@roelgrif@mstdn.social2025-10-21 08:42:50
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social2025-12-01 02:28:36
coltrane live at birdland
also reading leroi jone's turgid liner notes 🤔
#nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #coltrane
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-26 15:36:53
Casualty figures for Drone Operators are not disclosed
but widely understood to be high
And Ukraine is becoming reliant on civilians to fill roles that once belonged to trained military personnel.
A short but intensive 15-day course is given to a trainee operator for frontline deployment,
a turnaround that reflects the urgent need.
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-10-28 06:03:52
About to start rewatching The West Wing for the 4th time.
Because S2E17 The Stackhouse Filibuster reminded me of how unbelievably good this series is.
✅ The Stackhouse Filibuster | West Wing Wiki | Fandom
https://westwing.fandom.com/wiki/The_Stackhouse_Filibuster
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2025-10-21 04:57:15
Raiders Get Brutal Message After Losing to Chiefs https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/brutal-message-after-losing-chiefs/?adt_ei=[email]
@jake4480@c.im2025-10-24 17:52:09
This week's #GrindayFriday is new 7" EP 'Flayed and Ready' by Boston, Massachusetts' ROTBUS. This is a really deathgrindy bunch of songs, with some great drums, actual riffs, and growly vocals. Oh, and brief, acceptable Spaceballs and Simpsons clips - one of each. This is a fun, weird, brutal, gross ride of an EP. No Time Records is really killing it lately.
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social2025-10-20 22:15:45
thumbing through used records at underground sounds, found b.b. king's very first LP, a 1957 compilation of hit singles from 1951 to 1956. fifteen bucks. wow.
the recording quality is not great to begin with, and it's pretty scratchy after almost seventy years, no skips, though ... oh wait i take that back, still, a real find!
#nowplaying
@arXiv_physicsoptics_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-11-25 10:08:13
Roadmap: Emerging Platforms and Applications of Optical Frequency Combs and Dissipative Solitons
Dmitry Skryabin, Arne Kordts, Richard Zeltner, Ronald Holzwarth, Victor Torres-Company, Tobias Herr, Fuchuan Lei, Qi-Fan Yang, Camille-Sophie Br\`es, John F. Donegan, Hai-Zhong Weng, Delphine Marris-Morini, Adel Bousseksou, Markku Vainio, Thomas Bunel, Matteo Conforti, Arnaud Mussot, Erwan Lucas, Julien Fatome, Yuk Shan Cheng, Derryck T. Reid, Alessia Pasquazi, Marco Peccianti, M. Giudici, M. Marconi, A. Bartolo, N. Vigne, B. Chomet, A. Garnache, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, Richard Burguete, Sarah Hammer, Jonathan Silver
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18231 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.18231 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.18231
arXiv:2511.18231v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The discovery of optical frequency combs (OFCs) has revolutionised science and technology by bridging electronics and photonics, driving major advances in precision measurements, atomic clocks, spectroscopy, telecommunications, and astronomy. However, current OFC systems still require further development to enable broader adoption in fields such as communication, aerospace, defence, and healthcare. There is a growing need for compact, portable OFCs that deliver high output power, robust self-referencing, and application-specific spectral coverage. On the conceptual side, progress toward such systems is hindered by an incomplete understanding of the fundamental principles governing OFC generation in emerging devices and materials, as well as evolving insights into the interplay between soliton and mode-locking effects. This roadmap presents the vision of a diverse group of academic and industry researchers and educators from Europe, along with their collaborators, on the current status and future directions of OFC science. It highlights a multidisciplinary approach that integrates novel physics, engineering innovation, and advanced researcher training. Topics include advances in soliton science as it relates to OFCs, the extension of OFC spectra into the visible and mid-infrared ranges, metrology applications and noise performance of integrated OFC sources, new fibre-based OFC modules, OFC lasers and OFC applications in astronomy.
toXiv_bot_toot
@bourgwick@heads.social2025-12-14 19:18:41
recent-ish reading/rereading. #books
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2025-11-25 23:47:22
NFL Insider Issues Brutal Message to Tom Brady Over Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/mike-florio-message-tom-brady/?adt_ei=[email]