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Cowboys offensive line injuries force shakeup before preseason opener https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-offensive-line-injuries-force-shakeup-nfl-preseason-opener

BREAKING: Air Force rescinds early retirement approvals for transgender service members kicked out by Trump (Christopher Wiggins/Advocate)
https://www.advocate.com/news/air-force-transgender-retirement
http://www.memeorandum.com/250808/p12#a250808p12

Trump Threatens Force Against Nonviolent Protesters: "We Are Going To Have Troops Everywhere" [VIDEO] - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/trump-threatens-force-against-nonviolent-protesters-we-are-going-to-have-troops-everywhere-video/

Fast Bilateral Teleoperation and Imitation Learning Using Sensorless Force Control via Accurate Dynamics Model
Koki Yamane, Yunhan Li, Masashi Konosu, Koki Inami, Junji Oaki, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06174

Fast Bilateral Teleoperation and Imitation Learning Using Sensorless Force Control via Accurate Dynamics Model
In recent years, the advancement of imitation learning has led to increased interest in teleoperating low-cost manipulators to collect demonstration data. However, most existing systems rely on unilateral control, which only transmits target position values. While this approach is easy to implement and suitable for slow, non-contact tasks, it struggles with fast or contact-rich operations due to the absence of force feedback. This work demonstrates that fast teleoperation with force feedback is…

“The colossal buildup of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) will create the largest domestic police force in the US; its resources will be greater than those of every federal surveillance and carceral agency combined; it will employ more agents than the FBI. Ice will be bigger than the military of many countries. When it runs out of brown and Black people to deport, Ice – perhaps under another name – will be left with the authority and capability to surveil, seize and disappear anyone the administration considers undesirable.”
Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/ice-immigration-police-trump-budget-bill

Die US Air Force engagiert sich im #Klimaschutz und investiert in #Elektromobilität.
#Tesla-Fahrzeuge stehen hoch im Kurs. 🤪

Raketentests: US Air Force bestellt Cybertrucks zur Zieldarstellung - Golem.de
Die US-Luftwaffe will zwei Tesla-Cybertrucks kaufen, um sie bei Raketentests in der Wüste zu zerstören.

Raiders EDGE Malcolm Koonce can be force multiplier on defense https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/08/07/raiders-edge-malcolm-koonce-can-be-force-multiplier-on-defense/855558…

Cowboys offensive line injuries force shakeup before preseason opener https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-offensive-line-injuries-force-shakeup-nfl-preseason-opener

Endlich eine sinnvolle Verwendung: US Air Force bestellt Cybertrucks zur Zieldarstellung #tesla #cybertruck #USAirForce

Raketentests: US Air Force bestellt Cybertrucks zur Zieldarstellung - Golem.de
Die US-Luftwaffe will zwei Tesla-Cybertrucks kaufen, um sie bei Raketentests in der Wüste zu zerstören.

Mean Force Emission Theory for Classical Bremsstrahlung in Electron-Ion Plasmas
Julian P. Kinney, Heath J. LeFevre, Carolyn C. Kuranz, Scott D. Baalrud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06177

Mean Force Emission Theory for Classical Bremsstrahlung in Electron-Ion Plasmas
This work extends the previously developed mean force emission theory to describe electron-ion plasmas. Results are compared to molecular dynamics simulations. The main extensions are to account for the attractive nature of electron-ion interactions and to model short-range quantum effects using the Kelbg potential. By reducing the electron-ion force inside the deBroglie wavelength, the Kelbg potential causes a decay at high frequencies and a decrease in magnitude of the low frequency bremsstra…

I’m more and more assuming that companies using “AI” despite it not working is la con to force people to work more at less pay (“Why isn’t this done? AI makes you twice as productive and require fewer skills!”)

Force-IMU Fusion-Based Sensing Acupuncture Needle and Quantitative Analysis System for Acupuncture Manipulations
Peng Tian, Kang Yu, Tianyun Jiang, Yuqi Wang, Haiying Zhang, Hao Yang, Yunfeng Wang, Jun Zhang, Shuo Gao, Junhong Gao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04821

Force-IMU Fusion-Based Sensing Acupuncture Needle and Quantitative Analysis System for Acupuncture Manipulations
Acupuncture, one of the key therapeutic methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has been widely adopted in various clinical fields. Quantitative research on acupuncture manipulation parameters is critical to achieve standardized techniques. However, quantitative mechanical detection of acupuncture parameters remains limited. This study establishes a kinematic and dynamic model of acupuncture, identifying key parameters such as lifting-thrusting force, acceleration, velocity, displacement…

