Michael Evans
@teamtock.bsky.social
Texas mathematician studying applied category theory. Trying to make sense of it all.
I'm building a small company called TOCK Analytics, whose concept won an award from the office of Senator Ted Cruz, and is receiving many well wishes. Thank you so much!
I'm building a small company called TOCK Analytics, whose concept won an award from the office of Senator Ted Cruz, and is receiving many well wishes. Thank you so much!
Reposted by Michael Evans
Waymo says it now plans to operate in Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa, totaling 15 new cities for the company's planned expansions in 2026.
cnb.cx/3JI9y2M
cnb.cx/3JI9y2M
Waymo to begin manual drives in Minneapolis, Tampa and New Orleans, aims to open service in 2026
If Waymo does begin operating in those markets next year, that would bring the robotaxi company's list of 2026 planned expansions to 15 cities.
cnb.cx
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Waymo says it now plans to operate in Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa, totaling 15 new cities for the company's planned expansions in 2026.
cnb.cx/3JI9y2M
cnb.cx/3JI9y2M
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Jan Paseka, Thomas Vetterlein
Axiomatising the dagger category of complex Hilbert spaces
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15410
Axiomatising the dagger category of complex Hilbert spaces
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15410
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Jan Paseka, Thomas Vetterlein
Axiomatising the dagger category of complex Hilbert spaces
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15410
Axiomatising the dagger category of complex Hilbert spaces
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15410
Reading about soft cells while listening to Soft Cell.
Baby, baby. Where did our love go?
Baby, baby. Where did our love go?
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reading about soft cells while listening to Soft Cell.
Baby, baby. Where did our love go?
Baby, baby. Where did our love go?
Reposted by Michael Evans
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Reposted by Michael Evans
THE POLITICS OF AI ARE ABOUT TO EXPLODE
We talk with @esaagar.bsky.social about how big tech may soon find itself friendless in DC, as basically all sides of the political spectrum are setting up to oppose AI in some way podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We talk with @esaagar.bsky.social about how big tech may soon find itself friendless in DC, as basically all sides of the political spectrum are setting up to oppose AI in some way podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Politics of AI Are About to Explode
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 11/19/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
THE POLITICS OF AI ARE ABOUT TO EXPLODE
We talk with @esaagar.bsky.social about how big tech may soon find itself friendless in DC, as basically all sides of the political spectrum are setting up to oppose AI in some way podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We talk with @esaagar.bsky.social about how big tech may soon find itself friendless in DC, as basically all sides of the political spectrum are setting up to oppose AI in some way podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Smooth jam at NPR. Takes me back to the great John Aielli days at KUT Austin.
youtu.be/xBtTEc7HV6k?...
youtu.be/xBtTEc7HV6k?...
Ghost-Note: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Smooth jam at NPR. Takes me back to the great John Aielli days at KUT Austin.
youtu.be/xBtTEc7HV6k?...
youtu.be/xBtTEc7HV6k?...
Tonight's discovery on Mexican radio. Swedish jazz with a Brazilian sound. Very nice.
youtu.be/PuWpkYPcxOE?...
youtu.be/PuWpkYPcxOE?...
I botten på glaset
YouTube video by Bo Kaspers Orkester - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Tonight's discovery on Mexican radio. Swedish jazz with a Brazilian sound. Very nice.
youtu.be/PuWpkYPcxOE?...
youtu.be/PuWpkYPcxOE?...
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Sade releases her “Promise” LP 40 years ago today.
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sade releases her “Promise” LP 40 years ago today.
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Reposted by Michael Evans
Shohei Ohtani becomes 4-time MVP after unanimous win in National League
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/shohei-ohtani-becomes-4-time-mvp-after-unanimous-win-in-national-league
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/shohei-ohtani-becomes-4-time-mvp-after-unanimous-win-in-national-league
Shohei Ohtani becomes 4-time MVP after unanimous win in National League
Japanese 2-way star just 2nd player in MLB history to achieve at least 4 MVP awards
asia.nikkei.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Shohei Ohtani becomes 4-time MVP after unanimous win in National League
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/shohei-ohtani-becomes-4-time-mvp-after-unanimous-win-in-national-league
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/shohei-ohtani-becomes-4-time-mvp-after-unanimous-win-in-national-league
November 13th -
Remembering two of the greats today.
Pictured on the left:
Saul Kripke (born November 13, 1940 - September 15, 2022), the pioneer of modal logic.
Pictured on the right:
Alexander Grothendieck (March 28, 1928 - November 13, 2014), the founder of modern algebraic geometry.
Remembering two of the greats today.
Pictured on the left:
Saul Kripke (born November 13, 1940 - September 15, 2022), the pioneer of modal logic.
