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🌵 Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
https://theconversation.com/climate-models-reveal-how-human-activity-may-be-locking-the-southwest-into-permanent-drou…

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon.

Report for America says for 2024-25, 55% of the 181 reporters in the program were hired into permanent positions; since 2018, RFA has placed 759 corps members (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/report-f

Long; central Massachusetts colonial history
Today on a whim I visited a site in Massachusetts marked as "Huguenot Fort Ruins" on OpenStreetMaps. I drove out with my 4-year-old through increasingly rural central Massachusetts forests & fields to end up on a narrow street near the top of a hill beside a small field. The neighboring houses had huge lawns, some with tractors.
Appropriately for this day and this moment in history, the history of the site turns out to be a microcosm of America. Across the field beyond a cross-shaped stone memorial stood an info board with a few diagrams and some text. The text of the main sign (including typos/misspellings) read:
"""
Town Is Formed
Early in the 1680's, interest began to generate to develop a town in the area west of Natick in the south central part of the Commonwealth that would be suitable for a settlement. A Mr. Hugh Campbell, a Scotch merchant of Boston petitioned the court for land for a colony. At about the same time, Joseph Dudley and William Stoughton also were desirous of obtaining land for a settlement. A claim was made for all lands west of the Blackstone River to the southern land of Massachusetts to a point northerly of the Springfield Road then running southwesterly until it joined the southern line of Massachusetts.
Associated with Dudley and Stoughton was Robert Thompson of London, England, Dr. Daniel Cox and John Blackwell, both of London and Thomas Freak of Hannington, Wiltshire, as proprietors. A stipulation in the acquisition of this land being that within four years thirty families and an orthodox minister settle in the area. An extension of this stipulation was granted at the end of the four years when no group large enough seemed to be willing to take up the opportunity.
In 1686, Robert Thompson met Gabriel Bernor and learned that he was seeking an area where his countrymen, who had fled their native France because of the Edict of Nantes, were desirous of a place to live. Their main concern was to settle in a place that would allow them freedom of worship. New Oxford, as it was the so-named, at that time included the larger part of Charlton, one-fourth of Auburn, one-fifth of Dudley and several square miles of the northeast portion of Southbridge as well as the easterly ares now known as Webster.
Joseph Dudley's assessment that the area was capable of a good settlement probably was based on the idea of the meadows already established along with the plains, ponds, brooks and rivers. Meadows were a necessity as they provided hay for animal feed and other uses by the settlers. The French River tributary books and streams provided a good source for fishing and hunting. There were open areas on the plains as customarily in November of each year, the Indians burnt over areas to keep them free of underwood and brush. It appeared then that this area was ready for settling.
The first seventy-five years of the settling of the Town of Oxford originally known as Manchaug, embraced three different cultures. The Indians were known to be here about 1656 when the Missionary, John Eliott and his partner Daniel Gookin visited in the praying towns. Thirty years later, in 1686, the Huguenots walked here from Boston under the guidance of their leader Isaac Bertrand DuTuffeau. The Huguenot's that arrived were not peasants, but were acknowledged to be the best Agriculturist, Wine Growers, Merchant's, and Manufacter's in France. There were 30 families consisting of 52 people. At the time of their first departure (10 years), due to Indian insurrection, there were 80 people in the group, and near their Meetinghouse/Church was a Cemetery that held 20 bodies. In 1699, 8 to 10 familie's made a second attempt to re-settle, failing after only four years, with the village being completely abandoned in 1704.
The English colonist made their way here in 1713 and established what has become a permanent settlement.
"""
All that was left of the fort was a crumbling stone wall that would have been the base of a higher wooden wall according to a picture of a model (I didn't think to get a shot of that myself). Only trees and brush remain where the multi-story main wooden building was.
This story has so many echoes in the present:
- The rich colonialists from Boston & London agree to settle the land, buying/taking land "rights" from the colonial British court that claimed jurisdiction without actually having control of the land. Whether the sponsors ever actually visited the land themselves I don't know. They surely profited somehow, whether from selling on the land rights later or collecting taxes/rent or whatever, by they needed poor laborers to actually do the work of developing the land (& driving out the original inhabitants, who had no say in the machinations of the Boston court).
- The land deal was on condition that there capital-holders who stood to profit would find settlers to actually do the work of colonizing. The British crown wanted more territory to be controlled in practice not just in theory, but they weren't going to be the ones to do the hard work.
- The capital-holders actually failed to find enough poor suckers to do their dirty work for 4 years, until the Huguenots, fleeing religious persecution in France, were desperate enough to accept their terms.
- Of course, the land was only so ripe for settlement because of careful tending over centuries by the natives who were eventually driven off, and whose land management practices are abandoned today. Given the mention of praying towns (& dates), this was after King Phillip's war, which resulted in at least some forced resettlement of native tribes around the area, but the descendants of those "Indians" mentioned in this sign are still around. For example, this is the site of one local band of Nipmuck, whose namesake lake is about 5 miles south of the fort site: #LandBack.

