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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 19h

Our annual opportunity to request

interoperability across web browsers is here. This time there is a fun new interface (made by the Firefox team):

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

and you can also upvote 👍 the issue directly:

github.com/web-platform...

Interop Feature Ranking

Rank the web platform features you care most about

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 21h

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 1d

Oh, come on, English. I wasted HOURS trying to find a proof, because of you.

Do you even realize how close *unprovable* and *improvable* sound to me?

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent resource!

I am looking forward to <math> inclusion as well.

TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 2d

We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 3d

🗓️ The September 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.

Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗓️ The August 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.

Lots of pots are brewing in September...

Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · Aug 6

🗓️ The July 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 5d

🗓️ ar5iv update is slightly delayed this month, expect it Oct 6-7.

Travel days overlapped.

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robinhouston @robinhouston.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 7d

I enjoyed this talk from Kevin Buzzard, _Where is Mathematics Going?_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5w7VS2sxD0

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Corca @corca.io · Aug 18

Typing math in Corca is usually much faster than in LaTeX

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Corca @corca.io · 8d

Big update! 🚀
Now, Corca not only lets you type math — it actively helps you with it. Just type an equation, and it will suggest the solution. It can solve equations, simplify expressions, and even tackle integrals. And this is just the beginning — more is coming soon.

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arXiv @arxiv.bsky.social · 8d

Well, September was fun. 🤯

26,646 new submissions in a single month - a new record for arXiv!

#openaccess #preprints

a bar chart showing a steep increase in submissions per month to arXiv. September 2025 shows 26,646 submissions.

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Ana Tudor @anatudor.bsky.social · 11d

"tailwind is more efficient"
... than really bad #CSS I would never write.

Seriously, I want stuff on a page to be consistent. I'm setting color and background once and then modify it on a few types of elements if needed. That's fewer bytes than setting a color-white class on over a dozen elements.

DevTools screenshot of a page using Tailwind.

DevTools screenshot of the same page, focusing on another element.

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theHigherGeometer @highergeometer.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11d

The opening sentence of an abstract on the arXiv today:
"A core goal in modern science is to harness recent advances in AI and computer processing to automate and accelerate the scientific method."

Two-panel meme with Thor asking "Is it really though?" (top pane) and Daenerys Targaryen asking "Are ya sure?" (bottom pane), both with highly skeptical looks on their faces.

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Brian Kardell @bkardell.com · 21d

Hey just saw that the SVG Working Group is back together! Congrats!

Note: The MathML Working Group is still going! We meet once a month, and would love to have all the browser vendors join and participate in our discussions.

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 12d

This could be a way... We need to complete the cloud migration first to have some sanity in the login subsystem. The reason you're seeing the logouts has to do with some legacy reorganization work.

Maybe in a year or two?

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · 12d

Another awesome video from Numberphile. I’m not going to spoil it, but I will say it is very relevant if you teach research methods (it not just statistical in a narrow sense) youtu.be/VwIKKBL4ldQ?...

We have statistical evidence that people are mildly psychic

YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

youtu.be

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 13d

Manhattan projects related to TeX are a Good Thing.

a ton of crates @tonofcrates.bsky.social · 24d

"we need a manhattan project for AI" no what we really need is a manhattan project for porting every math TeX package to Typst (and please start with mathpartir)

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Alexander Doria @dorialexander.bsky.social · 15d

Quite sad to see several pioneers of open data in AI nearly giving up. But not surprised: there is zero support for that space

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 16d

Link to HHMI preprint mandate hhmicdn.blob.core.windows.net/policies/Imm...

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, they will have to be specified to exist.

Your idea is quite clear and... not really enticing. It's an old VC acquisition model in fact, take over a site with volume, introduce ads, profit. Feels like giving up to me.

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 17d

Marketplaces work. Subscriptions work. New ideas can also work.

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 17d

Advertising-based ideas lack imagination IMHO. If you want a democratic ecosystem, make it sustainable with a democratic funding model.

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 18d

The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money.

What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.

But there's more… 🧵

How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press

Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.

www.techpolicy.press

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Igalia @igalia.com · 17d

Second day of @kernelrecipes.bsky.social 2025. Today at 11h40 CEST, come listen to Maíra Canal on "A Rusty Odyssey: A Timeline of Rust in the DRM Subsystem". You can also join this adventure remotely via live streaming at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pZ...

Banner with Maíra's picture with her talk information: A Rusty Odyssey: A Timeline of Rust in the DRM Subsystem in Sep 23 at 11:40am

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European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social · 17d

Big news for #DiamondOA! The #EDCH receives a 3-year grant from the Gates Foundation to boost services & build a #community of OA publishers in Europe.

👉 Read more: buff.ly/pxcyTxd

The EDCH has received a grant from the Gates Foundation.

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Deyan Ginev @dginev.bsky.social · 18d

If the assignment is to review similar to existing practices... this is very much an expected outcome.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19d

Yet again, machine learning — even gussied up via the transformer architecture — encodes and reinforces societal biases.

This study reveals that LLM-based peer review relies heavily on author institution in its decisions.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122

Prestige over merit: An adapted audit of LLM bias in peer review

Large language models (LLMs) are playing an increasingly integral, though largely informal, role in scholarly peer review. Yet it remains unclear whether LLMs reproduce the biases observed in human de...

arxiv.org