system that can be used to build a wide variety of personalized social applications with relative ease that also interoperate with each other. People can freely move between a plurality of designs -- each with its own aesthetic, feature set…

What's a good number of presentations to fit in a conference day?
NIME (a single-track conference with low acceptance rate), fits in about 14 presentations of various lengths (all pretty darn short - 5, 10, or 15 mins), amongst a couple of other sessions. They have 5 papers per 90 minute session. https://nime2025.org/program/

Trump has vehemently denied that he is a racist,
pointing to a modest increase in supportamong African American voters in last year’s election, when his opponent was a Black woman.
But critics suggest that his effort to oust Lisa Cook fits a pattern of purging diverse voices from the higher ranks of leadership.
“He chose to fire her out of all the governors because she’s a Black woman,”
said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the organisation Black Voters Matter.
“H…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Divine Fits:
🎵 Would That Not Be Nice
#NowPlaying #DivineFits
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

HumAIne-Chatbot: Real-Time Personalized Conversational AI via Reinforcement Learning
Georgios Makridis, Georgios Fragiadakis, Jorge Oliveira, Tomaz Saraiva, Philip Mavrepis, Georgios Fatouros, Dimosthenis Kyriazis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04303

HumAIne-Chatbot: Real-Time Personalized Conversational AI via Reinforcement Learning
Current conversational AI systems often provide generic, one-size-fits-all interactions that overlook individual user characteristics and lack adaptive dialogue management. To address this gap, we introduce \textbf{HumAIne-chatbot}, an AI-driven conversational agent that personalizes responses through a novel user profiling framework. The system is pre-trained on a diverse set of GPT-generated virtual personas to establish a broad prior over user types. During live interactions, an online reinf…

I suspect we’re doing something similar to the tank classifier when we ascribe intelligence to AIs: there are patterns such as (for example) grammatical correctness which we •associate• with this abstract thing called “intelligence,” and we thus mis-infer the existence of everything else we associate with the notion of “intelligence” when we see (for example) correct grammar.
Or should we just call the machine intelligent because we classify it as intelligence because our brains, which we assume are intelligent, think it fits the pattern of intelligence? And now you see what the OP means about “begging the question of intelligence.”

Persistence of post-Newtonian structure in binary black hole mergers
Viviana A. C\'aceres-Barbosa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21216 https://arxiv.org/pd…

Persistence of post-Newtonian structure in binary black hole mergers
We analyze the spherical harmonic mode amplitudes of quasi-circular, nonprecessing binary black hole mergers using 283 numerical relativity (NR) simulations from the SXS, RIT, and MAYA catalogs. We construct fits using the leading-order post-Newtonian (PN) dependence on intrinsic parameters, replacing the PN velocity with fit coefficients. We compare these to polynomial fits in symmetric mass ratio and spin. We analyze $(\ell, m)$ modes with $\ell \leq 4$ from late inspiral ($t = -500M$ relativ…

Grrrr, I'm getting rather frustrated with this #Heltec #Meshtastic build. I printed one case which fits the module and battery but doesn't support the environmental sensor or GPS module.
Grabbed another case and got it printed which fits the GPS module and en…

New Cowboys DT Kenny Clark perfectly fits Brian Schottenheimer culture https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/new-dallas-cowboys-defensive-tackle-kenny-clark-brian-schottenheimer-culture

Finally got the x25519 accelerator to build for a Trion T20 (with REGFILE_OUT_REG=1, MULT_AREA_OPT=2).
It's pretty full (12356 / 19728 LE, 112/204 RAM, 34/36 mult), but fits. Fmax in C4 speed grade is 97.8 MHz and one crypto_scalarmult takes 756703 clocks which comes out to 7.73 ms. A scalarbase() is slightly slower but I don't have that number handy right now.
I'm not sure how practically useful this config is, because the FPGA is 62% full logic wise so I can't c…

Estimating the heterogeneity of pressure profiles within a complete sample of 55 galaxy clusters: a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Fabio Castagna, Stefano Andreon, Marco Landoni, Alberto Trombetta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07095

Estimating the heterogeneity of pressure profiles within a complete sample of 55 galaxy clusters: a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Galaxy clusters exhibit heterogeneity in their pressure profiles, even after rescaling, highlighting the need for adequately sized samples to accurately capture variations across the cluster population. We present a Bayesian hierarchical model that simultaneously fits individual cluster parameters and the underlying population distribution, providing estimates of the population-averaged pressure profile and the intrinsic scatter, as well as accurate pressure estimates for individual objects. We…

