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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Thermals:
🎵 Here's Your Future
#TheThermals
https://thethermals.bandcamp.com/track/heres-your-future
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ga63cZkqQevUlwTiOjPd7

Very interesting discussion!
https://www.thetransmitter.org/attention/the-brains-quiet-conductor-how-hidden-cells-fine-tune-arousal/

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The Bees:
🎵 A Minha Menina
#NowPlaying #TheBees
https://thetremolobeergut.bandcamp.com/album/caipirinha-river-cruise-a-minha-menina-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Yo8T0z38A1vopVlqvqFpO

Exploring LLMs for Predicting Tutor Strategy and Student Outcomes in Dialogues
Fareya Ikram, Alexander Scarlatos, Andrew Lan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06910

Exploring LLMs for Predicting Tutor Strategy and Student Outcomes in Dialogues
Tutoring dialogues have gained significant attention in recent years, given the prominence of online learning and the emerging tutoring abilities of artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by large language models (LLMs). Recent studies have shown that the strategies used by tutors can have significant effects on student outcomes, necessitating methods to predict how tutors will behave and how their actions impact students. However, few works have studied predicting tutor strategy in dialog…

A LLM-Driven Multi-Agent Systems for Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers
Kaiqi Yang, Hang Li, Yucheng Chu, Ahreum Han, Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, Jiliang Tang, Hui Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05292

A LLM-Driven Multi-Agent Systems for Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers
Professional development (PD) serves as the cornerstone for teacher tutors to grasp content knowledge. However, providing equitable and timely PD opportunities for teachers poses significant challenges. To address this issue, we introduce I-VIP (Intelligent Virtual Interactive Program), an intelligent tutoring platform for teacher professional development, driven by large language models (LLMs) and supported by multi-agent frameworks. This platform offers a user-friendly conversational interfac…

Comprehensive Radio Monitoring of the Black Hole X-ray Binary Swift J1727.8$-$1613 during its 2023$-$2024 Outburst
Andrew K. Hughes, Francesco Carotenuto, Thomas D. Russell, Alexandra J. Tetarenko, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Arash Bahramian, Joe S. Bright, Fraser J. Cowie, Rob Fender, Mark A. Gurwell, Jasvinderjit K. Khaulsay, Anastasia Kirby, Serena Jones, Elodie Lescure, Michael McCollough, Richard M. Plotkin, Ramprasad Rao, Saeqa D. Vrtilek, David R. A. Williams-Baldwin, Callan M. Wo…

Comprehensive Radio Monitoring of the Black Hole X-ray Binary Swift J1727.8$-$1613 during its 2023$-$2024 Outburst
This work presents comprehensive multi-frequency radio monitoring of the black hole low-mass X-ray binary Swift J1727.8$-$1613, which underwent its first recorded outburst after its discovery in August 2023. Through a considerable community effort, we have coalesced the data from multiple, distinct observing programs; the light curves include ${\sim} 10$ months and 197 epochs of monitoring from 7 radio facilities with observing frequencies ranging from (approximately) 0.3$-$230GHz. The primary …

I use git much more aggressively because of LLMs. Instead of searching & pottering around various SO posts, I just ask a question describing my exact situation, get commands w/ MY repo names, and also get tutoring. THEN I look up commands, read linked SO posts, etc. Game changer.

Exact eigenvalues and experimental signatures of Heisenberg-Kitaev interactions in spin-1/2 quantum clusters
Evan M. Wilson, Jian-Xin Zhu, Jason T. Haraldsen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06967

Exact eigenvalues and experimental signatures of Heisenberg-Kitaev interactions in spin-1/2 quantum clusters
We investigate the thermodynamics and energy eigenstates of a spin-1/2 coupled trimer, tetramer in a star configuration, and tetrahedron. Using a Heisenberg Hamiltonian with additional Kitaev interactions, we explore the thermodynamic signatures of the Kitaev interaction. Our results show that introducing a Kitaev interaction generates a second Schottky anomaly in the heat capacity for systems with a large K/J ratio. The Kitaev term also introduces nonlinear eigenvalues with respect to a magnet…

A Comprehensive MARTINI Coarse-Grained Framework for Phyllosilicate Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites: From Atomistic Validation to Mesoscale Insights
Ankit Patidar, Gaurav Goel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06159

A Comprehensive MARTINI Coarse-Grained Framework for Phyllosilicate Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites: From Atomistic Validation to Mesoscale Insights
Phyllosilicate clays have diverse applications in packaging industries and are found highly suitable for formulation, including thermoplastic starch (TPS), polyethylene (PE), or their combination. We developed CG MARTINI-3 parameters of the pyrophyllite using Lifshitz theory and experimental surface tension data. These initial bead assignments of pyrophyllite and periodic tetramethylammonium-montmorillonite (TMA-MMT) sheet were fine-tuned using optimal reproduction of structural, thermodynamic,…

I biked on a street similar to this in Vancouver! Could tell from the younger trees on the outside that the cycle track was a recent addition. We can do this here too
https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian/114808060180884076

Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian@mastodon.online)
Attached: 1 image This is really important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.