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Is my host fast yet? is a web host TTFB (Time to First Byte) leaderboard: https://ismyhostfastyet.com/?client=mobile

My #LastFourWatched in this #LetterboxdFriday:
The Room Next Door (3½★)
Paddington in Peru (4★)
Freaky Tales (4★)
Saturday Night (3½)
#Letterboxd

Magnetically controlled double-twist director configuration of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals in cylinders: Energetics, topological defects, and instability
Junghoon Lee, Joonwoo Jeong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20565

Magnetically controlled double-twist director configuration of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals in cylinders: Energetics, topological defects, and instability
We study experimentally how the double-twist (DT) configuration of cylindrically confined lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) responds to axial magnetic fields. Our director field model unveils the energetics behind the magnetic field-induced transition in the twist profile of the DT configuration. Additionally, we catalog three different types of topological defects -- residing between the DT domains of opposite handedness -- before and after the field application, and propose a new di…

LOTUS: A Leaderboard for Detailed Image Captioning from Quality to Societal Bias and User Preferences
Yusuke Hirota, Boyi Li, Ryo Hachiuma, Yueh-Hua Wu, Boris Ivanovic, Yuta Nakashima, Marco Pavone, Yejin Choi, Yu-Chiang Frank Wang, Chao-Han Huck Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19362

LOTUS: A Leaderboard for Detailed Image Captioning from Quality to Societal Bias and User Preferences
Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) have transformed image captioning, shifting from concise captions to detailed descriptions. We introduce LOTUS, a leaderboard for evaluating detailed captions, addressing three main gaps in existing evaluations: lack of standardized criteria, bias-aware assessments, and user preference considerations. LOTUS comprehensively evaluates various aspects, including caption quality (e.g., alignment, descriptiveness), risks (\eg, hallucination), and societal biases …

Does anybody know why there is no separate leaderboard for non-men?
#tcrno11

Raw milk spreads deadly diseases & is in no way healthier than pasteurized milk.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sgzwcbgta3lha4gmnwvkgvbb/post/3lutrbaw4vc2u

Also, a reminder that RFK Jr ignorantly preaches drinking raw …

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40 some films and such that have come out or will come out in 2025 that I'm interested in (and may or may not see) 😂
#film

2025 films
A list of 44 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Wolf Man (2025), Companion (2025), This Is the Tom Green Documentary (2025), By Design (2025) and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025).

I notice that most people in my circles tend to gravitate toward OpenAI and Anthropic and tend to discount Google when it comes to Gen AI. This is pretty freakin' cool:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/google-improves-gemini-ai-image-ed…

Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is currently atop LMArena’s image-editing leaderboard.

Keller des Ministeriums ist tabu: Nachfolgerin streicht Lauterbach Zugang zur Tischtennisplatte https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Nachfolgerin-streicht-Lauterbach-Zugang-zur-Tischtennisplatte-article25823599.html

Keller des Ministeriums ist tabu: Nachfolgerin streicht Lauterbach Zugang zur Tischtennisplatte
Zum 60. Geburtstag erhält der damalige Bundesgesundheitsminister Lauterbach eine Tischtennisplatte. Diese kann er nicht mehr nutzen: Seine Amtsnachfolgerin Warken lässt ihn nicht mehr in den Keller des Ministeriums. Lauterbach zeigt sich enttäuscht.