Dose-Escalation Trial Protocols that Extend Naturally to Admit Titration
David C. Norris
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01370 https://arx…

Dose-Escalation Trial Protocols that Extend Naturally to Admit Titration
Dose-escalation trials in oncology drug development still today typically aim to identify 1-size-fits-all dose recommendations, as arbitrary quantiles of the toxicity thresholds evident in patient samples. In the late 1990s efforts to individualize dosing emerged fleetingly in the oncology trial methods literature, but these have gained little traction due to a nexus of conceptual, technical, commercial, and regulatory barriers. To reduce the activation energy needed for transforming current 1-…

Guess what you anonymous coward, “both sides”-ing a genocide is genocide denial.
And genocide denial is complicity in genocide.
Blocked right back, asshole.
(His post was in reply to https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115065419489536063)
@…

Introduction to AT Protocol – mackuba.eu https://mackuba.eu/2025/08/20/introduction-to-atproto/

Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together

FaST: Feature-aware Sampling and Tuning for Personalized Preference Alignment with Limited Data
Thibaut Thonet, Germ\'an Kruszewski, Jos Rozen, Pierre Erbacher, Marc Dymetman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04698

FaST: Feature-aware Sampling and Tuning for Personalized Preference Alignment with Limited Data
LLM-powered conversational assistants are often deployed in a one-size-fits-all manner, which fails to accommodate individual user preferences. Recently, LLM personalization -- tailoring models to align with specific user preferences -- has gained increasing attention as a way to bridge this gap. In this work, we specifically focus on a practical yet challenging setting where only a small set of preference annotations can be collected per user -- a problem we define as Personalized Preference A…

Reconstructing Transition GPDs for Delta(1232) from Helicity Amplitude A_1/2(Q^2) via Dipole Fits and Impact Parameter Analysis
Ralph M. Marinaro III
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00018

Reconstructing Transition GPDs for Delta(1232) from Helicity Amplitude A_1/2(Q^2) via Dipole Fits and Impact Parameter Analysis
We present a modular reconstruction of the transition generalized parton distribution (GPD) H_T(x,t) for the Delta(1232) resonance, based on digitized helicity amplitude data and dipole fits to A_1/2(Q^2). From the fitted amplitude, we extract a Sachs-like form factor F(t) and define a separable GPD model H_T(x, t) = h(x)F(t), with h(x) modeled as a normalized Beta-like profile. This factorized ansatz satisfies the GPD sum rule and enables a direct two-dimensional Fourier transform to construct…

We were toyed with by the gods of chaos today. My ADHD son thrives on the in-the-momentness of it but I find it draining. An unexpected dead brake light threw this morning's plans which changed four times along with my clothes as we were/were differently/weren't/were going climbing as various attempts were made to find a bulb in town. Find bulb, hubs fits it, son & I go to Hereford, some tosser sets up a sharp under our tyre so it goes flat as we leave the car park to come home. …

Categorizing Merge Tree Edit Distances by Stability using Minimal Vertex Perturbation
Florian Wetzels, Christoph Garth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02352 https://

Categorizing Merge Tree Edit Distances by Stability using Minimal Vertex Perturbation
This paper introduces a novel stability measure for edit distances between merge trees of piecewise linear scalar fields. We apply the new measure to various metrics introduced recently in the field of scalar field comparison in scientific visualization. While previous stability measures are unable to capture the fine-grained hierarchy of the considered distances, we obtain a classification of stability that fits the efficiency of current implementations and quality of practical results. Our re…

Weird flex, both @… and @… are mentioned on "Introduction to AT Protocol" https://

Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together

Collective contributions to polarization in political voting
Gavin Rees, Edward D. Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02496 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.02496

Collective contributions to polarization in political voting
Politics around the world exhibits increasing polarization, demonstrated in part by rigid voting configurations in legislatures. The crux of polarization is separation along a unidimensional ideological axis, but how it emerges is yet partially understood. We refine a powerful class of models from statistical physics, restricted Boltzmann machines, to unify two classes of individual voter preference and voter interaction models. Our model is minimally parameterized, fits voting data well, and h…

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: A Study of Neural and Behavioural Variability Across Different Recommendation Categories
Georgios Koutroumpas, Sebastian Idesis, Mireia Masias Bruns, Carlos Segura, Joemon M. Jose, Sergi Abadal, Ioannis Arapakis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13409

