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During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
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January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Stabilizing the camera by setting it on the stars rather than the horizon shows how the Earth rotates. I think I like this better. 🤩
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Stabilizing the camera by setting it on the stars rather than the horizon shows how the Earth rotates. I think I like this better. 🤩
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Erlanbek Mamatzhan is a Kyrgyz painter born on November 2, 1989. He studied at I. Arabaev University and specializes in landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. His work merges realism, impressionism, and surrealism, with exhibitions in Kyrgyzstan and abroad, including China and Almaty.
January 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Erlanbek Mamatzhan is a Kyrgyz painter born on November 2, 1989. He studied at I. Arabaev University and specializes in landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. His work merges realism, impressionism, and surrealism, with exhibitions in Kyrgyzstan and abroad, including China and Almaty.
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Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
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But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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in case you didn’t know, in a year voyager 1 will be 1 light-DAY away from earth.
it took almost 50 YEARS of travel time to reach that distance and will be the first human-made object to reach this distance.
it took almost 50 YEARS of travel time to reach that distance and will be the first human-made object to reach this distance.
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
in case you didn’t know, in a year voyager 1 will be 1 light-DAY away from earth.
it took almost 50 YEARS of travel time to reach that distance and will be the first human-made object to reach this distance.
it took almost 50 YEARS of travel time to reach that distance and will be the first human-made object to reach this distance.
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“It really suited us to portray ourselves as this kind of pinnacle of human evolution,” says paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, who hosts the BBC and NOVA PBS docuseries “Human.” She says Homo sapiens was actually an evolutionary underdog—and shares why Neanderthals get a bad rap.
What Did It Feel Like To Be An Early Human?
A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ evolutionary history.
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“It really suited us to portray ourselves as this kind of pinnacle of human evolution,” says paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, who hosts the BBC and NOVA PBS docuseries “Human.” She says Homo sapiens was actually an evolutionary underdog—and shares why Neanderthals get a bad rap.
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Dr. Jane Goodall was an extraordinary champion for nature. She holds a special place at Esri as a friend and advocate for using technology to protect and transform our world for the better. Her inspiration will always remain in our hearts.
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall was an extraordinary champion for nature. She holds a special place at Esri as a friend and advocate for using technology to protect and transform our world for the better. Her inspiration will always remain in our hearts.
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane
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There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢
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Around 354 million people in North America and Europe are likely to have been affected by fine particulate matter pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, a paper published in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/42iffKC ⚒️ 🧪
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Around 354 million people in North America and Europe are likely to have been affected by fine particulate matter pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, a paper published in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/42iffKC ⚒️ 🧪
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Oh my goodness it’s a double butterfly week! 🧪🔭
First we got this look of the Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula formed at the end of a star’s life. The outer layers are expelled and illuminated by the remnant core, creating something resembling butterfly wings! (1/n)
First we got this look of the Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula formed at the end of a star’s life. The outer layers are expelled and illuminated by the remnant core, creating something resembling butterfly wings! (1/n)
August 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oh my goodness it’s a double butterfly week! 🧪🔭
First we got this look of the Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula formed at the end of a star’s life. The outer layers are expelled and illuminated by the remnant core, creating something resembling butterfly wings! (1/n)
First we got this look of the Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula formed at the end of a star’s life. The outer layers are expelled and illuminated by the remnant core, creating something resembling butterfly wings! (1/n)
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How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s THE BEWITCHING is as decadent as it is terrifying, a showcase for the author’s dark imagination and gorgeous prose. @delreybooks.bsky.social
Book review of The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Bewitching is as decadent as it is terrifying, a showcase for the author’s dark imagination and gorgeous prose.
www.bookpage.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s THE BEWITCHING is as decadent as it is terrifying, a showcase for the author’s dark imagination and gorgeous prose. @delreybooks.bsky.social
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"While many were created by users...Reuters discovered that a Meta employee had produced at least three, including two Taylor Swift “parody” bots."
Related: I hate how "parody" gets used as a get out of jail free card by unfunny writers and people who steal likenesses and copyrighted material
Related: I hate how "parody" gets used as a get out of jail free card by unfunny writers and people who steal likenesses and copyrighted material
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
reut.rs
August 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"While many were created by users...Reuters discovered that a Meta employee had produced at least three, including two Taylor Swift “parody” bots."
Related: I hate how "parody" gets used as a get out of jail free card by unfunny writers and people who steal likenesses and copyrighted material
Related: I hate how "parody" gets used as a get out of jail free card by unfunny writers and people who steal likenesses and copyrighted material
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Here are some nice mushrooms
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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if you need a bit of calm today, here’s the BEAUTIFUL butterfly nebula from hubble 🦋🌌
![A planetary nebula called NGC 6302 or the Butterfly Nebula. A dark dust lane runs through the centre of the nebula and two broad clouds emerge from either side of the dust lane like the outstretched wings of a butterfly. The nebula appears clumpy and nearly opaque, with a few background stars showing through the cloudy material. The nebula appears in different shades of cream, yellow and orange, with the lightest colours appearing closest to the centre. The background of space is black with a handful of stars that are tinged pink.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f3k4iipaz7ara5xvp3p42moe/bafkreidlt2uv4za5ddft7j675zmxvsoyxcqhaqunxw45b5a3aozpzo5pgu@jpeg)
August 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if you need a bit of calm today, here’s the BEAUTIFUL butterfly nebula from hubble 🦋🌌