I had completely forgotten the state The Last of Us Part 1 for PC was in at launch. Which explains my surprise when I finally got to it and tried to run my Epic copy on Linux. At least for me and at the moment, the game works only with Proton 9.0-4 (Steam's mark of excellence) and, weirdly, with Wine-10.10. FSR 4 with an RDNA 3 card (again, for me) is impossible - the game crashes hard in every FSR 4 scenario. It's saving grace is it runs great on a native 1440p resolution 🤷‍♂️

Optimizing $\alpha''$-Fe$_{16}$N$_2$ as permanent magnet via alloying
Bo Zhao, Ruiwen Xie, Imants Dirba, Lambert Alff, Oliver Gutfleisch, Hongbin Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01035

Optimizing $α''$-Fe$_{16}$N$_2$ as permanent magnet via alloying
Based on systematic first-principles calculations, we investigate the effects of 27 alloying elements on the intrinsic magnetic properties of Fe$_{16}$N$_2$, in order to further optimize its properties for permanent magnet applications. Analysis on the thermodynamic stabilities based on formation energy and distance to the convex hull reveals that 20 elements can be substituted into Fe$_{16}$N$_2$, where there is no strong site-preference upon doping. It is observed that all alloying elements c…

Tired of waiting for the city, Angelenos paint their own crosswalks. Some become permanent.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-06/tired-of-waiting-for-the-city-some-angelenos-paint…

Tired of waiting for the city, Angelenos paint their own crosswalks. Some become permanent
From Sawtelle to Koreatown, Los Angeles residents have taken street safety into their own hands and painted crosswalks they believe are necessary for residents.

@…
Thanks for changing the format of your podcast description timestamps for "It's More of an Homage". I hope it's a permanent change. 🥺
The "time - title" format is automatically recognized by my podcast player (Podcast Republic) and now it shows the title while listening. (I asked the dev awhile back and it requires …

Reminder - Can FFOTUS really claim Mar the Lago as his permanent residence? Because of an agreement with the City of Palm Beach he can reside there only because he is listed as an "employee". And I do wonder whether there is proof - bona fide employment, such as a W9, 1099s, payment of worker's comp and FICA taxes etc?

I have deconstructed the temporary half arsed shoddy micro-campervan conversion.
Emptied it out, ready for the professionals to do the fully arsed non-shoddy permanent conversion over the next couple of weeks.
The fridge and the chair remain in the back but not tied down at all.
The chair I might leave at my mums as a better sofa-bed for me to sleep on when there, and maybe spend the night with them before dropping the van off. They live much closer than me to the drop off point.
He said he might be able to use the fridge.
My job was so shoddy it was already starting to fall apart so will be good to have it done properly.

Interessante Podcast-Folge von Roland Brühe (@…) mit Sabine Bartholomeyczik zur Entwicklung der #Pflegewissenschaft in Deutschland. Zeigt sehr schön, dass die Entwicklung alles andere als gradlinig verlief/verläuft, aber es sich doch permanent weitere…

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President wants-to-gerrymander-the-gop-into-permanent-power says _Democrats_ cheat.
Every accusation really is a confession.
#USpol

End of US low-value package tariff exemption is permanent, Trump officials say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/end-us-low-value-package-tariff-exemption-is-permanent-trump-officials-say-2025-08-28/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p141#a250828p141

Failure-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination for Resilient and Adaptive Target Tracking
Peihan Li, Jiazhen Liu, Yuwei Wu, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Vijay Kumar, Lifeng Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02529

Failure-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination for Resilient and Adaptive Target Tracking
Multi-robot coordination is crucial for autonomous systems, yet real-world deployments often encounter various failures. These include both temporary and permanent disruptions in sensing and communication, which can significantly degrade system robustness and performance if not explicitly modeled. Despite its practical importance, failure-aware coordination remains underexplored in the literature. To bridge the gap between idealized conditions and the complexities of real-world environments, we…

Meine Güte, täglich immer wieder mehrere Infos über weltweite Cyberangriffe und einige sind sehr umfangreich komplex doch die meisten sind mMn einfach anhand der vernachlässigten IT-Sicherheit vorhersehbar. Ja es ist ein Aufwand um dem permanent gegenüber zu treten aber der ist einiges größer nach erfolgreichen Angriff. Nein Linux ist nicht per-se die Lösung aber deren Lücken werden sehr schnell geschlossen 🤨

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Cyberangriff | heise online

What are we waiting for? The world needs to act — now!
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation: Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter https://www.

"New York neighbors turn pandemic streets into permanent green sanctuary"
#US #USA #America #Environment

New York neighbors turn pandemic streets into permanent green sanctuary
A 1.3-mile stretch of Jackson Heights was once just traffic and noise — now it's a thriving public park reimagined by the community that needed it most.Claire Elise Thompson reports for Grist.In short:During the pandemic, 34th Avenue in Queens was closed to cars, quickly transforming into a beloved ...

« Guy Parmelin ne souhaite pas dévoiler la stratégie du Conseil fédéral. »
Eh ben, c’est probablement parce qu’il n’y en a pas.
https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/2025/article/suisse-usa-parmelin-promet…

The Effect of Permanent Dipoles on Dark States in Molecular Dimers
Matthew Freed, Dominic M. Rouse, Andrea Rocco, Jim Al-Khalili, Marian Florescu, Adam Burgess
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11445

The Effect of Permanent Dipoles on Dark States in Molecular Dimers
Many organic molecules possess large permanent dipole moments that differ depending on the electronic state. These permanent dipoles influence both intermolecular coupling and interactions with the optical fields, yet they are often neglected in typical theoretical quantum optics treatments. Here, we investigate the optical properties and their effect on dark states of dimers possessing such permanent dipoles. We show that when monomers have excitation-dependent permanent dipoles, optical trans…

Data-driven high-throughput search for the accelerated discovery of rare-earth-free permanent magnets
Junaid Jami, Nitish Bhagat, Amrita Bhattacharya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01849

Data-driven high-throughput search for the accelerated discovery of rare-earth-free permanent magnets
An integrated data-driven approach combined with a high-throughput framework based on first-principles calculations was used to discover novel rare-earth-free permanent magnets, focusing on binary alloys. Compounds were screened systematically based on their elemental composition, structure, stability, and magnetization. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed on the selected candidates to evaluate their magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) and Curie temperature (Tc), …

A permanent U.S. resident has been held in detention for the last week
without apparent explanation and without access to legal representation
According to the Washington Post, 40-year-old Tae Heung "Will" Kim
was detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport on July 21
after returning from attending his brother's wedding in Korea.
In the week since his detention, he has still not been released
despite being a gr…

Korean Scientist With Green Card Detained for a Week and Denied Access to His Lawyer | Common Dreams
U.S. legal resident detained without explanation for a week, denied legal representation.

