‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too.

Dual-use technologies like GPS & Starlink are subject to EAR & ITAR. If SpaceX hadn't shut off Starlink, they would have (arguably) been in violation of US law by allowing weaponization of dual-use technology intended for civilian use. Just like GPS units turn off above 600m/s AND/OR set altitude

The back of this photo says “Pulley’s cat. July 1956”. ❤️

dudes will make fun of women who are into astrology and then read shit like this

Recreate the Conditions xkcd.com/2511

PSA - Don't scroll Bluesky's new "Discover" feed in public. Someone neglected to add a NSFW detection algorithm to their project. 🤦‍♀️

First Amendment litigator protip: do not write in your law that you are “trying to maintain content neutrality” https://www.thefire.org/news/sign-times-alabama-city-bans-signs-containing-hate-speech-indecent-content

No. This "fact" is a fairly common misunderstanding of what the stat is measuring. First, there is no "a photon" that is making a trip from the core to the outer layer. Photons are absorbed, emitted, reabsorbed, then re-emitted over & over again by the sun's plasma. 1/2

Hi I'm new here, so if I put the little science emoji, my post goes to the science board list thingo? 🧪 I'm an enzyme engineer and crystallographer and now I am building X-ray instruments for a living! Here's some crystals

Semi-regular reminder: Baby open-ocean octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats. 📸 Songda Cai http://bit.ly/2ZmNZZH 🧪

POV: you are the one in charge of treats

This is a fun history of the four-color map problem and why some mathematicians are still yearning for a better proof of it 🧪 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-doodlers-problem-sparked-a-controversy-in-math/

look at this boy. look at my guy. he's a little blessing 11/10 cat

Happy Apollo Day! Let's celebrate the spirit of Project Apollo together and do something that's impossible. :)

As someone who has audited projects, built stuff (mostly robots & some toy software) + spends her time reading sci/tech history, this is completely understandable. When projects move fast, the obvious sometimes slips. Sometimes to disastrous results; like people burning alive in a flame in 16psi O2

First, wow. Second, clearly, the correct term is Barbieheimer.

A bee from the family Megachilidae that's preparing itself to take flight. - Saul G.

Honestly, if there's going to be one thing out of the cloud app experiment that takes root, I hope this is it. Giving users the power to craft their own algorithms and then share it with other users is incredibly powerful. We already do UGC. Why can't we do UGA/UGR?

It is fascinating how intricate some of these practises are. Before any anatomist discovered Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) in the spinal cord that continue messaging after death; Japanese fishers were killing CPGs to postpone rigor mortis.

Hi Bluesky, I’m Michael Sheetz! 🚀 I report on the space business for CNBC: covering the ~$500B industry’s growth and its importance to life on Earth. 🌎 Follow me for the latest on space companies, agencies, and investors, as well as updates about rockets, satellites, astronauts and more. 🛰️🧑‍🚀🌕

Twitter is the world's most expensive lesson on Chesterton's Fence.

Lassie is disappointed in you.

Scene from the long history of trying to get cats to look in a certain direction for a photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/28333802@N04/21172148326/

Twice in my career (different jobs, not current one) RFK Jr. called my boss's bosses to complain about stories I published, and got their attention because of his name. He is dangerous, dishonest & wrong about everything, and anyone covering or sharing info about him should be QUITE CLEAR about that

A counter argument: libraries are safe spaces that do not charge you money to be there. Librarians help those without access to the web to apply for jobs and housing, provide access to accurate information without payment, including physical or e- or audiobooks.

Molly where she should not be, a series

My political ideology,

I'm surprised that Nature's editors would possess such a fundamental misunderstanding. FWIW, these algorithms really do "learn" (for some value of learn) from their inputs. The inputs themselves aren't stored anywhere. They don't mash the inputs together. They do real-time synthesis.

So this study (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10937404.2023.2213903) is going around claiming that sucralose (Splenda) damages your DNA. Tl;dr: study has a lot of limitations and uses a comically high concentration of sucralose people don't eat. Just consume it in moderation...

Fortune Magazine. July, 1943. Vacuum tubes.

oh you’re having a rough day? have you tried touching foreheads with your cat about it?

Yes, the picture is really funny, but it's also extremely tragic. Many of these children would die before 18. The rest... ≥75% of them would develop black lung & die before their 30s. I am not saying this to be a scold. Just as a reminder that there's a reason why we changed the things we did.

OMG, I can't believe @daniellefong.bsky.social is on cloud app. She's the best and oh so thoughtful <3

he’s a hard working reporter, calling sources every hour, the bossman keeps asking for scoops, he hasnt slept in days!!!

"Pope Benedict XI sent a messenger to Giotto, asking him to send a drawing to demonstrate his skill, Giotto drew a [perfect] red circle [freehand] and [sent it with messenger as proof of his skill]" The Pope & his court concluded, of course, that he was nonpareil/peerless.

Sometimes I text my family pictures of her face and just the caption ‘serious!’ In Chinese

Nice work, AI… This is for all of you naysayers who think I’m being way too much of a Cassandra worrying about AI. I’ve been concerned since 1982 when Jim and I first envisioned THE TERMINATOR.

Sugi trees are amazing for construction. Their wood is easy to work w/ using primitive tools + is waterproof, decay-resistant & easy to transport. In medieval Japan, Sugi demand quickly outpaced supply, leading to the creation of Daisugi; sustainable cultivation turned into art.

In 2019, a certain someone made the claim that neuralink could "solve" autism, schizophrenia, depression etc. This claim is so fantastical that it's advanced science fiction. Crewed missions to Jupiter & Saturn will be routine before we even come close to solving these conditions with BCIs. 1/n

Actually, this is a great idea. Most of the posts will be terrible, but there are a lot of great posts from amazing people that fly under the RADAR. The algorithm is terrible at surfacing posts that could get steam with wider exposure from smaller accounts.

Sorry to hear of the death of my colleague Owen Gingerich (1930-2023), historian of astronomy, former graduate student of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and expert on Kepler and Copernicus.

There are schematics!

How not to do science journalism, example #813566, This doozy of an article from Slate. As with many such things, there are layers to how poorly thought out this article is. Strap in. https://www.salon.com/2023/03/16/health-officials-delayed-report-linking-fluoride-to-brain-harm_partner/

/2 I mean if I roll up on a kindergarten and start telling five-year-olds that they’re stupid and fat and ugly, people are going to call me an asshole. That doesn’t mean that five-year-olds have power over me.

Um... life finds a way??? Lame jokes aside, aacylostoma caninum infections are horrifying. The worms hatch subcutaneously and then travel around, leaving track marks under the skin. There's no effective course of treatment so the recommendation is to wait it out. For ≤6 weeks. Nope. Just nope.

The GSLV first stage is unusual: it has a solid propellant core and liquid prop side boosters, but the side boosters are not separately jettisoned - they remain attached to stage 1 when it separates. Second stage now firing