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Happy Pride Month! Wishing all who celebrate a safe and glamorous time.
GDEP is always a safe and supportive ally space for the LGBTIQA community.
#GDEPAU #EOLD #AskAnnetta

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$e^+ e^- \to μ^+ μ^-$ in the Asymptotically Safe Standard Model
We study the electron-positron to muon--anti-muon cross-section in the asymptotically safe Standard Model. In particular, we include the graviton contributions to the scattering amplitude, which is computed from momentum-dependent timelike one-particle-irreducible correlation functions. Specifically, we employ reconstruction techniques for the graviton spectral functions. We find that the full asymptotically safe quantum cross section decreases in the ultraviolet with the centre-of-mass energy,…

Robust and Safe Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework with Communication for Autonomous Vehicles
Keshawn Smith, Zhili Zhang, H M Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Maniak Mondal, Song Han, Wenchao Li, Fei Miao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00982

Robust and Safe Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework with Communication for Autonomous Vehicles
Deep multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has been demonstrated effectively in simulations for many multi-robot problems. For autonomous vehicles, the development of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technologies provide opportunities to further enhance safety of the system. However, zero-shot transfer of simulator-trained MARL policies to hardware dynamic systems remains challenging, and how to leverage communication and shared information for MARL has limited demonstrations on hardw…

Beyond Monoliths: Expert Orchestration for More Capable, Democratic, and Safe Large Language Models
Philip Quirke, Narmeen Oozeer, Chaithanya Bandi, Amir Abdullah, Jason Hoelscher-Obermaier, Jeff M. Phillips, Joshua Greaves, Clement Neo, Fazl Barez, Shriyash Upadhyay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00051

Beyond Monoliths: Expert Orchestration for More Capable, Democratic, and Safe Large Language Models
This position paper argues that the prevailing trajectory toward ever larger, more expensive generalist foundation models controlled by a handful of big companies limits innovation and constrains progress. We challenge this approach by advocating for an "Expert Orchestration" framework as a superior alternative that democratizes LLM advancement. Our proposed framework intelligently selects from thousands of existing models based on query requirements and decomposition, focusing on identifying w…

Exploiting Euclidean Distance Field Properties for Fast and Safe 3D planning with a modified Lazy Theta*
Jose A. Cobano, L. Merino, F. Caballero
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24024

Exploiting Euclidean Distance Field Properties for Fast and Safe 3D planning with a modified Lazy Theta*
Graph search planners have been widely used for 3D path planning in the literature, and Euclidean Distance Fields (EDFs) are increasingly being used as a representation of the environment. However, to the best of our knowledge, the integration of EDFs into heuristic planning has been carried out in a loosely coupled fashion, dismissing EDF properties that can be used to accelerate/improve the planning process and enhance the safety margins of the resultant trajectories. This paper presents a fa…

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https://mstdn.ca/@CycleWR/…

CycleWR (@CycleWR@mstdn.ca)
Attached: 1 image Tuesday is World Bicycle Day! It’s also day one of the Vélo Canada Bikes annual pedal poll 😀🚴🏼‍♀️ There’s still time to claim your volunteer count shift to help collect crucial cycling data. The poll runs all across Canada. We're focussed on Waterloo Region, but there's a good chance it's happening where you live. We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for a shift & join the movement! #Cycling #PedalPollSondoVelo #Waterlo…

Hey, computer people!
Is the position of this motherboard power cord safe?
I'm concerned it's quite close to those heat sinks and with a tiny jostle could come in direct contact with one or the other. This is a 48-core machine so I think they could have quite a bit of heat. Is some part of this cord going to melt or burn or whatever?

