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Yet another bad decision from the Planning Inspectorate.
Huge development to go ahead after £5m demand thrown out - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/huge-development…

Huge development to go ahead after £5m demand thrown out
Council officers rejected the plans three years ago

Ahh. ... Elon did it again...
Video:
#SpaceX

Efficient $GW$ band structure calculations using Gaussian basis functions and application to atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides
R\'emi Pasquier, Mar\'ia Camarasa-G\'omez, Anna-Sophia Hehn, Daniel Hernang\'omez-P\'erez, Jan Wilhelm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18411

Efficient $GW$ band structure calculations using Gaussian basis functions and application to atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides
We present a $GW$ space-time algorithm for periodic systems in a Gaussian basis including spin-orbit coupling. We employ lattice summation to compute the irreducible density response and the self-energy, while we employ $k$-point sampling for computing the screened Coulomb interaction. Our algorithm enables accurate and computationally efficient quasiparticle band structure calculations for atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides. For monolayer MoS$_\text{2}$, MoSe$_\text{2}$, WS$_\tex…

Moscow's 2022 'Teacher of the Year' killed while fighting in Ukraine, Meduza reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/moscows-teacher-of-the-year.html

Ann Telnaez, Trumps Nobel peace Prize.
https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d7599abc-9992-4c4f-b395-9cdb36369a66_1800x1519.jpeg

Manchester's improved public transport system.
Four months ago, this had never been done in Greater Manchester. Now it’s happened 10 million times - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-…

Four months ago, this had never been done in Greater Manchester. Now it’s happened 10 million times
There's been a very quiet revolution on our roads

Sources: publishers are considering moving from flat-fee AI content licensing deals with companies to usage-based deals; Perplexity is developing such a model (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/news-p…

News Publishers Shift AI Licensing Focus to Usage-Based Deals
Signs that OpenAI and other artificial intelligence firms are generating ever-increasing revenues are getting attention—from news publishers who want to get their piece of the action. Publishers that have struck deals to license their content to AI firms for training large language models are ...

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Institute has partnered with William Scherkenbach to make his files on management improvement available on their website. These files provide great value to those seeking to improve the practice of management in their organizations
https://ccmii.org/files/ws/
Docu…

Trump rules out putting 'American boots on the ground' in Ukraine (Ryan King/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/world-news/trump-rules-out-putting-american-boots-on-the-ground-in-ukraine/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p52#a250819p52

Superconductivity in a Chern band: effect of time-reversal-symmetry breaking on superconductivity
Bernhard E. L\"uscher, Mark H. Fischer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16508

Superconductivity in a Chern band: effect of time-reversal-symmetry breaking on superconductivity
Time-reversal-symmetry breaking is generally understood to be detrimental for superconductivity. However, recent experiments found superconductivity emerging out of a normal state showing a finite anomalous Hall effect, indicative of time-reversal-symmetry breaking, in diverse systems from kagome metals, $1T'$-WS$_2$, to twisted MoTe$_2$ and rhombohedral graphene. Motivated by these findings, we study the stability of superconducting orders and the mechanisms that suppress superconductivity in …

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Sign ups are open until Friday at 5PM PDT!
"Independent publishing can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. LION Publishers wants to help news entrepreneurs across Canada connect and build new relationships.
Each group will be led by a LION community ambassador and will meet monthly from August to October to discuss the highs and lows of local publishing"
#canpoli #cdnpoli #journalism #local #BC #news

There has long been a quiet debate, currently drowned out but still very much happening, about human replacement vs human augmentation. Think of Gary Kasparov remarking years ago that he thought chess played by humans with computer assistance could be a far more interesting game than either human-only or computer-only chess.
Here’s an argument for augmentation over automation, and note how far it diverges from the current hype despite it being written from a very AI-friendly point of view:
https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/news/the-turing-trap-the-promise-peril-of-human-like-artificial-intelligence/

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/cyber/major-european-insurer-hit-by-cyberattack-539138.aspx
Yet another insurance company hit by ransomware.
Major European insurer hit by cyberattack

Major European insurer hit by cyberattack
FC Barcelona data among over 200GB of sensitive data stolen

LLM Agent for Hyper-Parameter Optimization
Wanzhe Wang, Jianqiu Peng, Menghao Hu, Weihuang Zhong, Tong Zhang, Shuai Wang, Yixin Zhang, Mingjie Shao, Wanli Ni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15167

LLM Agent for Hyper-Parameter Optimization
Hyper-parameters are essential and critical for the performance of communication algorithms. However, current hyper-parameters tuning methods for warm-start particles swarm optimization with cross and mutation (WS-PSO-CM) algortihm for radio map-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trajectory and communication are primarily heuristic-based, exhibiting low levels of automation and unsatisfactory performance. In this paper, we design an large language model (LLM) agent for automatic hyper-parame…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13626 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Methods to Test the Source of the Extreme Gas Motions in WS 35
We present theoretical arguments toward the plausibility of a stellar wind}to explain the 16000\,km\,$s^{-1}$ line broadening in the optical spectra of WS 35, the central star in the Pa 30 nebula. The wind model is discussed in the context of super-Eddington flows. We argue that WS 35 potentially occupies a new regime of wind driving theory as the first metal-only wind. While this framework provides a promising avenue for explaining the high speed flow, questions remain about the source's true …

