USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/10/usda-is-reopening-some-2100-offices-to-help-farmers-access-3b-in-aid-despite-the-ongoing-shutdown/
Trevon Diggs offseason release would save Dallas Cowboys over $50M in cap space https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/trevon-diggs-offseason-release-would-save-dallas-cowboys-over-50-million-cap-space
Enriching Object-Centric Event Data with Process Scopes: A Framework for Aggregation and Analysis
Shahrzad Khayatbashi, Majid Rafiei, Jiayuan Chen, Timotheus Kampik, Gregor Berg, Amin Jalali
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18830
How the Raiders Should Approach the Quarterback Position This Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-how-should-approach-quarterback-position-this-offseason
#jukeboxfridaynight
#Obsessions
Sometimes, obsession leads you to a dark place. A masterpiece by Colter Wall.
Kate McCannon by Colter Wall
https://youtu.be/B7E8n7I6IHw?si=uLN2FaCcONlU1eyE
Planning-Query-Guided Model Generation for Model-Based Deformable Object Manipulation
Alex LaGrassa, Zixuan Huang, Dmitry Berenson, Oliver Kroemer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19199
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jehnny Beth:
🎵 Obsession
#JehnnyBeth
https://jehnnybeth.bandcamp.com/track/obsession
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xsJgk34qDNgmsAvGQ3W7C
Integral Online Algorithms for Set Cover and Load Balancing with Convex Objectives
Thomas Kesselheim, Marco Molinaro, Kalen Patton, Sahil Singla
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18383
When I design physical objects, I think in boxes and simple, usually circular-section curves. This has been true when I freehand build physical objects, as well as when I model things on the computer. Fillets are about as crazy as I get.
I'm in awe of artists whose design imaginations extend to "organic" shapes.
Reminds me of music a bit. I was a reasonably good high school musician. Played multiple instruments; did fine in music competition on several of them. That's just en…
Every time I head out, the first thing I ask myself about a product is, "Is it Canadian"? If not, is there a Canadian made version is next.
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