Trump and Rubio stumble on steps up to Air Force One | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-stumbles-air-force-one-marco-rubio-b2766091.html

Bifurcation from periodic solutions of central force problems in the three-dimensional space
Alberto Boscaggin, Guglielmo Feltrin, Duccio Papini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05842

Bifurcation from periodic solutions of central force problems in the three-dimensional space
The paper deals with electromagnetic perturbations of a central force problem of the form \begin{equation*} \dfrac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t} \bigl( φ(\dot{x}) \bigr) = V'(|x|) \dfrac{x}{|x|} + E_{\varepsilon}(t,x)+\dot{x} \wedge B_{\varepsilon}(t,x), \qquad x \in \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus \{0\}, \end{equation*} where $V \colon (0,+\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a smooth function, $E_\varepsilon$ and $B_\varepsilon$ are respectively the electric field and the magnetic field, smooth …

Geodesic completeness, curvature singularities and infinite tidal forces
Xiaotian Zhang, Sijie Gao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04616 https://

Geodesic completeness, curvature singularities and infinite tidal forces
We report some new findings regarding the subtle relations among geodesic completeness, curvature singularities and tidal forces. It is well known that any particle may be torn up near a singularity at the center of a black hole due to the divergent tidal force. However, we find that singularity is not the only cause of tidal force divergence. Even on the surface of the Earth, the tidal force experienced by a particle could be arbitrarily large if the particle moves arbitrarily close to the spe…

The Trump administration’s deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles
to intervene in civilian protests in the face of opposition from the Californian governor
is a major escalation that risks the politicisation of the US military, armed service veterans are warning.
Former top military figures have told the Guardian that the decision to put up to 2,000 troops under federal control and send them into the streets of LA
is a violation of the military’s commitmen…

Aaron Peskin's parting achievement
https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-commission-streamlining-prop-e/

Magnetic force microscopy versus scanning quantum-vortex microscopy: Probing pinning landscape in granular niobium films
A. Yu. Aladyshkin, R. A. Hovhannisyan, S. Yu. Grebenchuk, S. A. Larionov, A. G. Shishkin, O. V. Skryabina, A. V. Samokhvalov, A. S. Mel'nikov, D. Roditchev, V. S. Stolyarov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05172…

Magnetic force microscopy versus scanning quantum-vortex microscopy: Probing pinning landscape in granular niobium films
We provide an overview of the methodology and fundamental principles associated with newly developed experimental technique -- scanning quantum-vortex microscopy [Hovhannisyan et al., Commun. Mater., vol. 6, 42 (2025)]. This approach appears promising for experimental studies of vortex pinning phenomena in superconducting films and nanodevices. In particular, we studied the magnetic properties of magnetron-sputtered niobium (Nb) films by low-temperature magnetic force microscopy. As the tempera…

Alcohol additives to enhance ammonia-methane combustion efficiency and reduce emissions: A reactive force field analysis
Amirali Shateri, Zhiyin Yang, Jianfei Xie, Nasser Sherkat
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06314

Alcohol additives to enhance ammonia-methane combustion efficiency and reduce emissions: A reactive force field analysis
Exploring the impact of alcohol additives on combustion and pyrolysis of ammonia/methane is of great importance in the pursuit of sustainable energy technologies. This work employs Reactive Force Field (ReaxFF) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the underlying mechanism of how ethanol and methanol additives affect reaction pathways, NOx emissions and bond energy characteristics in ammonia-methane pyrolysis and combustion processes. It shows that adding alcohols altered NOx forma…

«We live in the future, and the future is cool. Or it would be cool, if it wasn’t for all these fucking bastards. Even for those of us too young to remember a less-algorithmic internet, we can all see the potential. We see what technology can do. […] We know what’s possible, but we see — whether we acknowledge it or just feel its sheer force shearing off bits of our fucking soul — what these companies are choosing to do to us.»
This, so many times.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forget-what-theyve-done/

Optimal Robotic Velcro Peeling with Force Feedback
Jiacheng Yuan, Changhyun Choi, Volkan Isler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05812 https://

