The Air Whisperer
@pneumofoils.bsky.social
22nd-Century
Aerodynamics
🛩️✈️⛵🚁🌪️
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What guides a bat’s internal compass? It’s not the stars in the sky, or the Earth’s magnetic field.
How Animals Build a Sense of Direction | Quanta Magazine
Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the coast of Tanzania.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
What guides a bat’s internal compass? It’s not the stars in the sky, or the Earth’s magnetic field.
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Would be good
Make Ros Atkins the Director General. And Eddie Mair the Head of News.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Would be good
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a January Cormorant chilling on its perch over a pond in mid Hampshire, England
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
a January Cormorant chilling on its perch over a pond in mid Hampshire, England
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Nearly 10,000 flights Saturday and Sunday are canceled in the U.S. as a massive winter storm is set to bring cold temperatures, heavy snow and ice.
10,000 Flights Canceled In U.S. This Weekend As Massive Winter Storm Begins
Nearly 10,000 flights Saturday and Sunday are canceled in the U.S. as a massive winter storm is set to bring cold temperatures, heavy snow and ice.
www.forbes.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Nearly 10,000 flights Saturday and Sunday are canceled in the U.S. as a massive winter storm is set to bring cold temperatures, heavy snow and ice.
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By the New York Times editorial board: “Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government and an authoritarian regime”.
CAN WE FINALLY PLEASE TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S CONSTANT LYING?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
CAN WE FINALLY PLEASE TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S CONSTANT LYING?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
By the New York Times editorial board: “Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government and an authoritarian regime”.
CAN WE FINALLY PLEASE TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S CONSTANT LYING?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
CAN WE FINALLY PLEASE TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S CONSTANT LYING?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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'The Power of the Vortex'
21/n:
Imagining that air flows past a vehicle
(as Aero pros & Profs have done throughout the 20th Century in an effort to SIMPLIFY the mathematical analysis needed for Vehicular Aero...)
is a 'fool's errand'.
The 'simplicity' it brings to the topic is an ILLUSION.
21/n:
Imagining that air flows past a vehicle
(as Aero pros & Profs have done throughout the 20th Century in an effort to SIMPLIFY the mathematical analysis needed for Vehicular Aero...)
is a 'fool's errand'.
The 'simplicity' it brings to the topic is an ILLUSION.
August 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
'The Power of the Vortex'
21/n:
Imagining that air flows past a vehicle
(as Aero pros & Profs have done throughout the 20th Century in an effort to SIMPLIFY the mathematical analysis needed for Vehicular Aero...)
is a 'fool's errand'.
The 'simplicity' it brings to the topic is an ILLUSION.
21/n:
Imagining that air flows past a vehicle
(as Aero pros & Profs have done throughout the 20th Century in an effort to SIMPLIFY the mathematical analysis needed for Vehicular Aero...)
is a 'fool's errand'.
The 'simplicity' it brings to the topic is an ILLUSION.
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“The Mythology of Conscious AI” is a fascinating, thought-sharpening essay. It will make you question, think, & question again.
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
“The Mythology of Conscious AI” is a fascinating, thought-sharpening essay. It will make you question, think, & question again.
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
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I need to write to NIH Director Bhattacharya and apologize...
Through the awesome new "agency priorities", NIH has eliminated residential segregation, disadvantage, poverty, and racism...
Checks notes: Oh, I'm sorry. Those are just terms eliminated to get grants funded this fiscal year.
Through the awesome new "agency priorities", NIH has eliminated residential segregation, disadvantage, poverty, and racism...
Checks notes: Oh, I'm sorry. Those are just terms eliminated to get grants funded this fiscal year.
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I need to write to NIH Director Bhattacharya and apologize...
Through the awesome new "agency priorities", NIH has eliminated residential segregation, disadvantage, poverty, and racism...
Checks notes: Oh, I'm sorry. Those are just terms eliminated to get grants funded this fiscal year.
