Michael
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New here and def. not a bot!
New here and def. not a bot!
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EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE AND CME: Both NOAA and SOHO coronagraphs have detected a full halo storm cloud heading directly for Earth. NASA simulations of the CME suggest an arrival on Dec. 9th. Earth is the yellow dot in this forecast model spaceweather.com/images2025/0...
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE AND CME: Both NOAA and SOHO coronagraphs have detected a full halo storm cloud heading directly for Earth. NASA simulations of the CME suggest an arrival on Dec. 9th. Earth is the yellow dot in this forecast model spaceweather.com/images2025/0...
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Somewhere at Google they have a daily meeting that has the sole agenda of brainstorming on how to make the world worse
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'
With the power of AI, data centres the size of a kolkhoz can now write clickbait instead of underpaid journalists at struggling websites.
www.pcgamer.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Somewhere at Google they have a daily meeting that has the sole agenda of brainstorming on how to make the world worse
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
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Was ist aus "Integration ab Tag 1" geworden? Die Wiener SPÖ streicht Deutschkurse für geflüchtete Menschen und schiebt die Verantwortung auf den Bund. Das ist der nächste gravierende Einschnitt im sozialen Wien – und unglaublich kurzsichtig: Deutsch ist der Grundstein für alles, was danach kommt.
Stadt Wien streicht Deutschkurse für Flüchtlinge
Heuer bietet die Stadt auf Eigeninitiative 1700 Plätze in Deutschkursen an. Ab 2026 gibt es diese nicht mehr. Laut Stadtrat Hacker muss der zuständige Bund übernehmen
www.derstandard.at
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Was ist aus "Integration ab Tag 1" geworden? Die Wiener SPÖ streicht Deutschkurse für geflüchtete Menschen und schiebt die Verantwortung auf den Bund. Das ist der nächste gravierende Einschnitt im sozialen Wien – und unglaublich kurzsichtig: Deutsch ist der Grundstein für alles, was danach kommt.
Baby it‘s cold inside @raffaeljp.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Baby it‘s cold inside @raffaeljp.bsky.social
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So let me get this straight, the network conceived and funded by DARPA to be able to re-route itself and keep communications open in the event of an attack has been monopolised by a few companies for maximum profit to the point where attacking one of these brings half of the network down?
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So let me get this straight, the network conceived and funded by DARPA to be able to re-route itself and keep communications open in the event of an attack has been monopolised by a few companies for maximum profit to the point where attacking one of these brings half of the network down?
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Mittlerweile kann man d „Pille danach“ ohne Rezept in der Apotheke holen, aber es ist nicht kostenfrei & die eine od andere muss sich noch immer Litaneien in d Apotheke anhören 🙄. Jede Hürde muss abgebaut werden, um ungewollte Schwangerschaft zu verhindern! Deshalb brauchts d Pille danach kostenfrei
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Mittlerweile kann man d „Pille danach“ ohne Rezept in der Apotheke holen, aber es ist nicht kostenfrei & die eine od andere muss sich noch immer Litaneien in d Apotheke anhören 🙄. Jede Hürde muss abgebaut werden, um ungewollte Schwangerschaft zu verhindern! Deshalb brauchts d Pille danach kostenfrei
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Dear journalists, for the love of Carl Sagan's sweater vest get some actual experts to vet claims from the industry or indusry-adjacent sources and clarify your reporting.
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Dear journalists, for the love of Carl Sagan's sweater vest get some actual experts to vet claims from the industry or indusry-adjacent sources and clarify your reporting.
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🍊Video's up! Here's 15 minutes of Paraphidippus aurantius footage, thoughts, and questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRByaUcKSgU
featuring courtship behavior, silk production, possible mate-guarding, cannibalism and more!
#arachtober
featuring courtship behavior, silk production, possible mate-guarding, cannibalism and more!