Optimal Robotic Velcro Peeling with Force Feedback
We study the problem of peeling a Velcro strap from a surface using a robotic manipulator. The surface geometry is arbitrary and unknown. The robot has access to only the force feedback and its end-effector position. This problem is challenging due to the partial observability of the environment and the incompleteness of the sensor feedback. To solve it, we first model the system with simple analytic state and action models based on quasi-static dynamics assumptions. We then study the fully-obs…

Sometimes I wake up to find Debian decided to take a nap mid-shutdown, so I get to play the thrilling game of Force Reset, LMAO.
#Debian13 #DebianTrixie #Debian

Pulsar Rockets and Gaia Neutron Star Binaries
Vishal Baibhav, Andrei Gruzinov, Yuri Levin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05602 https://ar…

Pulsar Rockets and Gaia Neutron Star Binaries
We prove that the spin-aligned electromagnetic recoil force acting on a pulsar vanishes identically in Force-Free Electrodynamics. This contrasts with Hirai et al.'s recent argument that the rocket effect was important for explaining the eccentricity distribution of wide neutron star binaries found by Gaia. Our detailed analysis confirms that for a broad range of initial conditions and natal kick distributions, the rocket velocities of $v_r \gtrsim 30\, \mathrm{km/s}$ are required to account fo…

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population 'a blueprint for crimes against humanity' (Emma Graham-Harrison/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/israeli-minister-reveals-plan-to-force-population-of-gaza-into-camp-on-ruins-of-rafah
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p32#a250708p32

Series C, Episode 07 - Children of Auron
SERVALAN: But with force shields up.
DERAL: More? [hands pilot glass]
PILOT FOUR-ZERO: Thanks. [drinks]
SERVALAN: Ginka, how badly damaged is the Auron patrol ship?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/307/43 B7B3

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Companion site to the Blakes7Bot Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky accounts. Automated lines of Blakes 7 dialog. Includes a script search facility.

“This is the politicisation of the armed forces,” said Maj Gen Paul Eaton. “It casts the military in a terrible light – it’s that man on horseback ... out in front of American citizens. We are headed towards the invocation of the Insurrection Act.”
Veterans Warn That Trump LA Response Could Turn Military Into Political Force | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-06-09/veterans-warn-trump-la-response-could-turn-military-political-force

whenever i hear people talk about ETSI i have to think - thanks to @… and john young - of this US Air Force intelligence lieutenant, who was heading the ETSI "lawful" interception working group in the late 2000s. the E in ETSI stands for European.

Not entirely sure it's a good idea to try to use the military as a police force. They're trained, uh, differently.
It's been tried before, didn't go well.

A part of The Accountant 2's character roster (the tech-wiz kids) is interesting in the relation between ‘modern surveillance’ and established genres. Surveillance cameras in the way? Hack or shut them down. Need an edge for the good guys during the showdown? Take over a bunch of US Air Force drones to: pinpoint the bad guys‘ location in a deserted area; conceal the actions of the heroes dealing with them. You either subvert it or remove it from the equation to make the human plot possib…

Re: <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1luzh8i/comment/n24t292/?context=1>
This screen recording of Kubuntu 25.04 in VirtualBox shows the instant effect of:
reboot --force
It's explicitly unsafe. The recording is not a re…

Raiders rally to force tie in preseason opener against Seahawks https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-rally-to-force-tie-in-preseason-opener-against-seahawks-3410992/

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
UKRAINIAN F-16 SHOOTS DOWN SU-35, #KSTOVO ON FIRE Vlog 1067: War in #Ukraine
Ukrainian Air Force reported the successful downing of…

Doesn't apply if you buy it from 3rd party resellers like Amazon, but still... wow: A mandatory subscription just for free delivery?
✅ Anker Will Force You to Sign Up for a $10/Month Subscription If You Buy Its Newest Power Bank
https://www.

Anker Will Force You to Sign Up for a $10/Month Subscription If You Buy Its Newest PowerBank
Companies love to get customers to sign up for monthly subscriptions. Anker is taking it too far.

Trump secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon
to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations.
It signals Trump’s continued willingness to use military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility
The decision is the most aggressive step so far in the administration’s escalating campaign against the cartels.

Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
The president has ordered the Pentagon to use the armed forces to carry out what in the past was considered law enforcement.

Panel to create roadmap for establishing US Cyber Force https://therecord.media/panel-to-create-roadmap-cyber-force

Keine gute Woche für die Fliegerei in Russland.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/114642025573627041

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@noelreports@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image Russian Air Force related channel Fighterbomber confirms: Su-35S lost in Kursk region. Pilot rescued.

