Peep P. Siib
@metagenie23.bsky.social
A legionnaire for the Antichrist
Avangrad, Eastern Europe
Avangrad, Eastern Europe
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A team demonstrated that more than 80% of moss spores left on the outside of the ISS for nine months and brought back to Earth germinated normally. The findings confirm that moss spores, already known to be hardy, handily survive the stresses of near-Earth orbit. 🧪 👩🔬
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Moss Can Survive the Harsh Conditions of Space
A months-long sojourn outside the International Space Station didn't phase these plants.
time.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A team demonstrated that more than 80% of moss spores left on the outside of the ISS for nine months and brought back to Earth germinated normally. The findings confirm that moss spores, already known to be hardy, handily survive the stresses of near-Earth orbit. 🧪 👩🔬
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When two wave systems collide, they can form square patterns, like the ones shown here. Researchers want to understand the math underlying the strange phenomena that ripple through ocean waters. www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When two wave systems collide, they can form square patterns, like the ones shown here. Researchers want to understand the math underlying the strange phenomena that ripple through ocean waters. www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...
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"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
October 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
(not that there's anything wrong with that...)
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650-year-old sandal and other medieval artifacts found in centuries-old vulture nests in southern Spain
Archaeologists in southern Spain have discovered over 200 human-made artifacts inside centuries-old bearded vulture nests...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/medi...
Archaeologists in southern Spain have discovered over 200 human-made artifacts inside centuries-old bearded vulture nests...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/medi...
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
650-year-old sandal and other medieval artifacts found in centuries-old vulture nests in southern Spain
Archaeologists in southern Spain have discovered over 200 human-made artifacts inside centuries-old bearded vulture nests...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/medi...
Archaeologists in southern Spain have discovered over 200 human-made artifacts inside centuries-old bearded vulture nests...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/medi...
"The fact that basic “life” eventually emerged may come down to the self-preservative behavior of simple chemicals."
#luca #ool #viability #wetalife #autopoiesis
#luca #ool #viability #wetalife #autopoiesis
The surprisingly lifelike behavior of inanimate chemicals & systems forces us to reconsider our assumptions about where minds reside, @conorfeehly.bsky.social writes.
#biology #cognition #chemistry #ool
#biology #cognition #chemistry #ool
The Surprisingly Lifelike Behavior Of Mindless Material | NOEMA
New ways of studying the origin of life are leading to a better understanding of consciousness and the mind.
www.noemamag.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"The fact that basic “life” eventually emerged may come down to the self-preservative behavior of simple chemicals."
#luca #ool #viability #wetalife #autopoiesis
#luca #ool #viability #wetalife #autopoiesis
"He imagined “reasoning creatures dwelling in a world” where the atmosphere is “inflammable gas.” If “devoid of fire,” their kind may have persisted for epochs, happily ignorant of the “tremendous forces” a “single spark” could summon. How, Jevons asked, can we know we aren’t in a similar position?"
Will the next discovery trigger forces beyond our control?
Thomas Moynihan explores the concept of "mirror life" and how similar fears have haunted science for centuries.
Read the full article: bigthink.com/the-past/mir...
Thomas Moynihan explores the concept of "mirror life" and how similar fears have haunted science for centuries.
Read the full article: bigthink.com/the-past/mir...
September 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"He imagined “reasoning creatures dwelling in a world” where the atmosphere is “inflammable gas.” If “devoid of fire,” their kind may have persisted for epochs, happily ignorant of the “tremendous forces” a “single spark” could summon. How, Jevons asked, can we know we aren’t in a similar position?"
Projekt UFO (2025)
Creator: Kasper Bajon
A solitary villager (Mateusz Kościukiewicz ) and a TV presenter (Piotr Adamczyk) are investigating a USO mystery at the end of the socialist regime in Poland.
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Creator: Kasper Bajon
A solitary villager (Mateusz Kościukiewicz ) and a TV presenter (Piotr Adamczyk) are investigating a USO mystery at the end of the socialist regime in Poland.
📽️
September 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Projekt UFO (2025)
Creator: Kasper Bajon
A solitary villager (Mateusz Kościukiewicz ) and a TV presenter (Piotr Adamczyk) are investigating a USO mystery at the end of the socialist regime in Poland.
📽️
Creator: Kasper Bajon
A solitary villager (Mateusz Kościukiewicz ) and a TV presenter (Piotr Adamczyk) are investigating a USO mystery at the end of the socialist regime in Poland.
