tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

#ESAEuclid has been in space since 1 July 2023, and, after commissioning and initial calibration, started surveying the sky ultimately in February. We now celebrate "52 weeks of #Euclid in space - first year of a big journey to new physics":

https://www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-anniversary

These images tell a story about technology, challenges, the #Universe, but foremost about the many people that made #Euclid possible, and that are now working on the #science.

#astronomy #astrodon #cosmology #space

Using data from scientific group Climate Central, a new risk index ranks 48 US states (Alaska & Hawaii are excl) according to the impact the #ClimateCrisis is likely to have on populations. 9/10 states predicted to see the worst impacts are in the US south https://buff.ly/3ZWVGr4

Mycket av bra av kollegan Emma Bouvin. Det har riktats kritik mot mediers bevakning av #Gaza – men det största och helt grundläggande problemet är fortfarande att Israel (och Egypten) systematiskt nekar internationella journalister inresa i Gaza.
Enda undantaget är när tv-team får åka "inbäddade" med israelisk militär. Det säger sig självt att det inte räcker, det går inte att dokumentera misstänkta krigsbrott och den humanitära situationen så.
Ge oss #access #nu. https://www.dn.se/varlden/emma-bouvin-vi-rapporterar-om-gaza-med-forbundna-ogon/

Jag tänker på alla de som ville stoppa de nya stambanorna för att istället rusta upp befintliga spår. Nu får vi varken eller, oväntat va?

If I were Harris, watching Biden and Netanyahu conspiring to hand me the worst foreign policy situation in forty years, I would have chosen a hard break with the WH already, just in the interest of self preservation.

Or maybe her FP advisors are not telling her how bad it is, because they're all more committed to the institutional status quo than they are to her personally? The challenge being a high-level executive is that your staff gets to filter what you know about. Evading that is a skill.

"By turning off your lights all day every day for a month, you conserved about 1 percent of the energy needed for AI to generate a picture of a duck wearing sunglasses. Isn’t he cute? Aside from the fact that he has the feet of a human man, of course."

"By dropping $7K on better, energy-efficient insulation for your home, Google AI was able to tell someone how to prepare chicken incorrectly, and they got, like, super sick—thanks to you!"

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-department-of-energy-wants-you-to-know-your-conservation-efforts-are-making-a-difference

Pro tips for matplotlib figures to really feel right in LaTeX publications: https://duetosymmetry.com/code/latex-mpl-fig-tips/

".. we were not able to find a feasible Mars mission scenario using Starship, even when assuming optimal conditions such as 100% recovery rate of crew consumables during flight."

"With the information currently available a Mars mission with Starship is not feasible."

Studie veröffentlicht am 23. Mai 2024.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0.pdf

#Mars #Musk #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #starship

Tillbaka från semestern, lagom för att skriva om Macrons högersväng.
I Sverige beskrivs president Emmanuel Macron ofta som en liberal mittenpolitiker. Det är en bild som kan behöva uppdateras efter hans nya allians med Republikanerna. https://www.dn.se/varlden/erik-de-la-reguera-mittenpolitikern-macron-tar-ett-stort-steg-ut-mot-hoger/

Lately she's posted about joining the After the Fire summit in Sonoma & the comfort that California survivors of megafires offered. The instant recognition & shared experience. My aunt wrote about being gifted a book another survivor wrote about their fire experience: "Today I read the book and just sobbed out all the tears I’ve tried to hold in during the past year; although each of our communities are very unique, the similarities in human experiences, feelings and struggles are uncanny"

Moderation:

- is absolutely necessary
- cannot be automated
- doesn’t scale if done by humans
- is rife with ridiculous failure modes
- is philosophically intractible

I’m increasingly of the mind that content moderation is •the• central problem of the social Internet right now, and I’m not sure we have anything like a solution in sight.

From @sandofsky: https://mastodon.social/@sandofsky/113181384256449181

Ofen leave treats in the shopping bag so my kids don't snaffle them and hide the bag in my car. Pop to the same shop midweek grab the bag and realise they're still in the bag. End up paying for them again as I don't want to get caught thieving. Done this more than once.

I got dragged into looking at the AI generated customer review summaries on #Amazon and while doing this, I noticed that some books had safety warnings.

Hobbit: not to be used by children over 36 months.

Silmarillion: do not use near overhead power lines.

You have been warned.

#DangerousBooks

1492 population density map of what is now the USA.

Ahh yes, the two systems.

You've got to be kidding me 🤦🤦🤦

JUST BUILD TRAINS FOR GOODNESS’ SAKE. HYPERLOOP IS IMPOSSIBLE.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/railways/news/hyperloop-from-sci-fi-to-priority-for-next-eu-transport-commissioner/

EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.

Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists. #ClimateChange

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals