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Roland Giersig @roland.giersig.net · 11h

Ich habe gerade einen Appell für umweltfreundlichere Flüge unterschrieben. Flugzeuge können schon heute mit nachhaltigem Treibstoff fliegen. Die EU hat ein Gesetz, das dies ermöglicht. Doch Ölkonzerne wie BP und Shell wollen dieses Gesetz kippen: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-09...

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Haltet Big Oil von unserem Himmel fern

Teile den Appell und hilf mit, die Wirkung dieser Kampagne zu vervielfachen: Haltet Big Oil von unserem Himmel fern

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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Donnie Darko” offers a time travel lesson you won’t find elsewhere The movie "Donnie Darko" first came out 25 years ago. How does the time travel in the story stack up against what physics actually understands? bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #physics #timetravel #movies

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"Donnie Darko" offers a time travel lesson you won't find elsewhere

Most time travel stories involve changing the past to create a better future. Donnie Darko subverts that expectation, and a whole lot more.

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Physics Magazine @physicsmagazine.aps.org · 24/09/2026

New research suggests the gallium anomaly, a decades-old mismatch between neutrino experiments and theory, could be solved not by new physics, but by a more rigorous approach to calculate the electron-neutrino capture rate. Read the Synopsis: go.aps.org/3T2BFhN

An illustration with a black background depicts the process of electron-neutrino capture by a gallium atomic nucleus. A horizontal arrow on the left shows an orange particle, an electron neutrino, directed into the nucleus, which is composed of many red and blue spheres representing protons and neutrons and is surrounded by a blurry turquoise halo representing the electron cloud. A bright blue particle to the right is directed outward at an angle, representing an outgoing electron as gallium transforms into germanium.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Lars Fischer @fischblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Watching AI agents going rogue step by step in full public view actually feels a bit like watching climate change unfold.

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 21/09/2026

Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt Auch wenn wir einen Raketenantrieb für relativistische Geschwindigkeiten bauen könnten: Wir könnten damit nicht reisen. Man würde nämlich schon bei 10% der Lichtgeschwindigkeit in so viele einsame interstellare Protonen krachen, dass man sofort tot wäre.

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 20/09/2026

Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt Die Donau hat eine unterirdische Abzweigung. Sie versickert kurz nach der Quelle, ein Teil kommt wieder an die Oberfläche, ein Teil geht über Bodensee & Rhein in die Nordsee. Ein Wassermolekül an der Donauquelle "weiß" also noch nicht, in welchem Meer es enden wird.

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The station walls at Gare du Nord in Paris are decorated with the equations that help us model climate change.

One board at the station, written in English, explains the equations.

One of the equations for modelling circulation.

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👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fuck this dude so much. My mom’s cousin died from polio, & a classmate too. She remembers the pool closings for outbreaks, & vividly recalls getting her first vaccine. It was a terror. And we almost drove the virus extinct, like we did with smallpox. But then we got dumbfucks like this.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Furthermore, if you remain enrolled in my course you agree to abide by the policies and rules laid out in this syllabus, including but not limited to

An image of Bart Simpson writing “I Will Not Expose the Ignorance of the Faculty.” on a chalkboard.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If the EU is adding members, Canada and California are available.

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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed making Canada the European Union's first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs drive Ottawa closer to Europe. n.pr/3UX0uMz

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EU's Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become an associate member

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Stadt Wien-Büchereien @buechereienwien.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Die Ruhezone im Zug erkennt man daran, dass Telefonierende dort alle 3 Sekunden sagen, dass sie nur kurz telefonieren können, weil sie in der Ruhezone sind.

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Humboldt-Stiftung @humboldt-foundation.de · 16/09/2026

Researchers in Germany: this one’s for you! 🌍 The Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship offers researchers across all career stages and disciplines the opportunity to pursue research abroad with a host from the global Humboldt Network. Join our Info Event to learn more: bit.ly/info-event-l...

Promotional graphic for an upcoming Humboldt Discovery event. At the top center, there is a circular illustration of two women and a man looking in different directions with binoculars and magnifying glass.

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 15/09/2026

Interessante Frage: Was ist größer - die Energie, die man aufnimmt, wenn man einen Kuchen isst, oder die Energie, die man beim Backen in Form von Hitze hineinstecken muss? Vorweg: Die Antwort hat mich überrascht. Ich hätte das ganz anders eingeschätzt. (Thread)

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Although scientists have been studying thermonuclear reactions for decades, there is a lack of understanding to how precise measurements of them are. After bringing together the complete set of published results, a team of researchers have provided updated "best" values 🔗: ow.ly/ML7Z50ZMJP8