Oh—EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT! That makes much more sense now. 🤦🏻‍♂️
#NeedMoreCoffee

"Safe and easy ways to recycle electricals – and even get money for your old gadgets"
#Electronics #Technology #Recycling

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17652 has been replaced.
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Time- and Space-Optimal Silent Self-Stabilizing Exact Majority in Population Protocols
We address the self-stabilizing exact majority problem in the population protocol model, introduced by Angluin, Aspnes, Diamadi, Fischer, and Peralta (2004). In this model, there are $n$ state machines, called agents, which form a network. At each time step, only two agents interact with each other, and update their states. In the self-stabilizing exact majority problem, each agent has a fixed opinion, $\mathtt{A}$ or $\mathtt{B}$, and stabilizes to a safe configuration in which all agents outp…

"If your reports don't feel safe, they won't tell you" — This is one of the clearest and most important pieces of advice I've heard for managers.
It's a perfect illustration of the "monster in the middle dilemma for navigating both social and organizational/authoritative power dynamics as a manager. Power dynamics are the monster in the middle — and if a manager doesn't actively work to mitigate that, they will fail to operate effectively as a manager…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#UltimateCalm
- Hania Rani: Series 4
Embrace transformation with Hania Rani and some peaceful morphing musical selections that gently ebb and flow. Plus, the Danish artist Agnes Obel shares her musical safe havens.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bhw9

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07985 has been replaced.
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CHEQ-ing the Box: Safe Variable Impedance Learning for Robotic Polishing
Robotic systems are increasingly employed for industrial automation, with contact-rich tasks like polishing requiring dexterity and compliant behaviour. These tasks are difficult to model, making classical control challenging. Deep reinforcement learning (RL) offers a promising solution by enabling the learning of models and control policies directly from data. However, its application to real-world problems is limited by data inefficiency and unsafe exploration. Adaptive hybrid RL methods blen…

Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: Set.
TARRANT: Good luck.
[Dayna teleports to the surface of Bucol Two. Looks around]
DAYNA: [Into bracelet] Scorpio. Down safe.
TARRANT: [Voice over] Right, standing by. Let me know when you make contact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/3

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Wide Reflective Equilibrium in LLM Alignment: Bridging Moral Epistemology and AI Safety
Matthew Brophy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00415 https://

Wide Reflective Equilibrium in LLM Alignment: Bridging Moral Epistemology and AI Safety
As large language models (LLMs) become more powerful and pervasive across society, ensuring these systems are beneficial, safe, and aligned with human values is crucial. Current alignment techniques, like Constitutional AI (CAI), involve complex iterative processes. This paper argues that the Method of Wide Reflective Equilibrium (MWRE) -- a well-established coherentist moral methodology -- offers a uniquely apt framework for understanding current LLM alignment efforts. Moreover, this methodolo…

Thread and Memory-Safe Programming with CLASS
Lu\'is Caires (Instituto Superior T\'ecnico)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20848 https://

Thread and Memory-Safe Programming with CLASS
CLASS is a proof-of-concept general purpose linear programming language, flexibly supporting realistic concurrent programming idioms, and featuring an expressive linear type system ensuring that programs (1) never misuse or leak stateful resources or memory, (2) never deadlock, and (3) always terminate. The design of CLASS and the strong static guarantees of its type system originates in its Linear Logic and proposition-as-types foundations. However, instead of focusing on its theoretical found…

#LB Fazendo uma tradução livre para quem não fala inglês:
"No mês do orgulho LGBT deste ano, héteros devem focar menos em 'toda forma de amor é bela' e mais em 'gays e trans estão em perigo.".
Que coisa triste de ler e ver como estão as coisas nos EUA. E receio que é questão de tempo até nós ficarmos assim também, nossa capacidade de resistência contra a loucura ext…

Statement by YDS Dean Greg Sterling.
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We are relieved that two members of the YDS community, Rev. William Barber and Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, are safe and unharmed following their arrest while praying in the Capitol Rotunda yesterday. We applaud them for their courage in standing up for Christian values and doing so in accordance with the venerable tradition of nonviolent action.

Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget
(RNS) — While arrests of protesters at the Capitol is not unusual, the response to Barber’s prayer was unusually dramatic: After issuing verbal warnings, dozens of officers expelled everyone in the Rotunda — including credentialed press.

