I made the leap on my iPad Pro to iOS 26.1 today. I don't **hate** the new UI. But I need more time to let this sink in.

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115514922183650173 A timely guide on how to "quote post" in Mastodon. Mastodon 4.5 has introduced this feature, baked into the social server architecture. As this rolls out across the #fediverse, it's good to stop and learn how to use this tool […]

👻 SNOLAB is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 #DarkMatterDay SNOLAB poster design contest. Learn more about the poster contest and the winners here: www.snolab.ca/news/snolab-.... K-12 category: Delilah Post secondary category: Elizabeth Community category: Robert

Friday night in #sudbury.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/115507953624233777 Happy birthday to Marie Sklodowska Curie, daughter of Poland and France, the first detective of radioactivity, a founder of radiochemistry, and a pioneer in nuclear medicine. Two-time Nobel laureate, the only person to win in two […]

First #snow of the season!!!

I am very excited about my "Deeper Talk" seminar hosted by the Institute for Underground Science at #SURF. If you would be interested in learning more about the @snolabscience.bsky.social science program and the recently developed 15-year vision for […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

Our #mastodon instance has been migrated to version 4.5.0. This is a big step for the platform! "Quoting" is now available if a post author allows them. To quote, you click on the "Boost" icon and are presented with two options: Boost or Quote. Have fun, and quote responsibly! Authors can set […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT/115505234945035235 Yay! Now that the first "bugfix" releases have appeared in the wild, I can consider whether or not it's time to take the new Mac Mini to the new version of the OS.

Impressive progress on bringing down the #superstack in Copper Cliff. It has gone from the 2nd tallest stack to the 8th tallest since they began the work this year.

An exciting #DarkMatterDay coming up on November 8th for those in the Kingston area!

#DYK: SENSEI is a dark matter experiment at SNOLAB that uses skipper Charged Coupled Devices (CCDs). This technology is commonly used in everyday digital cameras like those that you would find in your phone! 📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography

Mastodon 4.5 brings Quote Post authoring features to everyone. Note that you can manage whether or how your posts are quoted by others, both globally on the new Posting Defaults page, and individually on specific posts. You can also revoke the use of a post. We wrote about this in more detail a […]

We’re happy to announce that Mastodon 4.5 is now ready for prime time! Quote posts, async fetching of replies, server timeline visibility settings, more moderation tools, and lots and lots of other tweaks and improvements. Announcement on our blog […]

We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!) […]

The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

Moar #moon.

Good morning, #moon!

Postsecondary schools cheer talent funds, bemoan foreign student caps (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Nov 06, 2025 https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281586656852979

The third release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready! It addresses UX concerns regarding quotes and post privacy, now warning when you quote someone in a followers-only post, and preventing quotes in Private Mentions. It also includes a few other bugfixes. We are planning to release the […]

It turned out to be a nice evening to be exhausted. #rainbow #nature

Today was a very exciting and satisfying day of work in the underground laboratory @snolabscience.bsky.social. I was grateful to be able to work with colleagues to support three projects: the HALO supernova early warning detector, the cryogenic […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

To build big things, we must build the builders (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Nov 04, 2025 https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281986088806990

I was so excited to learn today that @villedeblois is on Mastodon! My partner has been, for many years, on the organizing committee for Rencontres de Blois, an excellent series of conferences that have had a significant focus on particle physics […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

PROJECT GUTENBERG CEO HELPED PUT TROVE OF LITERATURE ONLINE (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Nov 03, 2025 https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/282282441548296

Universities could jump to hire foreign researchers if Ottawa allocates funds (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Nov 03, 2025 https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281582361879048 “Two major proposals … have been up for government consideration for several months. One was designed by […]

I am excited about the proposal a colleague and I are submitting on behalf of the HALO Collaboration. Its emphasis is student training and leadership. I look forward to the assessment by the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Regardless of the outcome, we will learn from […]

[Daily random quote out of context from my academic book about Mastodon] Started in the late 2000s, GNU (pronounced gah-New) social was created by Free Software activists. As GNU social co-founder Matt Lee told me in an interview in 2014, “Free software is an ethical choice to protect free […]

Well, this is a nail-biting game 7 ofthe #worldseries.

