c Phlo- Future Engineering
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Drop the mass, drop the past
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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We're doomed...
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're doomed...
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Did some research related teaching stuff today. Trying to figure out to pull down a cutout of an asteroid imaged by Rubin Observatory, had 2 meetings with grad students, and dealt with other admin. I also attended the School’s (wider department) gender minority coffee hour that I helped organize.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Did some research related teaching stuff today. Trying to figure out to pull down a cutout of an asteroid imaged by Rubin Observatory, had 2 meetings with grad students, and dealt with other admin. I also attended the School’s (wider department) gender minority coffee hour that I helped organize.
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I'm not an archaeologist, but Graham Hancock is promoting dangerous conspiracy theories that harm my field of planetary defense too.
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm not an archaeologist, but Graham Hancock is promoting dangerous conspiracy theories that harm my field of planetary defense too.
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SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
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"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band
Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get it the moon
That’s the actual plan
That’s the actual plan
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band
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Don't underestimate where China's science will be in a decade. However, for China to truly be a global leader, Chinese science needs to be less misogynistic and hierarchical, and early-career scientists need to be given the freedom to be creative and not work like robots.
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership
The nation’s next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't underestimate where China's science will be in a decade. However, for China to truly be a global leader, Chinese science needs to be less misogynistic and hierarchical, and early-career scientists need to be given the freedom to be creative and not work like robots.
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Avi has risen to new levels of Galilean messiah-complex absurdity, implying that the latest calculations of 3I/ATLAS’ trajectory were made to counter his claim of alien intelligence directing where the comet is headed. 🔭
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Avi has risen to new levels of Galilean messiah-complex absurdity, implying that the latest calculations of 3I/ATLAS’ trajectory were made to counter his claim of alien intelligence directing where the comet is headed. 🔭
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“We regret to inform you that the review bot has declined your proposal. Your proposal’s technocapitalist acknowledgements were lacking authenticity. Zuckerberg’s chat bot has concerns about your radiative transfer scheme, and Eddington’s chatbot called you rude.” 🔭
Astro friends: how long until our data required to be included in Genesis? How long until we have to prove our work requires human effort beyond humble prompts to the AI Overlord?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“We regret to inform you that the review bot has declined your proposal. Your proposal’s technocapitalist acknowledgements were lacking authenticity. Zuckerberg’s chat bot has concerns about your radiative transfer scheme, and Eddington’s chatbot called you rude.” 🔭
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With a 32% higher budget (17% adjusted for inflation) than the last Ministerial agreement in 2022, ESA is demonstrating its strong commitment to leadership in space! 🔭🧪 And to supporting both L-class missions, hurray!! 🚀 🎉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
www.esa.int
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
With a 32% higher budget (17% adjusted for inflation) than the last Ministerial agreement in 2022, ESA is demonstrating its strong commitment to leadership in space! 🔭🧪 And to supporting both L-class missions, hurray!! 🚀 🎉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
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ESA's RAMSES mission is funded ! We are going to visit asteroid Apophis in 2029 :D
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
www.esa.int
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
ESA's RAMSES mission is funded ! We are going to visit asteroid Apophis in 2029 :D
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
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The full document is here, and it's great to see this encouraging outcome for #ESA over the next 3 years. Of course, international partners need to get their acts together first.... 🔭🪐https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/ESA_CM2025_2_LOR_Resolution.pdf
esamultimedia.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The full document is here, and it's great to see this encouraging outcome for #ESA over the next 3 years. Of course, international partners need to get their acts together first.... 🔭🪐https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/ESA_CM2025_2_LOR_Resolution.pdf
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🔭 The new @esa.int budget secured today is a big deal imho. +30% compared to the current budget with largest chunk going to space transportation ie 🚀. Science/astro is also getting a big bump, which DG Aschbacher called ”the backbone of the ESA programme”. Some funding optimism to close off 2025! 💫🥹
22.1 billion euros subscribed.
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
www.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🔭 The new @esa.int budget secured today is a big deal imho. +30% compared to the current budget with largest chunk going to space transportation ie 🚀. Science/astro is also getting a big bump, which DG Aschbacher called ”the backbone of the ESA programme”. Some funding optimism to close off 2025! 💫🥹
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Ministers’ negotiations at @esa.int #CM25 in Bremen, Germany, have now concluded. 🤝
So, what are some of the outcomes? 👇
The UK will invest £1.7 billion in ESA programmes, driving economic growth, strengthening national security and supporting innovations in connectivity and public services.
So, what are some of the outcomes? 👇
The UK will invest £1.7 billion in ESA programmes, driving economic growth, strengthening national security and supporting innovations in connectivity and public services.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
I never bought into Blu-Ray. DVDs were a game-changer compared to VHS, Blu-Ray merely a techno-trolling for people's disposable income. And Microsoft backed Blu-Ray because it fit their business model... of trolling for people's disposable income.
One big red flag about “AI” that makes me doubt it will ever be useful is… I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. When the iPhone came out, when Twitter came out, heck when the PS2 came out, I could tell that people were able to do things I couldn’t.
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I never bought into Blu-Ray. DVDs were a game-changer compared to VHS, Blu-Ray merely a techno-trolling for people's disposable income. And Microsoft backed Blu-Ray because it fit their business model... of trolling for people's disposable income.
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I’ll be this month’s guest on Griffith Observatory’s All Space Considered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST. You can see the event live at the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater or tune in online. Information here:
griffithobservatory.org/event/all-sp...
griffithobservatory.org/event/all-sp...
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ll be this month’s guest on Griffith Observatory’s All Space Considered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST. You can see the event live at the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater or tune in online. Information here:
griffithobservatory.org/event/all-sp...
griffithobservatory.org/event/all-sp...
Everyone, don't be that guy.
You know, THAT GUY
You know, THAT GUY
NASA says "3I/ATLAS is a comet" surprising no one except maybe one guy (who likely still won't accept the conclusions) - press conference still ongoing if you want to tune in
For those interested, here is the #NASA YouTube link for the #3IAtlas Photo release press event starting at 3:00 PM EST Today 11/19/25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=A55S...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Everyone, don't be that guy.
You know, THAT GUY
You know, THAT GUY
I don't assume technological solutions will fix cultural/behavioral problems.
⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I don't assume technological solutions will fix cultural/behavioral problems.
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#PlanetaryResearch is not just a 💎 #OpenAccess journal (submissions soon)! It's supported by the Planetary Research Cooperative, a free-to-join association that is also running a blog. Register to publish posts, sign up for the weekly digest, or just visit to read posts here #PlanetaryScience
Have you ever wanted to post a summary of a paper you published, post an announcement for the entire #PlanetaryScience community, or write a blog? If so, you probably realized that there are few good solutions for our community.
The Planetary Research Blog aims to fill this void.
The Planetary Research Blog aims to fill this void.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#PlanetaryResearch is not just a 💎 #OpenAccess journal (submissions soon)! It's supported by the Planetary Research Cooperative, a free-to-join association that is also running a blog. Register to publish posts, sign up for the weekly digest, or just visit to read posts here #PlanetaryScience
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Perfect new reply for all the mails I get about comet 3I/ATLAS being aliens 🔭
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Perfect new reply for all the mails I get about comet 3I/ATLAS being aliens 🔭