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everyone: wow, see-in-the-dark contact lenses!
me: they made tiny contact lenses for mice!
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-infrared-contact-lenses-people-dark.html

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision goggles, the contact lenses, described in the journal Cell, do not require a power source—and they enable the wearer to perceive multiple infrared wavelengths. Because they're transparent, users can see both infrared and visible light simultaneously, though infrared vision was enhanced when partic…

Reminder: public protest is about visibility, not hiding. The power comes from people being willing to be visible, put their time on the line, and if needed, their bodies.
If you're going to start shit, maybe just ... don't. Direct action of the illegal sort requires careful planning and a tactical and strategic plan for why it will win. It happens sometimes, but it's not the mode, it's not the mode of the No Kings protests. This is a popular, public demonstration of outrage. It's legal (for now, and I hope, ever).
Yes, the police may try to kettle protesters and then trap them into curfew violations in places that have curfews. Masks won't save us from that where it happens. Just running the system with competent representation (and enough bodies to make it A Problem for the system) will.
We don't all need to be masked vigilantes at protests, and in a lot of cases, we need to be worried about the people masking up and starting shit. Remember that this is our opponents current tactic: masked, violent attacks. Don't look like them.

benches have gone up at bus stops around the Mission and parts south. thanks https://sfbabc.org !! everybody deserves comfort and dignity while waiting for the bus

"L'obstruction, le retard ou l'affaiblissement de réglementations démocratiquement adoptées signalent un changement de priorités en faveur du profit privé Š court terme, au détriment des objectifs sociaux et environnementaux Š long terme"
#RulesToProtect #démocratie

With FFOTUS now actively using the military against US citizens and legal residents we have entered a new phase.
It is pretty clear that "protesting" via symbolic acts and gatherings are largely ineffective and, indeed, often serve to create excuses - poor excuses, but plausible in the maga-klan kommunity - for more repression.
In other words we are moving past protest to a more confrontational time.
And for which I remind people of song found appropriate around t…

Latency Optimization for Wireless Federated Learning in Multihop Networks
Shaba Shaon, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Dinh C. Nguyen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12081 htt…

Latency Optimization for Wireless Federated Learning in Multihop Networks
In this paper, we study a novel latency minimization problem in wireless federated learning (FL) across multi-hop networks. The system comprises multiple routes, each integrating leaf and relay nodes for FL model training. We explore a personalized learning and adaptive aggregation-aware FL (PAFL) framework that effectively addresses data heterogeneity across participating nodes by harmonizing individual and collective learning objectives. We formulate an optimization problem aimed at minimizin…

[OT] Saturday June 14: No Kings protests https://www.nokings.org Could be US citizen's last chance to save US democracy from oligarchy and a police state

No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

A man I have long admired, for good reasons. Worth supporting his cause with donations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/moral-monday-protest-rev-william-barber-arrest

A man I have long admired, for good reasons. Worth supporting his cause with donations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/moral-monday-protest-rev-william-barber-arrest

Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
GAN: As long as the door doesn't break.
VILA: Did you see? They killed Arco.
BLAKE: I don't understand. There's no response from the ship.
VILA: Perhaps these bracelets don't work any more.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/543

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