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: A Study of Neural and Behavioural Variability Across Different Recommendation Categories
Traditionally, Recommender Systems (RS) have primarily measured performance based on the accuracy and relevance of their recommendations. However, this algorithmic-centric approach overlooks how different types of recommendations impact user engagement and shape the overall quality of experience. In this paper, we shift the focus to the user and address for the first time the challenge of decoding the neural and behavioural variability across distinct recommendation categories, considering more…

On Automating Proofs of Multiplier Adder Trees using the RTL Books
Mayank Manjrekar (Arm Inc.)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19010 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.…

On Automating Proofs of Multiplier Adder Trees using the RTL Books
We present an experimental, verified clause processor ctv-cp that fits into the framework used at Arm for formal verification of arithmetic hardware designs. This largely automates the ACL2 proof development effort for integer multiplier modules that exist in designs ranging from floating-point division to matrix multiplication.

Odell Beckham Jr.'s last ride? Best fits for veteran WR as ex-Giants star hints at possible reunion

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/odell-b

“Toyama’s research reminds us that there are few one-size-fits-all solutions. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”
— Bill Gates
https://

Just spotted a random @… post on Imgur...
https://imgur.com/gallery/random-stolen-meme-dump-sunday-july-20-part-1-oWCgiWL#kyB6Kl…

The new new case came in for the NES, fits perfectly. Still waiting on the replacement screw kit to come in along with the NES Slotmaster replacement which fixes the biggest issue with the frontloader. Even better: haven't sheared off any of the screws in the case unlike the previous one.
#retrogaming

Jauan Jennings landing spots: Raiders, Titans best fits if 49ers trade WR https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/07/14/jauan-jennings-landing-spots-49ers-raiders-titans/85191748007/

I saw that @… is trying to sell off the last of their stuff on https://store.thatconference.com/collections/that-closeout/ before shutting down. I wish I could find something that fits. Clark did something amazing with that conference and I want to help.

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈
Fits \(\implies\) Sits
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

The Probable Direct-Imaging Detection of the Stellar Companion to Betelgeuse: [oops, the paper will only go on ArXiv tonight and appear in ApJL on 24 July] -> Gemini North Discovers Long-Predicted Stellar Companion of Betelgeuse: #Betelgeuse, solving millennia-old mystery. The picture here is from the actual paper which has been sent to me ... compare it to the spiced-up version in the press release! The authors themselves say it's only a 1.5 sigma detection but because it fits the expectations for a 'Betel buddy' so well, they believe it. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-17-juli-2025/#Jul21 for more discussion!

Chatbots? We solved the same problem tens of thousands years ago, with a simpler and more ecological solution. It is called "talking to oneself" (or "internal dialogue").
Well, unless you're looking for someone more intelligent to talk to. But if all the stupidity from the Internet collected into an #LLM really fits the bill…
#AI

Unified Description of Kappa-type velocity distributions
J. A. S. Lima, M. H. Benetti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00114 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00114

Unified Description of Kappa-type velocity distributions
An extension of Maxwell's original prescription for an ideal gas is adopted to derive a broad class of Kappa-type velocity distributions, encompassing both fat and short-tailed forms. Within this general framework, a physically consistent fat-tailed Kappa distribution is identified that accurately fits recent suprathermal data. In particular, a kinetic physical temperature $T$ emerges naturally from the model, eliminating the need to invoke an effective temperature $T_{κ\ell}$, as is commonly …

Interestingly, those who claim it's about “survival of the fittest” are also the ones who want to decide who fits and who doesn't.
#pol

Then, quoting Nathan Tankus: the market is not a perfectly rational distillation of all available information, but rather ❝a “conventional wisdom processor.” That is, it reflects views that seem safe to hold because many other people hold them — and the crowd only abandons those views when they become blatantly unsustainable.❞
Fits with the old adage that the market can stay irrational a lot longer than you can stay solvent.
2/2
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-markets-freaking-out

A Frequentist Simulation-Based Inference Treatment of Sterile Neutrino Global Fits
Joshua Villarreal, Julia Woodward, John Hardin, Janet Conrad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01153

A Frequentist Simulation-Based Inference Treatment of Sterile Neutrino Global Fits
A critical challenge in particle physics is combining results from diverse experimental setups that measure the same physical quantity to enhance precision and statistical power, a process known as a global fit. Global fits of sterile neutrino searches, hunts for additional neutrino oscillation frequencies and amplitudes, present an intriguing case study. In such a scenario, the key assumptions underlying Wilks' theorem, a cornerstone of most classic frequentist analyses, do not hold. The metho…

