pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 1hLet one billionaire vandalise the sky, then all the rest of them want to do it too. 021 0
Reposted by pelagornithidX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 15/10/2026honestly re: reverse engineering it just kinda blows to see your fun hobby get completely blown up by AI shit and people who love the slop machine because it's faster. AI art and shit at least *most* people correctly loathe + shun it, but too many people think that code isn't similarly creative. 161152302 0
Reposted by pelagornithidjosh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 15/10/2026the big thing the rise of LLMs has revealed to me is that there is a not insignificant chunk of the population that considers cognition itself to be a frustrating and unnecessary burden 8254021097 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 15/10/2026At that point, I'll call it a win if we can even see the sunrise through all the orbital megaconstellations. 010 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Good riddance to leap seconds.bipm.orgResolution 5 (2026) - BIPM 110 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Nice, they give (x,y) as well as RGB. Makes it a bit easier to play around with whitepoints/non-linear conversions. 120 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026BlueSky posting decision-making process, in convenient musical formyoutube.comFlipper - BrainwashYouTube video by TrampGrunger 000 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Looks interesting. The scenes which (as far as I can tell) are set in Charn are a lot more bright and colourful than I visualised that world being. 150 0
Reposted by pelagornithidMark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Neptune core is probably fuzzy so a big ice cream scoop would have been better. Likely why it wasn’t selected. 3305 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Insert that bit from Blindsight about something coding nonsense in a way that poses as a useful signal here. We are all the scramblers now. 010 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Random thought for the evening: if a website wants me to prove that I am human, it should also be forced to prove that it is human (or at least, written by and for humans). 100 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I hope this one doesn't go the way of VB 10 b. 010 0
Reposted by pelagornithidKiersten Formoso, PhD(epressed) @formorphology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Got some exciting new mosasaur research out today in Current Biology! How fast could these predators burst? www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comMosasaur tail morphology reveals burst swimming performance and ecological diversityFormoso et al. develop a drag-based “slam-start” model to estimate lunge velocity in four mosasaurs from skeletal and muscle reconstructions. Tail curl amplitude mainly drives performance: russellosau... 14217 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Insert that Douglas Adams quote about coming down from the trees being a big mistake here. 010 0
Reposted by pelagornithidESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 05/10/2026Can planets emerge from the deaths of stars? 💀 Astronomers looking through Hubble data from 1999 have identified unusual amounts of niobium in the chemical signatures from a white dwarf. 🔭 🧪 37110 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a fast man in possession of a furious fortune, must be in want of a never-ending set of sequels. 020 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I find the German „Gute Besserung“ to be somewhat friendlier than the English “Get well soon”, as I increasingly feel that the latter comes with an implicit “or else”. 000 0
Reposted by pelagornithidJustin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shane Ross at Virginia Tech created a simulation of what 500k orbital data centers, as proposed by SpaceX, would look like from your home latitude sdross0.github.io/orbital-data...sdross0.github.ioWhat would orbital data centers look like from your sky?500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser. 39266 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love how you can see the direct inspiration of this Cassini image in the ring system effects in that film. 010 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Saw various recommendations of Claire North's "Slow Gods" on here, so picked it up for a recent trip. It is indeed good, would also recommend it. 001 0
Reposted by pelagornithidMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We should let people dream of something besides labor 9624131 0
Reposted by pelagornithidBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 26/09/2026“LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs” diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-p… > When the LLM can get you 80% of the way to your goal, there is no need to "waste" time in mentoring, discussion, or convincing others.diegoe.beLLM Policies: Progress At All CostsGNOME and KDE have started to consider LLM policies, and we should talk about what this is really about. KDE caught everyone's attention first by... 0132 0
Reposted by pelagornithidCyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/202633 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings. 361610460 0
