"This is a fundamental technology for mankind to power everything we do." - @billgates.bsky.social on fusion energy, while touring FIA member @cfs.energy youtu.be/EmPeDieDZ_Y?...

AI is just pumpkin spice machine learning don't @ me

I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry. Or sociology. It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.

statistically a tornado has probably sucked up a ghost

All License Plates Are Beautiful In Their Own Way Illinois

What could go wrong?!

Notably, Einstein never writes the equation. Instead, he explains "If a body gives off the energy L in the form of radiation, its mass diminishes by L/c²." More next month, on the 120th anniversary of the publication date. (3/3)

The #InternetArchive microfiche digitization #livestream is now at a new address. Tune in at the link below & enjoy real-time preservation work with mellow lo-fi vibes in the background. 📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY... #DigitalPreservation #LiveNow

If you see this, post a bridge. (Walterdale Bridge, Edmonton, Canada)

We have more pixelart on the way and it is charmingly mediocre.

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

Moon 💙 Venus

Before Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, we had NASA's Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW)

Spotted the iconic United A320 "Friend Ship" livery (N475UA) at Reagan National (DCA) the other week 🤓 #AvGeek #Aviation

I'm afraid we've been at it again

Maybe it's time for a bigger cat tree...

OPINION: House Bill 1001 will give Gov. Mike Braun unchecked power.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

11/10 fantastic weather story graphic out @nws.noaa.gov IND forecasting office 💯 #inwx

Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible.

Friendly reminder that if you haven't done it -- or at least thought about it -- recently, then please consider donating to The Internet Archive ( @archive.org ). Tonight, the wayback machine had a 12-year-old download that I thought I had saved locally, but hadn't. Bless.

Snake-in-the-Box Problem xkcd.com/3125/

The Sun in the month of July 2025. Last month was another moderate-activity month for the Sun. The months of May–July had the lowest sunspot numbers since April 2024, and we went almost the full month without an M-class #SolarFlare – unusual for this phase of the solar cycle!

Just passed my Technician and General #HamRadio exams today 📻🎉 A few points shy of passing the Amateur Extra, but there's always next month!

🗓️ It’s the weekend, but the #livestream never sleeps. 📡 When our scanners rest, the stream keeps going, with gems from the #InternetArchive: silent films, home movies, early tech, and more. Tune in now ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... #InternetArchive

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Every other four-year public university in the state allows alumni to have input in the selection of board trustees. There is no justification for denying that only to Indiana University alumni.

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Beating a dead horse here, but higher ed is an incredible source of American soft power The international students we educate at places like my institution, Harvard Kennedy School, bring their educational experiences to their home countries in ways that greatly enhance US interests

Columbia is proof that appeasement doesn’t work. Harvard is doing the right thing.

TODAY is the LAST DAY to qualify for the Indiana University Trustee ballot! I only need 50 more IU alumni signatures by 5pm EDT! As someone who has fought for graduate student rights, I want to bring "Lux et Veritas" back to university governance. Sign at vaselforiu.com

One more--this is just so cool: Firefly Aerospace has released the full image sequence of a solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon. The dark object moving in front of the Sun is Earth. The lunar landscape is lit red by all the sunrises & sunsets in the world. 🧪 fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright kicks off #ARPAE25 energy innovation summit, sharing his excitement for near-term fusion energy potential and a shout-out to the awesome particle physics research at our national labs. My two favorite things! ⚛️

Two years ago today was one of the most thrilling moments of my life when I captured this sunrise eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego. My drone was much closer than I realized, and the eruption was the largest I saw in my two days up there. I may never again film something as remarkable as this:

me staring at my data

CONCLAVE (2024): #birds

brownie in motion or whatever einstein said happy birthday man

Planet Definitions xkcd.com/3063

I tell my cat “I know” when she meows at me but if I’m being honest? I don’t always know

Have you ever heard of a limnic eruption? Probably not, since only a few have occurred in recorded history. Here is a thread on one of the wildest natural disasters that almost never happen, and the “invisible tsunami” that claimed over 1,700 lives in the middle of the night, without a sound. 1/10🧵

The history and fate of the universe according to a photon. A thread 🧵

"It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times..."

🧪 🔭 This thing packed a massive 220 PeV punch, which is around 0.035 joules. That’s about the same energy as you lifting a grain of rice a few millimetres …. doesn’t sound big until you remember it’s from a particle! What could give this ghostly neutrino such enormous energy?!

man, a house I liked on Redfin that I could not afford and had no intention of buying just sold, what a bummer

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

Best Super Bowl halftime show Easter egg was the reference to the PlayStation Network going down for 24 hours last weekend

Atom xkcd.com/3050

📢KM3NET DETECTS THE HIGHEST ENERGY NEUTRINO EVER OBSERVED This #KM3NeT_UHE event KM3-230213A is estimated to have a record neutrino energy of 220 PeV, or 220 million billion electronvolts ➡️For details: www.km3net.org/km3net-webin... #RecordNeutrino

I do think it’s funny when the car companies are like “we may be divided but now more than ever, I think we can all agree: car ❤️”