Yet another #minimalist #piano #song I have composed these last days, that fits in a single page.
I wanted to record myself playing it but it's too late already around here, so here is a

Just finished "Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know" by Samira Ahmed. It's a good book, although it took until past the middle for me to really get sucked in. Fascinating mix of romance history mystery, and with an ending that nicely fits the theme. Honestly, as much as I'm enjoying uncomplicated romance novels with the expectable ending at this point in my life, I'm even more excited by things like this that bend or break genre conventions, and this one does it in beautiful service to a theme.
#AmReading

Replaced article(s) found for stat.ML. https://arxiv.org/list/stat.ML/new
[1/2]:
- Non-negative matrix factorization algorithms generally improve topic model fits
Peter Carbonetto, Abhishek Sarkar, Zihao Wang, Matthew Stephens

MExECON: Multi-view Extended Explicit Clothed humans Optimized via Normal integration
Fulden Ece U\u{g}ur, Rafael Redondo, Albert Barreiro, Stefan Hristov, Roger Mar\'i
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15500

MExECON: Multi-view Extended Explicit Clothed humans Optimized via Normal integration
This work presents MExECON, a novel pipeline for 3D reconstruction of clothed human avatars from sparse multi-view RGB images. Building on the single-view method ECON, MExECON extends its capabilities to leverage multiple viewpoints, improving geometry and body pose estimation. At the core of the pipeline is the proposed Joint Multi-view Body Optimization (JMBO) algorithm, which fits a single SMPL-X body model jointly across all input views, enforcing multi-view consistency. The optimized body …

'He just understands how to teach, how to motivate': Why new RBs coach Tashard Choice fits in Detroit https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45909474/new-detroit-lions-rbs-coach-tashard-choice-isnt-new-jahmyr-gibbs

Cusp-to-Core Transition of Dark Matter Halos across Galaxy Mass Scales
Kohei Hayashi, Yuka Kaneda, Masao Mori, Michi Shinozaki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22155 https://

Cusp-to-Core Transition of Dark Matter Halos across Galaxy Mass Scales
We investigate the diversity of dark matter (DM) density profiles in a large sample of late-type galaxies from the SPARC database, with the goal of testing whether a cusp-to-core transition occurs across galaxy mass scales. We perform Bayesian fits to high-quality rotation curves using flexible halo models that allow for variations in the inner slopes of DM density profiles. We quantify the central dark matter structure using the surface density within the inner region of the halo, defined as $…

Energy-dependent anisotropy of cosmic-ray muons: A twelve-year study with IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Nabin Upadhya Dhakal, Nabin Bhusal, Manjeet Kunwar, Manil Khatiwada, Shiv Narayan Yadav
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01194

Energy-dependent anisotropy of cosmic-ray muons: A twelve-year study with IceCube Neutrino Observatory
We present a comprehensive, energy-resolved study of cosmic-ray muon anisotropy using 12 years (2011-2023) of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, comprising 7.92 x 10^11 events in the 13 TeV to 5.3 PeV energy range. Dividing the spectrum at log-scale energy 5 GeV, we contrast low- and high-energy anisotropy features via sidereal modulation, angular profiles, Fourier analysis, and full-sky HEALPix mapping. Gaussian and power-law fits to energy distributions are evaluated using chi-square…

Constraining new physics effective interactions via a global fit of electroweak, Drell-Yan, Higgs, top, and flavour observables
J. de Blas, A. Goncalves, V. Miralles, L. Reina, L. Silvestrini, M. Valli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06191

Constraining new physics effective interactions via a global fit of electroweak, Drell-Yan, Higgs, top, and flavour observables
We present results from a global fit of Standard Model parameters and dimension-6 SMEFT Wilson coefficients that includes electroweak, Drell-Yan, Higgs-boson, top-quark, and flavour observables. Fits obtained by floating individual coefficients are also discussed. The leading-order scale dependence of the SMEFT Wilson coefficients is consistently included in the evolution from the UV scale to the electroweak scale and the low-energy scale of flavour observables. In defining the SMEFT set of act…

Mailbag: What cities would you expand NFL to? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-what-cities-would-you-expand-nfl-to

It all fits. Suppose you’re corporate leadership. You’re laying people off / refusing to hire because you have no clue what things will look like even 1 or 2 years in the future, and you are •terrified•.
Meanwhile, your investors, your gullible trend-chasing investors, are already mentally dividing companies into “pre-AI” and “post-AI.” And not only do you have no idea how to be “post-AI,” but you have no idea whether you’ll be solvent next year. What do you tell them?!??
Obviously you tell them you’re not hiring because you’re having such incredible success with AI! Maybe even you’re going to lay off all the senior people! They’ll love that!
Now you’re not failing and flailing — you’re leading the march into the future! Yay!

