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The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/382142/gemini-cftc-approval-prediction-market-crypto-future…

Topological Structure of Infrared QCD
J. Gamboa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07455 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07455 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.07455
arXiv:2511.07455v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We investigate the infrared structure of QCD within the adiabatic approximation, where soft gluon configurations evolve slowly compared to the fermionic modes. In this formulation, the functional space of gauge connections replaces spacetime as the natural arena for the theory, and the long-distance behavior is encoded in quantized Berry phases associated with the infrared clouds. Our results suggest that the infrared sector of QCD exhibits features reminiscent of a \emph{topological phase}, similar to those encountered in condensed-matter systems, where topological protection replaces dynamical confinement at low energies. In this geometric framework, color-neutral composites such as quark--gluon and gluon--gluon clouds arise as topological bound states described by functional holonomies. Illustrative applications to hadronic excitations are discussed within this approach, including mesonic and baryonic examples. This perspective provides a unified picture of infrared dressing and topological quantization, establishing a natural bridge between non-Abelian gauge theory, adiabatic Berry phases, and the topology of the space of gauge configurations.
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The Police:
🎵 O My God
#ThePolice
https://open.spotify.com/track/3I1704ruk1pl7aa1iaiGBE

SoFi launches SoFi Crypto, saying it's the first nationally chartered bank in the US to offer crypto trading to consumers (James Hunt/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/378368/sofi-launches-crypto-trading-for-consumers

Transitivities of maps of generalized topological spaces
M. R. Ahmadi Zand, N. Baimani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06241 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06241 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.06241
arXiv:2511.06241v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this work, we present several new findings regarding the concepts of orbit-transitivity, strict orbit-transitivity, $\omega$-transitivity, and $\mu$-open-set transitivity for self-maps on generalized topological spaces.
Let $(X,\mu)$ denote a generalized topological space. A point $x \in X$ is said to be \textit{quasi-$\mu$-isolated} if there exists a $\mu$-open set $U$ such that $x \in U$ and $i_\mu(U \setminus c_\mu(\{x\})) = \emptyset$. We prove that $x$ is a quasi-$\mu$-isolated point of $X$ precisely when there exists a $\mu$-dense subset $D$ of $X$ for which $x$ is a $\mu_D$-isolated point of $D$. Moreover, in the case where $X$ has no quasi-$\mu$-isolated points, we establish that a map $f: X \to X$ is orbit-transitive (or strictly orbit-transitive) if and only if it is $\omega$-transitive.
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House tables Trump impeachment as Democratic leaders vote 'present' (Emily Brooks/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5644815-al-green-trump-impeachment-articles/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p95#a251211p95

I am these cost 25¢ per song years old.
I wonder how much the artists got paid being played on these compared to Spotify or any of the other streaming services? Assuming they did in fact get paid.
Think how annoying it is when some AH plays their phone on speaker. Now imagine a diner full of tables all playing their own tunes on speaker (the only way you could).

Lighter, which operates an Ethereum Layer 2 network and a decentralized exchange to support perpetual futures contracts, raised $68M at a ~$1.5B valuation (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/378358/lighte

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Lush:
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#Lush
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/coloring-electric-like-undertow
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HafwDSUa8WMlnTdNlMGA0

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Dinosaur Jr.:
🎵 The Wagon
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https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/track/isnt-the-wagon
https://open.spotify.com/track/491OAcBkA5Dte9IKwVAbVN