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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
Cavalier:
🎵 Dat Lah
#Cavalier
https://cavaliervmc.bandcamp.com/track/dat-lah
https://open.spotify.com/track/1SjIocCG6n37f7QMYKixFv

Area-minimizing capillary cones
Benjy Firester, Raphael Tsiamis, Yipeng Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18794 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.18794

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #MusicMap
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne, Anne‐Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi:
🎵 Violin Concerto no.2 in A major (op.5): II Largo
#ChevalierdeSaintGeorgesJosephBologne
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rBQFU7o7d7ezAVC1aXaVD
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Cappella Romana:
🎵 Megalynarion for Christmas (from Three Christmas Hymns)
#CappellaRomana
https://valleyentertainment.bandcamp.com/track/megalynarion-for-christmas-from-three-christmas-hymns

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Wenn Polarisierung alles überlagert, verliert Demokratie ihre Sprache.
Alex Garland denkt diesen Punkt in Civil War konsequent zu Ende:
Keine Fakten, keine Moral, keine Institutionen – nur noch rohe Gewalt und Macht.
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#CivilWar #AlexGarland

Multi-port programmable silicon photonics using low-loss phase change material Sb$_2$Se$_3$
Thomas W. Radford, Idris A Ajia, Latif Rozaqi, Priya Deoli, Xingzhao Yan, Mehdi Banakar, David J Thomson, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Alberto Politi, Otto L. Muskens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18205 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.18205 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.18205
arXiv:2511.18205v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reconfigurable photonic devices are rapidly emerging as a cornerstone of next generation optical technologies, with wide ranging applications in quantum simulation, neuromorphic computing, and large-scale photonic processors. A central challenge in this field is identifying an optimal platform to enable compact, efficient, and scalable reconfigurability. Optical phase-change materials (PCMs) offer a compelling solution by enabling non-volatile, reversible tuning of optical properties, compatible with a wide range of device platforms and current CMOS technologies. In particular, antimony tri-selenide ($\text{Sb}_{2}\text{Se}_{3}$) stands out for its ultra low-loss characteristics at telecommunication wavelengths and its reversible switching. In this work, we present an experimental platform capable of encoding multi-port operations onto the transmission matrix of a compact multimode interferometer architecture on standard 220~nm silicon photonics using \textit{in-silico} designed digital patterns. The multi-port devices are clad with a thin film of $\text{Sb}_{2}\text{Se}_{3}$, which can be optically addressed using direct laser writing to provide local perturbations to the refractive index. A range of multi-port geometries from 2$\times$2 up to 5$\times$5 couplers are demonstrated, achieving simultaneous control of up to 25 matrix elements with programming accuracy of 90% relative to simulated patterns. Patterned devices remain stable with consistent optical performance across the C-band wavelengths. Our work establishes a pathway towards the development of large scale PCM-based reconfigurable multi-port devices which will allow implementing matrix operations on three orders of magnitude smaller areas than interferometer meshes.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cavalier & Quelle Chris:
🎵 Phat Beach
#Cavalier #QuelleChris
https://quellechris.bandcamp.com/track/phat-beach
https://open.spotify.com/track/3EW1yaoZJVzdDp7dPX8mjz

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Hiatus Kaiyote:
🎵 Chivalry Is Not Dead
#HiatusKaiyote
https://hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com/track/chivalry-is-not-dead
https://open.spotify.com/track/3STeMaQt9svi9EyB4BYrIc

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Randall Goosby & London Contemporary Orchestra:
🎵 Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)
#JosephBologne
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Rw0Rg4LjlYnuxIyioW3vg