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· Jan 24
I love you trans people I love you queer people I love you I love you I love you
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The flare from AR 4300 has now peaked at M6.18. There is a definite CME with this flare, but there is no way to tell at this stage whether it will have a notable Earth-directed component or not.
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The flare from AR 4300 has now peaked at M6.18. There is a definite CME with this flare, but there is no way to tell at this stage whether it will have a notable Earth-directed component or not.
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In memoriam: UC Santa Cruz honors the passing of physicist and cosmologist Joel Primack, co-developer of the cold dark matter theory and a leader in linking science with public policy.
Please join us in honoring the life of a dedicated mentor and truly seminal scientist: bit.ly/4rDCZ7e
Please join us in honoring the life of a dedicated mentor and truly seminal scientist: bit.ly/4rDCZ7e
In Memoriam: Joel Primack
Distinguished emeritus professor was a towering figure in theoretical physics and cosmology, a visionary educator, dedicated mentor, and passionate advocate for the role of science in society
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In memoriam: UC Santa Cruz honors the passing of physicist and cosmologist Joel Primack, co-developer of the cold dark matter theory and a leader in linking science with public policy.
Please join us in honoring the life of a dedicated mentor and truly seminal scientist: bit.ly/4rDCZ7e
Please join us in honoring the life of a dedicated mentor and truly seminal scientist: bit.ly/4rDCZ7e
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If not sited in Hawaii, the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) on La Palma is a possible candidate for the location of the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) @iacastrofisica.bsky.social
iac.es/en/outreach/... 🔭🌌🧪 #exoplanet
iac.es/en/outreach/... 🔭🌌🧪 #exoplanet
The CCI supports the option for the TMT to be installed at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Statement supporting the selection of La Palma for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) site:The Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Canary Islands Observatories enthusiastically welcomes the pos...
iac.es
December 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
If not sited in Hawaii, the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) on La Palma is a possible candidate for the location of the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) @iacastrofisica.bsky.social
iac.es/en/outreach/... 🔭🌌🧪 #exoplanet
iac.es/en/outreach/... 🔭🌌🧪 #exoplanet
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"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."
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Pretty exciting news, a long-thought possibly - that dry dust storms produce enough static energy to create little lighting bolts - has been kind of observed on Mars!!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪🔭 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars - Nature
The SuperCam microphone aboard the Perseverance rover captured 55 triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars over two Martian years, providing implications for examining the planet’s surface ...
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Pretty exciting news, a long-thought possibly - that dry dust storms produce enough static energy to create little lighting bolts - has been kind of observed on Mars!!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪🔭 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Here is the current Sun. We have major flare players on the southeastern limb and a new AR cresing over the northeastern limb soon.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Here is the current Sun. We have major flare players on the southeastern limb and a new AR cresing over the northeastern limb soon.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.
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It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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what being a later transitioner feels like
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
what being a later transitioner feels like
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“When accounts online call a long-time pro-Palestine organizer like Zohran a “Liberal Zionist,” it doesn’t just reek of absurdity — it smells of foul play…it does the work of hasbara and empire: it divides and conquers and sucks out hope.”
saharhabibghazi.substack.com/p/not-every-...
saharhabibghazi.substack.com/p/not-every-...
Not Every Critique of Zohran Is Legit — A Guide to Kill-Joys
Notes on hasbara, anarchism, and genuine critique.
saharhabibghazi.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“When accounts online call a long-time pro-Palestine organizer like Zohran a “Liberal Zionist,” it doesn’t just reek of absurdity — it smells of foul play…it does the work of hasbara and empire: it divides and conquers and sucks out hope.”
saharhabibghazi.substack.com/p/not-every-...
saharhabibghazi.substack.com/p/not-every-...
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![Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planets’ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled “Geostationary Satellite Bel”t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didn’t have rings, but we have one now! It’s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifauh76r3os5nnzjvkcz5sl2pgx5iz4sgkxebqjw3aogjn6e677aa@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
perpetually tired but not even really doing that Much Work
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
perpetually tired but not even really doing that Much Work
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Planet #Uranus 🪐 and inner moons with #JWST NIRCam 🔭 #planetsci Observation from this Monday (lol moon🌕day).
Filters: F150W2; F162M
Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT
Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Filters: F150W2; F162M
Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT
Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
October 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Planet #Uranus 🪐 and inner moons with #JWST NIRCam 🔭 #planetsci Observation from this Monday (lol moon🌕day).
Filters: F150W2; F162M
Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT
Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Filters: F150W2; F162M
Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT
Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
My favorite hobby is being woke. I hope to one day be even more woke.
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
My favorite hobby is being woke. I hope to one day be even more woke.
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If “social media” is your ONLY hobby, I get genuinely worried about you and your perspective.
Social media is designed to keep you locked into microcosms of moments. You’re not processing anything, you’re knee-jerk reacting to rapid-fire information.
You need to experience something outside this.
Social media is designed to keep you locked into microcosms of moments. You’re not processing anything, you’re knee-jerk reacting to rapid-fire information.
You need to experience something outside this.
October 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If “social media” is your ONLY hobby, I get genuinely worried about you and your perspective.
Social media is designed to keep you locked into microcosms of moments. You’re not processing anything, you’re knee-jerk reacting to rapid-fire information.
You need to experience something outside this.
Social media is designed to keep you locked into microcosms of moments. You’re not processing anything, you’re knee-jerk reacting to rapid-fire information.
You need to experience something outside this.
Gavin Newsom is too scared to face the students of UC Berkeley and instead sneaks into his motorcade and runs away. What a cowardly governor.
Also his van nearly ran over my toes.
Additionally, vote no on Prop 50 and apply pressure to get AB715 vetoed.
Also his van nearly ran over my toes.
Additionally, vote no on Prop 50 and apply pressure to get AB715 vetoed.
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Gavin Newsom is too scared to face the students of UC Berkeley and instead sneaks into his motorcade and runs away. What a cowardly governor.
Also his van nearly ran over my toes.
Additionally, vote no on Prop 50 and apply pressure to get AB715 vetoed.
Also his van nearly ran over my toes.
Additionally, vote no on Prop 50 and apply pressure to get AB715 vetoed.
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Centuries-old mosques, churches, and ancient artifacts all face obliteration as the Israeli military systematically flattens what remains of the city.
The destruction of Gaza City is a crime against history
Centuries-old mosques, churches, and ancient artifacts all face obliteration as the Israeli military systematically flattens what remains of the city.
www.972mag.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Centuries-old mosques, churches, and ancient artifacts all face obliteration as the Israeli military systematically flattens what remains of the city.
I think there's a pretty fantastic video from acollierastro coming out soon :3
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think there's a pretty fantastic video from acollierastro coming out soon :3
Has anybody edited Emilia Harcourt to Hard by Hayley Williams yet? Someone tag me if yes thank you
September 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Has anybody edited Emilia Harcourt to Hard by Hayley Williams yet? Someone tag me if yes thank you
And what if I made games again...
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
And what if I made games again...
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I can't stop thinking about I Saw The TV Glow
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I can't stop thinking about I Saw The TV Glow
Professor was covering Lloyd's Mirror in class and I couldn't help saying LuhLoyd under my breath. Ninjago will never leave me.
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Professor was covering Lloyd's Mirror in class and I couldn't help saying LuhLoyd under my breath. Ninjago will never leave me.
Working on python code and call me Dave the way I'm Striding through these lists (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Working on python code and call me Dave the way I'm Striding through these lists (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