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Finite element method for a constant time delay subdiffusion equation with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative
Weiping Bu, Chen Nie, Weizhi Liao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13052

Finite element method for a constant time delay subdiffusion equation with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative
This work considers to numerically solve a subdiffusion equation involving constant time delay $τ$ and Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative. First, a fully discrete finite element scheme is developed for the considered problem under the symmetric graded time mesh, where the Caputo fractional derivative is approximated via the L1 formula, while the Riemann-Liouville integral is discretized using the fractional right rectangular rule. Under the assumption that the exact solution has low regul…

WSJ: US to share intelligence for Ukraine’s deep strikes in Russia as Trump administration weighs sending powerful weapons - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/02/wsj-us-to-share-intelligence-for-ukraines-deep-strikes-in-russia-as-trump-administration-weighs-sending-powerful-weapons/

Must read: "Flight Tracking, OSINT, Roblox: The Cyber frontline of Gen Z's Revolution in Madagascar" by @andrinivo
#Madagascar

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

Dan Harmon on movies:
> Eddington: masterpiece. Weapons: masterpiece. Companion: masterpiece. Can’t wait to see One Battle. Might have to go to a theatre? Movies are good again?
I can vouch for Companion since I consider it the best film of the year so far. Icelandic cinemas seem to have decided to skip Eddington.
I think it has been a good year for cinema and we haven't even entered the awards-bait season (which translates to January to March in Iceland).

Vladimir Putin boasted this week that Russia has tested a
nuclear-powered super torpedo,
the Poseidon, that was unstoppable and more powerful than a nuclear missile,
the second announcement in a week of Russian trials involving
nuclear-powered weapons systems.

Days earlier, Russia announced the test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile,
the Burevestnik or Skyfall,
that seemed in particular to irritate Donald Trump.
In the wake of the tests,…

What we know about the Poseidon, Russia’s new super torpedo
Poseidon is part of Russia’s line up of “super weapons” meant to gain military parity with the West and it can supposedly drown coastal cities.

It’s clear now that Hitler was just ahead of his time. If he were around today and had picked a different target, our Western governments would be calling him an ally and supporting his genocide with money, propaganda, violent repression of dissent within their own citizenry, and weapons. How do I know this? Because that’s exactly what they’re doing with the Hitler of our time: the wanted war criminal Netanyahu.

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'

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Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjdlx92lylo
The problem is neither the camera, nor the usage of "AI". The problem is simpler: too many weapons on civilians hands and police impunity.

Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US
Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.

The Trump administration’s "crackdown on crime" in Washington has been propelled, in part, by an aggressive clampdown on guns,
with city and federal officials confiscating around 150 weapons since the president declared a crime emergency in the capital nearly three weeks ago.
“I’m pleased to report another 105 arrests have been made and 12 illegal guns taken off the streets of Washington, DC,”
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on social media on Thursday.
It …

Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns
If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.