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Game Preview: Raiders vs. Saints https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/las-vegas-raiders-vs-new-orleans-saints-game-preview-2026-nfl-season-week-3-series-history-stats-connections

Investigation: AI hacker house AGI House had 37 incidents logged by police since 2022, many for party-related complaints, as Bay Area tech houses proliferate (Kirsten Grind/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/technology/agi-house-ai-culture.html

This A.I. House Can Provide You With Connections. It Also Has a Dark Side.
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.

new Nepali language textbook from a great team including Indigenous Himalayan scholars. the article is worth a read --
"working in a team where none of us had Nepali as our only or first language, but where all of us still had strong connections to it in different ways. That mix shaped a collaborative process drawing on different experiences and approaches to the language. More importantly, bringing those different relationships to  language into the same space helped us create s…

MIMEDefang 3.7.1 has been released. If you use it, you’ll want to get the new release. Too much new stuff for a toot.
#email #spam #Perl

The eighth generation of Wi-Fi represents a change in focus.
While previous incarnations of the Wi-Fi standard have promised higher connection speeds,
Wi-Fi 8 seems to be more about improving the basics:
reliability, stability, and lower latency.
Wi-Fi 8 also promises seamless roaming, keeping devices connected as you move and cutting down on dropped connections and dead zones.
For those keeping score, Wi-Fi 8 is IEEE 802.11bn using the old naming convention, w…

Wi-Fi 8 Explained: Features, Release Date, and More
Chipset makers and router manufacturers are talking about Wi-Fi 8, but what is the new standard, and when will it arrive?

Game Preview: Cowboys vs. Saints | 2026 NFL Preseason Week 3 https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/dallas-cowboys-vs-new-orleans-saints-game-preview-2026-nfl-preseason-week-3-series-history-stats-con…

Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/sams

Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers | TechCrunch
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person's internet connection with someone else.

Polarization complete left invariant connections
Bal\'azs Forman, R\'obert Sz\H{o}ke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15673 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.15673 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.15673
arXiv:2609.15673v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Let $(M,\nabla)$ be a real analytic Koszul manifold. An adapted complex structure (ac-structure) on a neighborhood $N$ of the zero section in $TM$ is a complex structure on $N$ such that the leaves of the Levi-Civita foliation are holomorphic curves. More generally, a complex polarization $P$ on $N$ is called an ac-polarization if the leaves of the Levi-Civita foliation are tangential to $P$. The bundle of (1,0) tangent vectors of an ac-structure is an ac-polarization.
The connection is called entire (resp. polarization complete or simply $\mathcal P$-complete) if the ac-structure (resp. the ac-polarization) exists on $TM$. Although on a small enough $N$ an ac-structure always exists, entire connections are rear and if a maximal domain of definition $N_{max}$ of an ac-structure exists (different from $TM$), $N_{max}$ is a complicated domain. On the other hand in many cases the associated ac-polarization can be extended to the whole $TM$. The main purpose of the paper is to gain better understanding of this phenomenon using a generalized version of the polar map.
As special cases we show that many of those metrics studied by Aslam-Burns-Irvine and Halverscheid-Iannuzzi although are not entire but are $\mathcal P$-complete.
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➡️ Milwaukee Bike Rides
#bookmarks

"Utah group aims to make climate-friendly homes the norm"
#US #USA #America #Utah

Utah group aims to make climate-friendly homes the norm » Yale Climate Connections
Utah Clean Energy wants to make sure new homes are powered by renewable energy.

Northamptonshire D-Day Stories from the Summer of 1944 https://edintone.com/d-day-stories/ Step back into one of the most defining moments of history and discover the powerful local

Northamptonshire D-Day Stories from the Summer of 1944 - Miscellanea Edintone
Step back into one of the most defining moments of history and discover the powerful local stories behind D-Day. This brand-new book brings Northamptonshire’s wartime connections to life like never before.

Toward a mechanistic understanding of inference in visual cortex and diffusion models
Zeyu Yun, Alexander Belsten, Dasheng Bi, Zahra Kadkhodaie, Yubei Chen, Bruno A. Olshausen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15693 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.15693 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.15693
arXiv:2607.15693v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We describe a model of perceptual inference in primary visual cortex (V1) equivalent to a minimal diffusion model whose function can be readily understood from its parameters. The model is based on sparse coding with a non-factorial prior over latent variables in the form of an unconstrained, pairwise interaction matrix, extending standard sparse coding inference to a general recurrent dynamical system. We efficiently train these recurrent dynamics using a denoising score-matching objective and implicit differentiation. After training on natural images, the learned interaction matrix mirrors the structure of horizontal connections in superficial layers of V1 that link neurons of similar orientation tuning. This model exhibits exceptionally good denoising performance, restoring image features such as extended contours amid extreme visual ambiguity, nearly matching the behavior of standard, black-box diffusion architectures in generalization regime. Owing to the model's simplicity, the network's Jacobian can be decomposed directly in terms of the interaction matrix between latent variables, revealing mechanistically how the recurrent dynamics assign high probability over a continuous family of natural structural deformations. Intriguingly, within this circuit, a large fraction of latent variables learn to disconnect from visual input altogether, essentially forming a hierarchical representation that appears to enforce global consistency among image features. Together, the model and results bridge two distinct domains: for neuroscience, it generates concrete, testable hypotheses regarding functional connectivity in recurrent neural circuits during perceptual inference tasks; for machine learning, it elucidates the internal mechanisms learned by diffusion models that allow them to generate infinitely many novel images from a finite training set.
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Crosslisted article(s) found for nlin.SI. https://arxiv.org/list/nlin.SI/new
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- Two-dimensional Toda--Arnoldi correspondence: Holomorphic Krylov geometry and counterdiabatic tra...
Urei Miura
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04850 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/117047618895534612
- Machine-Learning Search for Lax Connections
Osamu Fukushima, Tomohiro Shigemura, Ryosuke Suda, Norihiro Tanahashi, Kentaroh Yoshida
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05146 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hepth_bot/117047572101225603
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"France’s installed PV capacity hits 34 GW"
#France #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

France’s installed PV capacity hits 34 GW - pv magazine Global
France connected 3 GW of new solar capacity in the first half of 2026, slightly above the 2.9 GW deployed in the same period of 2025. Large-scale installations above 500 kW accounted for 28% of newly connected capacity, despite representing just 0.3% of new connections. Systems below 9 kW dominated installation numbers, accounting for 78% of new connections but only 8% of added capacity.

Ricci flow with metric torsion on surfaces of positive Euler characteristic
Shubham Dwivedi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15880 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.15880 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.15880
arXiv:2609.15880v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We study an adapted Ricci flow of connections with metric torsion on surfaces with positive Euler characteristic. We first prove that there do not exist any nontrivial solitons of the flow on the $2$-sphere thus confirming a conjecture of Branding--Kr\"oncke (J. Geom. Anal. 27.3 (2017), arXiv:1606.09121). We give an explicit family of torsion data for which the corresponding global solutions fail to converge on $\mathbb{S}^2$. Nevertheless, we provide several sufficient conditions for the convergence of the flow to a stationary point. We first prove that the normalized adapted Ricci flow always converges on $\mathbb{RP}^2$, which completely answers a question in the paper of Branding and Kr\"oncke. Using this, we deduce that the flow converges on $\mathbb{S}^2$ whenever the initial metric and the torsion one-form are antipodally symmetric. We also prove a {\L}ojasiewicz--Simon gradient inequality for the flow and use it to prove convergence to a stationary point provided the solution is close to an arbitrary stationary point.
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Northamptonshire D-Day Stories from the Summer of 1944 https://edintone.com/d-day-stories/ Step back into one of the most defining moments of history and discover the powerful local

Northamptonshire D-Day Stories from the Summer of 1944 - Miscellanea Edintone
Step back into one of the most defining moments of history and discover the powerful local stories behind D-Day. This brand-new book brings Northamptonshire’s wartime connections to life like never before.