Through the awesome new "agency priorities", NIH has eliminated residential segregation, disadvantage, poverty, and racism...
Checks notes: Oh, I'm sorry. Those are just terms eliminated to get grants funded this fiscal year.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Bats in London live comfortably alongside people. They are commonly found along canals, disused industrial buildings, in people’s homes – and even flying down Regent Street.
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
From scorpions to peacocks: the species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates
An extraordinary mosaic of wildlife has made Britain’s urban jungle its home
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Bats in London live comfortably alongside people. They are commonly found along canals, disused industrial buildings, in people’s homes – and even flying down Regent Street.
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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@bruceshark.bsky.social check out Federico's cousin.
The Vulturine Guineafowl is the largest member of the pheasant family and lives in east Africa where they are widely domesticated and used as watch-birds on farms where they gabble loudly whenever an interloper comes into their territory. They're also gorgeous.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 PM
@bruceshark.bsky.social check out Federico's cousin.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
Question: How do you justify shooting the 'good man with a gun' that you've spent decades building up as the remedy to bad men with guns...?
Answer: Construct a story that they might have been a 'man with a bad gun'...
Answer: Construct a story that they might have been a 'man with a bad gun'...
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Question: How do you justify shooting the 'good man with a gun' that you've spent decades building up as the remedy to bad men with guns...?
Answer: Construct a story that they might have been a 'man with a bad gun'...
Answer: Construct a story that they might have been a 'man with a bad gun'...
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AIRLINE: Want some free, overly salted snacks?
PASSENGER: Yes please.
[10 minutes later]
AIRLINE: Want to pay for a drink now?
Great piece by @elliottdotorg.bsky.social on how travel companies game their products to sell you junk fees.
www.elliott.org/on-travel/tr...
PASSENGER: Yes please.
[10 minutes later]
AIRLINE: Want to pay for a drink now?
Great piece by @elliottdotorg.bsky.social on how travel companies game their products to sell you junk fees.
www.elliott.org/on-travel/tr...
Travel's dirty little secret: How your comfort is engineered for profit
Learn about the dirty strategies airlines and hotels use to influence your spending and how to protect your wallet.
www.elliott.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
AIRLINE: Want some free, overly salted snacks?
PASSENGER: Yes please.
[10 minutes later]
AIRLINE: Want to pay for a drink now?
Great piece by @elliottdotorg.bsky.social on how travel companies game their products to sell you junk fees.
www.elliott.org/on-travel/tr...
PASSENGER: Yes please.
[10 minutes later]
AIRLINE: Want to pay for a drink now?
Great piece by @elliottdotorg.bsky.social on how travel companies game their products to sell you junk fees.
www.elliott.org/on-travel/tr...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
Here's an alt-text typo joke that got me blocked
- by the account that MADE THE TYPO in the first place...!
- by the account that MADE THE TYPO in the first place...!
Whole bot farms are dedicated to distributing fake coms, including many that might be described as upside-down...
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Here's an alt-text typo joke that got me blocked
- by the account that MADE THE TYPO in the first place...!
- by the account that MADE THE TYPO in the first place...!
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Lucille Ball offered Americans some comfort amid the agony; YOUR account's 'persona' arises from tales of a world that will BENEFIT from technically advanced visitors.
But ironically, MY persona is IGNORED when I offer the comfort of a tangible Scientific Revolution..
#Scicomm
#ScienceFiction
But ironically, MY persona is IGNORED when I offer the comfort of a tangible Scientific Revolution..
#Scicomm
#ScienceFiction
January 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Lucille Ball offered Americans some comfort amid the agony; YOUR account's 'persona' arises from tales of a world that will BENEFIT from technically advanced visitors.
But ironically, MY persona is IGNORED when I offer the comfort of a tangible Scientific Revolution..
#Scicomm
#ScienceFiction
But ironically, MY persona is IGNORED when I offer the comfort of a tangible Scientific Revolution..
#Scicomm
#ScienceFiction
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I keep saying this about Aerodynamics
- & Aviation.