Exploration of Parameters in f(R,T) Gravity and Comparison with Type Ia Supernovae Data
Vincent R. Siggia, Eric D. Carlson, P. Lee Pryor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15014 https:/…

Exploration of Parameters in f(R,T) Gravity and Comparison with Type Ia Supernovae Data
The expansion of the Universe in $f(R,T)$ gravity is studied. We consider functions of the form $f(R,T)=R+λT^ε$ where $ε<1$. We find that for all models with $ε<0$, the Universe transitions to exponential growth at late times, just as it does in the standard cosmological model, which corresponds to $ε=0$. It also fits the type Ia supernova data slightly better than the standard cosmological model, without increasing the number of parameters of the theory. In contrast, the fits for $ε>0$ r…

Anybody have a good source for a ripstop nylon zipper pouch, kinda like a pencil case, that's solidly built and fits comfortably in a cargo pants pocket?
Use case is a tiny pocket first aid kit. Nothing fancy, just a couple of bandaids, single-dose ibuprofen, etc. In the past I've tried a plastic clamshell case that eventually broke (and was uncomfortable), a notched vacuum sealed bag (great until you open it, but not resealable), a ziploc (too flimsy).

One--Component Plasma Equation of State Revisited via Angular--Averaged Ewald Potential
G. S. Demyanov, P. R. Levashov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02390 https://

One--Component Plasma Equation of State Revisited via Angular--Averaged Ewald Potential
We present analytic fits of classical one--component plasma (OCP) internal energy over a wide range of coupling parameter $0.01\leΓ\le 170$ using Monte--Carlo data in the thermodynamic limit. We extend the dataset obtained in [Demyanov and Levashov, Phys. Rev. E 106, 015204 (2022)] using the angular--averaged Ewald potential with additional points at strong coupling ($Γ=120,\ 150,\ 170$). We then fit two frequently used functional forms for the OCP equation of state: (i) a five-parameter equa…

Trey Hendrickson landing spots: Ranking best fits for Bengals star with team listening to trade offers

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/trey-he

Subtitled Media Adaptations for People with Aphasia: Ongoing Accessibility Barriers and Emerging Design Practices
Zihao You, Michael Crabb
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21201

Subtitled Media Adaptations for People with Aphasia: Ongoing Accessibility Barriers and Emerging Design Practices
The consumption of subtitles via TVs, laptops and smartphones has the potential to marginalize people based on their complex accessibility needs. The current one-size-fits-all approach to this accessibility aid is no longer fit for purpose and work is required to look at how it can be adapted to be personalised for individual users based on individual context, content, and consumption habits. People with Aphasia, for example, encounter significant challenges in understanding subtitle texts. W…

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Probing Cosmic Ray Composition and Muon-philic Dark Matter via Muon Tomography
Cheng-en Liu, Rongfeng Zhang, Zijian Wang, Andrew Michael Levin, Leyun Gao, Jinning Li, Minxiao Fan, Youpeng Wu, Qite Li, Chen Zhou, Qiang Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23458

Probing Cosmic Ray Composition and Muon-philic Dark Matter via Muon Tomography
This work presents a novel cosmic-ray scattering experiment employing a Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) muon tomography system. By introducing the scattering angle between incident and outgoing cosmic-ray tracks as a key observable, this approach enables simultaneous studies of secondary cosmic-ray composition and searching for new physics. During a 63-day campaign, 1.18 million cosmic ray scattering events were recorded and analyzed. By performing combined template fits to the observed angular …

Fant\^omas Unconfined: global QCD fits with B\'ezier parameterizations
Lucas Kotz, Aurore Courtoy, T. J. Hobbs, Pavel Nadolsky, Fredrick Olness, Maximiliano Ponce-Chavez, Varada Purohit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22969

Fantômas Unconfined: global QCD fits with Bézier parameterizations
Fantômas is a C++ toolkit for exploring the parametrization dependence of parton distribution functions (PDFs) and other correlator functions in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Fantômas facilitates the generation of adaptable polynomial parametrizations for PDFs, called metamorphs, to find best-fit PDF solutions and quantify the epistemic uncertainty associated with the parametrizations during their fitting. The method employs Bézier curves as universal approximators for a variety of PDF shape…