Phase transition from eigenstate thermalization: forbidden singularity and instanton proliferation via AGT correspondence
Yongjiang Xu, Weixin Sun, Chushun Tian, Huajia Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13246 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.13246 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.13246
arXiv:2608.13246v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In theoretical physics, finding connections between problems that appear in distinct contexts is an important way to leapfrog progresses, often by illuminating deep aspects that may otherwise seem obscure. In this paper, we consider in 2d CFTs the phenomenon of forbidden singularities in auto-correlation functions -- a key signature of eigenstate thermalization. We show that they correspond to phase transitions in the context of eigenstates. The connection is made explicit by utilizing the AGT correspondence, which relates eigenstate auto-correlations to the Nekrasov partition functions describing an instanton gas of the $\mathcal{N}=2$ SUSY gauge theories. We show that by taking the counter-part of the heavy-light limit, two phases emerge for the instanton gas. They are dominated by configurations represented by string-like Young tableaux with distinct structures and thermodynamic properties, which bare resemblance to the confined and the deconfined phases. A phase transition occurs as instantons proliferate from one side, in a manner that mimics the Lee-Yang theory. We work out the critical fugacity and find it corresponding exactly to the forbidden singularity.
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Furthermore, the report summary does not address the important context of the German DSO control over charging points: it was introduced to ensure that new / upgraded grid connections for EVs are not delayed, and it also obliges DSOs to offer time-variable grid tariffs.

"Publicly, Trump turned on his supporters who wanted more information about Epstein’s connections to the world elite. “Their [Democrats’] new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker”
How Trump is damaging QAnon - Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/9/800079678/series/trump-qanon-epstein-files-polling/

Compact balanced threefolds and LCK manifolds with constant holomorphic sectional curvature
Shuwen Chen, Junpeng Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05598 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.05598 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.05598
arXiv:2608.05598v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A long-standing conjecture in Hermitian geometry says that a compact Hermitian manifold with constant Chern holomorphic sectional curvature $c$ is K\"ahler for $c\neq 0$ and Chern flat for $c=0$. Although the conjecture has been established in complex dimension two, it remains open in general in higher dimensions. We verify the conjecture for compact balanced threefolds when $c\leq 0$. For compact locally conformally K\"ahler manifolds, Chen, Chen, and Nie established the case $c\leq 0$, while Huang and Wan recently settled the remaining case. Inspired by the approach of Huang and Wan, we investigate a generalization of the conjecture for canonical metric connections and establish it for connected compact locally conformally K\"ahler manifolds.
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good morning!
did some early-morning ponding on the #pandemicPond this morning.
The water level was unusually low, so I started looking around for leaks or blocks. I have been wanting to cut down the vertical PVC at the top of the bog barrels to make it not stick out so much and blend in a little nicer and also because it would reduce the height for the pump, so increase flow.
Well it turns out that connection, where the black pipe goes into the white PVC in the barrel, was a little loose and some water was leaking out and adding to the evaporation budget.
So that gave me the push to do the small modifications on the top end of the pipe. It was also a good time since turning off the pump meant the top pond would drain into the bottom pond. When the system is full, that would normally cause the bottom pond to over flow, but since it was all low, no extra water was lost.
I cut the inlet down a few inches under the water in the bog barrel to move the T down and then cut another 6in from the top pipe to snug it all up.
Then I also tightened up the connections for the over flow/air valve and added an elbow to keep water from escaping out the valve outlet. Only took about 5 minutes. I have been wanting to do this for months. 😂
Result:
black pipe doesn't curl as high over the barrel ✅
no more leak from the PVC connection ✅
no more water escaping from the air valve ✅
noticeably more flow over the waterfall! ✅
Pump is back on and water is replenished from the rain barrel ✅
the fish are happy! 🐟 and me too. ✅
oh oh! did I tell you we have a new fish! The top pond fish had babies and it looks like one has survived to be big enough not to be cannibalized. 😂 It is very skittish and is still mostly black so I havent got a good picture of it yet.
#pondlife #diy #gardening #portalberni

