c Phlo- Future Engineering
@cphlo.bsky.social
Drop the mass, drop the past
cphlo.net
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Hey physicists ⚛️:
Are you getting a flood of AI-written theories of everything lately?
Are you getting a flood of AI-written theories of everything lately?
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hey physicists ⚛️:
Are you getting a flood of AI-written theories of everything lately?
Are you getting a flood of AI-written theories of everything lately?
The difference between someone making money, and money making more money.
In other words, besides an honest day's work, and dishonest work.
In other words, besides an honest day's work, and dishonest work.
FFS: “The key part of Meta’s strategy, in my view, is that they’re going to get as much of this built out with what the industry calls OPM: Other people’s money,”
It's a hedge: when the bust comes, these new companies go under, Big Tech buys up the assets for pennies. They KNOW the bust is coming.
It's a hedge: when the bust comes, these new companies go under, Big Tech buys up the assets for pennies. They KNOW the bust is coming.
How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The difference between someone making money, and money making more money.
In other words, besides an honest day's work, and dishonest work.
In other words, besides an honest day's work, and dishonest work.
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just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
More MicroSpace. This time, a different format instead of CubeSats (or smaller versions). DiskSats better for power (both in, and out)
LAUNCH at 0503:00 UTC of Electron from Pad 0C at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia with the STP-S30 payload, the Aerospace Corp.'s four DiskSats
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
More MicroSpace. This time, a different format instead of CubeSats (or smaller versions). DiskSats better for power (both in, and out)
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A nice overview from our media folks of the theoretical and observational work our team has out so far on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ☄️
Kiwi team lead ‘out of this world’ study of new comet | UC
A Kiwi team is reaching for the stars with world-leading research into a new interstellar comet described as a ‘dusty snowball’.
www.canterbury.ac.nz
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A nice overview from our media folks of the theoretical and observational work our team has out so far on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ☄️
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If you're in Belfast on Feb 19, I highly recommend getting a ticket to see myself and @dirac-institute.bsky.social's Prof Mario Jurić tell you about how the Rubin Observatory is going to transform our view of the Solar System. It's gonna be great fun. Do join if you can make it! #NISF26
Beyond the Horizon: | NI Science Festival
nisciencefestival.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you're in Belfast on Feb 19, I highly recommend getting a ticket to see myself and @dirac-institute.bsky.social's Prof Mario Jurić tell you about how the Rubin Observatory is going to transform our view of the Solar System. It's gonna be great fun. Do join if you can make it! #NISF26
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Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Meet Dr. Larry Denneau, the discoverer of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: www.space.com/astronomy/co...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wasn't supposed to be there — meet the astronomer who discovered it
Dr. Larry Denneau of the University of Hawaii is nothing like your typical astronomer.
www.space.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Meet Dr. Larry Denneau, the discoverer of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: www.space.com/astronomy/co...
New: what appear to be Main-Belt comets.
Yes, "comets" in the Main-Belt, with more circular, less inclined orbits. At least one of which spectroscopically shown by JWST to be water-driven, not impact- or spin-driven.
Yes, "comets" in the Main-Belt, with more circular, less inclined orbits. At least one of which spectroscopically shown by JWST to be water-driven, not impact- or spin-driven.
We now have two comets discovered in the second half of November with unusually small, 'asteroidal' orbits.
First, P/2025 W3 (Kresken), a = 2.57 ± 0.11 au, q = 2.09 ± 0.05 au, i = 9.85 ± 0.18 degrees (5-day arc)
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...
(1/2)
First, P/2025 W3 (Kresken), a = 2.57 ± 0.11 au, q = 2.09 ± 0.05 au, i = 9.85 ± 0.18 degrees (5-day arc)
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...
(1/2)
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New: what appear to be Main-Belt comets.
Yes, "comets" in the Main-Belt, with more circular, less inclined orbits. At least one of which spectroscopically shown by JWST to be water-driven, not impact- or spin-driven.
Yes, "comets" in the Main-Belt, with more circular, less inclined orbits. At least one of which spectroscopically shown by JWST to be water-driven, not impact- or spin-driven.
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📣 Attention, French researchers!
On Wednesday 28 January 2026, join us in Paris for our event ‘The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science’
Understand your rights as an author and use content responsibly as a user.
Registration details: link.europa.eu/tjQFnw 🧪
On Wednesday 28 January 2026, join us in Paris for our event ‘The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science’
Understand your rights as an author and use content responsibly as a user.
Registration details: link.europa.eu/tjQFnw 🧪
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📣 Attention, French researchers!
On Wednesday 28 January 2026, join us in Paris for our event ‘The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science’
Understand your rights as an author and use content responsibly as a user.
Registration details: link.europa.eu/tjQFnw 🧪
On Wednesday 28 January 2026, join us in Paris for our event ‘The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science’
Understand your rights as an author and use content responsibly as a user.
Registration details: link.europa.eu/tjQFnw 🧪
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Take nutrition research: industry-funded studies protected sugar, influencing public health advice for decades.
This wasn’t fraud—it was selective questioning, selective framing, selective emphasis.
The mechanism still applies wherever funders influence what gets asked.
#SciComm
#philsci
This wasn’t fraud—it was selective questioning, selective framing, selective emphasis.
The mechanism still applies wherever funders influence what gets asked.