Permanent Data Encoding (PDE): A Visual Language for Semantic Compression and Knowledge Preservation in 3-Character Units
Yoshiharu Tsuyuki, Xianqi Li, Yuji Kurihara, Kenji Mitsudo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20131

Permanent Data Encoding (PDE): A Visual Language for Semantic Compression and Knowledge Preservation in 3-Character Units
Permanent Data Encoding (PDE) is a visual language framework designed for long-term, human-readable, and electrically independent knowledge preservation. By encoding semantic content into compact 2-3 character alphanumeric codes, paired with public dictionaries and rule-based expansion structures, PDE enables information to be visually interpreted and logically reconstructed without reliance on digital systems. Unlike QR codes or binary data, PDE offers a transparent and self-contained method o…

When even an organisation as reprehensible as the Catholic Church finds your behaviour unacceptable. Say the word, Popey, say the word: genocide.
#israel #genocide #Gaza

A Hereditary Integral, Transient Network Approach to Modeling Permanent Set and Viscoelastic Response in Polymers
Stephen T. Castonguay, Joshua B. Fernandes, Michael A. Puso, Sylvie Aubry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20773

A Hereditary Integral, Transient Network Approach to Modeling Permanent Set and Viscoelastic Response in Polymers
An efficient numerical framework is presented for modeling viscoelasticity and permanent set of polymers. It is based on the hereditary integral form of transient network theory, in which polymer chains belong to distinct networks each with different natural equilibrium states. Chains continually detach from previously formed networks and reattach to new networks in a state of zero stress. The free energy of these networks is given in terms of the deformation gradient relative to the configurat…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
Marijata:
🎵 No Condition Is Permanent
#Marijata
https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/marijata-no-condition-is-permanent
https://open.spotify.com/track/4RY7JyzWaluUWKg3zPKOdk

Trump walks back from Ukraine ceasefire calls, aligning closer with Russia’s push for permanent peace deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/trump-walks-back-from-ukraine.html

3×Weckerfehleinstellung beim Hauptwecker=Handy😯
Zum Glück ward Schatz' gerade wach und ich mit.
Und es gab noch im Flur den Reservewecker, richtig eingestellt.
Und wir haben nicht Wechsel-Schicht-Dienst, sondern gestaffelte Dienste (6, 7,) 8, 9, 12 Uhr.
Und³ es hat sich seit April so ergeben, daß die 6&7- Dienste von zwei Kollegen permanent, nicht in Rotation übernommen wurden.
#Wecker

A logical implication between two conjectures on matrix permanents
L\'eo Pioge, Kamil K. Pietrasz, Benoit Seron, Leonardo Novo, Nicolas J. Cerf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00111

A logical implication between two conjectures on matrix permanents
We prove a logical implication between two old conjectures stated by Bapat and Sunder about the permanent of positive semidefinite matrices. Although Drury has recently disproved both conjectures, this logical implication yields a non-trivial link between two seemingly unrelated conditions that a positive semidefinite matrix may fulfill. As a corollary, the classes of matrices that are known to obey the first conjecture are then immediately proven to obey the second one. Conversely, we uncover …

PSA: Fake verification replies are starting again. Don't fall for them. Best thing you can do is report them as SPAM to your instance and forward to any optional instances with "Fake Mastodon Verification Scam" written in the notes/comments section for the report. Make sure everyone you interact with knows this is going on. Permanent solutions to combat this scam are being implemented to tackle it by the software developers.

Welcome support for the suffering Palestinians of Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/letter-sanctions-israel-gaza-starvation

I can't help but wonder if the real anti-Semites aren't the #NetanyahuAdministration & those who conflate criticism of the Netanyahu Administration's horrific acts in Gaza and the West Bank with antisemitism. It is the acts of Netanyahu and his ilk that cast Judaism in a bad light, as they hide behind a Jewish identity to justify the unjustifiable. Hiding evil behin…

I can't help but wonder if the real anti-Semites aren't the #NetanyahuAdministration & those who conflate criticism of the Netanyahu Administration's horrific acts in Gaza and the West Bank with antisemitism. It is the acts of Netanyahu and his ilk that cast Judaism in a bad light, as they hide behind a Jewish identity to justify the unjustifiable. Hiding evil behin…

#LongCovid - In der #Schweiz leben rund eine halbe Million Menschen mit Long Covid und ME. - «Niemand fühlt sich zuständig»
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Chronisch krank und permanent angezweifelt
In der Schweiz leben rund eine halbe Million Menschen mit Long Covid und ME. Doch sie kämpfen nicht nur gegen eine unheilbare Krankheit – sondern auch gegen Stigma, Fehldiagnosen und lebensbedrohliche Behandlungen.

PSA: 🥵 Idk who needs to hear this, but in a heatwave for the love of science use air conditioning. If you don’t have air conditioning, get a portable unit as soon as possible.
The climate is going to get hotter and heat can very easily kill you or a loved one or a pet; or cause permanent disability.
Heat is a lot more dangerous than cold temperatures; even if you’re “young and healthy”.
The climate is already fucked and has long reached a tipping point as far as humans go—our only bet is large-scale CO2 extraction.
Sacrificing your health “to save energy*” for an imaginary fight that we have already lost is stupid. It’s also one of those “individual responsibility” mindfucks—the culprits for pollution are industry maximizing profits and governments that are not acting.
Anyway, stay cool.
*note that AC uses overall a lot less energy than heating does

on this week’s "blues for allah" #GratefulDead cast, rich & i attempt to untie “slipknot!” & pin down the grateful dead’s harmonic & personal ambiguity in early 1975. were they even a band anymore or a “more or less permanent musical association” as jerry garcia put it?

