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Micah Parsons Reveals What's Motivated Him Most Since Cowboys Traded Him to Packers https://www.si.com/nfl/micah-parsons-whats-motivated-him-most-since-cowboys-traded-him-to-packers

Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States (Alex Nowrasteh/Laissez-Faire ...)
https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politically-motivated-violence-is
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p184#a250911p184

Trump Admin's Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified Using Adobe Premiere Pro: Report
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admins-epstein-prison-video-was-likely-modified-using-adobe-premiere-pro-report-586639

Modified Loss of Momentum Gradient Descent: Fine-Grained Analysis
Matias D. Cattaneo, Boris Shigida
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08483 https://arxiv.org/pdf/…

Modified Loss of Momentum Gradient Descent: Fine-Grained Analysis
We analyze gradient descent with Polyak heavy-ball momentum (HB) whose fixed momentum parameter $β\in (0, 1)$ provides exponential decay of memory. Building on Kovachki and Stuart (2021), we prove that on an exponentially attractive invariant manifold the algorithm is exactly plain gradient descent with a modified loss, provided that the step size $h$ is small enough. Although the modified loss does not admit a closed-form expression, we describe it with arbitrary precision and prove global (f…

Variation in the size of the Photon Sphere and Black Hole Shadow in the Modified Gravity
Kanav Ganguly, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Murli Manohar Verma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10414

Variation in the size of the Photon Sphere and Black Hole Shadow in the Modified Gravity
Black hole shadows are a widespread topic in astrophysics. This paper searches for an optical view of the black hole and the relationship between black hole shadow and photon sphere with curvature. We were inspired by the observations of Sagittarius $A^*$ and supermassive black hole M87$*$ through the Event Horizon Telescope. We have found the signature of the modified theory of gravity on the photon sphere and shadow. We considered $f(R)$ modified theory of gravity and new scalar degree of fre…

Metadata Shows the FBI's 'Raw' Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified (Dhruv Mehrotra/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-was-likely-modified/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250711/p56#a250711p56

Source: the clause rescinding Microsoft's access to OpenAI's most powerful tech if OpenAI develops AGI remains part of their new deal, but it has been modified (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/openai-microsoft-deal.html

OpenAI Takes Big Steps Toward Its Long-Planned Reorganization
The start-up reached a tentative deal with Microsoft, its biggest investor, and said it would give a $100 billion stake to the nonprofit that manages it.

Modified Cubic B-spline Based Differential Quadrature Methods for Time-fractional Black-Scholes Equation
Nizamudheen V, Riyasudheen TK, Noufal Asharaf, Shefeeq T
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06780

Modified Cubic B-spline Based Differential Quadrature Methods for Time-fractional Black-Scholes Equation
The time-fractional Black-Scholes equation (TFBSE) is intended to price the options for which the underlying price fluctuates within a correlated fractal transmission system. Although the TFBSE is an influential approach for grasping the long-term memory traits of financial markets, the non-local nature of fractional derivatives makes significant challenges in finding an accurate solution. We perform an efficient use of the differential quadrature method (DQM) based on modified cubic B-splines …

A modified RIME algorithm with covariance learning and diversity enhancement for numerical optimization
Shangqing Shi, Luoxiao Zhang, Yuchen Yin, Xiong Yang, Hoileong Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09529

A modified RIME algorithm with covariance learning and diversity enhancement for numerical optimization
Metaheuristics are widely applied for their ability to provide more efficient solutions. The RIME algorithm is a recently proposed physical-based metaheuristic algorithm with certain advantages. However, it suffers from rapid loss of population diversity during optimization and is prone to fall into local optima, leading to unbalanced exploitation and exploration. To address the shortcomings of RIME, this paper proposes a modified RIME with covariance learning and diversity enhancement (MRIME-C…

This seems Very Bad(tm)
"... the downloaded profile can be potentially modified in such a way, so that the operator loses control over the profile (no ability for remote control / no ability to disable / invalidate it, etc.), the operator can be provided with a completely false view of the profile state (the result of its remote management ops in particular) or all of its activity can be subject to monitoring (vide rogue apps mimicking / proxying behavior of real ones)"