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The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there…
Jon Cloke* “You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!” Growth, Degrowth, Post-Growth There are so many accepted definitions of economic growth that it’s almost a monad, “a most basic substance” that goes without question. In one recent example, Max Roser (2021) defines growth as “an increase in the quantity and quality of the…

The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there…
Jon Cloke* “You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!” Growth, Degrowth, Post-Growth There are so many accepted definiti…

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--A bona fide self-replicating worm has infected 187 npm packages,
--BreachForums founder hit with new three-year sentence,
--Coinbase beach suspect accused of participating in $500k bribery scheme,
--DHS intelligence arm exposed sensitive database,
--MSFT seized 338 sites linked to Raccoon0365 stealer,
--DeepSeek is biased against Falun Gong and oth…

A self-replicating worm has infected 187 npm packages
BreachForums founder hit with new three-year sentence, Coinbase breach suspect accused of participating in $500k+ bribery scheme, DHS intelligence arm exposed sensitive database, MSFT seized 338 sites linked to Raccoon0365 stealer, DeepSeek is biased against Falun Gong and others, much more

This is a spectacular way to get folks to see the impact of the #surveillance state. Great job #MassiveAttack!
#privacy

Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment
Massive Attack used live facial recognition technology on concertgoers, turning surveillance into provocative art that sparked debate about privacy.

Misfit layered superconductor (PbSe)1.14(NbSe2)3 with possible layer-selective FFLO state
Yuki M. Itahashi, Yamato Nohara, Michiya Chazono, Hideki Matsuoka, Koichiro Arioka, Tetsuya Nomoto, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Youichi Yanase, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Kaya Kobayashi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14106

Misfit layered superconductor (PbSe)1.14(NbSe2)3 with possible layer-selective FFLO state
Two-dimensional (2D) superconductors are known for their novel emergent phenomena, however, lack of experimental probes beyond resistivity has hindered further exploration of diverse superconducting states. Bulk 2D superconductors, with superconducting layers separated by non-superconducting layers, offer a unique opportunity to break this limit. Here, we synthesized a single crystal of misfit layered compound (PbSe)1.14(NbSe2)3, composed of alternately stacked tri-layer NbSe2 and non-supercond…

MapIQ: Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models for Map Question Answering
Varun Srivastava, Fan Lei, Srija Mukhopadhyay, Vivek Gupta, Ross Maciejewski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11625

MapIQ: Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models for Map Question Answering
Recent advancements in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have driven researchers to explore how well these models read data visualizations, e.g., bar charts, scatter plots. More recently, attention has shifted to visual question answering with maps (Map-VQA). However, Map-VQA research has primarily focused on choropleth maps, which cover only a limited range of thematic categories and visual analytical tasks. To address these gaps, we introduce MapIQ, a benchmark dataset comprising 14,70…

Rauchschwalben am Horizont by Masha Potempa
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The mere fact that someone is willing to work for Trump, knowing who he is, tells you that they’re willing to debase themselves.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-you-should-fear-a-magafied-fed

Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed
The next Fed chair will debase himself for Trump

Decoding the string in terms of holographic quantum maps
Avik Chakraborty, Tanay Kibe, Mart\'in Molina, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Hardik Vamshi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13404 htt…

Decoding the string in terms of holographic quantum maps
It has recently been shown that the Nambu-Goto equation for a string emerges from the junction conditions in three-dimensional gravity. Holographically, gravitational junctions are dual to interfaces in conformal field theory. We demonstrate that each stringy mode of the junction corresponds to a universal $\mathcal{H}_{in}\rightarrow \mathcal{H}_{out}$ quantum map between in and out Hilbert spaces of excitations scattered at the interface, and also a universal $\mathcal{H}_{L}\rightarrow \math…

Micah McFadden injury update: Giants LB (foot) placed on IR, will reportedly miss 'significant part' of season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mi…

Don't miss today's packed Metacurity for a ton of critical infosec developments you should know, including
--UK to spend $1.1 billion relocating Afghan helpers following data breach
--DOGE worker published the private key for four dozen-plus LLMs,
--US gov't IT contractor to pay $14.75m fine for overstated cyber services,
--Italian cops arrest Romanian behind 'Diskstation' ransomware gang,
--OMB readies post-quantum standard,
--MSFT'…

UK to spend $1.1 billion relocating Afghan helpers following data breach
DOGE worker published the private key for four dozen-plus LLMs, US gov't IT contractor to pay $14.75m fine for overstated cyber services, Italian cops arrest Romanian behind 'Diskstation' ransomware gang, OMB readies post-quantum standard, MSFT's 'digital escorts' leave DoD vulnerable, much more