Netflix plans to open its first Netflix House locations, 100K-sq-ft entertainment and shopping venues, in Philadelphia on November 12 and Dallas on December 11 (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/netflix-house-opening-date-…

Netflix House Sets Opening Dates for Philadelphia, Dallas
Netflix has set the opening dates for its much-hyped, 100,000-square-foot permanent entertainment and shopping destinations in Philadelphia and Dallas.

SF folks: please call your supervisor and ask them not to redirect permanent affordable housing funds to temporary shelter
it’s likely illegal and it’s nonsense: the shelters would free up if people could exit to permanent housing!
https://dsasf.org/ocoh/

San Francisco is About to Defund Solutions to Homelessness
After a late-night session on June 26, the Budget & Appropriations Committee of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a set of proposed resolutions regarding the budget. T…

Welke Android slimmerik weet hoe je 'extra dimmen' permanent aan kunt zetten in Android (15)?
Op het moment schakelt Android de functie bij/na opladen automatisch uit. Dat slaat gewoon nergens op. Juist van de lader af wil ik dat mn accu lang meegaat (en ik met een druk op de knop wat extra licht krijg).
#Android

Permanent magnet based Zeeman slower for lithium atoms
R. Elbaz, F. Hamodi-Gzal, N. Priel, M. O. Gzal, L. Khaykovich
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00790 https://

Interaction-induced magnetoconductivity, magnetoresistivity, and the Hall effect in massive-massless fermion mixtures
Yuping Huang, D. S. Eliseev, V. M. Kovalev, O. V. Kibis, Yu. Yu. Illarionov, I. G. Savenko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01435

Interaction-induced magnetoconductivity, magnetoresistivity, and the Hall effect in massive-massless fermion mixtures
The presence of two types of holes, namely the Dirac holes and the heavy holes, in a two-dimensional sample exposed to a weak external permanent magnetic field leads to the emergence of the temperature and magnetic field-dependent contribution to the resistivity due to their interactions. Taking a HgTe-based two-dimensional semimetal as a testbed, we develop a theoretical model describing the role of interactions between the degenerate massive and Dirac particles for the resistivity in the pres…

We Need a Strategy to Win Zohran’s Agenda. Call It Plan Z. https://jacobin.com/2025/08/zohran-bernie-party-power-strategy/

We Need a Strategy to Win Zohran’s Agenda. Call It Plan Z.
Electing Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning. To actually win his agenda against billionaire opposition, we need to build popular power — permanent grassroots organizations that can mobilize tens of thousands to have his back when the fight gets real.

On the Range of the Permanent of $(\pm1)$-Matrices
DeVon Ingram, Alexander Razborov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09433 https://arxiv.or…

On the Range of the Permanent of $(\pm1)$-Matrices
We establish a superpolynomial lower bound on the range of the permanent function on the set of $n\times n$ matrices with $\pm1$ entries.

Towards Precise Simulations and Inference for the Neutron EDM
Skyler Degenkolb, Luigi Favaro, Peter Fierlinger, Jennifer Franz, Husain Manasawala, Tilman Plehn
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02791

Towards Precise Simulations and Inference for the Neutron EDM
Precision measurements of neutron properties, like its permanent electric dipole moment, rely on understanding complex experimental setups in detail. We show how the properties of stored and transported ultracold neutron ensembles can be simulated reliably. In a second step, we illustrate how they can be used for simulation-based inference of the parameters associated with underlying physics processes such as neutron capture or beta decay. Our proof of principle for simulation-based inference c…

Handy als PC-Lautsprecher ( ggf. Mikrofon). Warum das cool wäre? Ich könnte vom PC direkt auf's Handy umlenken, wo ich permanent mit den Hörgeräten verbunden bin. (Hörgeräte mit mehreren Geräten verbinden ist nervig und nicht praktikabel). Bonus: es sollte via USB gehen, da auf der Arbeit das Handy sonst im VPN sein müsste (was auch noch großer Range ist).
#AudioRelay (

A Framework for a Comprehensive National Future Readiness Index
Ali Qassim Jawad, Xavier Sala-i-Martin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00755 https://arxiv.org/p…

A Framework for a Comprehensive National Future Readiness Index
This paper introduces the Index of Future Readiness (IFR), a novel framework for assessing a country's capacity to withstand, adapt to, and prosper within an environment of continuous and accelerating change. The framework builds on the classical distinction, first emphasized in economic discourse by Robert E. Lucas Jr. in the 1970s, between temporary shocks, which call for economic resilience, and permanent shocks, which require adaptive capacity. The IFR applies a whole-of-society perspective…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/richard-angle-nsa-cyber-command-00415619
“The Trump administration has been searching for permanent leadership for the powerful signals intelligence agency, as the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran r…

ProForm: Solder-Free Circuit Assembly Using Thermoforming
Narjes Pourjafarian, Zhenming Yang, Jeffrey I. Lipton, Benyamin Davaji, Gregory D. Abowd
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20933

ProForm: Solder-Free Circuit Assembly Using Thermoforming
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a growing global challenge, with millions of functional components discarded due to the difficulty of repair and reuse. Traditional circuit assembly relies on soldering, which creates semi-permanent bonds that limit component recovery and contribute to unnecessary waste. We introduce ProForm, a thermoforming approach for solder-free circuit prototyping. By encapsulating electronic components with pressure-formed thermoplastics, ProForm enables secure, reversible mo…

"As a collective of homeless and marginally housed mothers, Moms 4 Housing organizes to reclaim vacant property warehoused by investors. In 2020, another group of mothers began squatting in vacant foreclosed properties owned by Philadelphia’s Housing Authority (PHA)." ❤️‍🔥
https://rosalux.nyc/self-help-housing/

@… My, admittedly super naive, not carefully considered, take is: If anyone has them, it’s unreasonable to expect others not to attempt to get on par.
Why should some powers hold permanent leverage over the rest? Why should anyone trust them not to abuse the position?
I would prefer a world where they simply don’t exist, but given that they do, here we are.

