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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something... but it is not always quite the something you were after.” Pseudonymous geologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Signed up for too many starter packs.
Now they need to study whether gannets prefer mates with antibodies and messed up eyes or mates with pre-exposure type eyes.
Michelle Wille@duckswabber.bsky.social · 13h agoNorthern Gannets, Bonaventure Island, 2023. No mass mortalities. 40% +ve for anti-NP antibodies, w 92% having elevated iris pigmentation irregularities. Relationship less strong with H5 seropositive birds. Some pigmentation pre outbreaks.. 👉 academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
Who are the Ukrainian 'volunteers' under Russian command? amp.dw.com/en/who-are-t... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
Former Ukrainian prisoners are fighting under Russian command — voluntarily, Russia claims
Russia has announced a battalion consisting of Ukrainian "volunteers." But veterans and former prisoners of war share very different accounts.
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JUST IN: After 500 trees were cut over the weekend at DC's East Potomac golf course, opponents of Trump's revamp plan file for temporary restraining order immediately halting more tree removals. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum in Support – #76, Att. #1 in DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00477) – CourtListener.com
Emergency MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order or, Alternatively, For a 14-Day Stay Under Section 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act by DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE, ALEX DICKSON, DAVE ROBERTS. (Atta...
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So the way to save democracy is to blow up Russia data centers?
Note the right lateral offset of the yellow centerline of you look across the fault. (Traffic spotters had my back for this quick snap).
Garry Hayes@geotripper.bsky.social · 2d agoThe San Andreas fault crosses the highway near pinnacles National Park
Another massive flood caused by a landslide in Nepal - this one in the Budhi Gandaki valley. No decent cloud-free imagery from @planet.com yet but this is from @esa.int Sentinel2.
Dat klopt niet helemaal Fons. Ik ben eens door de Atacama gereisd (1 van m'n mooiste reizen!) en een paar jaar later zag ik foto's van een lila bloemenzee zover als oog strekte. Er zullen delen zijn waar geen regen viel, maar het komt af en toe voor: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
Chile’s new national park protects a superbloom of rare flowers
Following a rare superbloom event, Desierto Florido National Park was created to safeguard nearly 200 flower species—and many other scientific marvels—in the Atacama Desert.
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glass houses; ports; military bases; large numbers of pipes, containers, and ships containing combustible fuel; multi-billion dollar commercial airport; ... throwing rocks
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 22h agoReports indicate another ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. According to initial reports, the projectile struck Terminal 4, triggering a fire that emergency crews are working to extinguish.-Reuters
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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for some ppl privacy arguments don't resonate. 'nothing i do is illegal.' ok sure. but the case against surveillance goes beyond individual privacy. it's also abt the huge risks unregulated companies & governments pose to society, and as shown in this illuminating WSJ story, national security.
Video Cameras Are Everywhere—and Now They Are Being Hacked for War
The highly vulnerable devices have turned into tools for combatants to track, surveil and attack the enemy.
wsj.com
10th to 13th October: Mars crosses M44, the Beehive Cluster in Cancer, over these dates. The planet will be in the centre of the cluster on the 11th and 12th October. The grouping will be best viewed around 05:00 BST (04:00 UT). A great photo opportunity. #Astronomy
New oviraptorosaurian dinosaur Infernogallus jamesi: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Known from several specimens, including one with most of the skull! Skull has similarities to those of parrots that feed on soft fruits, suggesting it may have done the same. 🪶🧪 (📷 @funstonpaleo.bsky.social et al.)
#nepal has suffered another significant landslide and flood event, this time on the Budhi Gandaki river at Chumnubri & Dharche in Gorkha. The cause may be a valley blocking landslide near Chumchet. At least 5 people may be missing and bridges & houses have been destroyed. youtube.com/shorts/ZBlOC...
BUDHI GANDAKI मा महाप्रलय!बिहानै भीषण बाढी, गाउँ नै तहसनहस!#nepal #flood #budhigandiki#sad #news
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"The @financialtimes.com spoke with officials from five different European intelligence agencies who warned that chief executives and other senior employees at defence companies were being targeted by Kremlin operatives." www.ft.com/content/5da2...
Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2d agoRepublican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
proud to report that the years have been unable to quench the little voice inside me that says “going on a three-day trip where you’ll be working the whole time? you’d better bring a print copy of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant in case you have time for a little light reading!!”
A strong solar storm is hitting Earth right now after a solar eruption arrived a day earlier than forecast Northern lights are possible across the northern U.S. after dark tonight
Mastcam imagery captured two days ago in Valle Grande by Curiosity #Mars Oct. 8, 2026 - Sol 5038 🧪🔭 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
The juvenile one-upmanship will probably not end here. Musk undoubtedly has some "hilarious" prank ideas.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
“Among mercenaries, especially in Africa, Prince is derided because he has zero successful missions,” said Sean McFate, a former private military contractor who is currently a fellow at The Atlantic Council. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...
Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo
The injury of a former Green Beret and death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder’s growing role in one of Africa’s most intractable conflicts.
nytimes.com
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
If that had happened to me, I would have assumed I was being carjacked.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d agoThe NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
and @nws.noaa.gov saildrone video just dropped too if you want the master and commander experience @ianlivingston.bsky.social
Kind of want to make a miniature chamber with gilled mushrooms.
Roman Telescope 🔴 Gallery@roman-telescope.bsky.social · 2d agoNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Flickr (Jan 5, 2023) Inside the NASA Goddard anechoic chamber, spiked blue foam lines the walls, effectively absorbing sound for testing purposes. flic.kr/p/2ofxxHy
Damn. Phobos keeps sneaking into the frame. Moonwalking across the screen in different directions.
Andrea Luck@andrealuck.bsky.social · 2d agoPhobos (including Saturn and Deimos) in the latest release of @esa.int Mars Express Can you spot Saturn? Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2sFoFaS 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY ESA Mars Express Release September 15, 2026 Note: Saturn has been enlarged by 300%
Slip model for the 7.7 Mw Panama Earthquake today is interesting. Two big patches and looks like bidirectional rupture? Images from here: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
A M7.7 earthquake just struck southern Panama - the largest on-land earthquake the country has experienced in recorded history. What do we know, why did it occur, and what can we expect? ⚒️ 🧪 earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m77-earthq...
M7.7 earthquake strikes southern Panama
Largest on-land earthquake in Panama in recorded history
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery theconversation.com/galapagos-co...
Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery
Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
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