bean sidhe
@number1banshee.bsky.social
3D art/printing, mixed media, amateur photography
watching humans prepare for off-world working & living within our lifetime - we can 💯do this with our compassion and empathy intact 🌑🌏🛰️
Collector of strange facts.
watching humans prepare for off-world working & living within our lifetime - we can 💯do this with our compassion and empathy intact 🌑🌏🛰️
Collector of strange facts.
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bean sidhe
@number1banshee.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.
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This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
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Good morning! Science time!
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
radio.wpsu.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning! Science time!
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
"[...]researchers say using AI, in combination with the fundamental physics of how the Earth's crust moves and responds to stress, could transform the ability to monitor, understand and even forecast volcanic activity.
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm'
Thousands of earthquakes were caused by magma
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"[...]researchers say using AI, in combination with the fundamental physics of how the Earth's crust moves and responds to stress, could transform the ability to monitor, understand and even forecast volcanic activity.
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
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Art Deco NiMo Building in New York c.1932
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Art Deco NiMo Building in New York c.1932
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Here are the effects of the X5.1 flare on our ionosphere. This plot shows which areas may have radio signal disruptions. The sunlit side of Earth saw a radio blackout during the flare, and the polar regions are now experiencing some disruptions due to the radiation storm.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here are the effects of the X5.1 flare on our ionosphere. This plot shows which areas may have radio signal disruptions. The sunlit side of Earth saw a radio blackout during the flare, and the polar regions are now experiencing some disruptions due to the radiation storm.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
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Literally watching this scene *right now*
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally watching this scene *right now*
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One more thought: I won't say existing scholarship is in vain, but short of proposing transformational reform, it works within a legal architecture that surely is no longer sustainable and must be reconsidered, if not discarded. New work must be bedrock foundational, not cosmetic window dressing.
Not to diminish law review articles & law school committee work, but right now law professors should be working collectively on an intellectual & service project of immense, existential importance: building consensus around a revolutionary constitutional framework-of a Reconstruction 2.0 magnitude.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One more thought: I won't say existing scholarship is in vain, but short of proposing transformational reform, it works within a legal architecture that surely is no longer sustainable and must be reconsidered, if not discarded. New work must be bedrock foundational, not cosmetic window dressing.
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Spiralweb using Python
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Spiralweb using Python
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The War on Christmas is real, and we will not stop our fight until Christmas withdraws its forces back beyond the Thanksgiving line.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The War on Christmas is real, and we will not stop our fight until Christmas withdraws its forces back beyond the Thanksgiving line.
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Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
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This day ten years ago.
On 30 October 2015 the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope images this giant skull looming out of the dark of space.
On 30 October 2015 the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope images this giant skull looming out of the dark of space.
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This day ten years ago.
On 30 October 2015 the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope images this giant skull looming out of the dark of space.
On 30 October 2015 the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope images this giant skull looming out of the dark of space.
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The mysterious carbon star CW Leonis glows within a web of shells and arcs — a cosmic masterpiece of carbon dust and light. Its fiery layers may hold clues to how the carbon in us once drifted through dying stars like this one.
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The mysterious carbon star CW Leonis glows within a web of shells and arcs — a cosmic masterpiece of carbon dust and light. Its fiery layers may hold clues to how the carbon in us once drifted through dying stars like this one.
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
The Gwich'in Nation & Why Their Land Is Important:
GCI’s mission is to amplify the voice of the Gwich’in Nation on issues of sustainable development and the environment in international fora, predominantly the Arctic Council.
arctic-council.org/about/perman...
GCI’s mission is to amplify the voice of the Gwich’in Nation on issues of sustainable development and the environment in international fora, predominantly the Arctic Council.
arctic-council.org/about/perman...
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Gwich'in Nation & Why Their Land Is Important:
GCI’s mission is to amplify the voice of the Gwich’in Nation on issues of sustainable development and the environment in international fora, predominantly the Arctic Council.
arctic-council.org/about/perman...
GCI’s mission is to amplify the voice of the Gwich’in Nation on issues of sustainable development and the environment in international fora, predominantly the Arctic Council.
arctic-council.org/about/perman...
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Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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I am very sorry to report that Prunella Scales has died. Wonderful actress. Probably best known as Sybil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers."
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I am very sorry to report that Prunella Scales has died. Wonderful actress. Probably best known as Sybil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers."
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Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, 48.5 minutes of exposure across 97 images taken from Bear Divide in Los Angeles. This is the first time I’ve processed a comet observation like this so I had to do some quick learning and experimentation. Hopefully I’ll improve on this in the future.
flic.kr/p/2rBGQZv
flic.kr/p/2rBGQZv
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, 48.5 minutes of exposure across 97 images taken from Bear Divide in Los Angeles. This is the first time I’ve processed a comet observation like this so I had to do some quick learning and experimentation. Hopefully I’ll improve on this in the future.
flic.kr/p/2rBGQZv
flic.kr/p/2rBGQZv
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The light over the Atlantic coast of Ireland is like nowhere else on Earth 🌎
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The light over the Atlantic coast of Ireland is like nowhere else on Earth 🌎
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Many spacecraft will get a chance to observe Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
ESA Juice will collect imaging and spectral data from ~0.4 AU distance.
NASA Europa Clipper can potentially sample the plasma and dust tail from ~1 AU away.
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15768
#Astronomy
ESA Juice will collect imaging and spectral data from ~0.4 AU distance.
NASA Europa Clipper can potentially sample the plasma and dust tail from ~1 AU away.
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15768
#Astronomy
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Many spacecraft will get a chance to observe Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
ESA Juice will collect imaging and spectral data from ~0.4 AU distance.
NASA Europa Clipper can potentially sample the plasma and dust tail from ~1 AU away.
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15768
#Astronomy
ESA Juice will collect imaging and spectral data from ~0.4 AU distance.
NASA Europa Clipper can potentially sample the plasma and dust tail from ~1 AU away.
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15768
#Astronomy
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HiRISE 8K: Concentric Crater Fill
These ridges are parallel to the crater rim and it’s possible that ice flowed down the higher crater walls towards the crater center from all directions at once.
Full cutout: https://flic.kr/p/2rBjDdU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
These ridges are parallel to the crater rim and it’s possible that ice flowed down the higher crater walls towards the crater center from all directions at once.
Full cutout: https://flic.kr/p/2rBjDdU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
HiRISE 8K: Concentric Crater Fill
These ridges are parallel to the crater rim and it’s possible that ice flowed down the higher crater walls towards the crater center from all directions at once.
Full cutout: https://flic.kr/p/2rBjDdU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
These ridges are parallel to the crater rim and it’s possible that ice flowed down the higher crater walls towards the crater center from all directions at once.
Full cutout: https://flic.kr/p/2rBjDdU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.