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A silent scenery in four acts...
(Selenium-toned[1] 4x6 salt print (still in final wash) plus previous work-in-progress stages... see alt text for details)
The picture/motif itself is one of my personal favorites and was taken 4 years ago in the Alpstein massif, when clouds were spontaneously forming around us, creating a wonderful light/scene/drama and a dear memory... now also as print which likely will/can outlast myself
[1] The tones will become more neutral once dry...…

Der #Windpark der Bürgerwind Hofoldinger Forst GmbH läuft noch im #Probebetrieb, liefert aber bereits hohe #Stromerträge.
Im Oktober wurden rund 2,7 Millionen Kilowattstunden einge…

Windräder noch immer im Probebetrieb, aber schon mit starken Erträgen
Die Ausbeute im September lag unter der Erwartung. Der Oktober jedoch zeigte, dass bei der Windernte die Hauptsaison begonnen hat. Die drei Anlagen der Bürgerwind Hofoldinger Forst GmbH erwirtschaften seit Sommer beachtliche Erträge, obwohl sie noch im Probebetrieb laufen. Der Regelbetrieb startet frühestens im Dezember. Am Boden hat der Rückbau der Baustellen begonnen.

#SturmtiefElli ist weg. Was bleibt?
Der #Winterdienst in #Osnabrück auf Radwegen, Bürgersteigen und Bushaltestellen funktionierte wie gewohnt gelinde gesagt ausbaufähig.
Getreu dem

"Weil [Oulu] zeigt, dass man auch unter widrigen Umständen aktive Fortbewegung einfach machen kann. Unter suburbanen und subpolaren Bedingungen. Wenn das hier geht, dann geht es überall.
Fahrrad im Winter: »Beim Schneeräumen zeigen Städte, wen sie schützen wollen und wen nicht« - DER SPIEGEL (€)

Finnischer Stadtplaner über Winterradeln: »Beim Schneeräumen zeigen Städte, wen sie schützen wollen und wen nicht«
Im nordfinnischen Oulu herrschen monatelang strenger Frost und Dunkelheit – trotzdem fahren viele Menschen rund ums Jahr Fahrrad. Stadtplaner Pekka Tahkola erklärt, wie Radfahrer sich für den Winter begeistern können.

Investigation for binary characteristics of LS I 61303 with optical polarization
Jiaxin Liu, Haoyu Yuan, Xiangli Lei, Wenlong Xu, Jumpei Takata, Weihua Lei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10514

Investigation for binary characteristics of LS I+61303 with optical polarization
We investigate the optical linear polarization caused by Thomson scattering of the stellar radiation for gamma-ray binary \lsi61, which likely contains a young pulsar. Based on the pulsar binary scenario, we model the interaction between the pulsar wind and stellar wind from the massive companion star, which creates a shock. To accurately compute the resulting polarization of the stellar wind, we develop a method for the Thomson scattering that accounts for the finite size of the companion star…

Sonnet 065 - LXV
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o'ersways their power,
How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
O! how shall summer's honey breath hold out,
Against the wrackful siege of battering days,
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays?
O fearful meditation! where, alack,
Shall Time'…

Modeling the Impact of Communication and Human Uncertainties on Runway Capacity in Terminal Airspace
Yutian Pang, Andrew Kendall, John-Paul Clarke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09943

Modeling the Impact of Communication and Human Uncertainties on Runway Capacity in Terminal Airspace
We investigate the potential impact of communication and human performance uncertainties on runway operations. Specifically, we consider these impacts within the context of an arrival scenario with two converging flows: a straight-in approach stream and a downwind stream merging into it. Both arrival stream are modeled using a modified Possion distribution that incorporate the separation minima as well as the runway occupancy time. Various system level uncertainties are addressed in this proces…

How Chuck Schumer plans to weather the storm (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/chuck-schumer-shutdown-senate-backlash-00647260
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p110#a251111p110

High-Contrast Interferometric Imaging of Single-Molecule Dynamics on Optical Fibers
Guifeng Li, Chaoyang Gong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10061 https://arxi…

High-Contrast Interferometric Imaging of Single-Molecule Dynamics on Optical Fibers
Single-molecule detection enables direct observation of individual biomolecular events, providing mechanistic insights into biological processes and offering a powerful tool for disease diagnostics. However, the fundamental scale mismatch between optical wavelengths and molecules restricts the application of label-free techniques, leading to poor signal-to-noise (SNR) performance. Here, we propose a high-contrast, label-free approach based on interferometric imaging, utilizing the strong evanes…

Just finished "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Can't believe I didn't read this one earlier, and this strengthens my resolve to finish off the rest of her stuff I have yet to read sooner. I think it benefits somewhat from having read it after "Four Ways to Forgiveness" which gives more of the Hainish context. Certainly none of the blurbs I had read about it did it any measure of justice, which is one reason I hadn't prioritized it. More than being about colonization, it's about a solution to the paradox of tolerance, and both the price and imperfections of that solution. As usual with Le Guin's science fiction, it's a rich companion to anarchist thought.
I think the typical objection to seeing it as an answer to the warlord question would be that it serendipitously positions the indigenous population with more power and a less ruthless opponent than in the imagined scenario, and it uses the League of Worlds as a sort of deus ex machina to foreclose further retribution. Ultimately that's why I think it's more about the paradox of tolerance than anything else, but I also think in regards to the warlord problem that we are too quick to underestimate just how numerous and enthusiastic the opponents of a warlord might be, and to overestimate the strength of technological weapons wielded by frail (and psychologically unarmored) humans.
In any case, Le Guin gives this book's alien humans yet another fascinatingly credible capability, and getting to see the introduction of ansible technology with all its implications is pretty cool too. Maybe not