Captivity-Escape Games as a Means for Safety in Online Motion Generation
Christopher Bohn, Manuel Hess, S\"oren Hohmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01399

Captivity-Escape Games as a Means for Safety in Online Motion Generation
This paper presents a method that addresses the conservatism, computational effort, and limited numerical accuracy of existing frameworks and methods that ensure safety in online model-based motion generation, commonly referred to as fast and safe tracking. Computational limitations restrict online motion planning to low-fidelity models. However, planning with low-fidelity models compromises safety, as the dynamic feasibility of resulting reference trajectories is not ensured. This potentially …

Flying Co-Stereo: Enabling Long-Range Aerial Dense Mapping via Collaborative Stereo Vision of Dynamic-Baseline
Zhaoying Wang, Xingxing Zuo, Wei Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00546

Flying Co-Stereo: Enabling Long-Range Aerial Dense Mapping via Collaborative Stereo Vision of Dynamic-Baseline
Lightweight long-range mapping is critical for safe navigation of UAV swarms in large-scale unknown environments. Traditional stereo vision systems with fixed short baselines face limited perception ranges. To address this, we propose Flying Co-Stereo, a cross-agent collaborative stereo vision system that leverages the wide-baseline spatial configuration of two UAVs for long-range dense mapping. Key innovations include: (1) a dual-spectrum visual-inertial-ranging estimator for robust baseline e…

Hey, you #JavaScript folks want to build #secure web experiences? Well, join us on this #livestream where we talk about the best current practice of Backend For Frontend to keep your apps safe from…

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Learning Safe Strategies for Value Maximizing Buyers in Uniform Price Auctions
We study the bidding problem in repeated uniform price multi-unit auctions from the perspective of a single value-maximizing buyer who aims to maximize their cumulative value over $T$ rounds while adhering to return-on-investment (RoI) constraints in each round. Buyers adopt $m$-uniform bidding format, where they submit $m$ bid-quantity pairs $(b_i, q_i)$ to demand $q_i$ units at bid $b_i$. We introduce safe bidding strategies as those that satisfy RoI constraints in every auction, regardless o…

Waiting for issues (read them :-) to be resolved in 0.2.1 before I curl | sudo sh
https://unix.family/@farrokhi/114584340700417951

HEY! My MP Gord Johns up with the first Petition of the new Parliament!
Presenting a petition to
"Develop enforceable federal standards to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of ship recycling that meet or exceed those set out in the Hong Kong and EU Conventions for the safe recycling of ships; and
2. End shipbreaking in Baynes Sound.”
Johns: ”THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR I HAVE TABLED THIS PETITION AND NO ACTION”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

Random PR of the day https://github.com/pbzweihander/fediday.org/pull/16

Fix carousel scroll on small screens by cheeaun · Pull Request #16 · pbzweihander/fediday.org
Before: The first post is cropped and can't be scrolled to After: The first post appears and scrollable Solution is using safe https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/justify-content...

In a week when the Canadian federal government strongly condemned Israel withholding aid and called human suffering in Gaza "intolerable".
City councillor Shelley Caroll of Don Valley North decided that it was the right week to publicly show her support to.. Walk with Israel. She thinks Israel is the country to support and must walk to support)
(Also present, Mike Colle, Brad Bradford, Rachel Chernos Lin, James Pasternak)

"I think it is a huge mistake for people to assume that they can trust AI when they do not trust each other. The safest way to develop superintelligence is to first strengthen trust between humans, and then cooperate with each other to develop superintelligence in a safe manner. But what we are doing now is exactly the opposite. Instead, all efforts are being directed toward developing a superintelligence."
#AGI #AI
https://www.wired.com/story/questions-answered-by-yuval-noah-harari-for-wired-ai-artificial-intelligence-singularity/

I've been "playing" with emacs-fj / fj.el for #guix a bit today and with the kind help of @… got it to work.
TIL:
* use latest git, the v0.6 shipped in guix is b0Rked
* in .git/config, use: url = git@codeberg.org:guix/guix.git
* (se…

Re: the last boost. While the thread is inspired by US universities, it _absolutely_ applies to Canadian post-secondary institutions too.
"A safe space to be uncomfortable" would be a great university motto.