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 9. Juli 1962 führte die USA den #Starfish Prime Test durch. Dieser größte #Nukleartest im Weltraum (1,4 Mt) wurde vom Johnston Atoll aus gestartet. Die Explosion ereignete sich in einer Höhe von 400 km über einem Punkt 31 km südwestlich des Atolls.

[OT] The force is with us, always? Tuning quantum vacuum forces from attractive to repulsive https://news.asu.edu/20190304-force-us-always-tuning-quantum-vacuum-forces-attractive-repulsive Now can we tune The vOICe soundscapes f…

We can have a world of abundance for all now. We have the tools, techniques and technology. What we don't have is the politcal will. Politics have been completely taken over by the billionaires and their Republican Henchmen. They are working to ensure they can force artificial scarcity down our throats while they rack up more power and steal all the resources that really belong to us all.
#AbundanceForAll #Abundanista
https://danafblankenhorn.substack.com/p/the-implications-of-abundance

#ACAB #FTP #NYPD

Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment
A review by THE CITY reveals that only five cops cited in the most extreme cases substantiated by the CCRB received significant discipline, and that 10 disciplinary cases still haven’t been resolved after half a decade.

Cybertrucks Wanted By Air Force As Missile Targets (Joseph Trevithick/The War Zone)
https://www.twz.com/land/air-force-wants-tesla-cybertrucks-to-launch-missiles-at
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p68#a250807p68

In its ruling letting Trump bar AP, a US appeals court says small settings like the Oval Office are essentially invite-only and not covered by 1A protections (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/politics/appeals-court-asso…

Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists’ Access, Appeals Court Rules
By a 2-to-1 vote, a three-judge panel found that the president can bar the news outlet from small settings such as the Oval Office or Air Force One, reversing at least for now a lower court’s ruling.

Violating Weak Cosmic Censorship in AdS$_3$ via Gedanken Experiment
Masaya Amo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05384 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.05384

Violating Weak Cosmic Censorship in AdS$_3$ via Gedanken Experiment
The weak cosmic censorship conjecture (wCCC) might not be as robust as one would expect. We present a potential counterexample to the wCCC in a rotating three-dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS$_3$) spacetime. We extend the parameter range of the quantum corrected BTZ (qBTZ) black hole. We examine the infall of test particles with large orbital angular momentum into an extremal black hole. Our findings indicate that, under certain conditions -- such as neglecting the self-force effects -- the even…

Linear and Regular Kepler-Manev Dynamics via Projective Transformations: A Geometric Perspective
Joseph T. A. Peterson, Manoranjan Majji, John L. Junkins
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06545

Linear and Regular Kepler-Manev Dynamics via Projective Transformations: A Geometric Perspective
This work presents a geometric formulation for transforming nonconservative mechanical Hamiltonian systems and introduces a new method for regularizing and linearizing central force dynamics -- in particular, Kepler and Manev dynamics -- through a projective transformation. The transformation is formulated as a configuration space diffeomorphism (rather than a submersion) that is lifted to a cotangent bundle (phase space) symplectomorphism and used to pullback the original mechanical Hamiltonia…

💣 Air Force rolls out sex and age-neutral fitness test for EOD techs
#airforce

Air Force rolls out age- and sex-neutral fitness test for EOD techs
The new fitness test is meant to simulate the taxing physical conditions that Explosive Ordnance Disposal airmen face.

@… Oui, je suis largement d’accord. Et les entreprises vont très tôt hausser les prix, donc les compétences culturelles seules ne suffiront bientôt plus…
Mais je crains quand même l’arrivée en force de cette génération Š l’uni.

@… Oui, je suis largement d’accord. Et les entreprises vont très tôt hausser les prix, donc les compétences culturelles seules ne suffiront bientôt plus…
Mais je crains quand même l’arrivée en force de cette génération Š l’uni.