Holonomy Asymptotics along Quartic Differential Rays
Weihan Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04729 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.04729 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.04729
arXiv:2608.04729v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Let \(X\) be a closed Riemann surface and let \(q\in H^0(X,K^4)\) be a nonzero holomorphic quartic differential on \(X\). For \(t >0\), the ray \(tq\) determines a family of Hitchin representations in the \(\operatorname{PSp}(4,\mathbb R)\)-Hitchin component. We study, as \(t\to \infty\), the asymptotic behavior of their holonomy along closed curves. We obtain explicit asymptotic formulas for all singular values and for the absolute values of all eigenvalues of the holonomy. Their logarithmic growth rates are given by integrating the local fourth roots of \(q\) along the saddle connections forming the geodesic representative of the curve with respect to the singular flat metric \(\lvert q\rvert^{1/2}\). No restriction is imposed on the orders of the zeros of \(q\).
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"The state that’s beating dirty electricity "
#US #USA #America #NewMiexico

The state that's beating dirty electricity  » Yale Climate Connections
Abundant sunshine and smart policy have made New Mexico’s grid far more climate-friendly. 

The Dutch DSO Liander allows businesses to skip the waiting list for new grid connections or capacity if they invest in a battery and make part of it available to the DSO in return for a fee. What do we make of this? It has a bit of a Sicilian-American feel to it.
https://solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i44673/bedrijven-kunnen-wachtlijst-omzeilen-door-batterij-te-delen-met-stroomnet

In #Utah, physical/emotional/sexual abuse is killing our kids.
#utpol thinks that same abuse is ideal for treating homeless and/or people struggling with addiction. They believe it so much, they're throwing money at it.
#SaltLake #recovery

Here is the transcript of the meat of Carney’s proposal for a deeper Canada and EU partnership in text. Full text of the speech at the second link. The 2 minute video clip got a chuckle (“better manners”).
“So let me say plainly what Canada proposes.
Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities, including critical minerals, defence industrial capacity, AI and compute, energy security, space, and payments.
We should move toward seamless, digital trade in non-agricultural goods and a wide range of services.
We should deepen our people-to-people ties, allowing our youth to live, work and study where they want on either side of the Atlantic.
Canadian membership of Erasmus can give your students, and ours, more opportunity to learn at some of the world’s top universities, to broaden their horizons, and to build lasting ties that will sustain our alliance for the future.
Canadian membership of the next generation of Horizon would allow us to pool resources, cooperate on frontier technologies, and leverage our world-class research institutes and universities.
Yesterday, President von der Leyen announced a “new European Corporation on Critical Raw Materials” to obtain and stockpile the material needed for electric cars, chips and batteries, clean technology, and defence. Canada has deposits of over 34 critical minerals, and we are among the top producers of the 10 most essential for the world’s energy transition. Our alliance can help fill Europe’s need for reliable supply, Canada’s need for advanced processing capabilities, and our common objective to build complete value chains.
Canada can contribute LNG and hydrogen at large scale to support Europe’s energy security including by developing and leveraging new port infrastructure in the High North and on our East Coast. We, in turn, can benefit from your leadership in many clean energy technologies.
We can pool new sovereign compute capacity and build more secure broadband connections between Europe and Asia via our common geography.
Canada and Europe can join forces to develop AI safety protocols, coordinate common standards, and strengthen transparency, all while developing applications so our governments and companies can serve our citizens better.
Canada and Europe should also consider exploring an integrated market for financial services to broaden choice and reduce costs for our citizens, improve access to capital for our companies while maintaining our world-leading financial resilience.”
Official Text of speech: #canada #eu #europe #canPoli #cdnpoli #trade #security #war #russiaUkraineWar #theAmericanFascist