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚀 LAUNCH: Complete! ✅ 🚀 DEPLOYMENT: Complete! ✅ 🚀 POWER ON: Complete! ✅ So…what is Roman doing now? Roman has begun a ~3-month commissioning period, when teams will turn on, test, calibrate, align, and focus the observatory. Follow the daily updates on the blog: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🌎 One pixel. That's all a future telescope will see of a distant living world. To read it and to know whether it's alive, we need a reference. So MARBLE will study the one planet we already know is inhabited: ours. 🧪 🔭 #SETIInstitute #MARBLE #SearchForLife #SETI #SpaceExploration

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DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · 14/09/2026

Künstliche Intelligenz lud Schadsoftware auf eine Plattform mit Millionen Nutzer:innen. Ein Cybersicherheitsforscher aus Österreich verhinderte, dass sie sich weiterverbreiten konnte: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Wie ein Wiener eine KI-Spionagesoftware von Anthropic stoppte

Künstliche Intelligenz lud Schadsoftware auf eine Plattform mit Millionen Nutzern. Ein Cybersicherheitsforscher aus Österreich verhinderte, dass sie sich weiterverbreiten konnte

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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Only four days each year are actually 24 hours long "The day is 24 hours long" is something we all say, but however you measure it, it's only precisely true for four days out of the year. Planetary motion is complicated! bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #time #physics

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today on the #arXiv: Batygin et al. 2026, "Terminal instability of the Solar System triggered by stochastic solar mass loss" - arxiv.org/abs/2609.12494. We know that the inner planets will eventually fall into the red giant Sun, unless they scatter first. The gas giants likely scatter afterwards.

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Terminal instability of the Solar System triggered by stochastic solar mass loss

From its birth, celestial mechanics has been deeply intertwined with the question of the Solar System's dynamical stability. For the inner planets, this question is now statistically settled: Mercury'...

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DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · 14/09/2026

Ab 2030 soll man darin auch maturieren können. www.derstandard.at/story/3000000339…

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Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Is there "anyone home" inside Claude? Intriguing episode of @davideagleman.bsky.social's Inner Cosmos podcast with interpretability researcher Jack Lindsey: eagleman.com/podcast/what... #AI #consciousness

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What Is Claude Thinking But Not Saying? with Jack Lindsey

Is AI thinking things it never says aloud? How would we know if a large language model were having a subjective experience? Is there a way to read the ‘thoughts’ of an LLM? Human b…

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

43 debris objects cataloged by US Space Force from the breakup of a Chinese satellite in 141 deg retrograde orbit, Yaogan 50-02. The debris is in the 600 to 1100 km altitude range.

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

After studying 72 young, sun-like stars, astronomers have discovered that forming planets is a race against time 🪐🔭! The team examined data to track how matter escapes from protoplanetary disks and how this escape gives rise to different stages of planet formation 🔗: ow.ly/sCJh50ZIsql

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 03/09/2026

A happy goodbye is still a goodbye 🥹 Mission accomplished, MTM! 🫡 Thank you for the ride! Thanks to its solar-powered electric thrusters, MTM carried ESA's Bepi and JAXA's Mio to Mercury on the power equivalent of 250 ants! 🐜🐜🐜 🔭 🧪 #planetsci 1/3

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 03/09/2026

Mercury Transfer Module separation confirmed! 📡 ✅ Signal acquired via our Cebreros deep-space antenna confirms the spacecraft is healthy and operating as expected. The MPO and Mio spacecrafts are now on their way to Mercury orbit insertion on 21 November. Farewell, MTM. Mercury awaits. ☀️🛰️

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Ludmila Carone @exotides.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#BepiColombo runs on electric propulsion. I am still blown away (pun intended) that this possible now for interplanetary missions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e... Even in space, the future is electric propulsion.

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Solar electric propulsion - Wikipedia

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Mario Livio @mariolivio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today is Sep 3. On this date in 1905 physicist Carl Anderson was born. He won the @NobelPrize for Physics in 1936 for his discovery of the positron, or positive electron, the first known particle of antimatter.

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

GRMHD Simulations of Accreting Proto-Magnetars II. Implications for r-process Nucleosynthesis arxiv.org/pdf/2609.00190 Tejas Prasanna, Kyle Parfrey, Brian D. Metzger, Ore Gottlieb, Andrei Beloborodov, Koushik Chatterjee.

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New pynucastro example demonstrating how to visualize the flow through a reaction network from a MESA model (in this case, a nova) pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/m... #astro #astrocode

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Importing MESA Models and Visualizing Reactive Flow — pynucastro 3.0.0.post32+gb0c3e625e documentation

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Proton minibeam radiotherapy is an innovative new cancer treatment that uses a spatially modulated dose distribution to destroy tumours while sparing healthy tissue. But how might organ motion during treatment impact this sparing effect? 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/dose-calcu...