#arachtober
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🍊Video's up! Here's 15 minutes of Paraphidippus aurantius footage, thoughts, and questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRByaUcKSgU
featuring courtship behavior, silk production, possible mate-guarding, cannibalism and more!
#arachtober
featuring courtship behavior, silk production, possible mate-guarding, cannibalism and more!
#arachtober
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Stop scrolling & post 2 characters who bring you happiness 😀
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Stop scrolling & post 2 characters who bring you happiness 😀
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Wie ich ins Wochenende cruise
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Wie ich ins Wochenende cruise
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Charlie Kirk war nicht „rechtskonservativ“. Er war in den letzten Jahren dem Spektrum des White Nationalism zuzuordnen, ein Faschist und offen rechtsextrem, hat gegen BPoC und LGBTQ Menschen gehetzt, ein radikaler Sexist obendrein. Man kann seine Ermordung verurteilen ohne ihn zu verharmlosen.
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Charlie Kirk war nicht „rechtskonservativ“. Er war in den letzten Jahren dem Spektrum des White Nationalism zuzuordnen, ein Faschist und offen rechtsextrem, hat gegen BPoC und LGBTQ Menschen gehetzt, ein radikaler Sexist obendrein. Man kann seine Ermordung verurteilen ohne ihn zu verharmlosen.
Why are hybrid BMW owners such dickheads
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Why are hybrid BMW owners such dickheads
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Mary K Gaillard, a theorist who had a knack for telling experimental physicists where to look, died in her home on May 23 at 86.
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
Mary K. Gaillard, 86, Physicist Who Probed the Subatomic Universe, Dies
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mary K Gaillard, a theorist who had a knack for telling experimental physicists where to look, died in her home on May 23 at 86.
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
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Nothing could possibly go wrong
July 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nothing could possibly go wrong
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Mass starvation spreading across Gaza as supplies sit outside enclave, aid groups warn
Mass starvation spreading across Gaza as supplies sit outside enclave, aid groups warn
Norwegian Refugee Council among more than 100 organisations calling for governments to take action
www.irishtimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Mass starvation spreading across Gaza as supplies sit outside enclave, aid groups warn
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imagine being a child fleeing for your life and you arrive in a country where you just hope you'll be safe and the cunts start asking Grok if you can stay
UK border officials to use AI to verify ages of child asylum seekers
UK border officials to use AI to verify ages of child asylum seekers
Trial of technology comes as official report warns existing system has been failing for at least a decade
Officials are to start using artificial intelligence to help estimate the age of asylum seekers who say they are children.
Angela Eagle, the immigration minister, said on Tuesday the government would test technology that judges a person’s age based on their facial features. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
imagine being a child fleeing for your life and you arrive in a country where you just hope you'll be safe and the cunts start asking Grok if you can stay
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The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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![Comic. [two people in labcoats look at body pierced with blade draped over bench] PERSON 1: We found him lying uncomformably on the lab bench. I wonder if the iron-rich intrusion in his back is related. PERSON 2 with ponytail: It could be clastic. Maybe a rift opened in his body, and the intrusive material later fell into the hole. [caption] The Geology Department Investigates Their First Murder](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidexczuo22iq6o77sexfgdpvgx6baetimwtkzoeb7h7glon7enx4y@jpeg)
July 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Achtung, das scheint eine Fehlinformation zu sein. In der Studie selbst findet sich kein Hinweis auf die Umkehr der SMOC. Ich habe gerade mit einem der Autoren telefoniert; die Pressemitteilung, auf der Ihr Artikel beruht, ist demnach fehlerhaft und soll korrigiert werden.
July 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Achtung, das scheint eine Fehlinformation zu sein. In der Studie selbst findet sich kein Hinweis auf die Umkehr der SMOC. Ich habe gerade mit einem der Autoren telefoniert; die Pressemitteilung, auf der Ihr Artikel beruht, ist demnach fehlerhaft und soll korrigiert werden.