The Aero we've got used to 'plugging in' has been Good Enough. Adequate to laboriously and haphazardly design aircraft that may fly well when we test them, or may not. To improve safety & efficiency, to a point.
But when will Aero grow up...?
- & Aviation.
The Aero we've got used to 'plugging in' has been Good Enough. Adequate to laboriously and haphazardly design aircraft that may fly well when we test them, or may not. To improve safety & efficiency, to a point.
But when will Aero grow up...?
January 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I keep saying this about Aerodynamics
- & Aviation.
The Aero we've got used to 'plugging in' has been Good Enough. Adequate to laboriously and haphazardly design aircraft that may fly well when we test them, or may not. To improve safety & efficiency, to a point.
But when will Aero grow up...?
- & Aviation.
The Aero we've got used to 'plugging in' has been Good Enough. Adequate to laboriously and haphazardly design aircraft that may fly well when we test them, or may not. To improve safety & efficiency, to a point.
But when will Aero grow up...?
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Spent afternoon in the company of some adults who *really* didn’t learn / remember much from school science and, because real life is different to here, I couldn’t scream at them to go and read “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?” I wish I could reach a fraction of the people who’d learn something from it
Why Don’t Things Fall Up?
Why Don’t Things Fall Up? delivers what every adult and schoolchild deserves, but often doesn’t get: an authoritative and accessible account of the key ideas in science. The book is rooted in Alom’…
alomshaha.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Spent afternoon in the company of some adults who *really* didn’t learn / remember much from school science and, because real life is different to here, I couldn’t scream at them to go and read “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?” I wish I could reach a fraction of the people who’d learn something from it
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The Call for Papers for the full AvCultures Mk VIII conference has been extended to 5 Feb! So you can still submit your paper and join us in person in Kelowna Canada at the Centre for Excellence, or online, in June. -JDK
The entry form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The entry form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The Call for Papers for the full AvCultures Mk VIII conference has been extended to 5 Feb! So you can still submit your paper and join us in person in Kelowna Canada at the Centre for Excellence, or online, in June. -JDK
The entry form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The entry form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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From Catherine Slaughter @catieslaughts.bsky.social : Whether you like them or not, magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium. Today’s paper outlines a novel way of observing them! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/24/p...
astrobites.org/2026/01/24/p...
Sometimes You Do Have to Consider Them: Observing Magnetic Fields Using Pulsar Halos
Whether you like them or not, magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium. Today's paper outlines a novel way of observing them!
astrobites.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 AM
From Catherine Slaughter @catieslaughts.bsky.social : Whether you like them or not, magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium. Today’s paper outlines a novel way of observing them! ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/24/p...
astrobites.org/2026/01/24/p...
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Open science is a critical part of our community—please sign this petition to keep the OSSIG at OHBM going strong!
The OHBM OSSIG has been operating since 2016, hosting and promoting open science education for the OHBM community and beyond. SIGs must be renewed every 5 years. Please sign the following petition by Mon, Jan 26 to help us continue operating. Thank you!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
List of members who support the SIG renewal
List of members who support the SIG renewal Please provide the list of at least 12 OHBM members in good standing who support the SIG renewal and are willing to engage in the SIG activity. Name Email...
docs.google.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Open science is a critical part of our community—please sign this petition to keep the OSSIG at OHBM going strong!
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A more significant question might be:
'How LONG will it take for Physicists to recognize the (exciting, but dim...) notion that 'familiar-scale' objects like tennis balls and people 'are not also' waveforms AS A LOGICAL FALLACY...?
Schrödinger's SATIRE hasn't persuaded them, nor has Feynman's...
'How LONG will it take for Physicists to recognize the (exciting, but dim...) notion that 'familiar-scale' objects like tennis balls and people 'are not also' waveforms AS A LOGICAL FALLACY...?
Schrödinger's SATIRE hasn't persuaded them, nor has Feynman's...
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM