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A Klingon warrior in a skant! The

The greatest TNG outfit is back: the skant! They first appeared back in 1987 because Gene thought the future would have gender equality (so woke!). Multiple warriors wore skirt like garments: Romans, Scots, Mongols, Japanese, Egyptians, Vikings, and Samoans, among others! #startrek #StarTreAcademy

James Cameron Says ‘I’m Healthy’ Enough to Direct ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘Avatar 5’ as He Turns 71 Years Old: ‘I’m Good to Go’ and ‘There’s No Reason Not’ to Do It James Cameron says there's no reason for him to stop directing "Avatar" movies.

Everyone assumes that we entered this parallel, dark universe, when Harambe was shot, but I believe it was when James Cameron decided to only make Avatar films. That’s when our universes split.

Content warning: blood, serious head injury. A woman was run down and trampled and clubbed by LAPD officers on horseback. She appears to be seriously injured and bleeding from the head as an officer drags her limp body along the pavement.

Black holes seen 'cooking' their own food in fascinating discovery By Eric Ralls Earth.com staff writer The manner in which black black holes grow, feed, and sustain themselves has perplexed astronomers for decades. These cosmic giants exert immense gravitational pull, consuming matter that drifts too close. However, a lingering question has remained: can black holes actively contribute to their own feeding process?

A recent study provides compelling evidence that they can. The research was based on data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Massive black holes appear to influence their surroundings in ways that encourage gas to cool and flow back toward them. This self-sustaining cycle ensures a continuous supply of material, enabling black holes to keep growing. The research was focused on galaxy clusters, which contain the largest galaxies in the universe. At the centers of these clusters reside enormous black holes with masses ranging from millions to tens of billions of times that of the sun. These giants unleash powerful jets as they consume gas, affecting the cosmic environment in ways previously not fully understood. Black holes trigger their own feeding Scientists analyzed seven galaxy clusters to study how black holes interact with surrounding gas. Among the most striking discoveries was that black hole outbursts do not simply push matter away but also contribute to cooling nearby gas. This cooling allows gas to condense into filaments, which then flow back toward the black hole, replenishing it.

This contrast demonstrated a direct relationship between hot gas cooling and the formation of structures that help fuel black holes. The findings challenge the traditional view that black holes only consume matter passively. Instead, they appear to shape their own environment, ensuring that they always have a source of fuel. This revelation deepens our understanding of how these cosmic powerhouses maintain their activity over billions of years. The role of turbulence According to the proposed model, outbursts from black holes trigger turbulence in the surrounding gas. This turbulence leads to the cooling and condensation of gas into narrow filaments, feeding the black hole. The filaments provide a direct pathway for matter to flow back into the black hole's gravitational grasp. Once this gas reaches the black hole's center, it fuels an intense outburst, releasing powerful jets and energy waves.

as an astronomer, attempting to read this article served up by google news makes me feel like I’ve just suffered a concussion. no, virginia, black holes do not “feed themselves.”
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Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.

For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.

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Does anyone have a good Star Trek actors and creators list ready for Bluesky? I can start making one! But if it exists already please share! @mikemcmahan.bsky.social #startrek

Hey! 👋🏽 I’m back. Is anyone still here or seeing this?

It only took 86 years for a virgin to light a candle and break the curse! #halloween

That's, like, what, like, a million diamonds for $400? A million bleeping diamonds!

Republicans before Trump: Climate change is a hoax, humans aren’t that powerful

Republicans after Trump: Jewish Space Lasers designed by Democrats are making hurricanes

Trump has truly and thoroughly destroyed the Republican Party

The party is now both a global joke and a threat to global peace

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #114,586!

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison: "The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language, so you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn't shaped properly, so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Someone says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of that is necessary. There will always be one more thing."

“It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.”

What Biden did today was George Washingtonian. He chose the Union over himself. He chose to pick America over glory. Something that Donald Trump could never do. #trump #biden

Remember this Fourth of July, if you are an anti-Democracy Supreme Court justice that actively takes bribes, please fly your American flag upside down. #SCOTUS #4thofJuly #July4th

How long until America’s oligarch class realizes that there are some people that value power over money, and once they have power they’ll no longer be controllable—no matter the size of the bribe?

reflecting on the immunity decision a bit, what the Court seems to be saying is that every element of the executive branch is at the President’s disposal, no matter what he wants to use it for. his motives don’t matter. the office is a weapon to be wielded however he sees fit.

The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them

Again, Black people are an exception here, as basically anyone who stayed in the Jim Crow South has a living memory of living under what amounted to fascism, including the “always walking on eggshells/lack of social trust/long periods of boring endurance/randomized terrifying violence”

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It is the eve of #StarTrekProdigy Season Two arriving on Netflix.

What a long, strange trip it’s been to get here.

I won’t belabor it, but the outpouring of support from the #StarTrek community has meant everything to the cast and crew.

Ours is the little starship that could.

Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancy Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

"Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. In the rest of the country, infant mortality increased less than 2% over the same period."

"I saw hope, in the stars. It was stronger than fear. And I went towards it." - Saru

Good night Discovery. Thank you for bringing Star Trek back from the void.

Convicted felon Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers. Not Biden. Not the DoJ. If you’re mad about it, you never ever believed in the American justice system in the first place.

Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries Former president and convicted felon Trump could have difficulty entering nations including the U.K., Ukraine and China.

When America sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you... They're sending people that have lots of problems… They’re bringing Adderall. They’re bringing crime. They’re convicted felons. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Convicted Felon Donald J Trump

The "national economy" is now a stand-in for Biden's favorability due to (depending on the group answering) "Democrat", "old", "Gaza".

It used to be views of the economy drove favorability; maybe it's the other way around now.

More like 10 Drowning street!

Actor Steve Buscemi is OK after being punched in the face in New York City Actor Steve Buscemi's publicist says he is OK after the “Boardwalk Empire” star was punched in the face by a man in Manhattan.

Can we go find this dude and make him watch con-air on repeat for a year?

Milan poised to ban ice cream, pizza and more after midnight after new proposed law After a failed attempt back in 2013, Milan is once again trying to get late-night ice cream eaters off its streets - with local government proposing a new law that could come into effect next month.

At least Italy is taking the Mogwai problem seriously:

We are not simply observers on this planet, but rather one of the largest forces on Earth shaping its future. We must make a choice: does the world still have space for wild places? And can those wild places continue to exist as we radically alter Earth's atmosphere? Happy Earth Day! #EarthDay