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In 1 jaar grenscontroles werd met inzet van 5.350 marechaussees 500 mensen toegang tot Nederland geweigerd. Volgens burgemeester Diepemaat van gemeente Losser is dat weinig resultaat. Hij ziet deze inzet liever gebruikt voor criminaliteit in zijn regio.
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Burgemeester gemeente Losser is na 1 jaar kritisch op grenscontroles: 'Veel overlast, weinig resultaat'
In 1 jaar grenscontroles werd met inzet van 5.350 marechaussees 500 mensen toegang tot Nederland geweigerd. Volgens burgemeester Diepemaat van gemeente Losse...

Bakkt reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $402.2M and a $23.2M net loss, driven by an accounting charge tied to warrants issued to its investors; BKKT drops 9% (Judy Lagrou/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11…

So much of life is about choosing the lesser evil or the option that does not suck as much as the other options and I do not like it.

Pegaron este cartel en un ascensor de mi edificio y me dio pena porque yo creo todo lo contrario. Yo aspiro a un mundo en que nos apoyemos entre todos para que construyamos comunidades mšs solidarias y hagamos del mundo un lugar. ¡Si Apoyarse!
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Incoherent repumping scheme in the $^{88}$Sr$^{ }$ five-level manifold
Valentin Martimort, Sacha Guesne, Derwell Drapier, Vincent Tugaye, Lilay Gros-Desormeaux, Valentin Cambier, Albane Douillet, Luca Guidoni, Jean-Pierre Likforman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08710 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08710 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08710
arXiv:2512.08710v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Laser-cooled trapped ions are at the heart of modern quantum technologies and their cooling dynamics often deviate from the simplified two-level atom model. Doppler cooling of the $^{88}$Sr$^{ }$ ion involves several electronic levels and repumping channels that strongly influence fluorescence.In this work, we study a repumping scheme for the $^{88}$Sr$^{ }$ ion by combining precision single-ion spectroscopy with comprehensive numerical modeling based on optical Bloch equations including 18 Zeeman sublevels. We show that, although the observed fluorescence spectra retain a Lorentzian lineshape, their width and amplitude cannot be explained by a two-level atom description. Moreover, we find the optimal repumping conditions for maximizing the photon scattering rate.
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My most favorite subgenre of AI stan is the "AI software engineer" [programmers aren't engineers, engineering has formal requirements like e.g. engineering ethics].
Their logic goes like this:
"LLMs can generate a TODO-list application that pretty much works and only has a few hundred subtle bugs; therefore—as programming is the hardest and by far most intellectually taxing occupation that a human being such as myself can strive for to be an expert in—they obviously will excel and far outshine any human at any of those other, lesser, activities such as writing or art!"

In order to save money, Canada is abolishing it's #luxury tax that was levied on things like private jets and yachts. As it turns out, it cost more to administer the #tax than it raised.

A cold beam of BaOH molecules using a water-vapour seeded neon gas
Ties Hendrik Fikkers, Nithesh Balasubramanian, Joost W. F. van Hofslot, Maarten C. Mooij, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Steven Hoekstra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08402 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08402 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08402
arXiv:2512.08402v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper we report on the production and characterization of a cold beam of BaOH molecules using a cryogenic buffer-gas beam source. BaOH is a highly suitable molecule for studies of the violation of fundamental symmetries, such as the search for the electron's electric dipole moment. BaOH molecules are synthesised inside the cold source through laser ablation of a barium metal target while water vapor is seeded into the neon buffer gas. The BaOH flux is significantly enhanced ($\sim$11 times) when laser-exciting the barium atoms inside the buffer-gas cell on the $^1\mathrm S_0 - ^3\mathrm P_1$ transition. A similar enhancement has been reported for other alkaline-earth(-like) monohydroxides. For typical source conditions, the molecular beam has an average velocity of $\approx180$ m/s and an intensity of $\sim 10^{9}$ molecules s$^{-1}$ in $N=1$, which is comparable to that of cryogenic BaF beams.
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Atomic and molecular systems for radiation thermometry
Stephen P. Eckel, Eric B. Norrgard, Christopher Holloway, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Noah Schlossberger, Matthew Simons
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08668 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08668 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08668
arXiv:2512.08668v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Atoms and simple molecules are excellent candidates for new standards and sensors because they are both all identical and their properties are determined by the immutable laws of quantum physics. Here, we introduce the concept of building a standard and sensor of radiative temperature using atoms and molecules. Such standards are based on precise measurement of the rate at which blackbody radiation (BBR) either excites or stimulates emission for a given atomic transition. We summarize the recent results of two experiments while detailing the rate equation models required for their interpretation. The cold atom thermometer (CAT) uses a gas of laser cooled $^{85}$Rb Rydberg atoms to probe the BBR spectrum near 130~GHz. This primary, {\it i.e.}, not traceable to a measurement of like kind, temperature measurement currently has a total uncertainty of approximately 1~\%, with clear paths toward improvement. The compact blackbody radiation atomic sensor (CoBRAS) uses a vapour of $^{85}$Rb and monitors fluorescence from states that are either populated by BBR or populated by spontaneous emission to measure the blackbody spectrum near 24.5~THz. The CoBRAS has an excellent relative precision of $u(T)\approx 0.13$~K, with a clear path toward implementing a primary
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