Wow, this is a first. A site I actually want to see (archive.ph) is using an IP address on the @… DROP list.
(no, I do NOT think that’s a Spamhaus problem. They are doing their job.) https://

Air Force One boven Amsterdam // Air Force One sobre Ámsterdam // Air Force One over Amsterdam
https://archivo.kamasystems.nl/2025/06/25/air-force-one-boven-amsterdam/ (slideshow 5x)

Good Morning #Canada
Another day in history... another invading force from the USA. Those pesky Fenians were back on this day in 1866, and this time, the 1,800 Irish-Americans riders were repelled back to the United States after they looted and plundered around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec. Although the Fenian raids were unsuccessful, they did encourage the Canadian provinces to band together for defense, leading to our Confederation as a country.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History

Supersymmetric properties of one-dimensional Markov generators with the links to Markov-dualities and to shape-invariance-exact-solvability
Cecile Monthus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04941

Supersymmetric properties of one-dimensional Markov generators with the links to Markov-dualities and to shape-invariance-exact-solvability
For diffusion process involving the force $F(x)$ and the diffusion coefficient $D(x)$, the continuity equation $\partial_t P_t(x)=- \partial_xJ_t(x)$ gives the dynamics of the probability $P_t( x)$ in terms of the current $J_t( x)=F(x)P_t(x)-D(x)\partial_x P_t(x)={\cal J}P_t( x)$ obtained from $P_t( x) $ via the application of the first-order differential current-operator ${\cal J}$. So the dynamics of the probability $P_t( x)$ is governed by the factorized Fokker-Planck generator ${\cal F}=-\p…

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
The new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is crazy accurate. It can measure ocean altimetry to a mm, imaging internal waves and small sub eddies (rotating mixing zones). Tiny changes in height happen when water swirls (try it in a sink) with greater height at the edges due to centripetal force. These may be even more important for temperature &a…

Exclusive: One-third of top U.S. cyber force has left since Trump took office
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/cisa-staff-layoffs-resignations-trump-cuts

Exclusive: One-third of top U.S. cyber force has left since Trump took office
Trump wanted to cut 1,000 people. They're already gone.

Machine Learning Study of the Surface Reconstructions of Cu$_{2}$O(111) Surface
Payal Wadhwa, Michael Schmid, Georg Kresse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05026

Machine Learning Study of the Surface Reconstructions of Cu$_{2}$O(111) Surface
The atomic structure of the most stable reconstructed surface of cuprous oxide (Cu$_{2}$O)(111) surface has been a longstanding topic of debate. In this study, we develop on-the-fly machine-learned force fields (MLFFs) to systematically investigate the various reconstructions of the Cu$_{2}$O(111) surface under stoichiometric as well as O- and Cu-deficient or rich conditions, focusing on both ($\sqrt{3}$$\times$$\sqrt{3}$)R30° and (2$\times$2) supercells. By utilizing parallel tempering simula…

Experimental Study On Flashing-Induced Instabilities In An Open Natural Circulation System
Yuliang Fang, Xiaxin Cao, Wenxi Tian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06213

Experimental Study On Flashing-Induced Instabilities In An Open Natural Circulation System
The natural circulation system (NCS) uses gravity pressure drop caused by density differences in the loop to generate the driving force without any external mechanical devices, which has been widely applied to the design of the nuclear reactor system and the passive safety system due to its simple structure, high intrinsic safety, and strong heat discharge capacity. However, the low-pressure condition can lead to a two-phase flow and make the flow characteristics in the NCS more complex. Flashi…

I've been thinking a lot about this post on Lead Developer about hiring force multipliers and how those people operate in the workplace - sometimes in contrast to the people around them. Read the article, and the links, it is so good that I couldn't pick just one quote to share! #linkTuesday (thank you @… and the visionaries you included in the post!)

Transient segregation of bi-disperse granular mixtures in a periodic chute flow
Soniya Kumawat, Vishnu Kumar Sahu, Anurag Tripathi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04025

Transient segregation of bi-disperse granular mixtures in a periodic chute flow
Transient size segregation of a bi-disperse granular mixture flowing over a periodic chute is studied using the Discrete Element Method and continuum simulations. A recently developed particle force-based size segregation model is used to predict the time-dependent flow properties of binary mixtures starting from rest. A two-way coupled continuum model that solves the momentum balance and convection-diffusion equations by incorporating the mixture segregation model along with the generalized in…

You think ICE is going to “bring the jobs back?” Bullshit. They’re gearing up to sell imprisoned immigrants back to employers as slave prisoners who work for free. You think your wages are going up? You’re a sucker. Your wages are going down.
You think ICE is going to sell you imprisoned immigrants as cheap labor? Bullshit. They’re too beholden to the radical white supremacist extremists. Those people will •never• let those immigrants stay in the country. ICE is going to steal your labor force and you won’t get them back.
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US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service (Konstantin Toropin/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/air-force-transgender-no-early-retirement-e6a4da806f2cc2bdc05f49438cbd26fd
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p126#a250807p126

The Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a federal judge's order pausing the Trump administration's large-scale staffing cuts and agency restructuring,
boosting the president's campaign to bleed the federal bureaucracy to death
In an unsigned and brief opininon, the justices said they are not ruling on the legality of a specific reorganization plan.
But, the court said, the judge was wrong to stop the administration from moving ahead with such plans.
The mass fe…

Supreme Court lets Trump move forward with large-scale staff cuts for now — USA TODAY
A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force."