Pictured on the right:
Alexander Grothendieck (March 28, 1928 - November 13, 2014), the founder of modern algebraic geometry.
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
November 13th -
Remembering two of the greats today.
Pictured on the left:
Saul Kripke (born November 13, 1940 - September 15, 2022), the pioneer of modal logic.
Pictured on the right:
Alexander Grothendieck (March 28, 1928 - November 13, 2014), the founder of modern algebraic geometry.
Remembering two of the greats today.
Pictured on the left:
Saul Kripke (born November 13, 1940 - September 15, 2022), the pioneer of modal logic.
Pictured on the right:
Alexander Grothendieck (March 28, 1928 - November 13, 2014), the founder of modern algebraic geometry.
Reposted by Michael Evans
Glad that I can brag about this paper as co-author as my contribution has been minimal. Takes ZX-calculus to a new level by connecting quantum foundations research, it's initial motivation, to condensed matter physics and (loop) quantum gravity research.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.06012
arxiv.org/abs/2511.06012
Beyond Penrose tensor diagrams with the ZX calculus: Applications to quantum computing, quantum machine learning, condensed matter physics, and quantum gravity
We introduce the Spin-ZX calculus as an elevation of Penrose's diagrams and associated binor calculus to the level of a formal diagrammatic language. The power of doing so is illustrated by the variet...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Glad that I can brag about this paper as co-author as my contribution has been minimal. Takes ZX-calculus to a new level by connecting quantum foundations research, it's initial motivation, to condensed matter physics and (loop) quantum gravity research.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.06012
arxiv.org/abs/2511.06012
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AI-Generated Song Tops Country Music Chart
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/12/2320241/ai-generated-song-tops-country-music-chart?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
AI-Generated Song Tops Country Music Chart
Slashdot readers Tablizer and fjo3 share news that an AI-generated country song has topped the U.S. sales chart for the first time this week. ABC News reports: The new country tune, "Walk my Walk" by Breaking Rust, recently hit No. 1 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart, reaching over 3 ...
entertainment.slashdot.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
AI-Generated Song Tops Country Music Chart
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/12/2320241/ai-generated-song-tops-country-music-chart?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Go, Barclay!
Wait a minute.....
Wait a minute.....
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Go, Barclay!
Wait a minute.....
Wait a minute.....
Glory to you and your touchdown.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Glory to you and your touchdown.
Reposted by Michael Evans
Mick Fleetwood performs Tusks with the USC Marching Band prior to an NCAA football game between USC and Northwestern. @NCAAFootball #ncaafootball @uscfootball #uscfootball @USC_Athletics #northwestern #football @NikonUSA #nikon @InsideSoCalSpts #fleetwoodmac #uscmarchingband #mickfleetwood
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Mick Fleetwood performs Tusks with the USC Marching Band prior to an NCAA football game between USC and Northwestern. @NCAAFootball #ncaafootball @uscfootball #uscfootball @USC_Athletics #northwestern #football @NikonUSA #nikon @InsideSoCalSpts #fleetwoodmac #uscmarchingband #mickfleetwood
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Title: Ghost (c.1922)
Artist: Uemura Shoen
Artist: Uemura Shoen
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Title: Ghost (c.1922)
Artist: Uemura Shoen
Artist: Uemura Shoen
UT Beat Vanderbilt!
But you still need to listen to The Commodores when you light the Tower.
But you still need to listen to The Commodores when you light the Tower.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
UT Beat Vanderbilt!
But you still need to listen to The Commodores when you light the Tower.
But you still need to listen to The Commodores when you light the Tower.
👀
Wow.
Wow.
Cihan Okay, Walker Stern, Redi Haderi, Selman Ipek: Double categories for adaptive quantum computation https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25915 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25915 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.25915
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
👀
Wow.
Wow.
Guy de Maupassant. He despised the Eiffel Tower so much that he would eat at the restaurant there daily so he wouldn't have to look at the "monstrous" and "odious" structure - that "mast of iron frame,"
"It's the only place in Paris where I don't have to see it."
"It's the only place in Paris where I don't have to see it."
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Guy de Maupassant. He despised the Eiffel Tower so much that he would eat at the restaurant there daily so he wouldn't have to look at the "monstrous" and "odious" structure - that "mast of iron frame,"
"It's the only place in Paris where I don't have to see it."
"It's the only place in Paris where I don't have to see it."
TIL that Victor Wembanyama studied this summer with the Shaolin Monks in China.
Kung-fu basketball 🏀
Kung-fu basketball 🏀
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
TIL that Victor Wembanyama studied this summer with the Shaolin Monks in China.
Kung-fu basketball 🏀
Kung-fu basketball 🏀