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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 5m

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density – given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could the whole cosmos be a black hole?

Is the universe really one big black hole?

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density – given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could the whole cosmos be a black hole?

www.newscientist.com

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2m

Was a real pleasure and honor to chat with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social for his iconic WxGeeks podcast. Enjoyed talking about NWS history and evolution, as well as the current and future state of weather communication. Give it a listen!

spotify.link/3b6ysRbavXb

Balanced Weather: Cutting Through the Storm of Misinformation

spotify.link

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 23m

Really fascinating stuff

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 33m

🚨 A federal judge has blocked the Trump Admin’s mass firings amid the shutdown — a welcome reprieve for the federal workforce. 🚨

The court ruled the actions “illegal and in excess of authority.” 

🔗 buff.ly/0c8Cy15

Court blocks Trump administration’s latest mass layoffs for federal employees

A judge's order bars the Trump administration from "taking any action" to issue RIFs to federal employees during the government shutdown.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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NOAA HRRR smoke forecast CONUS @conus-smoke-forecast.envismo.social · 38m

Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area.

Model run: 20251016T01:00 UTC

Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/)

Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness.

#Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1h

Scientists are homing in on a pregnancy test for women who lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

'Pregnancy test' for skeletons could help reveal ancient mothers

Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone can be detected in skeletons over 1000 years old, offering a way to identify individuals who died while pregnant or soon after giving birth

www.newscientist.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 1h

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." This Collection celebrates the contributions by the awardees. ⚛️ 🧪

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical ...

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 1h

In a new #BSSA paper, scientists frame the seismic location problem via differential geometry. For details, please visit the paper. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 58m

In a new #BSSA paper, scientists apply their “project and correct” method developed in the previous paper to data from the 2020-2022 earthquake sequence that was active beneath the town of Pahala, Hawaii. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 57m

Claims that one quantum computer is better than another rest on terms like quantum advantage or quantum supremacy, fault-tolerance or qubits with better coherence – what does it all mean? Karmela Padavic-Callaghan sifts through the noise

What makes a quantum computer good?

Claims that one quantum computer is better than another rest on terms like quantum advantage or quantum supremacy, fault-tolerance or qubits with better coherence – what does it all mean? Karmela Padavic-Callaghan sifts through the noise

www.newscientist.com

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Bryant Sell @stormsellwx.bsky.social · 48m

Sunrise timelapse from the Beaver Stadium Weatherstem today. #PAwx

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Bryant Sell @stormsellwx.bsky.social · 40m

After seeing some awesome pictures of the sunrise this morning I finally went through some of the webcam archives and I'm glad I did- it was a good one! 🌄 #PAwx

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

Chiitan doesn’t skip leg day

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve noticed like all foods we eat have very low PHs. Like Soda is only mildly more alkaline than HCl lol

We need to make alkaline water a thing I feel

Also more greens and nuts

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SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Alerts (UNOFFICIAL) @spc-storms.nws-bot.us · 1h

SPC Oct 16, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
⛈️THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS🌪️
Additional Details Here.

Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0742 PM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Valid 160100Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...

...SUMMARY...
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible tonight across
parts of the southern/central Rockies into the High Plains.
Occasional large hail and severe wind gusts may occur.

...01Z Update...

...Southern/Central Rockies into the central High Plains...
Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing across the region, downstream of
a deep upper low moving across the Great Basin. Despite the loss of
daytime heating and much of the surface-based buoyancy,
thunderstorms will likely persist throughout the evening and tonight
amid cool mid-level temperatures and related steep mid-level lapse
rates. Moderate vertical shear will persist throughout the evening
and overnight as well, with the resulting combination of buoyancy
and shear sufficient for a few supercells and an isolated severe
risk.

Additional information about this area is available in MCD #2148.

..Mosier.. 10/16/2025

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All the Galaxies! @allthegalaxies.galaxyzoo.org · 1h

A merger, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the CANDELS-UDS survey.

It is at redshift 1.82 (lookback time 10.21 billion years) with coordinates (34.33986, -5.14962).

71 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.

A merger from the Galaxy Zoo CANDELS project, classified by 71 volunteers.

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

:(

Idk man

It’s super bleak :(

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

You aren’t wrong. I’m just trying to think of this strategically and what would be the least devastating.

But at the end of the day it’s all speculative and I’m just hoping Congress can negotiate on something soon. Federal workers are hurting. Private sector workers are hurting. The country is.

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

They actually did have a budget plan, but it never got on the floor for a vote.

They drafted up their own plans in July and it largely protected scientific research. It was mainly from veteran Republicans like Tom Cole and Frank Lucas who have districts that contain like NOAA’s Severe Storms Lab.

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

….Trump is gonna bomb his own citizens?

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

But again idk. I’m just hoping nothing bad happens to agencies I use a lot on a daily basis for research. And I also worry about people who use government agencies more likely to be cut by Trump in this shutdown.

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

Again, I’m not trying to blame Dems, Dems, like they have since FDR, have the moral high ground. It’s Trump making the decision to do these cuts. But I also feel like the shutdown is not what Trump wants (mainly because ICE isn’t getting paid) and he’s cutting “Democrat” programs to pressure Dems.

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

Well Trump and Vuoght both were saying the cuts wouldn’t be happening without a shutdown. Could they be lying? Sure. But they are arguably using the shutdown as an excuse and Dems gave them one. WH memos also repeatedly said agencies should disregard RIFs if there was no shutdown.

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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

Congress is an expert at procrastination.

CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social · 1h

It’s why I was hoping Congress (which republicans in committee welcomingly surprisingly rejected Trump’s budget proposal and only did like 5% cuts, not 50% cuts) would pass their own FY26 budget before this month but Congress is so slow they let Trump get a head start.

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