At the #igf2025 session on encryption and safety, they seem to be more interested in talking about tertiary issues like funding and skills shortage, but only after having the FBI share their perspectives.
Not a useful session, too one-sided, and with too little discussion on principles that actually help solve the balancing issues. 😟
E.g. principles like "Do not introduce solution…

IGF 2025: WS #241 Balancing Acts 2.0: Can Encrypti...
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Trump Shows Off "Trump 2028" Hat To Foreign Leader - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/trump-shows-off-trump-2028-hat-to-foreign-leader/

Koalas vs. Crows: An Evolutionary Theory of #Software
https://ajmoon.com/posts/koalas-vs-crows-an-evolutionary-theory-of-software

My old Acurite weather station quit working properly. I won't own another Acurite product, so I bought an Ambient WS-2903D. This should be a link to local weather conditions in NE Oklahoma. I'll be setting up sharing shortly. #OKWX #PWS

Reversible local strain engineering of $\mathrm{WS}_2$ using a micro-mechanical spring
Eric Herrmann, Zhixiang Huang, Sai Rahul Sitaram, Ke Ma, S M Jahadun Nobi, Xi Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07784

Reversible local strain engineering of $\mathrm{WS}_2$ using a micro-mechanical spring
Local strain engineering is a promising technique to tune the properties of two-dimensional materials at the nanoscale. However, many existing methods are static and limit the systematic exploration of strain-dependent material behavior. Here, we demonstrate dynamic and reversible control of local strain distributions in suspended trilayer tungsten disulfide ($\mathrm{WS}_2$) via nanoindentation using a micro-mechanical spring patterned with nanoscale probes. Micro-photoluminescence measurement…

If you're at #AGIT2025, I'd love to see you at our #MobilityDataScience workshop focused on #PublicTransport tomorrow morning 🌄
09:00-10:15 Session 1A: WS: Mobility Data Sc…

I had to check my video speed watching Phallon but I was on 1x (rare for me)
#nwsl

Israel launches 'preemptive' air strikes on Iran (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/12/world-news/israel-launches-preemptive-air-strikes-on-iran/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p151#a250612p151

Ontario to give education minister power to more easily take over school boards - because as we all know Centralization is the Future because everyone already knows absolutely everything is already monitored and directed by a very busy single old bearded man living somewhere in heaven¹, so the method must be sound? #BurlingtonNews
https://www.burlingtontoday.com/ontario-news/ontario-to-give-education-minister-power-to-more-easily-take-over-school-boards-10729990
¹ actually he lives in Tokyo, operating out of a small office on the 13th floor.

Strong coupling and interfering resonances in isolated van der Waals nanoresonators
Qi Ding, Swain Ashutosh, Luca Sortino, Thomas Weber, Lucca K\"uhner, Stefan A Maier, Sergey Kruk, Yuri Kivshar, Andreas Tittl, Wei Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08510

Strong coupling and interfering resonances in isolated van der Waals nanoresonators
The study of strong light-matter interaction in van der Waals materials is at the forefront of current research in physics and chemistry, and it can be enhanced dramatically by employing resonances. Here we present the first observation of quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBICs) realized via polaritonic interfering resonances in isolated WS$_2$ nanodisks. We experimentally validate the existence of polaritonic qBICs driven by intrinsic coupling of Mie resonances and excitons. The system exh…

Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter hints at motive during exclusive jailhouse interview: 'It didn't involve... Trump stuff or pro-life' (Georgia Worrell/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/world-news/accused-killer-vance-boelter-hints-at-motive-in-post-jailhouse-interview/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p37#a250712p37

This seems, to me, to meet the definition of “creative accounting” 😂 https://nypost.com/2025/06/30/world-news/italy-finds-16-billion-loophole-to-hit-5-defense-spending-pledge-a-bridge-to-sicily/

Estimation of Exciton Binding Energy and lifetime for Mono-layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Rohit Ramesh Nimje, Swati G, Ashutosh Mahajan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05075

Estimation of Exciton Binding Energy and lifetime for Mono-layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
In this work, we present a mathematical model for the Wannier-Mott exciton in monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides such as $WS_2$, $WSe_2$, $MoS_2$, $MoSe_2$ that estimates the radiation lifetime in the effective mass approximation. We calculate exciton energy, and binding energy by solving the Schrodinger wave equation with open boundary conditions to obtain quasi-bound states in the confined direction in the monolayer and decay rates by the Fermi-Golden rule. The proposed model uses…

#Facebook is very very bad. https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/how…

How Facebook turned a VPN into a surveillance engine to spy on Snapchat, YouTube and more
It looked like a VPN It acted like a VPN But it was actually Facebooks backdoor into your phone

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16630 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arX…

AC-Stark Spectroscopy of Interactions between Moiré Excitons and Polarons
We use nonlinear pump-probe spectroscopy to study optical excitations in a charge-tunable MoSe$_2$\WS$_2$ moiré heterostructure. An intense red-detuned laser pulse creates a photonic dressing of the material by introducing a large virtual population of excitons or exciton polarons in a deep moiré potential. By measuring the resulting ac Stark effect with a weak resonant laser pulse, we gain access to the nature and mutual interactions of the elementary optical excitations. At charge neutralit…

Replaced article(s) found for cond-mat.mtrl-sci. https://arxiv.org/list/cond-mat.mtrl-sci/new
[1/1]:
- Graphene-driven correlated electronic states in one dimensional defects within WS$_2$
Antonio Rossi, et al.

Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says (Katherine Donlevy/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/28/world-news/hamas-leader-hakham-muhammad-issa-al-issa-killed-in-airstrike-idf-says/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p92#a250628p92

Quantum Geometry in the NbSe$_2$ Family I: Obstructed Compact Wannier Function and New Perturbation Theory
Jiabin Yu, Yi Jiang, Yuanfeng Xu, Dumitru C\u{a}lug\u{a}ru, Haoyu Hu, Haojie Guo, Sandra Sajan, Yongsong Wang, Miguel M. Ugeda, Fernando De Juan, B. Andrei Bernevig
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02047

Quantum Geometry in the NbSe$_2$ Family I: Obstructed Compact Wannier Function and New Perturbation Theory
We revisit the electronic structure and band topology of monolayer 1H-NbSe$_2$, which hosts both superconductivity and charge density wave, and its related compounds 1H-MoS$_2$, NbS$_2$, TaS$_2$, TaSe$_2$ and WS$_2$. We construct a 6-band, a 3-band, and - simplest of all - a single-band model for this material family, by directly Wannierizing the ab initio bands. All host obstructed atomic isolated bands away from the atomic positions near the Fermi energy. We find that in the 3-band model, the…

Two high-ranking NOAA employees connected to 'Sharpiegate' are put on leave (Evan Bush/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/two-high-ranking-noaa-employees-connected-sharpiegate-incident-put-lea-rcna221113
http://www.memeorandum.com/250726/p6#a250726p6

🚂Coming to Vancouver Island this summer? Headed to Tofino!? Make a stop for a train ride in Port Alberni! 🚂
Every weekend will have rides using a restored diesel loco and heritage passenger cars on the waterfront.
4 weekends will feature the 95yr old No7 Steam Locomotive!
News article here: #SteamTrain #PortAlberni #VancouverIsland #Summer #Tourism

Twist-Tunable Spin-to-Charge Conversion and Valley-Contrasting Effects in Graphene/TMDC Heterostructures
I. Wojciechowska, A. Dyrdal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00650

Twist-Tunable Spin-to-Charge Conversion and Valley-Contrasting Effects in Graphene/TMDC Heterostructures
We consider graphene deposited on monolayers of such transition-metal dichalcogenides like MoSe$_2$, WSe$_2$, MoS$_2$, and WS$_2$. Our key objective is to study the impact of relative twist angle between the monolayers on the proximity-induced spin-orbital effects and orbital phenomena in graphene. To do this we used an effective model Hamiltonian for low-energy states, taken from available literature. The Green function formalism is used to calculate analytical formula for the spin Hall effect…

Enhanced Biaxial Compressive Strain Tuning of 2D semiconductors via Hot Dry Transfer on Polymer Substrates
Alvaro Cortes-Flores, Eudomar Henr\'iquez-Guerra, Lisa Almonte, Hao Li, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, M. Reyes Calvo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22806

Enhanced Biaxial Compressive Strain Tuning of 2D semiconductors via Hot Dry Transfer on Polymer Substrates
Strain engineering is an effective tool for tailoring the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, especially for tuning quantum phenomena. Among the limited methods available for strain engineering under cryogenic conditions, thermal mismatch with polymeric substrates provides a simple and affordable strategy to induce biaxial compressive strain upon cooling. In this work, we demonstrate the transfer of unprecedentedly large levels of uniform biaxial compressive strain to single-layer WS$…

Not being on Facebook to see the daily misinformation-fuelled drama unfold in town is a blessing… and a curse, a little… example eleventy-million-and-one.
"When a bunch of American Naval personnel unloaded U.S. Coast Guard vessels at Clutesi Haven Marina in Port Alberni on Monday, social media sites blew up with rumours about why they were on Vancouver Island and why there were armed vessels making their way down the Alberni Inlet.”
😅😂
#SocialMedia #RumourMill #SmallTown #PortAlberni
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/us-coast-guard-vessels-cause-concern-at-port-alberni-marina-8098472

no ____ sherlock: “Evidence of drought”
In 2015 we had a long drought and that was the first year *ever* #BCWildfire saw Rank 5 fires in the Coastal Fire Centre of BC. It was a fire near Squamish. I was in a municipal meeting with BC Wildfire folks at UBCM.
Climate Change is happening, has happened, and will continue until we stop forcing it. Our natural landscapes have no way to adapt.
END FOSSIL FUELS
#BCWildfire #endfossilfuels #BCPoli #CanPoli #ClimateChange
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/evidence-of-drought-wesley-ridge-wildfire-burns-through-dry-conditions-8175809