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Amazing picture of upper atmosphere lightning including "ELVE"s and "sprites" near the Adriatic sea: spaceweather.com/archive.php?...
#ELVE #sprite #spaceweather
A real photo of upper atmospheric lightning taken on Nov. 28th by Valter Binotto of Possagno, Italy, showing a rare double formation of nearly vertical, red, intensely glowing lines indicating "sprites" and a wide, apparently horizontal circular glow indicating "ELVEs". The sprites are the red, tentacled objects in the middle. The red 'flying saucer' surrounding them is the ELVE.
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Real-world ‘Nausicaa’ glider (jet-engine powered) doesn't look safe, does look really cool!
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
(Video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2axz...)
Makes me want to see #Nausicaä Valley of the Wind again.
Real-world ‘Nausicaa’ glider goes on final flight in Chiba | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
NODA, Chiba Prefecture—Nearly a decade after first taking to the sky in his take on the glider from “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,” Kazuhiko Hachiya flew his creation for the last time here.
www.asahi.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Well, at least now it's a more transparent "poisoned, worthless hall of mirrors"... www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
This is a sad and completely expected thing that has featured in many near-future stories in the last decade or two: apnews.com/video/five-h...
I have some good memories of stays in vacation houses like these.
Houses along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapse as hurricanes rage in Atlantic
Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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adambonin.bsky.social
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.
Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime Feb. 4, 1939 February 4, 1939, Page 1 BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich's Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Dlugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany. Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless" and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the "society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence." As regards the details of the "crimes" of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler's monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today. What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of Nat…
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The cover of Apprehension and Red Star Hustle, under which is the text "When you sign up for my newsletter, you'll receive the deleted first chapter of Apprehension, get behind-the-scenes exclusives, and learn about author events. Sign up at maryrobinettekowal.com."
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Found this today and wanted to share:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo8T...
#apollo15 #featherhammer #GalileoGalilei
David Scott does the feather hammer experiment on the moon | Science News
YouTube video by Science News
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Real world imitates John Scalzi's _When the Moon Hits Your Eye_ imitating real world as anonymous super rich person buys special space rock. www.bbc.com/news/article... (Any thoughts on this John Scalzi @scalzi.com ?)
Martian meteorite: Niger's anger that a piece of Mars ended up for auction
The West African country investigates how a space rock found there was put up for sale in New York.
www.bbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Power-generating giant kites in Ireland! Can Big Hero 6 be far behind? www.france24.com/en/live-news...
The Bright Side: Ireland's giant kite project aims to revolutionise wind energy
Researchers in Ireland are testing a giant kite that generates electricity by capturing the wind. The mobile, low-impact system could help power remote areas and revolutionise wind energy with fewer…
www.france24.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
From SpaceWeather.com: "Between December 2024 and July 2025, more than 525 Starlinks deorbited... The fiery re-entry of even one Gen1 Starlink satellite produces about 30 kilograms of aluminum oxide vapor, a compound that erodes the ozone layer."
spaceweather.com/archive.php?...
#starlink #ozone
A graph titled "The Great Starlink Reentry Event" labeled "Starlink reentries per month" on the vertical axis spanning a range of 0 to 125, and labeled "Year-Month" on the horizontal axis spanning values from 2020-02 to 2025-07. A large peak from December 2024 to July 2025 is apparent at right, labeled "500+". An inset shows a photo of streaks in the sky labeled "Starlink satellites reentering over Puerto Rico."
August 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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npr.org
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
n.pr
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
News: "US President Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after job numbers were lower than expected in July." Me: "What? What?! What!?"
August 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJ0...
Nice explanation of how spectroscopy can measure methane in the atmosphere, and why. Good and interesting #science and #technology still happen.
Cow Burps (07082025)
YouTube video by K-State Research and Extension
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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kansasreflector.com
Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Can an 87-year-old superhero from Kansas still be relevant? Yes, if it’s Superman — and his dog. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/07/13/c...
Can an 87-year-old superhero from Kansas still be relevant? Yes, if it's Superman — and his dog. • Kansas Reflector
I haven't paid much attention to the Superman franchise in years, but in the last few weeks I've been pondering the nature of heroes and myth and just why things seem so hopeless in America. What woul...
kansasreflector.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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jamuseum.bsky.social
We know too well the devastating consequences of such action—families torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and multigenerational trauma inflicted on a community for decades.

#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Edo period firefighting ninjas in Tottori! www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
'Ninja squad' member sheds new light on feudal agents | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
NAGOYA--Instead of hurling
www.asahi.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Disappointed in NPR for scooping Vera Rubin Observatory's First Look Event. Media materials were embargoed until after Rubin Observatory's press release. Notice BBC, space.com, other news orgs did not do this.
June 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Dear Senator / Congressperson.

Tariffs on international creative works such as movies are counter to the national interest and diminish our citizens' freedoms of association and thought on which our nation was founded.
May 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Great article on "AI Psychiatry", but it totally fails to mention Dr Susan Calvin! theconversation.com/forensics-to...

#asimov #ai #robots #robopsychologist
Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong
AIs are notoriously opaque, even to the people who build them, which makes it hard to know why they fail. A new tool aims to reveal their inner workings at the moment they went off the rails.
theconversation.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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diane.dianeduane.com
...And just in passing, here's a place I know! We visited there 20+ years ago (on a visit to @peter.petermorwood.com's swordsmith). I was working on *Stealing The Elf-King's Roses*, and these Art Nouveau murals of the legend of the Dwarf-King Laurin are famous. restaurants.st/en/gastronom...
Laurin Bar, Bozen / Bolzano - Opening hours & reviews
Laurin Bar Via Laurin 4 ✔ Opening Hours ✔ Address ✔ Phone number ✔ All infos about the Bar in 39100 Bozen / BolzanoBolzano’s favourite stylish evening venue with unique mur...
restaurants.st
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
physicsworld.com/a/how-to-sup...
How to support colleagues who are dealing with personal issues – Physics World
Catilin Duffy says that a few simple steps can help when supporting struggling colleagues
physicsworld.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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gailwaldby.bsky.social
Two young German travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be a highlight. Instead, their visit ended in handcuffs, jail time, and deportation — a stark reminder of the risks some international visitors face at US borders.
https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/
Why These Hawaii Travelers Were Jailed And Deported
Two young travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be the highlight of a long awaited world adventure. Instead, their arrival in Honolulu ended in handcuffs, jail, and deportation.
beatofhawaii.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
I value on- and off-line "birds of a feather" groups (bubbles) for support; I value conversation in broader communities for informed opinions, mostly in-person. This research-based article helps me understand why: theconversation.com/perceived-co...

#Community
#Disagreement
#Tolerance
#Research
Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles
A psychologist explains how group identity, polarizing issues and social media are driving people apart – and suggests some remedies.
theconversation.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Wow. I'm glad the government in Japan is so organized and cares enough to plan this, just in case. Quite an endeavor, if it has to be done. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... #Japan #SakishimaIslands #EvacuationPlans
Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 from isles near Taiwan | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
The government unveiled its plan to evacuate tens of thousands of people from remote islands near Taiwan in case China acts on its oft-repeated threat to invade the island territory.
www.asahi.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
glenn-horton-smith.bsky.social
Short short story / opinion piece by Max McCoy @kansasreflector.com : kansasreflector.com/2025/03/30/w...
When night comes, we might all be listening for Radio Free Kansas • Kansas Reflector
Lately you've discovered that it's more difficult to find information you used to take for granted as a dystopia descends.
kansasreflector.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM