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Massachusetts Zoning Atlas — National Zoning Atlas The Massachusetts Zoning Atlas is a project of the National Zoning Atlas, which aims to digitize, demystify, and democratize information about zoning conditions in more than 30,000 U.S. jurisdictions....

I've been tinkering with the Massachusetts zoning atlas. A group of folks went through all of the zoning bylaws and ordinances in the state, and put them into a GIS system, with information about what can be built were.

www.zoningatlas.org/massachusetts

1. Graphic of the Juno spacecraft and an image of JunoCam attached to the spacecraft during ground testing 2. Pic of the two JunoCam assemblies - the camera head (CH) and the electronics unit (JDEA) 3. Diagram of the components in the two units Source: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/pub/e/downloads/JunoCam_Junos_Outreach_Camera.pdf The NASA article refers to the voltage regulator as the damaged part but describes the annealing process as applied to the camera head unit, which is located on the outside of the spacecraft body;

In an IEEE conference last week, NASA engineers explained how they fixed the Juno spacecraft’s failing JunoCam imager in late 2023 by heating and slow-cooling (annealing) its electronics.
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Very sad to hear. ⚛️

LHC "page 1": https://op-webtools.web.cern.ch/vistar/ - the monitoring page of the LHC collider that shows the status of the machine, beam intensities, etc.

A proton-proton collision event recorded in the ATLAS detector on May 5th, 2025. The day with the first stable beam collisions in the LHC in 2025.

After a boring night shift yesterday, we are back to recording collision data at the LHC. We are still in this year's commissioning phase were we are not yet at full intensity with about 800 bunches circulating in both directions. So what does that mean? A short #SciComm thread 🧵🧪⚛️

The invisibility of length contraction – Physics World Objects travelling at relativistic speeds will shorten as a consequence of Einstein's special relativity. But what, asks David Appell, if you try to look at such an object?

If you want to irritate armchair physicists on Reddit, just tell them that length contraction isn't a visible effect. Are Bluesky physicists more open-minded? ⚛️🔭🧪

Explanation: You don't see an object's length (dist. between its endpoints at a fixed time). You see photons that arrive simultaneously.

I didn't have the Spanish and Portuguese versions yet, thank you so much! We need to get this information out there.

This is an infographic designed to inform individuals in Massachusetts about how to respond if they see ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity. It provides a hotline number and outlines the services offered by LUCE (Massachusetts ICE Watch), an organization focused on community support and rights education regarding ICE enforcement. Text in the Image: --- SEE ICE? CALL THE LUCE HOTLINE (617) 370-5023 (There is a QR code displayed to the left of the following section.) What do we do? Verify ICE sightings Support you in exercising your rights Share verified information to protect the community LUCE MASSACHUSETTS ICE WATCH (There is also an illustration of a megaphone in the bottom left corner.)

Esta es una infografía diseñada para informar a las personas en Massachusetts sobre cómo actuar si ven actividad de ICE (Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas). Proporciona un número de línea directa y describe los servicios que ofrece LUCE (Vigilancia de ICE en Massachusetts), una organización enfocada en el apoyo comunitario y la educación sobre derechos ante acciones de inmigración. La imagen incluye texto grande en la parte superior que pregunta si has visto a ICE, seguido de instrucciones para llamar a la línea directa de LUCE con un número de teléfono. A la izquierda hay un código QR. Debajo, una sección describe lo que hace la organización: verificar avistamientos de ICE, ayudar a las personas a ejercer sus derechos y compartir información verificada con la comunidad. En la parte inferior aparece el nombre completo de la organización. También hay una ilustración de un megáfono morado y verde. --- Texto original traducido: ¿VES A ICE? LLAMA A LA LÍNEA DIRECTA DE LUCE (617) 370-5023 ¿Qué hacemos? Verificamos avistamientos de ICE Te apoyamos en el ejercicio de tus derechos Compartimos información verificada para proteger a la comunidad LUCE VIGILANCIA DE ICE EN MASSACHUSETTS