Toward Effective AI Governance: A Review of Principles
Danilo Ribeiro, Thayssa Rocha, Gustavo Pinto, Bruno Cartaxo, Marcelo Amaral, Nicole Davila, Ana Camargo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23417

Toward Effective AI Governance: A Review of Principles
Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance is the practice of establishing frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure the responsible, ethical, and safe development and deployment of AI systems. Although AI governance is a core pillar of Responsible AI, current literature still lacks synthesis across such governance frameworks and practices. Objective: To identify which frameworks, principles, mechanisms, and stakeholder roles are emphasized in secondary literature on AI governance. Method: We…

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Depth-Constrained ASV Navigation with Deep RL and Limited Sensing
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) play a crucial role in maritime operations, yet their navigation in shallow-water environments remains challenging due to dynamic disturbances and depth constraints. Traditional navigation strategies struggle with limited sensor information, making safe and efficient operation difficult. In this paper, we propose a reinforcement learning (RL) framework for ASV navigation under depth constraints, where the vehicle must reach a target while avoiding unsafe areas…

Let me be perfectly clear. If this self-inflected economic crisis continues, there will be nowhere to hide, there will be no job that is safe, there will be no safe investments, retirements will evaporate, people will be hungry. There will be no safe country, no safe space. This is like 1931.

On International Transgender Day of Visibility it's important to remember that everyone deserves dignity and respect at every stage of life. Including end of life.
#GDEP
#TransDayOfVisibility🏳️‍⚧️

Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: Set.
TARRANT: Good luck.
[Dayna teleports to the surface of Bucol Two. Looks around]
DAYNA: [Into bracelet] Scorpio. Down safe.
TARRANT: [Voice over] Right, standing by. Let me know when you make contact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/3

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The idea is to provide a safe haven and a fertile ground for the next generation of scientists to work in peace and freedom to solve the most significant challenges of our time; but the geopolitical argument will prevail. As Jorge Luis Borges said in his short story “Nathaniel Hawthorne” from his book “Other Inquisitions” (1952):
“The past is indestructible; sooner or later all things return, and one of the things that return is the project to abolish the past.”

William Aspray
There was a moment in which Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, and John von Neumann were all roaming the halls of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton at the same time. Let that information sink in. Humanity experiences such gatherings of brilliant minds in a remote location of the space-time continuum only every so often; maybe the ancient Greeks and the men of the Renaissance witnessed such periods in time, as did the IAS staff at the end of World War II. How much will we have to wait f…

Dewalt garden watering tools like hoses & nozzles & sprinklers (safe to get rained on all weekend) should not be colour coded the same as power tools (NOT).
#hottake #brains (It was the former.)

Zamilska woke up today and chose violence.
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This track is dedicated to all those who do not relate to commonly exploited joyousness of Mother's Day. Who felt fear in a place that should have been safe. For whom their mother was not a source of comfort. Who had to survive their childhood. Not every mother deserves a flower.
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The 90s are back at @…: There’s a LAN party for @… with @… and Katharine Jarmul:

Call for participation: Join us at PyCon DE! · Feminist AI LAN Party
A safe, inclusive and hacker-oriented space for experimenting with the intersection of feminism and AI.

Measurement of the Lund plane for light- and beauty-quark jets
LHCb collaboration, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23530 https://ar…

Measurement of the Lund plane for light- and beauty-quark jets
The substructure of jets in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) has garnered significant attention with the advent of infrared- and collinear-safe clustering algorithms and observables. A key question emerging from these studies is how in-jet emissions at soft and hard energy scales, across collinear and wide angles relative to the emitter, differ with the mass of the emitting parton. The Lund jet plane (LJP) is a perturbatively well-defined substructure observable that maps the radiation pattern of j…

Safe trip Joopie!

Random PR of the day https://github.com/pbzweihander/fediday.org/pull/16

Fix carousel scroll on small screens by cheeaun · Pull Request #16 · pbzweihander/fediday.org
Before: The first post is cropped and can't be scrolled to After: The first post appears and scrollable Solution is using safe https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/justify-content...

gonna get settled into this plane seat in a few and migrate to https://hachyderm.io

Hachyderm.io
Hachyderm is a safe space, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, primarily comprised of tech industry professionals world wide. Note that many non-user account types have restrictions - please see our About page.

I learned something new today. #LIDAR can damage the CMOS in digital cameras.
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/05/dont-point-your-phone-at-these-c…

Promoting walking and cycling: a toolkit of policy options
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240109902

Promoting walking and cycling: a toolkit of policy options
This toolkit offers policy options to promote safe walking and cycling, highlighting their benefits for individuals, communities, the environment, and the economy. It includes seven strategic policies and real-world case studies demonstrating successful implementations.