Raiders Named a Top Option For a Seven-Time Pro Bowl Defender https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-named-a-top-option-for-a-seven-time-pro-bowl-defender/?adt_ei=[email]

Eagles-Browns joint practice takeaways: Myles Garrett gives O-line fits; Philly run game as strong as ever

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eagles-…

Krugman outlines a constellation of possible causes around a core theme: extreme uncertainty.
“What does a business do in the face of this kind of uncertainty? It tries to avoid making commitments that it may soon regret.”
Krugman tries to tie it all to Trump’s recent actions, which is dubious: the post-college job market has been crap since 2022 or 2023; Krugman’s own graph suggests it started worsening circa 2018. The larger theme of uncertainty, however, fits that timeframe.

This should be the last minirack post for awhile as it's 99.9% finished. It was a very fun build, and it's a heluva-lot quieter than what it replaced. I did lose network bandwidth, but the new cluster does exactly what it's supposed to. Live migrations are fast enough, iSCSI network means that the VMs are snappy storage-wise. The PiKVM Switch fits perfectly in the basement.
The dual fans fixed the issue of the top Minisforum MS-A2 baking from the heat of the RPis, and…

Cowboys would be wise to pass on bringing $191 million future Hall of Famer back to Texas https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/20/cowboys-von-miller-free-agent-2025-pursu…

Brian Robinson trade destinations: 49ers, Cowboys among best fits https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/08/17/brian-robinson-landing-spots-commanders-49ers-cowboys/85703423007/

Steelers acquire Jonnu Smith from Dolphins: Why he helps Aaron Rodgers as do-it-all weapon

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steeler

Brian Robinson Jr. landing spots: Chiefs, Cowboys among best trade fits for Commanders running back https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/washington-commanders/news/brian-robinson-jr-landing-spots-chief…

Global fits and the 95 GeV diphoton excesses in the Supersymmetric Georgi-Machacek Model
Yingnan Xu, Dikai Li, Roberto Vega, Roberto Vega-Morales, Keping Xie
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13623

Global fits and the 95 GeV diphoton excesses in the Supersymmetric Georgi-Machacek Model
Recently the ATLAS and CMS experiments have reported modest excesses in the diphoton channel at around 95 GeV.~A number of recent studies have examined whether these could be due to an extended electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) sector, including the well known Georgi-Machacek (GM) model.~Here we examine whether the excesses can be explained by a light exotic Higgs boson in the \emph{Supersymmetric} GM (SGM) model which has the same scalar spectrum as the conventional GM model, but with a mor…

Cowboys found all the right pieces for their 2025 puzzle this offseason https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/27/the-dallas-cowboys-found-the-righ…

Data-driven analyses and model-independent fits for present $b\to s \ell \ell$ results
T. Hurth, F. Mahmoudi, Y. Monceaux, S. Neshatpour
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09986 https:/…

Data-driven analyses and model-independent fits for present $b\to s \ell \ell$ results
We present a critical assessment of the present $B$ anomalies in the exclusive $b \to s \ell\ell$ mode based on the QCD factorisation approach (QCDf). In particular, we analyse the impact of different local form factor calculations and of the largest bin in the low-$q^2$ region. We also present a model-independent analysis of the new results of the CMS experiment on the $B \to K^* μ^+μ^-$ angular observables and compare them with the corresponding LHCb data. In addition, we update the globa…

Is Patriots' rookie pass rusher Bradyn Swinson a 'steal'? Why the fifth-rounder fits in Vrabel's defense https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45552251/patriots-rookie-pass-rusher-bradyn-swinson-mike-vrabel-defens…

Meson-baryon scattering lengths without annihilation diagrams to order $p^4$ in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory
Jing Ou-Yang, Ke Wang, Bo-Lin Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22339

Meson-baryon scattering lengths without annihilation diagrams to order $p^4$ in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory
We calculate the threshold $T$ matrices of the meson and baryon processes that have no annihilation diagrams: $π^{+}Σ^{+}$, $π^{+}Ξ^0$, $K^+p$, $K^+n$, and $\bar{K}^0Ξ^0$ to the fourth order in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory. By performing least squares and Bayesian fits to the non-physical lattice QCD data, we determine the low-energy constants through both perturbative and non-perturbative iterative methods. By using these low-energy constants, we obtain the physical scattering …