Esta é uma arte informativa feita para alertar pessoas em Massachusetts sobre o que fazer ao ver atividades do ICE (Serviço de Imigração e Controle de Alfândega dos EUA). Ela fornece um número de telefone direto e descreve os serviços da LUCE (Vigilância do ICE em Massachusetts), uma organização que apoia a comunidade e oferece educação sobre direitos em situações de fiscalização migratória. A imagem contém um texto grande no topo perguntando se você viu o ICE, seguido de uma instrução para ligar para a linha direta da LUCE, com o número de telefone. À esquerda, há um código QR. Abaixo disso, uma seção explica as ações da organização: confirmar aparições do ICE, apoiar o exercício dos seus direitos, e compartilhar informações verificadas para proteger a comunidade. No rodapé, aparece o nome completo da organização. Há também uma ilustração de um megafone roxo e verde. --- Texto original traduzido: VIU O ICE? LIGUE PARA A LINHA DIRETA DA LUCE (617) 370-5023 O que fazemos? Verificamos aparições do ICE Ajudamos você a exercer seus direitos Compartilhamos informações verificadas para proteger a comunidade LUCE VIGILÂNCIA DO ICE EM MASSACHUSETTS

English: See ICE? Here’s what to do. DO NOT Engage Remain nonviolent at all times. Do not give them an opportunity to charge you with real crimes. Alert People Yell "La Migra! Immigration!" to let people in the area know. Video Everything Keep a safe distance and record from your phone. Be sure to get a license plate if able. Call a Hotline If you're in Massachusetts, call the LUCE hotline at 617-370-5023. Do not call police; they cannot interfere with ICE. Get Names You have the right to ask for the agent’s name and badge number. Do so! Check for a Warrant Agents must have a warrant signed by a judge. You have a right to ask and see it. Stay Silent You have the right to remain silent even if you are taken by agents. Ask for a lawyer but say nothing else. Stay informed, speak out, know your rights, remain nonviolent. This is authoritarianism, and it is our job as Americans to protect our country. --- Brazilian Portuguese: Viu a ICE? Veja o que fazer. NÃO Interaja Permaneça não violento o tempo todo. Não lhes dê oportunidade de te acusar de um crime real. Alerte as Pessoas Grite "La Migra! Imigração!" para avisar quem estiver por perto. Grave Tudo em Vídeo Mantenha distância segura e grave com seu celular. Se possível, anote a placa do carro. Ligue para a Linha Direta Se você está em Massachusetts, ligue para a linha direta da LUCE: 617-370-5023. Não chame a polícia; eles não podem interferir com a ICE. Peça Nomes Você tem o direito de pedir o nome e o número da identificação do agente. Faça isso! Peça para Ver o Mandado Os agentes precisam ter um mandado assinado por um juiz. Você tem o direito de pedir e ver. Fique em Silêncio Você tem o direito de permanecer em silêncio mesmo se for detido. Peça um advogado e não diga mais nada. Informe-se, manifeste-se, conheça seus direitos, permaneça não violento. Isso é autoritarismo, e é nosso dever como americanos proteger nosso país. Criado por @mass50501

Lots of ICE in Massachusetts these days.

Saving, sharing, and spreading this information will help keep good people safe from masked kidnappings.

Especially if you're not at risk yourself, use your voice and privilege to spread this knowledge. It will save lives.

ICE is running rampant in Massachusetts. Stay alert and support our neighbors.

A macro photograph captures a black ant on a vibrant green leaf with serrated edges. The ant is positioned near a cluster of small, dark-colored aphids attached to the stem. The ant's antennae are extended forward, and its body is slightly arched, suggesting interaction with the aphids. The background is softly blurred, highlighting the detailed textures of the ant's exoskeleton and the leaf's surface.

Check it out I found an ant tending to its aphid farm!

Ant friend is in the front keeping the farm clean and tidy and the aphid cow buddies are the black clustered at the base of the branch in the back.

#entomology #ants #insects #inverts

Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA

We're seeing increased ICE presence in Massachusetts. ICE is kidnapping people off the streets, harassing bystanders, & terrorizing communities. The LUCE hotline has been doing amazing work to keep people alert and to document what's happening. Bookmark www.lucemass.org.

What else can you do?

For me anyways f12 takes a screenshot

Building, launching, and scaling ChatGPT Images ChatGPT Images is OpenAI’s biggest launch yet, with 100 million NEW users generating 700 million images in the first week. But how was it built? A deepdive with OpenAI’s engineering team

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Riverlane's Quantum Error Correction Pack Join the conversation

We’d love to find more #QEC experts here on BlueSky and have created this starter pack to help connect the error correction community.

