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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 1d

Where do vampires shop?

Forever 21.
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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 3d

James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged | Live Science
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James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged

Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a new light.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 6d

Why are pirates called pirates?

They just ARRRRR!
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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 9d

Visual confirmation: Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first time | Live Science share.google/znVoaaWOHunS... #BecauseScience

Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first time

Observations by a system of radio telescopes have offered the first visual evidence for the existence of black hole pairs. But vital follow-up observations are needed before we know for sure.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 9d

The Earth Is Getting Darker. That’s Not Good News.
That could be a serious problem for trying to cool our planet.
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The Earth Is Getting Darker. That’s Not Good News.

That could be a serious problem for trying to cool our planet.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 11d

"3I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft"

Mars Orbiter Captures Rare Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - The New York Times
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An Interstellar Comet Flew Past Mars, and Spacecraft Took Pictures

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 11d

"There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users or customers," firm clarifies

Unity discovers "major security vulnerability" in development tool dating back to 2017 | GamesIndustry.biz
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GamesIndustry.biz

The resource for people who make and sell games.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 12d

"Quantum properties on a human scale"

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 - Popular information - NobelPrize.org
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 12d

What did one hat say to the other hat?

You stay here, I'll go on a head.
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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 13d

Scientists Discover First Evidence of Lava Tubes on Venus - Universe Today
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Scientists Discover First Evidence of Lava Tubes on Venus

Venus has often been called Earth’s sister planet however there are stark differences between them. Among the similarities are a number of geological features and lava tubes are just one example. Thes...

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 14d

Scientists Found an Entirely New Way to Measure Time : ScienceAlert
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Scientists Found an Entirely New Way to Measure Time

Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between 'then' and 'now'.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 16d

Why do ghosts love elevators?

It lifts their spirits.
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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 16d

#NowSmoking: Don Pepin Garcia E. R. H. Robusto, Available at Burke Cigar #Cigar

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 16d

Six billion tons a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate | Phys.org
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Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology

Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 21d

The real meaning of MAGA.

JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 22d

Retailers were always going to drop Xbox over Game Pass | Opinion | GamesIndustry.biz
www.gamesindustry.biz/retailers-we... #GameDev

GamesIndustry.biz

The resource for people who make and sell games.

GamesIndustry.biz

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 25d

"We're in that bit where most people live, and it isn't talked about."

The painful lessons learned from layoffs | GamesIndustry.biz
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The resource for people who make and sell games.

GamesIndustry.biz

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · 26d

I once turned down a job at a mirror factory...

I couldn't see myself doing it.
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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 19

Time to start flooding the 'Net with these.

Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation | Trump administration | The Guardian
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Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation

Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professor

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 18

#NowSmoking: Tatuaje T110 Corojo, Available at Burke Cigar #Cigar

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 17

'Totally unexpected': Stunning new imagery shows big changes in the 1st black hole ever captured by humanity (photo, video) | Space
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'Totally unexpected': Stunning new imagery shows big changes in the 1st black hole ever captured by humanity (photo, video)

"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, pushing our theoretical models to the limit."

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 13

'This does not look right': Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare 'double zoom' technique | Live Science
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'This does not look right': Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare 'double zoom' technique

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-sized corona around a distant supermassive black hole, using a rare cosmic alignment.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 11

How Sony saved Sword of the Sea | GamesIndustry.biz
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The resource for people who make and sell games.

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Did NASA's Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars? The plot thickens | Space
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Did NASA's Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars? The plot thickens

"When we see features like this in sediment on Earth, these minerals are often the byproduct of microbial metabolisms that are consuming organic matter."

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JoeKlemmer @joeklemmer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Stephen Hawking's long-contested black hole theory confirmed by LIGO — as scientists 'hear' 2 event horizons merge into one | Live Science
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Confirmed! Black hole merger finally shows Stephen Hawking was right after more than 50 years of debate

Black holes get bigger as they merge, the LIGO Collaboration confirmed with a new observation that could finally prove a decades-old Stephen Hawking theory.

www.livescience.com