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Conservation Soft Box offers affordable and innovative protection for cultural heritage
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/soft...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #precolumbian #culturalheritage
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/soft...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #precolumbian #culturalheritage
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Conservation Soft Box offers affordable and innovative protection for cultural heritage
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/soft...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #precolumbian #culturalheritage
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/soft...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #precolumbian #culturalheritage
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Technically leprechauns are a kind of sentient fungus so it’s ok for vegans to eat them
September 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Technically leprechauns are a kind of sentient fungus so it’s ok for vegans to eat them
Murderbot (2025)
Creators: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
A security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) discovers free will.
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Creators: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
A security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) discovers free will.
📽️
August 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Murderbot (2025)
Creators: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
A security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) discovers free will.
📽️
Creators: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
A security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) discovers free will.
📽️
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The 2 freak accidents that shaped human evolution
open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...
open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...
The 2 freak accidents that shaped human evolution
“So many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn't be here at all, both individually, for sure, and certainly as a species.”
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The 2 freak accidents that shaped human evolution
open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...
open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...
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Planets like Mars may not be the future for a settled solar system. Getting in / out of gravity wells will make construction dangerous and expensive.
Building vast space cities from asteroids could be an easier path forward over the next few centuries
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/mars-is-fo...
Building vast space cities from asteroids could be an easier path forward over the next few centuries
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/mars-is-fo...
Mars is for Losers. Here's Our Real Future In Space.
There's a better way to space than the Red Planet.
www.everymansuniverse.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Planets like Mars may not be the future for a settled solar system. Getting in / out of gravity wells will make construction dangerous and expensive.
Building vast space cities from asteroids could be an easier path forward over the next few centuries
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/mars-is-fo...
Building vast space cities from asteroids could be an easier path forward over the next few centuries
www.everymansuniverse.com/p/mars-is-fo...
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Why all the headlines about 3I/ATLAS as an alien spaceship?
The answer to that question comes in a single name: Avi Loeb. Nobody other than Loeb is pushing the spaceship thing. For professional astronomers it's beyond frustrating because the real story is getting lost in the noise.
The answer to that question comes in a single name: Avi Loeb. Nobody other than Loeb is pushing the spaceship thing. For professional astronomers it's beyond frustrating because the real story is getting lost in the noise.
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Why all the headlines about 3I/ATLAS as an alien spaceship?
The answer to that question comes in a single name: Avi Loeb. Nobody other than Loeb is pushing the spaceship thing. For professional astronomers it's beyond frustrating because the real story is getting lost in the noise.
The answer to that question comes in a single name: Avi Loeb. Nobody other than Loeb is pushing the spaceship thing. For professional astronomers it's beyond frustrating because the real story is getting lost in the noise.
Cyanide & Happiness, by Rob DenBleyker explosm.net/comics/train...
August 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Cyanide & Happiness, by Rob DenBleyker explosm.net/comics/train...
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"do not trust this entity even if it seems to do what you say"
August 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"do not trust this entity even if it seems to do what you say"
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honestly "the chatbots are essentially the fae" would probably be better for normies as a mental model
I truly think the fact that computers can now parse and respond in natural language, with the tint of a human personality, causes these systems to bypass the critical faculties of many people. AI becomes a mythcal hybrid creature, and we become fascinated in it, and grant it reverence.
It really does feel like a lot of formerly reasonable people have been infected by some sort of terrifying brain parasite when it comes to unthinking and total acceptance of using AI tools
August 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
honestly "the chatbots are essentially the fae" would probably be better for normies as a mental model
"In medieval Estonia, they were buried as protective amulets, and in North America, the Ute people considered them to be “petrified water bugs” with spiritual power. In Chinese texts from the 7th century, they are referred to as “stone worms” used in traditional medicine."
Rare trilobite fossil amulet unearthed at Roman site in Spain reveals unique ancient beliefs
Archaeologists working at the Roman site of A Cibdá de Armea in northwestern Spain, Galicia, have uncovered a 450-million-year-old fossilized trilobite...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/rare...
Archaeologists working at the Roman site of A Cibdá de Armea in northwestern Spain, Galicia, have uncovered a 450-million-year-old fossilized trilobite...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/rare...
August 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"In medieval Estonia, they were buried as protective amulets, and in North America, the Ute people considered them to be “petrified water bugs” with spiritual power. In Chinese texts from the 7th century, they are referred to as “stone worms” used in traditional medicine."
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social:
Using JWST, astronomers have spotted what seems to be a gas giant planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system. This is *huge* if true. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
Using JWST, astronomers have spotted what seems to be a gas giant planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system. This is *huge* if true. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
Astronomers Are Enthralled by This Potential Planet around Alpha Centauri
In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable orbit around Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system
www.scientificamerican.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social:
Using JWST, astronomers have spotted what seems to be a gas giant planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system. This is *huge* if true. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
Using JWST, astronomers have spotted what seems to be a gas giant planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system. This is *huge* if true. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...