Trump walks back from Ukraine ceasefire calls, aligning closer with Russia’s push for permanent peace deal
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-walks-back-from-ukraine-and-europes-ceasefire-calls-aligning-closer-with-russias-push-for-peace-deal/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Der #WDR berichtet von illegaler Duldung der #Falschparker durch die Stadt Essen.
Statt ihren Pflichten zum Schutz der Bürgerschaft nachzukommen, redet sie sich mit dreisten Strohmanargumenten raus: Das Ordnungsamt könne nicht permanent nur einen Ort abdecken. Eine Forderung, die niemand stellt un…

WDR Lokalzeit Ruhr | 18.07.2025
Themen: Jahrelanger Ärger um zugeparkten Gehweg in Essen | Volunteers bei den Hochschul-Games | 15 Jahre nach A40 Still-Leben | Studiogespräch: Ralph Kindel, damals der Chef-Organisator des Stilllebens | Nachbarschaftsinitiative Fresh und die Kraft der Blumen | Ihre Bestellung bitte: Nettester Mc Donalds-Mitarbeiter ever | Reporter Stefan Göke berichtet vom Festival "Bermudadreieck" | Wetter

Novel Design of 3D Printed Tumbling Microrobots for in vivo Targeted Drug Delivery
Aaron C. Davis, Siting Zhang, Adalyn Meeks, Diya Sakhrani, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, D. Ethan Kelley, Emma Caldwell, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00166

Novel Design of 3D Printed Tumbling Microrobots for in vivo Targeted Drug Delivery
This paper presents innovative designs for 3D-printed tumbling microrobots, specifically engineered for targeted in vivo drug delivery applications. The microrobot designs, created using stereolithography 3D printing technologies, incorporate permanent micro-magnets to enable actuation via a rotating magnetic field actuator system. The experimental framework encompasses a series of locomotion characterization tests to evaluate microrobot performance under various conditions. Testing variables i…

Guten Morgen Edding, äh Wedding!

Graph Neural Networks to Predict Coercivity of Hard Magnetic Microstructures
Heisam Moustafa, Alexander Kovacs, Johann Fischbacher, Markus Gusenbauer, Qais Ali, Leoni Breth, Thomas Schrefl, Harald Oezelt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23615

Graph Neural Networks to Predict Coercivity of Hard Magnetic Microstructures
Graph neural networks (GNN) are a promising tool to predict magnetic properties of large multi-grain structures, which can speed up the search for rare-earth free permanent magnets. In this paper, we use our magnetic simulation data to train a GNN to predict coercivity of hard magnetic microstructures. We evaluate the performance of the trained GNN and quantify its uncertainty. Subsequently, we reuse the GNN architecture for predicting the maximum energy product. Out-of-distribution predictions…

The UK government appoints News UK COO and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to the new role of permanent secretary for communications (Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/news-uk-coo-and…

News UK COO and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take Govt comms job
News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore is taking up a senior communications role at the heart of Government.

Trash panda update: they're not gone but seem to be starting to learn we don't like them. The super soaker is the weapon of choice - they hate it but it doesn't do any permanent damage.
I had one pop out in broad daylight earlier and pummeled it with the super soaker until it climbed up a tree out of range.
Another one showed up after dark and froze when I walked out the back door, maybe it thought I couldn't see it?
It thought wrong.
EDIT: The one in…

The Permanent Stain -- Trump's first year has been a triumph for autocracy in America. And it will last. (Andrew Sullivan/The Weekly Dish)
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-permanent-stain-360
http://www.memeorandum.com/250809/p40#a250809p40

FTIO: Frequent Temporally Integrated Objects
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Kalati, Farhad Maleki, Ian McQuillan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16183 https://arxiv.org…

FTIO: Frequent Temporally Integrated Objects
Predicting and tracking objects in real-world scenarios is a critical challenge in Video Object Segmentation (VOS) tasks. Unsupervised VOS (UVOS) has the additional challenge of finding an initial segmentation of salient objects, which affects the entire process and keeps a permanent uncertainty about the object proposals. Moreover, deformation and fast motion can lead to temporal inconsistencies. To address these problems, we propose Frequent Temporally Integrated Objects (FTIO), a post-proces…

I have visited this small National Monument several times - it is very much worth a visit.
I fear that it, however, is near the top of FFOTUS' list of national monuments to dismantle.
Cesar Chavez National Monument
https://www.nps.gov/cech/index.htm

César E. Chávez National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Yes, we can!

Widely recognized as the most important Latino leader in the United States during the twentieth century, Cesar Chavez led farm workers and supporters in the establishment of the country's first permanent agricultural union. His leadership brought sustained international attention to the plight of U.S. farm workers, and secured for them higher wages and safer working conditions.

If you don't speak French, use your favorite translation service and read this. Please.
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/francoise-guerin-psychologue-et-autrice/blog/170725/ils-sont-epuises-mais…

Ils sont épuisés (mais il paraît qu'ils ne travaillent pas encore assez)
Les gens sont épuisés. C’est ce que je constate, à longueur d’année, en consultation. Ils courent après le temps, jonglent avec les plannings des uns et des autres. Leur vie est un Tetris permanent. Ils arrivent épuisés en consultation. Le fauteuil tremble sous leur poids. Parfois, il leur faut de longues minutes pour atterrir.

