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Replaced article(s) found for cond-mat.stat-mech. https://arxiv.org/list/cond-mat.stat-mech/new
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- Memory-induced long-range order in dynamical systems
C. Sipling, Y. -H. Zhang, M. Di Ventra

Ransomware: same as it ever was? Take a look at @… @… 2025 State of Ransomware report to find out.
tl;dr trends in the ecosystem and high-level TTPs you should be aware of.

The State of Ransomware 2025
Explore the causes and consequences of ransomware in 2025 based on findings from a vendor-agnostic survey of 3,400 organizations hit by ransomware in the last year.

Paris-based Zama, which is developing fully homomorphic encryption tech for blockchain and AI apps, raised a $57M Series B at a $1B valuation (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/06/25/zama-becomes-1st-i-fhe-unicorn…

Zama becomes 1st fully homomorphic encryption unicorn with $57M raise
French open source cryptography company Zama today announced a $57 million Series B funding round co-led by Blockchange Ventures and Pantera Capital, bringing Zama’s total funding to over $150 million, and its valuation to north of a billion USD.  Founded by Dr Pascal Paillier and Dr Rand Hindi, the company is building state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain. Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) allows computations to be performed on encrypted data without…

In an Oxford study, LLMs correctly identified medical conditions 94.9% of the time when given test scenarios directly, vs. 34.5% when prompted by human subjects (Nick Mokey/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/just-add-hu

Just add humans: Oxford medical study underscores the missing link in chatbot testing
Patients using chatbots to assess their own medical conditions may end up with worse outcomes than conventional methods, according to a new Oxford study.

Rotational Variables: Kepler Versus ASAS-SN
Jack Stethem (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University), Christopher S. Kochanek (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University), Anya Phillips (Center for Astrophysics - Harvard and Smithsonian), Lyra Cao (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University), Marc Pinsonneault (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Center for Cosmol…

Rotational Variables: Kepler Versus ASAS-SN
Rotational variables are stars that vary in brightness due to star spots modulated by rotation. They are probes of stellar magnetism, binarity, and evolution. Phillips et al. (2023) explored distinct populations of ~50,000 high-amplitude rotational variables from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), examining correlations between stellar rotation, binarity, and activity. Here, we carry out a similar analysis of ~50,000 much lower amplitude Kepler rotational variables. The Kepl…

Just read Fat Girls Dance by Cathleen Meredith, yet another semi-random venture into the currently-popular novels section of my library, rather than my recent YA staples. It's excellent. Fascinating and well-written just as fiction, but also empowering and perspective-upgrading (and I'm a married white cis man who is only beer-belly fat, plus already well into #BodyPositive thinking).
It bridges really well with Mama by Nikkya Hargrove, and with Does My Body Offend You by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt, both of which I went through recently. Yet another home fucking run for #OwnVoices, which felt extra good to read after Dream State was so disappointing. It really digs into and helps the reader explore body positivity just like Does My Body Offend You does with feminism.
#AmReading

Trying to order a product I normally get from Amazon, directly from the vendor.
Takes 4 days to say “order getting ready”, still in that state 3 days later, and it costs 25% more! It also takes 3-4 business days to hear back from their support.
From Amazon, in their own store, it's cheaper and comes in like 2 days.
I know I shouldn't expect same speed/pricing from vendors as Amazon, but this makes it very hard to support vendors directly.
Am I expecting too mu…

This was foreseeable. Want to go on vacation on the state's dime? Pull your kids out of school and get vouchers.
Reminds me of the time I saw my sister-in-law tell her first grader to read a book for a treat. That was her idea of teaching her kid how to read. Both she and my brother benefited from special education throughout their schooling. The state was fine with them homeschooling. I believe they were eventually convinced by her parents to send the kids back to school. My pare…

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
DEETA: So, you have an answer for the Summons to Justification. Like what? Surely not a Blood Feud? [rises to face her] I can't have killed someone who's close kin to both of you. Particularly not as your friend here is a citizen of the Vandor Confederacy. As I assume you are. [drops a metal ID card at her feet]
KARLA: [Picks it …

Experimental Verification of a Time-Domain Load Identification Method for Single-Phase Circuits
Francisco M. Arrabal-Campos, Francisco G. Montoya, Jorge Ventura, Santiago S\'anchez-Acevedo, Raymundo E. Torres-Olguin, Francisco de Le\'on
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12593

Experimental Verification of a Time-Domain Load Identification Method for Single-Phase Circuits
This paper presents experimental validation of a time-domain load parameter determination method for single-phase circuits. The verification is performed in a state-of-the-art smart grid laboratory equipped with power hardware and real-time emulators. The proposed method enables the identification of circuit parameters using only instantaneous voltage and current measurements at the point of common coupling. The experimental setup includes a range of test cases covering linear and non-sinusoida…