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Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy – Physics World

A Monte Carlo-based 4D dose calculation framework assesses the uncertainties for realistic clinical treatments

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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 01/09/2026

Reducing journeys while maintaining impact: The SNSF is updating its regulations to encourage more sustainable travel choices in the projects that it funds. The goal is to support research that is internationally connected and more conscious of the use of resources. ➡️Read more: sohub.io/61bj

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The SNSF commits to sustainable travel

Fewer journeys, trains instead of planes, online meetings: The SNSF is updating its regulations to promote sustainability.

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

LAUNCH at 1125 UTC Aug 30 of a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center with NASA's Roman Space Telescope

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A special moment for @stsci.edu Roman Mission Office! After years of helping prepare the science operations that will turn Roman’s observations into discoveries, members of the team are gathered at Kennedy Space Center to watch Roman begin its journey to space. #RomanLaunch

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today we wish a Happy Birthday to Arthur McDonald, a Canadian astrophysicist known for his role in solving the solar neutrino problem! Celebrate by exploring recent findings from the research institute named in his honor 🔭: ow.ly/sxWk50ZFnSK #astrophysics #astronomy

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Die meisten Menschen verstehen bis heute nicht, wie professionell, strategisch und bestens finanziert sie seit Jahrzehnten zum Klima hinters Licht geführt werden. Von Leuten, die mit fossiler Energie reich werden. Der Zweifel ist ihr Produkt. Wir alle bezahlen. Dieser Podcast hilft. 1.ard.de/REICH

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REICH – Das Geschäft mit dem Zweifel

Zweifel sind längst zu einer einflussreichen Währung geworden und für manche sogar zu einem lukrativen Geschäftsmodell. Im investigativen Podcast REICH folgt ein Journalistenteam einem Netzwerk aus Lo...

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Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️ @larrynittler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Apologies if you've heard this story before but with tomorrow's launch of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope I’m gonna tell it again. April 1997, I was a new postdoc at @carnegiescience.bsky.social 's Dept of Terrestrial Magnetism (now Earth & Planets Lab) and was asked to give dept seminar. 1/ 🔭

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Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️ @larrynittler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Accidentally" is an interesting word in that subhed. Pretty sure he made the decision to use the AI and to present its work.

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Grabmacherjoggi Basel @grabmacherjoggi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Heute vor 297 Jahren - Basel first und Kompetenz ist ja ohnehin vollkommen überbewertet. #WieManDenLadenAnDieWandFährt

Wortmeldung aus dem August 1729: "Fremde werden künftig von der Vergabe von Ämtern ausgeschlossen. Es sei unzumutbar, dass sich Bürger mit ihnen bei Bewerbungen messen lassen müssen. So bestimmt nun der Bürgerbrief und die länger die Befähigung das Basler Amtswesen"

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OMAS GEGEN RECHTS Österreich @omasgegenrechts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In letzter Zeit wird allerorts zu mehr Aktivität der Bürgerinnen aufgerufen, um den schon in die Jahre gekommenen neuen Faschismus zu bekämpfen. Wir machen das seit 9 NEUN Jahren, werden bewundert und verspottet. Wir können Euch sagen: es ist ganz leicht!

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AstroArxiv @astroarxiv.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Impact of Nuclear Level Density on $r$-Process Rare-Earth Peak Nucleosynthesis. Hang Xu et. al. arxiv.org/abs/2608.25440

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 28/08/2026

Wer prüft, was #KI wirklich kann? Max-Planck-Direktor Thorsten Holz fordert frei zugängliche Daten und Tests sowie unabhängige Prüfungen und sanktionsfreie Meldesysteme, um die Sicherheit und Verifizierbarkeit zu gewährleisten.

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Wer prüft, was KI wirklich kann?

Frontier-KI-Systeme bieten enorme Potenziale, doch ihre Fähigkeiten sind schwer zu überprüfen und erfordern unabhängige Verifizierung.

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Le Guin wrote "The Lathe Of Heaven" in 1971.

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AstroArxiv @astroarxiv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nucleosynthesis in the Accretion-induced Collapse of magnetised, Rotating White Dwarfs. Laurenz Thümmler et. al. arxiv.org/abs/2608.21000

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AstroArxiv @astroarxiv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Origin of nucleosynthetic isotope variability in the NC reservoir: Evidence from Ti, Cr, and Mo isotopes. Elias Wölfer et. al. arxiv.org/abs/2608.19786

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AstroArxiv @astroarxiv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Modelling s-process chemical clocks: insights from high-precision Kepler data. G. Casali et. al. arxiv.org/abs/2608.17480

$Top panel: Distribution of rotational velocities adopted for the massive star yields. The grey curves show the fraction of massive stars assigned to each rotational velocity (0 km/s solid, 150 km/s dashed, and 300 km/s dotted) as a function of metallicity. Coloured lines/diamonds (right-hand axis...$ Same as Fig. {fig: chemical clocks vs. Age

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[Zr/Ti] and [Ce/Ti] as a function of stellar age for the 68 {Kepler

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