Stop calling this a bloody war. This is not war. It’s genocide. Palestinians are not starving, they are BEING STARVED BY ISRAEL.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing

A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning:
Human activity may be driving drought more intensely
– and more directly
– than previously understood.
The southwestern United States has been in a historic #megadrought for much of the past two decades,
with its reservoirs including lakes Mead and Powell dipping to record lows
and legal disputes erupting ov…

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon.

Revisiting the magnetic ground states of RECo$_5$ permanent magnets
F. de Almeida Passos, G. J. Nilsen, R. Dankelman, M. Thijs, G. Balakrishnan, S. Kumar, A. Thamizhavel, J. Larrea Jim\'enez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15170

Revisiting the magnetic ground states of RECo$_5$ permanent magnets
In light of recent improvements in the theory of rare earth magnets, as well as the availability of improved neutron powder diffraction data on these materials, we revisit the magnetic single-ion properties of SmCo$_5$ and the magnetic structures of YCo$_5$ and NdCo$_5$. From neutron diffraction patterns in a wide range of temperatures between 3 K and 800 K, we obtain the thermal coefficient expansion and the magnetic moment values for the latter two materials. For SmCo$_5$, we fit existing neu…

Magnetic levitation by rotation described by a new type of Levitron
A. Doff, R. M. Szmoski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23268 https://a…

Magnetic levitation by rotation described by a new type of Levitron
Recently, the authors[1][2] have highlighted a novel magnetic levitation phenomenon utilizing two magnetically equivalent permanent neodymium magnets. We propose that this system represents an analog of a scaled-up version of a Levitron[3][4]. The main distinction between these systems lies in the fact that the radius $m_/μ_f$ now is a function of the lateral displacement $δ_R$, and the adjustment required for magnetic trapping is not determined by the rotation speed of the float. Using an ef…

Coherent Structures in Flame Fronts
Sultan Aitzhan, Benjamin F. Akers, David M. Ambrose
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20918 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.20918…

Coherent Structures in Flame Fronts
We study traveling waves in a coordinate-free model of flame fronts. The flame front is the interface between the burnt and unburnt phases of a gas undergoing combustion. The front therefore moves in a preferred direction, as the unburnt gas is consumed. In the horizontally periodic, vertically unbounded setting, we prove the existence of waves of permanent form which are traveling in the vertical direction. We also compute these waves. The analysis and computation use the framework of travelin…

Sonos names interim CEO Tom Conrad as CEO, effective immediately, as it works to restore confidence after its app disaster; Conrad took the job in January 2025 (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

I believe this is the first coverage to acknowledge that Lurie’s budget seems to treat a “temporary” new jail as permanent
“representatives from the People’s Budget Coalition lined the second and third floor balconies of City Hall’s rotunda. They held yellow posters reading ‘No new jail! No cuts!’ referring to the continued funding for the jail annex in San Bruno.”

Hundreds protest S.F. budget cuts, packing City Hall chambers
Protesters unfurled banners in the San Francisco City Hall rotunda reading "Stop cuts" that were quickly taken down by sheriff's deputies.

Well this seems not fun...
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/More-than-One-Million-Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations…

More than One Million Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled power banks and contact Anker Innovations for instructions on receiving a free replacement power bank. Visit https://www.anker.com/product-recalls to register for the recall. To receive a replacement, consumers will be required to submit a photo of their recalled power bank showing the model number, serial number, their name, the date of the photograph, and the word “recalled” written on the power bank in permanent marker. A purchase rec…

Non-Hamiltonian 2-regular Digraphs
Munagala V. S. Ramanath
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21381 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.21381…

Non-Hamiltonian 2-regular Digraphs
In earlier papers, we showed a decomposition of 2-diregular digraphs (2-dds) and used it to provide some sufficient conditions for these graphs to be non-Hamiltonian; we also showed a close connection between the permanent and determinant of the adjacency matrices of these digraphs and gave some enumeration and generation results. In the present paper we extend the discussion to a larger class of digraphs, introduce the notions of routes and quotients and use them to provide additional criteria…

Tailoring hard magnetic properties of Fe2MnSn Heusler alloy via interstitial modification: A first-principles approach
Junaid Jami, Rohit Pathak, N. Venkataramani, K. G. Suresh, Amrita Bhattacharya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01832

Tailoring hard magnetic properties of Fe2MnSn Heusler alloy via interstitial modification: A first-principles approach
We employ first-principles calculations to explore interstitial engineering as a strategy to tailor the hard magnetic properties of Fe2MnSn Heusler alloy, establishing its potential as a rare-earth-free permanent magnet. By introducing light interstitial elements -- B, C, H, N, O, and F -- at varying concentrations (1.56-12.5 at%), we uncover significant enhancements in structural stability, magnetization, Curie temperature, and magnetocrystalline anisotropy. These dopants preferentially occupy…

Having nearly died from a tick bite myself: make sure to get vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). It's not just death that's on the table, but also the risk of permanent disabilities. Just do it. #tick #vaccination

as opposed to a permanent headache
#Monsterdon

EIL
Sich permanent ins Gesicht schlagen zu lassen, ist der Gesundheit nicht zuträglich.
EIL

Israel is accelerating its efforts to cement its permanent control over the West Bank
through a number of sweeping legal and institutional changes,
according to a new report from Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
The 87-page report, 
"Legal Structures of Distinction, Separation, and Territorial Domination", describes the ways in which the Netanyahu government is rapidly building on a long-standing legal matrix that further threatens…

