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Retro style fantasy fps Wizordum is coming to consoles September 23, and I'm psyched to grab it (when it goes on sale, as I usually wait for). Have to decide if I want it for Switch and/or Xbox. I played the demo on Steam a while back (it's here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715…

Wizordum on Steam
Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.

In any case, day 2: Ursula K Le Guin.
As I've said elsewhere, part of her science fiction thesis is that "human" can encompass much more than what we mere Terrans think of it as, and that moral standing extends broadly throughout the universe. This is the antithesis of Tokens fantasy, wherein "race" is real and determines moral standing. For Le Guin, it's barely okay to intervene in complex alien politics unless you carefully ensure you're not causing systemic harms; for Tolkien, it's okay to ambush and murder orc children, because they are by nature evil.
Add to her excellent politics Le Guin's masterful worldbuilding and unparalleled range of plots, and you have the one author I loved as a decidedly liberal and naïve teen and love even more now that I'm an adult. She's an absolute legend and deserves a very high place on any list of women authors (or list of authors, period.).
For a short story, try "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" which you can read here: https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf
For fantasy "A Wizard of Earthsea" (also has a nice graphic novel adaptation), or for science fiction, "The Left Hand of Darkness" or if you want a more anarchist flavor, "The Dispossessed."
I'll close this with an amazing quote from her:
"""
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
"""

AI-assisted radiographic analysis in detecting alveolar bone-loss severity and patterns
Chathura Wimalasiri, Piumal Rathnayake, Shamod Wijerathne, Sumudu Rasnayaka, Dhanushka Leuke Bandara, Roshan Ragel, Vajira Thambawita, Isuru Nawinne
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20522

AI-assisted radiographic analysis in detecting alveolar bone-loss severity and patterns
Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease causing alveolar bone loss, significantly affects oral health and quality of life. Accurate assessment of bone loss severity and pattern is critical for diagnosis and treatment planning. In this study, we propose a novel AI-based deep learning framework to automatically detect and quantify alveolar bone loss and its patterns using intraoral periapical (IOPA) radiographs. Our method combines YOLOv8 for tooth detection with Keypoint R-CNN models to id…

Der #Rhein steht unter zunehmendem Druck. Steigende #Wassertemperaturen, häufigeres #Niedrigwasser und das Ausbreiten invasiver Arten bringen das

Wichtige Wasserstraße: Der Rhein fließt auf den Burnout zu
Sinkende Pegel, wärmeres Wasser, sterbende Arten: Der Rhein ist extrem unter Stress. Der mächtige Fluss wird zunehmend unberechenbar – für Mensch, Natur und Industrie.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Rolling Stones:
🎵 Start Me Up
#NowPlaying #TheRollingStones
https://thereeveshouseband.bandcamp.com/track/start-me-up
https://open.spotify.com/track/0INM0SfWqrD33nTDGA5Mts

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Glastonbury
Myd:
🎵 The Wizard
#Myd
https://mydsound.bandcamp.com/track/the-wizard-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/2J1m0j1kJLRNsmlqk0Q2ua

Towards Deeper Understanding of Natural User Interactions in Virtual Reality Based Assembly Tasks
Ryan Ghamandi, Yahya Hmaiti, Mykola Maslych, Ravi Kiran Kattoju, Joseph J. LaViola Jr
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17124

Towards Deeper Understanding of Natural User Interactions in Virtual Reality Based Assembly Tasks
We explore natural user interactions using a virtual reality simulation of a robot arm for assembly tasks. Using a Wizard-of-Oz study, participants completed collaborative LEGO and instructive PCB assembly tasks, with the robot responding under experimenter control. We collected voice, hand tracking, and gaze data from users. Statistical analyses revealed that instructive and collaborative scenarios elicit distinct behaviors and adopted strategies, particularly as tasks progress. Users tended t…

Entglitt Papas Armen - Kleinkind stürzt von Wasserrutsche und stirbt #News #Nachrichten

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheHueyShow
Black Sabbath:
🎵 The Wizard
#BlackSabbath
https://intensecomplex.bandcamp.com/track/black-sabbath-the-wizard-tr0uts-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1v7QD5nuWbwOG5rq11gWZB

I Can't Join, But I Will Send My Agent: Stand-in Enhanced Asynchronous Meetings (SEAM)
Zhongyi Bai, Jens Emil Gr{\o}nb{\ae}k, Andrew Irlitti, Jarrod Knibbe, Eduardo Velloso
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17676

I Can't Join, But I Will Send My Agent: Stand-in Enhanced Asynchronous Meetings (SEAM)
We propose and explore the user experience of SEAM -- Stand-in Enhanced Asynchronous Meetings -- virtual reality meetings in which embodied virtual agents represent absent users. During the meeting, attendees can address the agent, and the absent user can later watch the recording from its perspective to respond. Through two mixed-method studies with 45 participants using the Wizard-of-Oz approach, we explored both the perspectives of the attendees in the original meeting and of the absent user…