Keeping the annual tradition alive!

AGU (American Geophysical Union)@agu.org · 7h ago

The abstract submission website for #AGU26 is experiencing intermittent log in and slow response times. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

Just want to note re the Odyssey controversy that EW has written a thread about the film, a long piece, a thread summarizing the piece, an addendum with a couple of regrets, and has also done a podcast about her essay. Each approach is tonally different from all the others, and together...

So is Trump now gonna be indicted for posting 8647 like Comey was?

The thing that gets me every time with these "what happened the year you were born" things is how completely obvious and objective it is that 1969 was the best year to be born.

“A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included ⁠in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.”

Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · 6d ago

"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."

If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.

Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Willem Dafoe as Klaus in Life Aquatic Salutes

Alt: Willem Dafoe as Klaus in Life Aquatic Salutes

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Grumpy D Kelson@grumpykelson.myatproto.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

My new paper is out in Science Advances! Neptune's inner moons preserve clay minerals from the deep interiors of ancient icy worlds, exposed by Triton's catastrophic arrival. Here's the story and what it tells us about the violent history of the Neptunian system. 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Neptune’s inner moons and rings are exposed icy body interiors

Triton’s destructive wake exposed clay-like minerals from within ancient icy worlds, now reaccreted as Neptune’s inner moons.

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Wow, people *really* don’t like it when a woman criticizes a man's work.

Wait, isn't the entire Ghost of Christmas Past section of Christmas Carol his origin story? www.upi.com/Entertainmen...

Watch: Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in 'Ebenezer' origin story film - UPI.com

"Ebenezer," a new film starring Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge, opens in November. The movie reimagines "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

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Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.

The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only

Tommy Boy: Deer in Car

ALT: Tommy Boy: Deer in Car

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Big Miss Steak 𓅚 🐊@hawaiijeno.bsky.social · last wk.

The best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only

So the right had a collective meltdown over the casting of a character that appears for all of 10 minutes or so in a 3 hour film. Racism is really weird. Oh and Lupita Nyong'o is really fucking beautiful #Odyssey

How the hell can a cyclops with hands the size of cars milk a sheep in order to make cheese? #Odyssey

Well. This is something that is uh, fairly bad for deep space stuff. bsky.app/profile/andy...

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila

If this fucker really feels regret, maybe he should use his personal wealth to restore USAID funding

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Nic Cage 'You're a Flower' Mugshot Scene

ALT: Nic Cage 'You're a Flower' Mugshot Scene

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Dr. Fred J. Calef III@mapperwocky.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Really don’t understand the point of remaking the Odyssey when the perfect film version already exists

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? George Clooney Sings

ALT: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? George Clooney Sings

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JOE COCKER With A Little Help From My Friends 1969 Woodstock

YouTube video by Paulo procultura

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J.M. Berger@jmberger.com · 2w ago

What are your favorite adaptations that transcend their source material? Blade Runner springs to mind

Nice view of Lick observatory on flight from Phoenix to Oakland 🔭

Nico's These Days in Royal Tennenbaums youtu.be/I5SRdYsscLc

The Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack - These Days

YouTube video by Soundtrack Of Wes Anderson Films

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Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trying to think of pop songs most effectively used in movies. First that come to mind are of course “American Girl” in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and “I get around” in THREE KINGS

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case

Grumpy D Kelson@grumpykelson.myatproto.social · 3w ago

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

Feldspar facts Big Geo doesn't teach you in your mineralogy class (from a mineral dealer's page regarding albite)

It’s too bad Canadian forests have such a liberal bias

gawd, feel like I am back in the early years of exoplanets. A rock with 6 times the mass of Earth and a helium atmosphere is "Earth-like" in the same way I am "seahorse-like" www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Earth-like exoplanet found to have an atmosphere

Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere around rocky planet outside our solar system that is within the habitable zone

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Getting there 🛰️ After an eight-year journey through the inner Solar System, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will arrive at Mercury later this year. The arrival happens in stages. Here's what to expect 👇 🔭 🧪 #MercuryArrival

I'm so old I remember that requiring troops to be vaccinated was the apex of tyranny

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth now wants taxpayers to pay to give testosterone injections to troops to make them better warfighters.

Astronomy students across the northeast getting a real-time demonstration of reddening by dust

I, too, would be very happy to talk to anyone about this opportunity

Joe O'Rourke@geojgo.bsky.social · 3w ago

ASU is eager to host more 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellows. (We've had 4 in the past 3 years.) People focused on the Solar System (i.e., not exoplanets) are VERY ALLOWED. Happy to chat with anyone about this opportunity 🥳 www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...