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Comet Specialists Discuss the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.youtube.com/watch?v=31GQ...
Comet Specialists Discuss the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
YouTube video by ICQ Comets (and Cousins)
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Comet Specialists Discuss the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.youtube.com/watch?v=31GQ...
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I helped mobilize a group of neighbors to provide direct aid to nearly 50 families who are in hiding from ICE.
These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.
Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.
Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I helped mobilize a group of neighbors to provide direct aid to nearly 50 families who are in hiding from ICE.
These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.
Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.
Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
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The media's attention to Minnesota is drifting.
This weekend, ICE had a road block at 694 and Central in Fridley, where they were asking for licenses and papers for every car that wanted to get through.
Don't look away.
This weekend, ICE had a road block at 694 and Central in Fridley, where they were asking for licenses and papers for every car that wanted to get through.
Don't look away.
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The media's attention to Minnesota is drifting.
This weekend, ICE had a road block at 694 and Central in Fridley, where they were asking for licenses and papers for every car that wanted to get through.
Don't look away.
This weekend, ICE had a road block at 694 and Central in Fridley, where they were asking for licenses and papers for every car that wanted to get through.
Don't look away.
#expedition33 has really grown on me, but it's one of those games where the story is so key that you can't really talk about where you are in the game -- or even look up tips to get past some obstacles -- without generating or reading spoilers.
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
#expedition33 has really grown on me, but it's one of those games where the story is so key that you can't really talk about where you are in the game -- or even look up tips to get past some obstacles -- without generating or reading spoilers.
To Study Antarctic Ice Rifts, You Have to Throw a Few ‘Bombs’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
To Study Antarctic Ice Rifts, You Have to Throw a Few ‘Bombs’
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
To Study Antarctic Ice Rifts, You Have to Throw a Few ‘Bombs’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Google's AI overview served up blurbs and links to AI-slop video trailers for "Leviathan" featuring Dwayne Johnson and "Mermaid Invasion" featuring Scarlett Johansson when I searched for ocean-themed sci-fi in 2026.
They're not real movies, nor is "Megalodon: Fury of the Sea."
They're not real movies, nor is "Megalodon: Fury of the Sea."
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Google's AI overview served up blurbs and links to AI-slop video trailers for "Leviathan" featuring Dwayne Johnson and "Mermaid Invasion" featuring Scarlett Johansson when I searched for ocean-themed sci-fi in 2026.
They're not real movies, nor is "Megalodon: Fury of the Sea."
They're not real movies, nor is "Megalodon: Fury of the Sea."
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With @adafruit.com raising the alarm about bills in NY and WA that would require 3D printers to refuse to print gun parts, here is a quick post on the technical problems with this approach (regardless of your thoughts about gun control)
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
3D Printers Cannot Effectively Screen for Gun Parts
I put things here so they are on the internet
michaelweinberg.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
With @adafruit.com raising the alarm about bills in NY and WA that would require 3D printers to refuse to print gun parts, here is a quick post on the technical problems with this approach (regardless of your thoughts about gun control)
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
Bizarrely locked out of Facebook because it's insisting I enter a code from an authentication account I never setup. Can't use the "hacked" process because Facebook insists I've never used any of my devices to log in to before. Tried to set up a new account and it demands an authentication code...
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Bizarrely locked out of Facebook because it's insisting I enter a code from an authentication account I never setup. Can't use the "hacked" process because Facebook insists I've never used any of my devices to log in to before. Tried to set up a new account and it demands an authentication code...
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📣 The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2026, worth eight million Swedish kronor, is awarded to Veerabhadran Ramanathan 💡🌍
youtu.be/AnfM68U8nOY?...
#Science #Geosciences #CrafoordPrize
@scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
youtu.be/AnfM68U8nOY?...
#Science #Geosciences #CrafoordPrize
@scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate
YouTube video by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 AM
📣 The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2026, worth eight million Swedish kronor, is awarded to Veerabhadran Ramanathan 💡🌍
youtu.be/AnfM68U8nOY?...
#Science #Geosciences #CrafoordPrize
@scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
youtu.be/AnfM68U8nOY?...
