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I am once again getting a wave of right-wing spam SMSes from Hillsdale College (purportedly). Are they actually letting their institution’s name be attached to political spam? I realize there are all kinds of super gross things about Hillsdale as an institution, but even so, I’d think the institution would want to preserve some shred of self-respect, or at least try to keep up appearances.
The spam links are all the domain rght.io followed by 6-character alphanumeric codes, such as:
http://rght.io/jjne75
http://rght.io/ip0l3b
http://rght.io/646anh
http://rght.io/aem0ai
http://rght.io/8gplnp
http://rght.io/mncl8i
http://rght.io/eo556l
http://rght.io/15bk46
http://rght.io/igd8ga
http://rght.io/pp2ggf
(Those are random examples, I don’t want them validating my number; I just want to send the typical Fedi server traffic their way.)
I haven’t investigated the domain, server, etc. at all, but if anyone is inspired…have at it!

$3.3 trillion of debt being handed to future generations to make billionaires richer.
Higher cost of living, drained government benefits & fewer economic opportunities on the world stage...
...for our kids.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ibal

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Kishi Bashi:
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Metastability of 2D-material-on-metal-islands structures
V. A. Ievleva, V. A. Prudkoglyad, L. A. Morgun, A. Yu. Kuntsevich
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21614 https://

Metastability of 2D-material-on-metal-islands structures
The integration of 2D materials with artificially textured substrates offers exceptional opportunities for engineering novel functional devices. A straightforward technological route towards such devices is a mechanical dry or wet transfer of 2D layer or heterostructure onto prepared patterned elements with subsequent van der Waals bonding. Using hBN/graphene heterostructures transferred onto metallic island arrays as a model system, we reveal that thermal cycling between room and cryogenic tem…

Broadband spectroscopy of astrophysical ice analogues: III. Scattering properties and porosity of CO and CO$_2$ ices
A. A. Gavdush, A. V. Ivlev, K. I. Zaytsev, V. E. Ulitko, I. N. Dolganova, S. V. Garnov, B. M. Giuliano, P. Caselli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20827

Broadband spectroscopy of astrophysical ice analogues: III. Scattering properties and porosity of CO and CO$_2$ ices
$Context.$ The quantification of the terahertz (THz) and IR optical properties of astrophysical ice analogs, which have different molecular compositions, phases, and structural properties, is required to model both the continuum emission by the dust grains covered with thick icy mantles and the radiative transfer in the dense cold regions of the interstellar medium. $Aims.$ We developed a model to define a relationship between the THz$-$IR response and the ice porosity. It includes the reduce…

The Alliance for International Exchange told Newsweek that it had learned that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
🆘 had decided to cut at least 22 offerings from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
totaling around $100 million in annual funding.
"While this does not impact flagship programs like Fulbright, Gilman, and IVLP at the moment,
it sets a dangerous precedent," Mark Overmann, executive director of the Alliance, told Newsweek. …

Fears Over Fulbright's Future as Trump Admin Cuts Exchange Programs
Funding for over 20 programs was reported to have been cut, leaving participants in limbo.

Absence of reflectivity of the phonon-polariton at the SiC surface from the metal mask edge
V. S. Ivchenko, D. V. Kazantsev, V. A. Ievleva, D. A. Matienko, E. A. Kazantseva, A. Yu. Kuntsevich
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19080

Absence of reflectivity of the phonon-polariton at the SiC surface from the metal mask edge
Surface phonon polariton (SPhP) waves are excited at the silicon carbide ($SiC$) surface under irradiation of light close to the lattice resonance frequency. Metal mask at the surface blocks irradiation of certain areas and thus allows tuning standing or propagating wave pattern and, thus, open opportunities for surface polariton optic devices. In this study we show by means of scanning near-field microscopy that the edge of such a mask reflects SPhP waves negligibly. This condition differs dra…

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Space Afrika & Blackhaine:
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Critical Non-Abelian Vortex String and 2D N=2 Black Hole
E. Ievlev, A. Marshakov, G. Sumbatian, A. Yung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12972 https://arxiv.org/…

Critical Non-Abelian Vortex String and 2D N=2 Black Hole
It has been shown that the non-Abelian vortex string in 4D $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD with the U(2) gauge group and $N_f=4$ flavors becomes a critical superstring. Its 10D target space is a product of the flat 4D space and an internal noncompact Calabi-Yau threefold, namely, the conifold. It was also shown that the Coulomb branch of the associated string sigma model, which opens up at strong coupling, can be described by $\mathcal{N}=2$ Liouville theory. We continue here the study of the recently pro…

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Space Afrika & Blackhaine:
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