hell yeah hell yeah

Daniel Aldrich@danielaldrich.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent after traveling underwater roughly ten miles towards the ice shelf’s center. www.earth.com/news/ran-rob...

Homer-Sexual

By far the coolest use of AI is applying machine learning algorithms to recordings of animals to slowly decipher their language. I want to see us crack the code and communicate with whales so badly.

The Discovery of the Sperm Whale Phonetic Alphabet

YouTube video by Anton Petrov

youtube.com

The percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere might not be the limiting factor for insects, meaning that in theory we could still have huge-ass bugs around today (if, according to the new theory, we didn't have even larger vertebrates around to eat the biggest and tastiest ones).

How did ancient bugs get so big? The prevailing theory may be wrong

Flying insect respiratory systems suggest abundant oxygen can’t explain ancient gigantism

science.org

We'll know that the Sun has truly set on American cultural supremacy when the kaiju start destroying Shanghai instead of New York.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 5mo ago

The first trailer for ‘GODZILLA MINUS ZERO’ shows Godzilla heading to New York and passing the Statue of Liberty Trailer releases at 3:55pm PT today, follow @discussingfilm.net to see it then.

"Balls to the walls" derives from the Old English "Manparts to the ramparts".

If I have seen further, it is because I looked over the heads of dwarfs

Iran won the war and the only move that we apparently seem to have, will leave our allied nations in the Middle East unable to support their current populations for months if not years.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is an account close to the Iranian leadership. We are now seeing the shape of why Iran agreed so enthusiastically to this "ceasefire". They will control and toll the Strait for the first time. They keep their nuclear program. They keep their missiles. What a disaster.

why did we even domesticate peeves

It's migration season! Monarch butterflies travel over 4,000 km to winter in Mexico's stunning oyamel forests. Witness the beauty of nature's incredible journey.

weird day

When the government agrees not to destroy all human life for no reason for at least two weeks

WAIT THEY CAN DRESS UP THE ZAMBONIS WHY DONT ALL THE TEAMS DO THIS

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Utah Mammoth have a new Zamboni skin (via Mammoth)

madman theory being confirmed and elevated to a broader madman consensus

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild. "Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

How did ancient bugs get so big? The prevailing theory may be wrong | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

How did ancient bugs get so big? The prevailing theory may be wrong

Flying insect respiratory systems suggest abundant oxygen can’t explain ancient gigantism

science.org

don't worry! i added a feature that lets you edit Jerry's posts!! edit-button-production.up.railway.app/jcsalterego....

Good morning!!! We're currently tanking the Artemis II rocket. Propellant is flowing into the core stage -- slow fill for LH2 (the finicky one) and fast fill for LOX.

It really blows my mind to see him putting up these numbers with both the Dem establishment and the online left (at least on Bluesky) loathing him. I've seen him speak, so I know he's charismatic, but I want to know a lot more about where this support is coming from.

Poll Tracker 📊@polltracker.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Maine Senate primary poll (Impact Research)* Graham Platner 66% Janet Mills 28% *Conducted for Troy Jackson (candidate for Maine Governor)

It's always funny when people who believe that election fraud is widespread actually attempt it and are caught immediately

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

How does Newsom's stare looks even deader than Bateman's?

Daramola@izdaramola.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’ve tried to stay out of the more lib brain nonsense that this app houses but I implore you that you cannot allow this man anywhere near the White House

Pretty funny that this is the example image and it looks like shit

9to5Mac@9to5mac.com · 6mo ago

You can now teach Adobe Firefly to generate images in your own visual style

🔬 The Cavendish Experiment: how tiny lead balls proved gravity exists between small objects

my small adult son ordered the ortolan at Panera and shocked the wait staff by devouring it shroudless in full sight of God

Static electricity has puzzled researchers for centuries. Nature reports on the experiments that are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours. (Just don’t shuffle your feet on the carpet while reading this) ⚛️ 🧪

Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

go.nature.com