Israel is changing the legal system governing the West Bank to accelerate annexation: report
Netanyahu’s government is building on a long-standing legal matrix to accelerate Israel’s de facto annexation in the West Bank

Predictive Analysis of Gmelina arborea (Melina) Growth in Plantations of Esmeraldas: A Perspective for Silvicultural Management in Tropical Ecuador
Jos\'e Gabriel Carvajal Benavides, Hugo Orlando Paredes Rodr\'iguez, Oscar Armando Rosales Enr\'iquez, Eduardo Jaime Chagna Avila, Xavier Germ\'an Valencia Valenzuela, Guillermo David Varela J\'acome

Predictive Analysis of Gmelina arborea (Melina) Growth in Plantations of Esmeraldas: A Perspective for Silvicultural Management in Tropical Ecuador
This study presents a rigorous assessment of the growth performance of Gmelina arborea (melina) in a 67-hectare plantation located in Chontaduro, Tabiazo Parish, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. The plantation was established in 2017 under a high-density planting system (650 trees/ha). Permanent monitoring techniques were applied in 16 one-hectare plots to analyze structural growth variables, including survival rate, diameter at breast height (DBH), total height, commercial height, basal area, volume, and …

White House posting a video of the tactical team that took down the guy... who threw a sandwich earlier.
Hopefully they'll interrupt a WWE event to announce the sandwich throwing guy has been compromised to a permanent end, to give America the catharsis it so needs.

Learning to See Through Flare
Xiaopeng Peng, Heath Gemar, Erin Fleet, Kyle Novak, Abbie Watnik, Grover Swartzlander
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13907 https://

Learning to See Through Flare
Machine vision systems are susceptible to laser flare, where unwanted intense laser illumination blinds and distorts its perception of the environment through oversaturation or permanent damage to sensor pixels. We introduce NeuSee, the first computational imaging framework for high-fidelity sensor protection across the full visible spectrum. It jointly learns a neural representation of a diffractive optical element (DOE) and a frequency-space Mamba-GAN network for image restoration. NeuSee sys…

Laura Rutledge elevated to ESPN's lead 'Monday Night Football' broadcast team https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6548706/2025/08/12/laura-rutledge-espn-nfl-monday-night-football/

"Où que vous parliez, il y a toujours quelqu’un pour se vanter d’en faire plus ou d’en avoir fait plus sans jamais se plaindre. Des courageux, des solides, des vrais hommes. Ceux-lŠ ont un rond de serviette sur les plateaux de télévision. On les invite car ils donnent de si jolies leçons de courage au peuple.
Car il ne suffit pas d’être harassé. Il faut l’être avec le sourire, en ravalant ses mots."

Ils sont épuisés (mais il paraît qu'ils ne travaillent pas encore assez)
Les gens sont épuisés. C’est ce que je constate, à longueur d’année, en consultation. Ils courent après le temps, jonglent avec les plannings des uns et des autres. Leur vie est un Tetris permanent. Ils arrivent épuisés en consultation. Le fauteuil tremble sous leur poids. Parfois, il leur faut de longues minutes pour atterrir.

New lab acquisition: MinusK 50BM-4 passive vibration isolator.
Going to have to get a more permanent weight to balance it right (there's currently a random steel chisel under the microscope in one corner and a CPU heatsink on top) but it's a huge improvement over the random aluminum plate with sorbothane feet.
Huge improvement in stability. The biggest problem is that changing objectives is now a two hand job, the microscope is floated so well that if i grab the turret th…

at this point I would just get rid of every #anker power bank regardless of whether it’s been #recalled or not, it’s only a matter of time

More than One Million Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled power banks and contact Anker Innovations for instructions on receiving a free replacement power bank. Visit https://www.anker.com/product-recalls to register for the recall. To receive a replacement, consumers will be required to submit a photo of their recalled power bank showing the model number, serial number, their name, the date of the photograph, and the word “recalled” written on the power bank in permanent marker. A purchase rec…

🚀 The real nuclear moonshot is here on Earth
#energy

The real nuclear moonshot is here on Earth
Developing extraterrestrial nuclear power is a worthy research project. If we are to someday establish permanent settlements on the moon, they will require a lot of energy.

Slovakia continues to block EU's 18th Russia sanctions package, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/09/slovakia-continues-to-block-eus.html

»Plötzlich Vollzugriff – Angriffstechnik trickst Android-Nutzer mit Animationen aus:
Durch eine Angriffstechnik namens Taptrap erlangen Angreifer völlig unbemerkt weitreichende Zugriffsrechte. Selbst Android 16 bietet davor keinen Schutz.«
Es müssen immer noch die User dazu gebracht werden darauf zu reagieren aber viele tun dies am Handy und im Web so oder so permanent leichtgläubig unbedacht.
🔓

Plötzlich Vollzugriff: Angriffstechnik trickst Android-Nutzer mit Animationen aus - Golem.de
Durch eine Angriffstechnik namens Taptrap erlangen Angreifer völlig unbemerkt weitreichende Zugriffsrechte. Selbst Android 16 bietet davor keinen Schutz.