#SciComm
#philsci
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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In the latest episode of Inflection Point, our hosts charge up the time machine to relive three historical moments that led to the lithium-ion battery. They also bring in Prachi Patel to discuss new battery chemistry still on the horizon. Listen now: cen.acs.org/materials/en...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
Podcast: The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online
Hosts David and Gina get energized about the tech that powers cell phones, electric vehicles, and more
cen.acs.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In the latest episode of Inflection Point, our hosts charge up the time machine to relive three historical moments that led to the lithium-ion battery. They also bring in Prachi Patel to discuss new battery chemistry still on the horizon. Listen now: cen.acs.org/materials/en...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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youtu.be/1GkQw6x0ofc
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AAS Journal Author Series: Ariel Graykowski on 2025PSJ.....6..224G
Ariel Graykowski (SETI Institute) chats about her article on photometric observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 during its 2023 apparition 1/2
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AAS Journal Author Series: Ariel Graykowski on 2025PSJ.....6..224G
Ariel Graykowski (SETI Institute) chats about her article on photometric observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 during its 2023 apparition 1/2
AAS Journal Author Series: Ariel Graykowski on 2025PSJ.....6..224G
YouTube video by AAS
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
youtu.be/1GkQw6x0ofc
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AAS Journal Author Series: Ariel Graykowski on 2025PSJ.....6..224G
Ariel Graykowski (SETI Institute) chats about her article on photometric observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 during its 2023 apparition 1/2
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AAS Journal Author Series: Ariel Graykowski on 2025PSJ.....6..224G
Ariel Graykowski (SETI Institute) chats about her article on photometric observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 during its 2023 apparition 1/2
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First time at #AAS247? You’re not alone! ✨
Check out this orientation guide from the AAS Education Committee, created to help students and first-time attendees navigate the meeting.
🔭 aas.org/meetings/aas...
@education.aas.org
Check out this orientation guide from the AAS Education Committee, created to help students and first-time attendees navigate the meeting.
🔭 aas.org/meetings/aas...
@education.aas.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
First time at #AAS247? You’re not alone! ✨
Check out this orientation guide from the AAS Education Committee, created to help students and first-time attendees navigate the meeting.
🔭 aas.org/meetings/aas...
@education.aas.org
Check out this orientation guide from the AAS Education Committee, created to help students and first-time attendees navigate the meeting.
🔭 aas.org/meetings/aas...
@education.aas.org
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Join my amazing colleague Stefanie Milam later today (9pm UK) for a discussion of Solar System #planetsci from #JWST.
www.youtube.com/live/BgrD1bd...
www.youtube.com/live/BgrD1bd...
Planets, Asteroids, and Interstellar Interlopers, OH MY! Revealing the Solar System with JWST
YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join my amazing colleague Stefanie Milam later today (9pm UK) for a discussion of Solar System #planetsci from #JWST.
www.youtube.com/live/BgrD1bd...
www.youtube.com/live/BgrD1bd...
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Matthew Hopkins (Univ. of Oxford & Univ. of Canterbury) chats about his article on 3I/ATLAS and what it tells us about the interstellar object population — and what comes next. 🔭
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3e...
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3e...
AAS Journal Author Series: Matthew Hopkins on 2025ApJ...990L..30H
YouTube video by AAS
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Matthew Hopkins (Univ. of Oxford & Univ. of Canterbury) chats about his article on 3I/ATLAS and what it tells us about the interstellar object population — and what comes next. 🔭
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3e...
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3e...
Geminids: meteor shower from (3200) Phaethon. Yes, from asteroid (3200) Phaethon
A composite of Geminids from Saturday night. Holiday lights reflecting off Lake of the Pines add to the colorful show. Orion is center right, M42 is a visible pink smudge. Each meteor trail added to a base image where observed relative to the stars, revealing the Geminid radiant. #astrophotography
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Geminids: meteor shower from (3200) Phaethon. Yes, from asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Not that Cerro Pachon is accessible and convenient, but...
A moment we've all been waiting for....
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will be open for public visits starting in January 2026! 🔭🧪
Visits will be hosted by NOIRLab, and reservations are open now — book your spot at https://noirlab.edu/public/visits/cerro-pachon-rubin/
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will be open for public visits starting in January 2026! 🔭🧪
Visits will be hosted by NOIRLab, and reservations are open now — book your spot at https://noirlab.edu/public/visits/cerro-pachon-rubin/
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not that Cerro Pachon is accessible and convenient, but...
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Our new SOXS instrument has made its first observations!
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our new SOXS instrument has made its first observations!
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
Again, X-rays detected from a comet (yes, A COMET) just like they were detected from Hyakutake, etc.
#XRISM joins the crew of telescopes observing comet 3I/ATLAS.
The image shows X-rays coming from a region of around 400 000 km around the comet nucleus. These X-rays could be generated by the interaction of the solar wind with gases from the comet.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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The image shows X-rays coming from a region of around 400 000 km around the comet nucleus. These X-rays could be generated by the interaction of the solar wind with gases from the comet.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Again, X-rays detected from a comet (yes, A COMET) just like they were detected from Hyakutake, etc.
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The third interstellar object to enter our solar system, 3I/ATLAS, is without a doubt one of the most fascinating astronomical discoveries of this year. aasnova.org/2025/12/15/s... 🔭🧪
Selections from 2025: Hubble Observes 3I/ATLAS
The third interstellar object to enter our solar system, 3I/ATLAS, is without a doubt one of the most fascinating astronomical discoveries of this year.
aasnova.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The third interstellar object to enter our solar system, 3I/ATLAS, is without a doubt one of the most fascinating astronomical discoveries of this year. aasnova.org/2025/12/15/s... 🔭🧪