The anti-vaccine movement has the same talking points now as it did in the 1800’s. It’s always been a rejection of science, scientists, and progress, with a soupçon of paranoia. Below is a slide for a talk I’m preparing that illustrates the identical strategies. I have more examples, too.

Had fun curling today with colleagues and friends from #snolab.

This year's FediBookFair will be 1st/2nd November. FediBookFair is a chance for #authors and #publishers to post about their books using the #fedibookfair hashtag. #readers can watch or follow the hashtag to find #books to read and authors to follow. It's an excellent chance to find #christmas […]

🌌Dark matter is a huge cosmic mystery, and much of the research underway at SNOLAB is focused on it. This #DarkMatterDay read about the international efforts that are in progress at Canada’s deep underground science lab. www.snolab.ca/news/searchi...

👻 Happy Dark Matter Day! Dark matter makes up 85% of our universe yet remains one of the biggest scientific mysteries to this day. We’re working to uncover what shapes our cosmos because - everyone loves a mystery! #DarkMatterDay #DMD #EveryoneLovesAMystery #DarkMatterDay2025

The second release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready! It fixes an issue introduced in the first release candidate with some email setups, as well as a few interface rough edges. We still expect the final version for next week, but please test it out and provide feedback! Full release notes […]

A poem for Dark Matter Day A poem for #darkmatterday, inspired by both the mystery and the #mastoprompt effort on open social federated media. Have everything/Be everything It would have everything.It would be everything.It would sing its own praises,Raise its voice to the heavens:"I am all […]

It would have everything. It would be everything. It would sing its own praises, Raise its voice to the heavens: "I am all that is. I have all that is." #darkmatter eyed the #avarice of normal matter: entranced by its self-glow, no sight for unseen things, hidden cords; only gathering, gobbling […]

Happy #DarkMatterDay! * Today we celebrate the enduring mystery of what composes 85% of the matter in the universe. Matter is just stuff. I'm stuff. You're stuff. We're made of smaller stuff. The smallest bits of stuff are what we call "normal […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

PBS News Hour - Segments https://flex2.acast.com/s/pbs-newshour-segments/u/d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/10/braindrain.mp3 US scientists appear to be giving serious consideration to fleeing to other places as #science remains under serious threat there.

Celebrate this #DarkMatterDay by viewing the night sky at the Doran Planetarium at Laurentian University on November 2nd! This show, The Unseen World: Dark Matter and Dark Energy, features SNOLAB Senior Research Scientist Dr. Chris Jillings. This free event is open to all.

"Yes, the Fediverse is sometimes clunky, nerdy, uncomfortable. But it belongs to us. It’s not over-regulated, not driven by capital, not buggered up by algorithms. It’s what social media once aspired to be: A network of people, not brands." […]

Sultan of small, University of Alberta’s David Wishart wins top Canadian science prize (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Oct 30, 2025 https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281595246773328

The #toronto #bluejays effing crushed it tonight in game 4 of the #worldseries! Whatever else happens in this series, this was a marvel of game and they set the TONE in the first two at-bats of the first inning. Just solid.

The first release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready for testing! We expect to release the final version early next week, but please test it out and provide feedback! Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page […]

Are you a developer who likes to build on, or integrated with, Mastodon? We've got a great blog post for you, today - here's what is coming in Mastodon 4.5. The release candidate was tagged earlier today, with the final version really soon now 🤞🏻 (quote post authoring, AsyncRefresh API, and […]

Research Scientist Dr. Erica Caden sat down with CBC Up North host, Jonathan Pinto, to chat about the new combined results of neutrino measurements from T2K in Japan and NOvA in the US and what it means for neutrino research. 🎧 Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Interesting. WordPress and Ghost now make up more than half of all fediverse servers. https://fedi.wrm.sr #fediverse

What’s this spooooky science 👻? Not spooky, just science! A Chemical Technologist at SNOLAB prepares special filters that measure background radioactivity in the water around the SNO+ detector. The lights are off because a flashlight gives the best view of this process! 📸 by Antonia Botas

Physiker:innen der Uni Innsbruck ist gelungen, ein suprafestes Quantengas zum Rotieren zu bringen. Dabei beobachteten sie ein interessantes Phänomen: Beim Auftreten von Quantenwirbeln synchronisierten sich die Bewegungen der kristallinen Strukturen. Ähnliche Wirbeldynamiken könnten beim […]