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@jeffronicus.bsky.social
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Newt. What the drones turned me into.
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jeffronicus.bsky.social
Bizarrely locked out of Facebook because it's insisting I enter a code from an authentication account I never setup. Can't use the "hacked" process because Facebook insists I've never used any of my devices to log in to before. Tried to set up a new account and it demands an authentication code...
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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scienceacademyswe.bsky.social
📣 The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2026, worth eight million Swedish kronor, is awarded to Veerabhadran Ramanathan 💡🌍

youtu.be/AnfM68U8nOY?...

#Science #Geosciences #CrafoordPrize
@scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate
YouTube video by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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January 29, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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scrippsocean.bsky.social
🗻 Live from Antarctica! Today, NOVA @pbs.org is livestreaming from the ice as researchers—including Scripps & @ucsandiego.bsky.social geophysicist Jamin Greenbaum—study the rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier, one of the most consequential glaciers on Earth.
www.youtube.com/live/W7ejeYD...
Live from the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica with Miles O'Brien | NOVA | PBS
YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official
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January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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jackjenkins.me
As many others have pointed out: an incredible paragraph in the NYTimes today.

Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch. Mr. Trump takes it upon himself to reinterpret a constitutional amendment and to eviscerate agencies and departments created by Congress. He dictates to private institutions how to run their affairs. He sends troops into American streets and wages an unauthorized war against nonmilitary boats in the Caribbean. He openly uses law enforcement for what his own chief of staff calls “score settling” against his enemies, he dispenses pardons to favored allies and he equates criticism to sedition punishable by death.
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
Some channels were churning out this kind of slop even before AI slop was a thing: deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions
YouTube has terminated two prominent channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, using artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers.
deadline.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
No wonder the pilates class constantly has to sign up new students.
sign saying “inhale pilates exhale life”
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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astrowright.bsky.social
Really interesting analysis here on how claims get amplified by our current media environment (and a rebuttal of sorts to those who argue that Avi Loeb's alien spacecraft hype is good because any science engagement is good engagement):

www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...
Alien of the gaps: How 3I/ATLAS was turned into a spaceship online
When we reach the frontier of current knowledge, we’re tempted to insert a higher power into the space where answers aren’t yet satisfying for all.
www.cip.uw.edu
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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eso.org
The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS ☄️ cruising through our Solar System is no alien spaceship and won't hit Earth.

Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩

Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI

🔭 🧪
A bright white object glowing with green tones against a dark, starry space backdrop. The text "3I/ATLAS Facts, not fiction" appears on the image.
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
Are quality video producers effectively ceding long-form content to AI slop mills? YouTube and the like pay more for shorts, so makers who used to post polished makes just seem to do shorts. And you get people doing unscripted rants while cheap AI videos pop up for trending news or science topics.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
Oh, the joys of a password reset form that blanks out the new password you're entering while simultaneously hiding the password requirements, that also hides the password requirements if you go off the tab to generate a password to meet the requirements.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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daisyowl.com
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
What does this mean for you? It's getting harder and harder to know what is data-driven and what is spun, and now the CDC website has entered the arena. There are parts of CDC I still trust, and there remains an important distinction between political operatives and the scientists doing the real work. In other words, there is still information there that I trust only because I have firsthand insight from friends and colleagues I speak with every week. That's a privileged position to be in, and it's not advice the general public can realistically rely on. So, what do you do? • At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website. • If you do go to the CDC website, avoid anything on vaccines, reproductive health, environmental science, or health equity. • Data systems are still largely under the control of states and CDC scientists. Flu and wastewater data, for example, are good to go. • Find trustworthy navigators outside the federal government, such as AAP, ACOG, and healthychildren.org, as well as many credible scientific communicators. (The Evidence Collective put together a comprehensive list of scientific communicators and organizations for you here!)
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
Never change, ChatGPT, never change.
text from ChatGPT: You’re right to be suspicious — my first reply had the date wrong. Thanks for flagging that. Short, corrected breakdown:
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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therickman.bsky.social
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - #Astronomy - ift.tt/FyhmbnS
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Sci.News
A member of the ICQ Comet Observations group has released a new image of 3I/ATLAS, the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
Two days of pointless 3I/Atlas speculation to go.

Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes - NASA
NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s
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November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
The dumbest thing about the "universe is a simulation" theory is that the simplest sufficient simulation is whatever you're perceiving, not the whole universe. Congrats, you've reduced your reality to the delusions of a brain in a box.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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astromikemerri.bsky.social
3I/ATLAS Update: would you believe it? It’s *still* a comet. 🔭

(www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...)
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I cannot believe how much misinformation there is about comet 3I/ATLAS. It's just very cool on its own without having to be an alien spaceship conspiracy...

Prof. Jason Wright wrote a great breakdown of all the ways Avi Loeb is wrong about his awful alien conspiracy theories, and why 3I/ATLAS […]
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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palomarskies.bsky.social
That fuzzy dot at the center of the image is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as captured from my backyard this morning. 🔭
A telescopic image of a field of stars. A fuzzy dot at the center is a comet.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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marshall-eubanks.bsky.social
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
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Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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explorecosmos.bsky.social
So, far from being a mystery requiring alien engineering, 3I/ATLAS fits within the known behavior of volatile-rich interstellar bodies. Its color change, brightening, and slight acceleration are exactly what physics predicts for a comet made of unfamiliar ices being heated by a new star, ours. 7/7
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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andrewjonesspace.bsky.social
Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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katzish.bsky.social
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
ryanjreilly.com Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · Nov 5
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
jeffronicus.bsky.social
youtu.be/oX8vBXhFQ5o?...
All The Latest Real Science on 3I/ATLAS
YouTube video by Mark Norris
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November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM