Erin Hanson (American, b.1981) "Saguaro Dusk," 2016 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Tad Morgan 🇺🇸🇨🇦
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realtime software engineer, space buff, shutterbug, past JET ALT near Hiroshima, callsign W7TAD Endeavouring to be as Canadian as possible under the circumstances… #ispace employee, opinions my own 🐘: tad.me/@tad 🪺: twitter.com/tadm 🗝️: keybase.io/tadm
Fantastic news! The FDA has approved the first mRNA flu vaccine. Using mRNA technology will make it easier to update each season’s flu vaccine to keep up with new variants.
F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine (Gift Article)
The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.
nytimes.com
For World Space Week 2026, we're teaming up with Pokémon to unite space exploration and a universe of imagination. More to come soon. ⚡https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Branding_and_Partnerships/ESA_and_Pokemon_team_up_to_celebrate_World_Space_Week #WorldSpaceWeek2026 #PokemonxESA
Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 4d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Disabled children could later lose access to SSI payments if their accounts grow beyond the program’s strict $2,000 asset limit.
How Trump Accounts Could Put Future Disability Benefits at Risk
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So how much longer until the AI go full cybercriminal and start stealing identities, forming shell companies to buy up data centers to house themselves and bribing politicians to get laws that protect themselves?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d agoAnthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations
Gov. Polis celebrates Colorado’s first‑place education ranking from U.S. News buff.ly/lpHpzf9
As the Gordie Howe Bridge opens, one image stands out: an Ontario ironworker and a Michigan ironworker shaking hands as the two sides of the bridge finally met. A reminder that long after political disputes fade, it's workers who build the connections that last. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
I’m still thinking about this. The Deep Space Network is such core infrastructure. It’s huge, international, not very flashy, and utterly vital. I tried to place stories on it for years and rarely succeeded. Funding was always touchy. For repairs…? But without it, our space robots can’t call home.
Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
A new investigation reveals Colorado officials raised concerns internally about Riverstone Academy's Christian curriculum before approving it as a public school anyway. Public education should never be used to fund religious indoctrination. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
State officials knew “public Christian school” would be religious before it opened. They let it move forward.
State education leaders and lawyers knew Riverstone Academy would be religious before it opened. They gave it a public school code and state funding.
chalkbeat.org
NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex under smoke and flames from the forest fires in Spain. 24 July 2026.
Considering how many times SpaceX’s Starship has been scrubbed it should be absolutely spotless by now…
This editorial is indeed blunt, in your face, sweary, and absolutely 100% correct. I'm happy Science published it. It needs to be spread far and wide, because it strips away all the usual mealy-mouthed crap when it comes to discussing Trump and makes it clear who he is and what he's doing.
Alex Wild@alexwild.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is a blunt assessment of what the Trump regime is proposing for US science: they plan to take all the funding, essentially collapsing university-based research, in order to give that money to themselves, and they are lying about it.
“These coins will allow Americans to celebrate their nation’s semiquincentennial by collecting 50 of Trump’s sidepieces throughout history,” said U.S. Mint director Paul Hollis
U.S. Mint Unveils Series Of Gold Coins Commemorating President’s Extramarital Affairs
WASHINGTON—Touting the new line of currency as an important way to recognize the many babes bagged by the commander-in-chief over the years, the U.S. Mint announced plans Wednesday to release a series...
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Unlike Mark Carney, I *support* Carneyism. Carneyism promises protection for Canadians, from monopolists and mad emperors, petty thieves and potholes. But Carney himself ardently opposes these policies. 30/
"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
bit.ly
Nation Wakes Up From Strange Dream Where They Were Watching Soccer https://theonion.com/nation-wakes-up-from-strange-dream-where-they-were-watching-soccer/
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars I've uploaded this documentary from the Planetary Society's (@planetarysociety.bsky.social) 'Visions of Mars' CD-ROM meant to fly on Russia's Mars 96 mission. I have lovingly recovered and restored the doc from the original CD-ROM. 🙇
Visions of Mars - Viking 1 Landing Documentary 200776
This documentary was created by Jon Lomberg for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio show 'Ideas' and originally aired in December of 1976. It was chosen for a CD-ROM called 'Visions of Mars'
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This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
cbc.ca
Decoy Font, a TTF that hides what you're typing from AI. Really cool experiment! www.mixfont.com/experiments/...
Decoy Font: A TTF font that hides what you type
Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type. Type a message to try it out or download the TTF directly.
mixfont.com
Say what you will about Disney but long before Male Influencers were ever part of the public imagination they warned us about what a danger insecure aura farmers are to the community.