Reposted by pelagornithidDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026THE PLOT THICKENS! 👀 arxiv.org/abs/2609.20996arxiv.orgA fifth companion in the HR 8799 system revealed by GaiaHR 8799 is the benchmark young multi-planet system, hosting four directly imaged giant planets orbiting between a warm inner belt and a cold outer debris ring. However, the few-au region has remained ... 2141 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026English would be so much easier if we knew how letters are supposed to work. 110 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026German would be so much easier if they'd invented model railways back when the language was created. That way they could have gotten their desire to shunt stuff back and forth out of their system before they inflicted it on the sentence structure. 110 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Chemists keep talking about molar masses and molar concentrations, but what about other types of teeth? 000 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.static.klipy.comToo Many Cooks Sexy KillerAlt: The Too Many Cooks killer looks through the window at another instance of himself changing. It makes as much sense in context as anything else in Too Many Cooks. 0492 0
Reposted by pelagornithidNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For the 1st time, an extrasolar planet has left a radio fingerprint of its own, distinct from its star’s. 🔭 That fingerprint also tells us how strong its magnetic field is.⚛️ The planet is called β Pictoris b.🧪 Illustration Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) #planetsci #astronomy 211333 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Latest module in my German course is about discussing technology. I am not sure whether the terms Transhumanismus, Extropianismus, Singularitarismus, Kosmismus, Rationalismus, Effektiver Altruismus or Longtermismus will be on the exam... 000 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If I never hear about AI again it will be far too fucking soon 000 0
Reposted by pelagornithidMASTER BOOT RECORD @masterbootrecord.bsky.social · 11/09/2026COMPUTER METALTHE NEW ALBUM 30 OCTOBER 2026 ON METAL BLADE DOT MATRIX - NEW SINGLE OUT NOW For it is humans that shall command machines, and not machines that shall command humans. THIS IS COMPUTER METAL SPREAD THE CODE 15618 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An EX Trianguli Australis entry for the list of amusing variable star designations. 000 0
Reposted by pelagornithidBenjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As you can see in the contrast curve... this candidate is right at the limit of what we can see in these data, so we're not going to go guns blazing claiming this planet - but it's consistent with a resonant chain, and it will be accessible to followup JWST/AMI observations with better calibration. 0112 0
Reposted by pelagornithidDr. Wendy Panero @mineraltoplanet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just noticed that the number of recognized exoplanets [6360] recently surpassed the number of recognized minerals [6239]. It’s like noticing your car odometer at 100,003 miles. #mincup26 06916 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I wonder if the HR 8799 system could plausibly evolve into something that looks more like Upsilon Andromedae if the resonance chain breaks. 010 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How many giant planets does this one system need???arxiv.orgA Candidate Innermost Fifth Planet In the HR 8799 System Revealed By JWST NIRISS Aperture Masking InterferometryWe detect a candidate fifth planet in the HR 8799 system, directly imaged with the JWST/NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometer (AMI). The detected source lies just above a $3σ$ contrast curve at a con... 110 0
Reposted by pelagornithidDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026the 2026 software experience is betrayal 23419 0
Reposted by pelagornithidMaija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#SciArtSeptember 2: violet A recently described specimen of Sinopterus dongi showed, for the first time, evidence of iridescent colour in pterosaurs. There were also traces of horizontal stripes on the soft tissue crest. The Mesozoic world is getting more and more colourful. #SciArt 517954 0
Reposted by pelagornithidBlueSR @bluesr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025) 024556 0
Reposted by pelagornithidBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 05/09/2026“The age-gating of history – Hi, I'm Heather Burns” heatherburns.tech/2026/09/05/the-ag… > Enter the pearl-clutching brigade, who have deemed real history to be “age inappropriate” content so shocking that it requires age and identity verification to view. 0148 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Are there any constraints on material in/around the L₄/L₅ points of the Beta Pictoris planets? (And would this be stable given the orbital configuration?) 010 0
Reposted by pelagornithidMatthew Kenworthy @mattkenworthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Leiden Observatory Masters graduate Valerie Bakker leads a paper on “The Hill sphere transits of Beta Pictoris c and the search for another 1981-like event” where we (sadly) did not find circumplanetary dust… but maybe it’s already condensed into #exomoons ..? #astrodon #exoplanets 1164 0
Reposted by pelagornithidCarl-August W. @basaltweaver.bsky.social · 02/09/2026PBS Eons made a insta post showcasing my work on their series "Life and Death on Pangea" :) #sciart www.instagram.com/p/DcypJWfG4d9 2248 0
Reposted by pelagornithidPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you're under the age of 25, the first time you encounter *any* of these companies it's them offering dogshit. Like, if you are under 25 your experience with Bethesda has been Starfield, your experience with Facebook the Metaverse bullshit, your experience with Google its dogshit genAI, etc 72843887 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is fun! No Pelagornis sandersi though. 000 0
pelagornithid @pelagornithid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026new cyriak coming in at the last minute to make this week not totally terribleyoutube.comsea lifeYouTube video by cyriak 000 0
Reposted by pelagornithidEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026NOBODY WANTS THIS 3487 0