There was no cake left in the rain, just a sunny day gone dark as #Drumpf military men mount horseback, don facemasks and occupy #MacArthurPark for show of force, irking #LA mayor

Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage
Federal officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. “It’s the way a city looks before a coup,” Mayor Karen Bass said as she condemned the action.

Predicting mutational effects on protein binding from folding energy
Arthur Deng, Karsten Householder, Fang Wu, Sebastian Thrun, K. Christopher Garcia, Brian Trippe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05502

Predicting mutational effects on protein binding from folding energy
Accurate estimation of mutational effects on protein-protein binding energies is an open problem with applications in structural biology and therapeutic design. Several deep learning predictors for this task have been proposed, but, presumably due to the scarcity of binding data, these methods underperform computationally expensive estimates based on empirical force fields. In response, we propose a transfer-learning approach that leverages advances in protein sequence modeling and folding stab…

Unified understanding of Alfv\'enic superradiance and the Blandford-Znajek process in a force-free black hole magnetosphere
Sousuke Noda, Masaaki Takahashi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04771

Unified understanding of Alfvénic superradiance and the Blandford-Znajek process in a force-free black hole magnetosphere
We investigate the extraction of energy from a Kerr black hole via Alfvén waves (i.e., Alfvénic superradiance) in a force-free magnetosphere, in which the plasma inertia effects are ignored. We analyze the Poynting flux generated by Alfvén waves that propagate toward the event horizon across the inner light surface, the causal boundary for the waves. We find the relationship between the energy flux associated with Alfvén waves and that of the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) process. That is, both mec…

3D DNA Origami-Enabled Molecularly Addressable Optical Nanocircuit
Jaewon Lee, Hayun Ahn, Kyung Hun Rho, Shelley F. J. Wickham, William M. Shih, Seungwoo Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05440

3D DNA Origami-Enabled Molecularly Addressable Optical Nanocircuit
The optical nanocircuit concept provides a predictive framework analogous to an electric RLC circuit, where induced dipoles in plasmonic nanoparticle (NPs), ohmic losses in NPs, and dielectric gaps serve as inductors (L), capacitors (C), and resistors (R), respectively. This modular theory allows unprecedented design flexibility, expanding the range of achievable optical resonances in plasmonic clusters. However, existing experimental approaches, such as atomic force microscope tip-enabled nano…

Marines are highly trained in combat and crisis response, with time in conflict zones like Syria and Afghanistan.
But that is starkly different from the role they will face now:
They could potentially be hit by L A hipsters carrying gas canisters and have to quickly decide how to respond
or face decisions about protecting an immigration enforcement agent from crowds.

Pentagon draws up rules for Marines deployed to LA protests
The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. U.S. Northern Command said Monday that it's sending 700 Marines into the Los Angeles area to protect federal property and personnel. A U.S. official says troops will be armed with their normal service weapons b…

Pentagon draws up rules on use of force against protesters by US Marines as Gavin Newsom slams ‘dictatorial’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-marines-los-angeles-protests-b2766898.html

Heute vor 69 Jahren: Am 10. Juli 1956 kam es zum #Atomtest "Navajo". Die Operation #Redwing war eine US-Serie von 17 Atomtestdetonationen von Mai bis Juli 1956. Sie wurden von der Joint Task Force 7 (JTF7) auf den Atollen

Girls Do Porn Ringleader Pleads Guilty, Faces Life In Prison https://www.404media.co/girls-do-porn-ringleader-michael-pratt-pleads-guilty/

Replaced article(s) found for gr-qc. https://arxiv.org/list/gr-qc/new
[2/2]:
- Generalised Aichelburg-Sexl and Self-Force for photons
Abedennour Dib, Aymeric Garnier, Alessandro Spallicci

Bill would force ICE agents to ID themselves, ban most masks (Russell Contreras/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/ice-agents-masks-democrats-id-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p49#a250708p49

Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in California,
making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor

Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law
President Trump bypassed the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom to call up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests.