It’s just a start – if you’re working QEC, please follow this account and message us. We’ll happily add you to the pack!

go.bsky.app/RiZfVco 🧪

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Close-up of a blooming wild strawberry plant with a single white flower and bright yellow center, surrounded by three-part green leaves with serrated edges. Several buds are nearby, and the forest floor is softly blurred in the background.

I noticed that the wild strawberries in my yard are starting to flower! Strawberry flowers are tiny but when you look close there's so much pretty detail.

The local bunnies are feasting like kings! 🐇♥️🍓

#nature #springwatch #wildstrawberries #foragingfinds

On the left, xenon plasma emits a blue glow from an electric Hall thruster identical to those that will propel NASA's Psyche spacecraft to the main asteroid belt. On the right is a similar non-operating thruster. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/solar-electric-propulsion-makes-nasas-psyche-spacecraft-go/

NASA engineers are troubleshooting an issue with the solar electric Hall-effect thrusters on the Psyche spacecraft, which have shut down due to a drop in pressure in the line that feeds xenon gas to the thrusters. A backup fuel line is avail if needed.
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Another cool Martian cloud spotted by CNSA Tianwen 1...

and yes, Mars does have clouds!

Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2r2HXah
Image Processing: Andrea Luck
Raw data: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC

Mars, Protonilus Mensae - March 1, 2022
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When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.

"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured.

Perhaps. But then there were kittens."

The image depicts an infographic with information about immigrant rights, especially when dealing with ICE, in Massachusetts. The text reads: "See ICE? Call the LUCE hotline at 617-370-5023. What do we do? Verify ICE sightings, Support you in exercising your rights, Share verified information to protect the community."

Lots of ICE in Massachusetts these days. Share and stay safe fellow Massholes.

Check out the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network for resources www.lucemass.org

For 50+ years, #Landsat 🛰️ has captured the changing face of Earth, creating an #EarthObservation record that continues to provide countless #SocietalBenefits. How has Landsat benefited your community?
#gischat #eochat
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A graphic explaining that telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope use starlight to measure molecular signatures. The graphic includes an example of how traces of starlight can provide information about atmospheric signatures in exoplanets.

Light signatures can help astronomers deduce the atmospheric gases of planets circling stars many light years away. Determining the nature of these alien skies is one of the goals of the James Webb Space Telescope. 🧵1/5

A Dorisprismatica nudibranch exploring a diverse green and brown algae-scape. The nudi is bright white, with contrasting black margins, butt-gills and rhinophores. It faces toward a dark, shadowy overhang where a glimpse of urchin spines can be seen

Sea slug of support for anyone who needs. A nudi in fairytale forest. #Marinelife #inverts 🦑🐙🧪

Your aperiodic reminder that Mercury has a weirdly HUGE core for reasons we do not yet understand.

It's less a planet and more a molten ball bearing wrapped in a thin blanket of rock.

YouTube video by LGR Blerbs LGR Vlogs: Vintage Computer Festival East 2025

New LGR travel vlog over on Blerbs!

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This is the VCF East experience as it was for me in April 2025. Flying from NC to NJ, getting settled in, enjoying beachside pinball and InfoAge museums, lots of wandering the event itself, then flying back home and evaluating.

A closeup of a large quartz rock on the forest floor. There is a bunch of vibrant green lichens growing at the base of the rock. In the middle of the rock right on the side there is a patch of fuzzy moss that almost looks like a small mouse. It's a pretty little ecosystem

Moss and lichens growing on quartz in the woods. I love how colorful and vibrant this little ecosystem looks against the brown and bare forest floor. And yes, the adorable little moss mouse was as soft as it looks 😁

#nature #moss #lichens #lichenlovers

Huge crowd of people walking between vendors at the Sopchoppy Worm Festival

the worm festival is absolutely crunked

Thanks for the video! I'm getting back into Elite for the first time since Odyssey came out and this is exactly what I need.

Wouldn't changing the status of thousands of legitimate living social security number holders to "dead" be fraud?

Hmmm...

So they know there's fraud in the social security department because they're the ones doing it. Right. Sing it with me folks,

🎵🎵 every republican accusation is a confession 🎵🎵

Listening to this cutie is lowering my blood pressure haha 😻

Just some eepy purring.