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Totoro spoilers
Re the quoted post from @…:
The very first time I saw My Neighbor Totoro, it was because a friend cajoled me into attending the student anime club’s showing with absolutely no context whatsoever except “you •have• to see this movie, Paul.” I had no idea what genre it was. I had no idea that it was a movie considered suitable for kids. The last anime I’d seen was IIRC Ghost in the Shell; I was ready for anything.
When Mei went missing, I thought, “omg, is this a tragedy? I think this story is a tragedy!” The whole time they were looking for her, I was absolutely terrified. I thought for sure they’d found her sandal. I still tear up when they find her now, on every rewatching.
I’m so glad for that first viewing. It’s a much better movie that way. When you’re expecting an innocent movie about cute forest plushies, you see that. But when you see that it could be a tragedy — the mother’s shadowy illness, the lost child — it hits hard. https://wandering.shop/@Violinknitter/114792748619083661

GenAI-free WorldCon alternative!
Mia Tsai: on Bluesky: "ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon"
Thursday, August 14, 2025
ACT Theatre, downtown #Seattle
> My vision for ConCurrent was simple
> one day of excellent programming; have it be free to attend; run it efficiently; and never use genAI/L…

Mia Tsai (@itsamia.bsky.social)
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

Swap Network Augmented Ans\"atze on Arbitrary Connectivity
Teodor Parella-Dilm\'e
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23679 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.2367…

Swap Network Augmented Ansätze on Arbitrary Connectivity
Efficient parametrizations of quantum states are essential for trainable hybrid classical-quantum algorithms. A key challenge in their design consists in adapting to the available qubit connectivity of the quantum processor, which limits the capacity to generate correlations between distant qubits in a resource-efficient and trainable manner. In this work we first introduce an algorithm that optimizes qubit routing for arbitrary connectivity graphs, resulting in a swap network that enables dire…

Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
Darryl Z. Seligman, Marco Micheli, Davide Farnocchia, Larry Denneau, John W. Noonan, Toni Santana-Ros, Luca Conversi, Maxime Devog\`ele, Laura Faggioli, Adina D. Feinstein, Marco Fenucci, Tessa Frincke, Olivier R. Hainaut, Willem B. Hoogendam, Henry H. Hsieh, Theodore Kareta, Michael S. P. Kelley, Tim Lister, Du\v{s}an Mar\v{c}eta, Karen J. Meech, Francisco Oca\~na, Eloy Pe\~na-Asensio, Benjamin J. Shap…

Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
We report initial observations aimed at the characterization of a third interstellar object candidate. This object, 3I/ATLAS -- also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) -- , was discovered on 2025 July 1 UT and has an orbital eccentricity of $e\sim6.2$, perihelion of $q\sim 1.35$ au, inclination of $\sim175^\circ$, and hyperbolic velocity of $V_\infty\sim 60$ km s$^{-1}$. 3I/ATLAS has an absolute magnitude of $H_V\sim12$, which corresponds to a nuclear radius of $\sim10\text{ km}$, assuming an asteroid-like albe…

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Tutor Teammate Adaptability to Harness Discovery Curiosity and Promote Learning in the Context of Interactive Molecular Dynamics
Mustafa Demir, Jacob Miratsky, Jonathan Nguyen, Chun Kit Chan, Punya Mishra, Abhishek Singharoy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22520

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Tutor Teammate Adaptability to Harness Discovery Curiosity and Promote Learning in the Context of Interactive Molecular Dynamics
This study examines the impact of an Artificial Intelligence tutor teammate (AI) on student curiosity-driven engagement and learning effectiveness during Interactive Molecular Dynamics (IMD) tasks on the Visual Molecular Dynamics platform. It explores the role of the AI's curiosity-triggering and response behaviors in stimulating and sustaining student curiosity, affecting the frequency and complexity of student-initiated questions. The study further assesses how AI interventions shape student …

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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Q: What is the most terrifying word one can hear on headset when working backstage?
A: "oops"
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Can confirm! Fun game and gorgeous day at @…. Plus, I’m always happy to watch a Boston team play and not win. 😈
https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/19

SFGiants (@SFGiants) on X
What a game!

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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Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
CALLY: [Telepaths] How did you get here?
BLAKE: We came from.... [looks quickly to the side].
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/344 B7B4

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