Democrats push bill that would ban face masks for ICE agents and force them to ID themselves | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-immigration-law-enforcement-identification-b2784771.html

Electrodeless Magnetohydrodynamic Local Force Generator for Aerocapture
Bernard Parent, Felipe Martin Rodriguez Fuentes, Spencer LaFoley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04806 https:/…

Electrodeless Magnetohydrodynamic Local Force Generator for Aerocapture
This paper presents a novel magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) system for planetary entry aerocapture. The system is advantaged over previous approaches by having the following two characteristics: (i) it can be deployed locally to one or various flow regions, and (ii) it does not make use of electrodes. Previous MHD systems for planetary entry were either electrodeless global systems or two-electrode local systems. The proposed novel MHD system employs two magnets to establish a current loop resulting…

Uncovering coupled ionic-polaronic dynamics and interfacial enhancement in Li$_x$FePO$_4$
Fengyu Xie, Yuxiang Gao, Ruoyu Wang, Zhicheng Zhong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05626

Uncovering coupled ionic-polaronic dynamics and interfacial enhancement in Li$_x$FePO$_4$
Understanding and controlling coupled ionic-polaronic dynamics is crucial for optimizing electrochemical performance in battery materials. However, studying such coupled dynamics remains challenging due to the intricate interplay between Li-ion configurations, polaron charge ordering, and lattice vibrations. Here, we develop a fine-tuned machine-learned force field (MLFF) for Li$_x$FePO$_4$ that captures coupled ion-polaron behavior. Our simulations reveal picosecond-scale polaron flips occurri…

On void formation during the simulated tensile testing of polymer-filler particle composites
John J. Karnes, Supun S. Mohottalalage, Amitesh Maiti, Andrew P. Saab, Todd H. Weisgraber
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05547

On void formation during the simulated tensile testing of polymer-filler particle composites
We simulate a series of model polymer composites, composed of linear polymer strands and spherical, monodisperse filler particles (FP). These molecular dynamics simulations implement a coarse-grained, bead-spring force field and we vary several formulation parameters to study their respective influences on material properties. These parameters include FP radius, FP volume fraction, temperature, and the polymer-polymer, FP-FP, and polymer-FP interaction potentials. Uniaxial extension of the simu…

And the most recent jobs report has many hints that ICE is indeed having that desired effect: in an otherwise stagnant or contracting labor market, there was job group in leisure and hospitality, private health care, and (somewhat less) construction — all job markets with a concentration of immigrant labor.
I am not an economist and this is not a proper analysis — grain of salt, please! — but a quick skim of these stats is at least superficially consistent with a good chunk of current job growth coming from decreased immigrant participation in the labor force.
https://www.bls.gov/ces/publications/highlights/2025/current-employment-statistics-highlights-06-2025.pdf
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Meet the new national police force (Zachary B. Wolf/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/ice-cbp-police-los-angeles-immigration
http://www.memeorandum.com/250709/p61#a250709p61

Remember that moment in Space Force, Season 2, Episode 7?
#humor #spaceforce

Air Force One boven Amsterdam https://archivo.kamasystems.nl/2025/06/25/air-force-one-boven-amsterdam/

Numerical simulations of the line-force-driven winds from active galactic nuclei: The special relativistic effects
Luobin Tang, Xiaohong Yang, Defu Bu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01340

Numerical simulations of the line-force-driven winds from active galactic nuclei: The special relativistic effects
Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) with mildly relativistic velocities are frequently observed in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The line-force-driving mechanism is often taken as a potential mechanism for driving UFOs. Due to the line-force-driven winds moving at mildly relativistic velocities, the special relativistic effects become important.There are two special relativistic effects: one is the influence of the disc rotation on the radiation field; the other is the radiation-drag effect. We wish to…

Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/marines-protests-california-deployed-trump-503e1de25b45c760218d8ae879c8d2d3
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p160#a250609p160

Controlling the electric force on a dust particle during the afterglow of a plasma at a higher gas pressure
Neeraj Chaubey, J. Goree
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04621 https://

Controlling the electric force on a dust particle during the afterglow of a plasma at a higher gas pressure
When dust particles are immersed in a plasma, and the power that sustains a plasma is terminated, the charge of dust particles will change in the early afterglow, as electrons and ions gradually diminish in number. The possibility of controlling this charge, along with the electric force acting on the particles in the late afterglow, has earlier been demonstrated at a low gas pressure of 8 mTorr. Here, it is confirmed experimentally that controlling particles is possible also at a higher gas pr…