The israeli-american genocide of the Palestinian people continues. It’s not just israel. It was never just israel.
“‘This is an administration that is committed to Palestinian erasure, both physical and political,’ Elgindy said. ‘The signs were there even in the first Trump term, which nominally supported a Palestinian ‘state’ that was shorn of all sovereignty and under permanent Israeli control. At least now they’ve abandoned the pretense.’
Yousef Munayyer, head of Palestine/Isr…

US ambassador to Israel says US no longer pursuing goal of independent Palestinian state
Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

The Aftermath of Peace: The Impact of the FARC's Ceasefire on Forced Displacement in Colombia
Pedro Albarr\'an, Antonio Robles, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20662

The Aftermath of Peace: The Impact of the FARC's Ceasefire on Forced Displacement in Colombia
Colombia's prolonged conflict has made the country one of the most affected by forced internal displacement (FID) in the world. This study examines the impact of the FARC's 2014 unilateral and permanent ceasefire on FID. We use a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits the timing of the ceasefire and the pre-conflict distribution of FARC presence across municipalities. Results show a substantial reduction in severe displacement episodes in affected areas, with effects that emerged grad…

Application of Quantum Annealing to Computation of Molecular Properties
Pradyot Pritam Sahoo, V. S. Prasannaa, B. P. Das
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12779 https://

Application of Quantum Annealing to Computation of Molecular Properties
We present the results of our quantum annealing computations of the permanent electric dipole moments of several molecules. By applying an electric field as a perturbation and measuring the corresponding energy responses, the molecular electric dipole moments are obtained numerically through the finite field method. The ground-state electronic wavefunctions and energies are obtained using the quantum annealer eignsolver algorithm. This work provides a pathway for the computation of mo…

SFMTA board is hearing Mayor Lurie’s mass displacement plan to banish working-poor, mostly Latino families living in RVs from the city.
Here’s the “refuge permit” designed as window dressing to make liberals feel ok about this. Notice to get one, you have to “agree to accept offer of… interim… housing,” ie agree to be displaced a little later anyway. 💩
#sfpol

Self-Aligning EPM Connector: A Versatile Solution for Adaptive and Multi-Modal Interfaces
Bingchao Wang, Adam A. Stokes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16008 https://

Self-Aligning EPM Connector: A Versatile Solution for Adaptive and Multi-Modal Interfaces
This paper presents a multifunctional connector based on electro-permanent magnet (EPM) technology, integrating self-alignment, mechanical coupling, fluid transfer, and data communication within a compact SLA-3D printed structure. Experimental results demonstrate reliable self-alignment, efficient fluid transfer in single-loop and dual-channel modes, and robust data transmission via integrated electronic control. The connector exhibits high flexibility in accommodating axial, angular, and later…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that "after two incredible years, I've decided to step down"; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/09/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-resigns…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino to step down
Yaccarino was the first permanent CEO after Elon Musk bought the social media platform in 2022.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07606 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_…

Algorithmic Aspects of Strategic Trading
Algorithmic trading in modern financial markets is widely acknowledged to exhibit strategic, game-theoretic behaviors whose complexity can be difficult to model. A recent series of papers (Chriss, 2024b,c,a, 2025) has made progress in the setting of trading for position building. Here parties wish to buy or sell a fixed number of shares in a fixed time period in the presence of both temporary and permanent market impact, resulting in exponentially large strategy spaces. While these papers prima…

An analysis of capital market through the lens of integral transforms: exploring efficient markets and information asymmetry
Kiran Sharma, Abhijit Dutta, Rupak Mukherjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06350

An analysis of capital market through the lens of integral transforms: exploring efficient markets and information asymmetry
Post Modigliani and Miller (1958), the concept of usage of arbitrage created a permanent mark on the discourses of financial framework. The arbitrage process is largely based on information dissemination amongst the stakeholders operating in the financial market. The advent of the efficient market Hypothesis draws close to the M&M hypothesis. Giving importance to the arbitrage process, which effects the price discovery in the stock market. This divided the market as random and efficient cohort …

X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that "after two incredible years, I've decided to step down"; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/09/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-resigns…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino to step down
Yaccarino was the first permanent CEO after Elon Musk bought the social media platform in 2022.

All 5 SF YIMBY endorsed supervisors—Sauter, Engardio, Mahmood, Dorsey, and Melgar—voted to take $34 to $53 million away from building permanent affordable housing, *and* to ban RVs from all city streets.
So much for "legalize housing." With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs? #sfPol

Despite #DJT announcing a #Ceasefire between #Israel & #Iran... “A spokesperson for the

Trump says there is a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran
US President Donald Trump announced Monday evening a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and said he hopes it will become permanent. Follow live updates.

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defence minister, said “an acceptable armistice may never formally arrive” and that Kyiv should formulate “a revised theory of victory” – which accepts that the Kremlin considers itself engaged in a forever war against its smaller neighbour.
The former minister describes the new approach as “strategic neutralisation”, a permanent and dynamic military effort to ensure that Russia’s forces cannot advance and that Moscow becomes “operationally incapab…

🫀 Simulations of beating heart may inform treatments for atrial fibrillation
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-simulations-heart-treatments-atrial-fibrillation.html

Simulations of beating heart may inform treatments for atrial fibrillation
You may have heard the phrase "my heart skipped a beat" when someone was talking about a romantic encounter. In truth, hearts that beat irregularly are dangerous for your health. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, and over time, it can worsen and become a permanent condition, a severe disorder that's the leading preventable cause of ischemic stroke, according to the NIH.

3 years after car-free JFK/Overlook/Middle/MLK was made permanent, the signage for the non-JFK parts of the route is still so bad. No one but us nerds knows a car-free path to the beach even exists!
There should be a big banner on this overpass telling you to turn left then right. Instead there’s a tiny sign no one will see and even if you do it’s unclear (this isn’t “slow streets,” it’s car-free!)

Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector
Davide Luparello
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08222 https://

Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector
Are temporary workers subject to different wage markdowns than permanent workers? This paper examines productivity, output markups, and wage markdowns in India's automotive sector during 2000--2020. I develop a model integrating CES production, nested logit labor supply, and differentiated labor market conduct: Nash-Bertrand wage setting for temporary workers versus Nash bargaining for unionized permanent workers. Results reveal declining output markups as marginal costs outpace prices through …