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Nepo babies can be so stupid about their supposed familial expertise…
The Fed doesn't control long-term (i.e. federally-backed mortgage) rates.Those reflect what the credit market believes inflation will be over the long term and how much return they think they can get elsewhere. Lowering rates before inflation has absorbed the tariff shocks and settled down will increase long-term inflation expectations, raising long rates.

emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)
One reason I wrote this is bc the housing market is in pretty shitty shape. Pulte seems to think lowering rates will fix it which is not remotely true. Yet instead of doing something about that Pulte is off stoking witch hunts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Snodd från blurpan #humor #anatomi

A pilot cohort study of a microfluidic-based point-of-care bilirubin measurement system
Jean Pierre Ndabakuranye, Inge W. G. Last, Kay Weng Choy, Peter Thurgood, Jason C. Steel, Genia Burchall, Stella Stylianou, Khashayar Khoshmanesh, Arman Ahnood
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08943

A pilot cohort study of a microfluidic-based point-of-care bilirubin measurement system
Objective The concentration of bilirubin in blood or serum is useful for assessing liver function as well as monitoring treatment. This study evaluates the clinical performance of a novel point-of-care (PoC) device for the detection of bilirubin in serum. The PoC device incorporates an integrated miniature optoelectronic sensing module and a microfluidic test cartridge. Methods Patients' serum total bilirubin concentrations, ranging from 2 μmol/L to 480 μmol/L, were measured using the PoC d…

Judge Rejects Boilerplate “Congressional Records” Label Used to Shield Agency Emails from Disclosure - American Oversight
https://americanoversight.org/judge-rejects-boilerplate-congressional-records-label-used-to-shield-agency-emails-from-disclosure/

Well that sure was a fast trip from “never heard of Crunchyroll” to “wow do I hate Crunchyroll” https://blorbo.social/@blakasmoko/115109695629277650

Im #Münsterland haben engagierte Bürger in #Billerbeck einen 5,6 Kilometer langen #Radweg in Eigenleistung gebaut.
Über 4.000 Arbeitsstunden und 2,3 Millionen Euro später steht eine sic…

Eigeninitiative Verkehrspolitik: Billerbecker bauen Radweg selbst
Ewig auf eine Fahrradspur warten? Im Münsterland setzten sich Bürger auf den Bagger und legten los. Spart Zeit, Geld und ist irgendwie cool.

Quantifying Mental States in Work Environment: Mathematical Perspectives
Aymen Balti, Assane Wade, Abdelatif Oujbara, M. A., Aziz-Alaoui, Hicham Bellarabi, Frederic Dutertre, Benjamin Ambrosio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12162

Quantifying Mental States in Work Environment: Mathematical Perspectives
This article presents a study involving 87 participants exposed to a stressful scenario in a virtual reality (VR) environment. An algorithm was developed to assign a positive or negative valence based on questionnaire responses. EEG signals were recorded, and a k-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm was trained to infer emotional valence from these signals. Our objective is to further develop mathematical models capable of describing the dynamic evolution of emotional and mental states.

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

I've got a new favourite email consent blurb

Yup, Canada's "AI Minister" Evan Solomon is just (and/or just being scammed by) an AI Con. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:67x5yohybjcgsstt3cvtpu4n/post/3m2riqoz4kc2s