Shear flow of frictional spheroids: lentil-like grains slide more than rice-like
Jacopo Bilotto, Martin Trulsson, Jean-Fran\c{c}ois Molinari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04429

Shear flow of frictional spheroids: lentil-like grains slide more than rice-like
The rheology of dense granular shear flows is influenced by friction and particle shape. We investigate numerically the impact of non-spherical particle geometries under shear on packing fraction, stress ratios, velocity fluctuations, force distribution, and dissipation mechanisms, for a wide range of inertial numbers, friction coefficients and aspect ratios. We obtain a regime diagram for the dissipation which shows that lentil-like (oblate) particles exhibit an extended sliding regime compare…

Magic of nonlocal geometric force: lighting up optical transition and transporting angular momentum by chiral phonons
Hao Chen, Haoshu Li, Lifa Zhang, Qian Niu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03748

Magic of nonlocal geometric force: lighting up optical transition and transporting angular momentum by chiral phonons
We investigate the impact of the nonlocal geometric force -- arising from the molecular Berry curvature -- on the lattice dynamics of magnetic materials with broken time-reversal symmetry. A first-principles computational framework is established to evaluate this force across the entire Brillouin zone. We apply it to monolayer CoCl$_2$, a ferromagnetic half-semiconductor with a narrow bandgap forbidding direct dipolar optical transition. At the phonon Brillouin zone center, the pronounced nonlo…

Scattering angle in a Topological Star spacetime: a self-force approach
Massimo Bianchi, Donato Bini, Giorgio Di Russo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04876 htt…

Scattering angle in a Topological Star spacetime: a self-force approach
We compute the scattering angle for a scalar neutral probe undergoing unbound motion around a Topological Star, including self-force effects. Moreover we identify the `electro-magnetic' source of the background as Papapetrou Field compatible with the isometries and characterize Topological Stars by studying their sectional curvature, geometric transport along special curves and the gravitational energy content in terms of the super-energy tensors.

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-05/trump-l-a-2028-olympics-task-force-billion-dollar-security-effort
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p10#a250806p10

Air Force One sobre Ámsterdam https://archivo.kamasystems.nl/es/2025/06/25/air-force-one-sobre-amsterdam/

Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill that would strip funding from health centers operated by the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider.
In a complaint filed in Boston federal court, Planned Parenthood said the provision was unconstitutional,
and its clear purpose is to prevent its nearly 600 health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.

Karen Greenberg, Common Dreams: Trump's 'occupying force' is here — and the courts just pried open the door - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2672870363/

Onset of Driven Collisionless Reconnection in Strongly Magnetized Pair Plasmas
Camille Granier, Daniel Groselj, Luca Comisso, Fabio Bacchini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06059

Onset of Driven Collisionless Reconnection in Strongly Magnetized Pair Plasmas
We investigate the onset of driven collisionless reconnection and plasmoid formation in a magnetically dominated pair plasma, using 2D particle-in-cell simulations. Two force-free flux tubes of radius $R$ are initially pushed together with a prescribed velocity, forming a current sheet whose width shrinks until reconnection sets in. % Even in our largest simulation with $R\approx 1600$ plasma skin depths, the sheet thickness at reconnection onset is comparable to the skin depth. Plasmoid chains…

Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/establishing-the-white-house-task-force-on-the-2028-summer-olympics/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p137#a250805p137

What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One?
Don’t Ask.
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump,
the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.

What Will It Cost to Renovate Trump’s ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.

Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/los-angeles-immigration-raid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.NsYh.Ex_rWREZ8Ksq&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p34#a250607p34

Republicans Are Cutting Medicare.
Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-0…

Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.

Exclusive: Operation Excalibur in Los Angeles Was Show of Force (Ken Klippenstein)
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-operation-excalibur-in
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p122#a250707p122

Trump suggests he could use the military to keep the L.A. Olympics 'safe' (Les Carpenter/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2025/08/05/trump-los-angeles-olympics-military-task-force/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p136#a250805p136

Lutnick Disbanded Statistical Task Force Working to Improve Survey Response Rates (Dominic Pino/National Review)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/lutnick-disbanded-statistical-task-force-working-to-improve-survey-response-rates/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p1#a250803p1