tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

Your 80-year old reminder of the ethical decision you make if you choose to dissociate your fantasies of space exploration & love of rockets from the politics of the people building & launching them.

Credit: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1879,_Rakete_V2_nach_Start_cropped.jpg

If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough,
If OUGH stands for O as in Dough,
If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis,
If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbor,
If TTE stands for T as in Gazette,
If EAU stands for O as in Plateau,

The right way to spell POTATO should be:

GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

#EnglishIsHard

See also: “Ghoti”

PG&E estimates California utility customers will pay about $7.6 billion to extend Diablo Canyon’s operations through 2030, and state and federal programs are kicking in an additional $1.2 billion

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/pge-bills-diablo-canyon-19821155.php

New virus uncovered in China – is this a sign tick-borne diseases are on the rise?

In addition to discovering new tick-borne diseases, we’re also seeing the distribution of established tick-borne diseases changing. There are several reasons why this is happening, among which is #ClimateChange. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://theconversation.com/new-virus-uncovered-in-china-is-this-a-sign-tick-borne-diseases-are-on-the-rise-240503

After arrival around L2, #ESAEuclid immediately started to produce first images. Both instruments on board worked perfectly. But there were some issues: some straylight in the VIS instrument required survey replanning, sometimes solar X-rays needed to be flagged, and a fix was required for initial guiding problems of the spacecraft.

All this was quickly fixed.

More images and explanations, #Euclid52weeks: https://www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-anniversary

#astrodon #space #astronomy #science #cosmology

Happy 10th Anniversary to this absolute legend, Wondermark #1062; The Terrible Sea Lion

This is Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) passing by the sun while she fires off one CME after the other.
Mercury also makes an appearance on the left.

These images were taken by the LASCO C3 coronagraph on board the
ESA / NASA / SOHO spacecraft.

[EDIT: I added new images from this morning]

#space #esa #nasa #astrodon #comet #tsuchinshan #atlas

Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby #TidalDisruptionEvent: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02181 -> Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find: https://chandra.si.edu/press/24_releases/press_100924.html and https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/tde/ and https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/black-hole-destroys-star-goes-after-another-nasa-missions-find

We’re seeking a post-doctoral researcher to work with us at Stockholm Resilience Centre

The position will focus on adapting the Gross Ecosystem Product framework for Sweden.

In collaboration with the NatCap project at Stanford University, you’ll estimate the value of ecosystem services and support decision-making.

We offer a good workplace and exciting science and collaboration

Applications close Oct 13

more info:
https://www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a3127427980006480.html

#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"