#Science #Geosciences #CrafoordPrize
@scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
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🗻 Live from Antarctica! Today, NOVA @pbs.org is livestreaming from the ice as researchers—including Scripps & @ucsandiego.bsky.social geophysicist Jamin Greenbaum—study the rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier, one of the most consequential glaciers on Earth.
www.youtube.com/live/W7ejeYD...
www.youtube.com/live/W7ejeYD...
Live from the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica with Miles O'Brien | NOVA | PBS
YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official
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January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🗻 Live from Antarctica! Today, NOVA @pbs.org is livestreaming from the ice as researchers—including Scripps & @ucsandiego.bsky.social geophysicist Jamin Greenbaum—study the rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier, one of the most consequential glaciers on Earth.
www.youtube.com/live/W7ejeYD...
www.youtube.com/live/W7ejeYD...
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As many others have pointed out: an incredible paragraph in the NYTimes today.
Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As many others have pointed out: an incredible paragraph in the NYTimes today.
Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Some channels were churning out this kind of slop even before AI slop was a thing: deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions
YouTube has terminated two prominent channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, using artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers.
deadline.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Some channels were churning out this kind of slop even before AI slop was a thing: deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
No wonder the pilates class constantly has to sign up new students.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
No wonder the pilates class constantly has to sign up new students.
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Really interesting analysis here on how claims get amplified by our current media environment (and a rebuttal of sorts to those who argue that Avi Loeb's alien spacecraft hype is good because any science engagement is good engagement):
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...
Alien of the gaps: How 3I/ATLAS was turned into a spaceship online
When we reach the frontier of current knowledge, we’re tempted to insert a higher power into the space where answers aren’t yet satisfying for all.
www.cip.uw.edu
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Really interesting analysis here on how claims get amplified by our current media environment (and a rebuttal of sorts to those who argue that Avi Loeb's alien spacecraft hype is good because any science engagement is good engagement):
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...
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The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS ☄️ cruising through our Solar System is no alien spaceship and won't hit Earth.
Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩
Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI
🔭 🧪
Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩
Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI
🔭 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS ☄️ cruising through our Solar System is no alien spaceship and won't hit Earth.
Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩
Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI
🔭 🧪
Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩
Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI
🔭 🧪
Are quality video producers effectively ceding long-form content to AI slop mills? YouTube and the like pay more for shorts, so makers who used to post polished makes just seem to do shorts. And you get people doing unscripted rants while cheap AI videos pop up for trending news or science topics.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Are quality video producers effectively ceding long-form content to AI slop mills? YouTube and the like pay more for shorts, so makers who used to post polished makes just seem to do shorts. And you get people doing unscripted rants while cheap AI videos pop up for trending news or science topics.
Oh, the joys of a password reset form that blanks out the new password you're entering while simultaneously hiding the password requirements, that also hides the password requirements if you go off the tab to generate a password to meet the requirements.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Oh, the joys of a password reset form that blanks out the new password you're entering while simultaneously hiding the password requirements, that also hides the password requirements if you go off the tab to generate a password to meet the requirements.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
Never change, ChatGPT, never change.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Never change, ChatGPT, never change.
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Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - #Astronomy - ift.tt/FyhmbnS
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Sci.News
A member of the ICQ Comet Observations group has released a new image of 3I/ATLAS, the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed.
ift.tt
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - #Astronomy - ift.tt/FyhmbnS
Two days of pointless 3I/Atlas speculation to go.
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes - NASA
NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s
www.nasa.gov
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two days of pointless 3I/Atlas speculation to go.
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Conspiracy theorists, please note the "comet" and "interstellar comet" labels before jumping to conclusions.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
The dumbest thing about the "universe is a simulation" theory is that the simplest sufficient simulation is whatever you're perceiving, not the whole universe. Congrats, you've reduced your reality to the delusions of a brain in a box.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The dumbest thing about the "universe is a simulation" theory is that the simplest sufficient simulation is whatever you're perceiving, not the whole universe. Congrats, you've reduced your reality to the delusions of a brain in a box.