📰 Browsing Seven Mountain Mandate | Safe for Whose Whole “Family?” - Good Faith Media (https://goodfaithmedia.org/seven-mountain-mandate-safe-for-whose-whole-family/).

British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/british-defence-jobs-uk-jet-american-f35-typhoon?CMP=share…

So uh, yeah, the state-supported routes are probably safe for the moment but we're in for a fight to protect our long distance trains.
I don't know what a call to action might look like yet but comraderie among Amtrak riders certainly can't hurt right now. Be ready to organize.
https://

I have more than occasionally wondered if I REALLY needed a phone case. I still use one, for now, but we'll see what happens on my next upgrade. What say you? Cased or naked? #Android #iphone

Is it finally safe to ditch your phone case? I put it to the test
With smartphones tougher than ever, a new wave of phone minimalists say cases are for cowards. I joined the case-free cult, called the experts and braced for the sound of broken glass.

I’m not pulling that, you pull it.

Keyoxide's(a lot of different projects that tie together into the entire keyoxide project ❕ ) source code is here...
https://codeberg.org/keyoxide
keyoxide-web is AGPL3
aspe-server-rs is AGPL3
keyoxide-chat-bot is Apache License Version 2.0
Also the F-Droid app is here(AGPL3):

Keyoxide
Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

When we set CDFC up in 2008, the sole purpose was for it to become the club that it has. Now, they need some help to keep going - every pound helps to ensure that they are able to continue to offer inclusive and safe community sport in South Wales.
https://gofund.me/383429e5

Greater Manchester still has a long way to go on protected cycling infrastructure.
Share of protected cycling infra-
structure of total roads %:
Paris 44
Hamburg 33
Barcelona 19
Waraw 15
G London 8
Manchester 8 rank 29/36
Did better on school streets and safe speeds
https…

Streets for Kids, Cities for All: Protected cycling infrastructure ranking
We've analysed 36 European cities to see how they’re progressing in creating transport systems that prioritise the needs of children.

Five years to the day COVID was declared a pandemic this is where we're at: the world's richest country has signed an order to pull out of WHO, dismantled USAID and millions for vaccines, life-saving treatments for HIV/AIDS, TB, and infectious disease, overturned women's rights to safe procedures - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
#COVID

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.

I learned something new today. #LIDAR can damage the CMOS in digital cameras.
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/05/dont-point-your-phone-at-these-c…

So, two people who were readers of my book on change are bringing out books on change. This happened with my PhD (& my game). Two people published books on my research (with unrepresentative credit). This is why I haven't presented my work publicly this time.
On the one hand, it's great that the ideas spread (they're not mine anyway). On the other, I don't trust these folks & don't respect them anymore.
I need to learn who is safe to share my WIP wit…

I've read now through the "Streets for kids" #cityranking report: https://cleancitiescampaign.org/city-ranking-2025/

Streets for Kids, Cities for All: City Ranking 2025
We've analysed 36 European cities to see how they’re progressing in creating transport systems that prioritise the needs of children.

Greater Manchester still has a long way to go on protected cycling infrastructure.
Share of protected cycling infra-
structure of total roads %:
Paris 44
Hamburg 33
Barcelona 19
Waraw 15
G London 8
Manchester 8 rank 29/36
Did better on school streets and safe speeds
https…

Streets for Kids, Cities for All: Protected cycling infrastructure ranking
We've analysed 36 European cities to see how they’re progressing in creating transport systems that prioritise the needs of children.

"Maybe one day, after we have conquered code, we will apply what we have learned by giving away our free labor towards the creation of other common goods. Think about it; spending 3 hours a day, but instead of coding, feeding homeless people, planting trees, or helping the elders.
PS: readers of this magazine shape a small yet thriving community, built on top of decidedly positive values."

The right wing threat and a viable future
A statement from Steady State Manchester Introduction With horror we see the electoral success of POX, The party of Xenophobes and Fascists (which, without irony, actually calls itself Reform UK1). In the May election round they gained 677 more councillors, took control of 8 councils, landed a regional Mayor and gained another MP, in a formerly safe Labour seat.

The right wing threat and a viable future
A statement from Steady State Manchester Introduction With horror we see the electoral success of POX, The party of Xenophobes and Fascists (which, without irony, actually calls itself Reform UK1).…