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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
Most neutrino hunters bury their experiments deep underground to help cancel out noisy interference. Francis Halzen chose instead to go to Antarctica, which proved fertile ground for capturing high-energy particles created in the distant universe: arstechnica.visitlink.me/VpmZ_x
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Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 12h
"Software developers are not okay" www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/05-soft... The software industry is becoming increasingly hostile to those who work in it. The uncertainty is affecting even those who believe in the promises of tech. Direct link to the essay: www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/05-soft...
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Software developers are not okay
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12h
What is the IceCube neutrino observatory? Neutrinos are elusive particles that rarely interact, but can create flashes of light when they do. Most neutrino detectors are giant water tanks surrounded by light detectors. IceCube is kilometer-long strings of detectors embedded in the Antarctic ice.
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 16h
I agree very much with not pledging devotion to a party & leaving yourself space to assess things much closer to an election, as it changes very fast nowadays. But (in Holborn and St Pancras) I didn't expect it to be that fast and that close that one could send in a postal vote and then regret it.
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We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We’re just normal men
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is just indefensible. I think Greens will discover as much soon, question is how quickly they can retreat, and how much damage will be done by the time they do.
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of the most annoying things about Americans is the way they approach collective nouns. Oasis are second rate, not Oasis is second rate.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People should differentiate "I don't like" and "this is bad". "I don't like jazz" is personal subjective, it does not mean it's bad, just that it is not to ones taste. "Political corruption is bad" is a statement of objective fact, it is a harm and net negative.
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NewAccountWhoDis @newaccountwhothis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It did take around a Billion years for anything else to happen in those new niches afterwards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_... Nothing is forever but that does look like maybe a short-to-medium term setback.
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Boring Billion - Wikipedia
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Grace @gracekind.net · 03/10/2026
Just found out the Pope doesn’t believe in computational theory of mind. My day is ruined
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is what happens when you start excusing things under the banner of “legitimate concerns”
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Schmitt: Were you or were you not born in a crossfire hurricane? Smith: I was not. Schmitt: So you're telling us—under oath—that you weren't raised by a toothless, bearded hag? Smith: That is Jumpin' Jack Flash.
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sometimes I just sit and think about the around 750 million years of rust that preceded that, the slow rain of iron oxide onto the sea beds. Until this huge capacity to absorb O2 was finally exhausted and overwhelmed. It's chilling.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pointing out that EVs are imported on diesel ships is the same as pointing out that the lightbulb was invented in a candlelit office.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 02/10/2024
Happy Birthday Peanuts
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey, Argentine Ants are an invasive pest in most of the world, not just North America.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now extend this to "no-deploy on x time of day / day of the week" Work on making deploys on that day safer.
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me: "When a build's in progress, wait until the green light before pushing your changes." Them: "Our builds take half an hour. What are we supposed to do while we're waiting?" Me: "Work on speeding up the build."
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the only map of england everybody else needs (best selling music by territory, Actually Helpful for understanding some things; also Suck It Morrissey.)
map of england where every county is lableled by their best selling band
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How about we do good work *and* we enjoy doing it? A worrying number of people don't seem to know either of those are options, let alone both.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Back home: no leaflets from Labour (unsurprisingly) and none from the Greens either, however, there is a new leaflet from the Camden People's Alliance, Andrew Feinstein's local leftist party, urging me to vote for Zack Polanski.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Same with books! I do not want a personalised reading experience centred on myself. I read to catch a glimpse of other people’s souls.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Drop the triple lock/create a national care service is a proper policy offer. But I am slightly confused about setting out a manifesto for 2028/29 in late 2026 with years of governing still to go.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the most important story in the world keeps getting a bit important-er
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.
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matt | infovoy @infovoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWK...
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This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)
YouTube video by 4AD
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lord Gove: "The thing that is really perplexing to me is why these people have been released on bail.." Kevin Maguire: "My guess would be, its because the police have found no evidence of terrorism" #GMB
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy
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Martin Greenaway @mgreenaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are a bunch of people in the political apparatus who are confused as to why Russia doesn't take us seriously.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 28/09/2026
Biggest milestone yet for Starship techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/s...
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SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time | TechCrunch
Though not without some drama along the way.
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. people get mad that some things in country dont work 2. blame migrants. vote Reform 3. expel migrants 4. country works even worse 5. blame migrants even worse 6. get angrier, vote Reform more 7. expel more migrants 8. country works even worse 9. blame migrants even worse etc
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
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Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sigh. What would be the point of getting a nice new UGreen NAS box for under £500, when the Hard Drives for it would bankrupt me, if you can get them at all without resorting to crime?
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Chris Oldwood @chrisoldwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” — Howard Aiken
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.
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Anthony Steele @anthonyfsteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have seen a 300 line file called "Constants.cs" that was used almost everywhere else. (this isn't a good idea, btw)
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Chris Oldwood @chrisoldwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've been struggling to upload a photo of Marcel Marceau. Every time I send the request I get a response of "415 Unsupported Mime Type"…
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026
transphobia is a lot more widespread than I’d like transphobia is also a luxury belief and only really gains traction when people think their lives are otherwise pretty solid it simply cannot hold a candle, electorally speaking, to “car juice expensive”
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C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels @clpauwels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"If (when) the Hollywood unions go on strike over this betrayal (which they absolutely should do), the agreement becomes null. And if (when) the AI bubble bursts and there's a massive recession, the agreement becomes null."
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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maria Elvira Salazar thinks Trump’s immigration policies have gone too far. “You can be for immigration what Lincoln was for slavery” 🫠🐆
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