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“the book's thesis: that the AI bubble is driven by monopolists who've conquered their markets and have no more growth potential, who are desperate to convince investors that they can continue to grow by moving into some other sector,”
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115277162069992407…

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)
Attached: 1 image Like you, I'm sick to the back teeth of talking about AI. Like you, I keep getting dragged into AI discussions. Unlike you‡, I spent the summer writing a book about why I'm sick of writing about AI⹋, which Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish in 2026. ‡probably ⹋"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI" -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Scissor Sisters:
🎵 Comfortably Numb
#ScissorSisters
https://keepmeinthelight.bandcamp.com/track/scissor-sisters-comfortably-numb-kmitl-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yBO9ap6S5qLK8QGm8OXy9

Dark Drag Around Sagittarius A*
Javier F. Acevedo, Aidan J. Reilly, Lillian Santos-Olmsted
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01320 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.0132…

Dark Drag Around Sagittarius A*
We analyze the effect of Dark Matter (DM) - Standard Model (SM) non-gravitational interactions on the orbital dynamics of celestial bodies near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, where the DM density is generically expected to be high. We outline the conditions under which a DM-SM scattering channel gives rise to a drag force on objects in this region, and show that for sufficiently large cross-sections, this effect can lead to observable orbital decay on timescales as short as a singl…

Inference of epidemic networks: the effect of different data types
Oscar Fajardo-Fontiveros, Carl J. E. Suster, Eduardo G. Altmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871 https://

Inference of epidemic networks: the effect of different data types
We investigate how the properties of epidemic networks change depending on the availability of different types of data on a disease outbreak. This is achieved by introducing mathematical and computational methods that estimate the probability of transmission trees by combining generative models that jointly determine the number of infected hosts, the probability of infection between them depending on location and genetic information, and their time of infection and sampling. We introduce a suit…

Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
VILA: Saurian Major?
BLAKE: Zen, visual star sector four two point six one. It's there, on the edge of the system. One of the early self-governing colonies subsequently annexed by the Federation. When the settlers declared their independence again, the Federation crushed them with typical efficiency.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
White Boy and The Average Rat Band:
🎵 Sector 387
#WhiteBoyandTheAverageRatBand
https://ridingeasyrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sector-387
https://open.spotify.com/track/144yv62LRJmVjFlmxDyuXw

Interference Between FM Cell Sites and CDMA Cell Sites
P. Kumar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00567 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.00567

Interference Between FM Cell Sites and CDMA Cell Sites
Interference is the major problem now days in telecommunication sector. One type of interference which is very common now days is FM Cell sites interference between CDMA Cell sites. Which are the types of interference and various observations during this interference is discussed below in this paper.

A Novel Tunable Controller for Grid Forming Converters towards Critical Services Application
Yangyadatta Tripathy, Barjeev Tyagi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01748 https://…

A Novel Tunable Controller for Grid Forming Converters towards Critical Services Application
This paper demonstrates the key features of a control system applicable to inverter-based resources (IBR), which is based on grid-forming technology. Such resources are classified as grid-forming or grid-following converters based on the type of output with or without grid connection. With rapid growth in the energy sector to adopt carbon-free generation, Grid Forming Converter (GFC) seems suitable for power provision to remote or islanded operation of converters. A fully-fledged bulk power gri…

Phenomenology of a Kinetic Higgs Portal
Anisha, Lisa Biermann, Christoph Englert, Margarete M\"uhlleitner
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00686 https://arx…

Phenomenology of a Kinetic Higgs Portal
We explore the phenomenological consequences of non-minimal hidden sector interactions on observable correlations in the Higgs sector, mediated through the $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetric Higgs portal. Particular attention is given to non-standard momentum dependencies of the hidden sector scalar, which arise naturally in an effective field theory (EFT) framework. We demonstrate that perturbatively reliable constraints can be derived from four-top quark production data and precision measurements of Hi…

Grid congestion stymies climate benefit from U.S. vehicle electrification
Chao Duan, Adilson E. Motter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01662 https://arxiv.org/p…

Grid congestion stymies climate benefit from U.S. vehicle electrification
Averting catastrophic global warming requires decisive action to decarbonize key sectors. Vehicle electrification, alongside renewable energy integration, is a long-term strategy toward zero carbon emissions. However, transitioning to fully renewable electricity may take decades -- during which electric vehicles may still rely on carbon-intensive electricity. We analyze the critical role of the transmission network in enabling or constraining emissions reduction from U.S. vehicle electrificatio…