Massimo Morelli

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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

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Die Stromerzeugung aus Braun- und Steinkohle in Deutschland lag im Oktober bei 7,8 TWh. Das ist ein neues Minimum für einen Oktobermonat.
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#PPOD: Dust devils are whirlwinds of dust that are blown across Mars’s surface. They are one way that dust gets lifted into the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere and transported from one place to another. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin 🧪 🔭

"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."

I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.

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Next talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is David Albert on Fundamental Laws of Physics and the Idea of Agency, with commentary by Naftali Weinberger @dagophile.bsky.social.

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How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet Author Cory Doctorow on platform decay and why everything on the internet feels like it’s getting worse.

If you are feeling anxious in our current tech times I highly recommend this sober perspective from Cory Doctorow:

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Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake: “They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

Cory Doctorow apologized and will call me an old man yelling at clouds next time.

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

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The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

The Nikon Small World photomicrography contest serves as an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku speculates about the 3 Visitors Discover topics like michio kaku, atlas 3i comet, Astronomy, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, ...

I feel bad for the ordinary person who looks to purportedly respectable scientific figures for insight into the wonders of the universe, only to be met by absurd speculations that an interstellar comet is alien technology. (It is not.)

No better than anti-vax nonsense.

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Jankto also expressed his satisfaction with Federico Bernardeschi's recent comments against homophobia and in support of people coming out: "I liked what he said. But if it were that easy to say, someone else would have done it after me."

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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

After stretching a bit last year, this year the Nobel committee was determined to give the prize to the physicsiest physics that ever physicsed.

Either you're against fascism, or you're foolish enough to believe it won't come for you.

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

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Title card for Mindscape Podcast episode on Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse.

Mindscape 331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse. In which I shamelessly steal material from the #PhilosophyOfCosmology course I am teaching to talk about some big questions. #MindscapePodcast

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’ Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for her pioneering research with chimpanzees and her influence on conservation

Jane Goodall appreciation, from Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/jane... 🧪

"Who bans #antifascism wants fascism! Fu** Trump, fu** Wilders, and Make Antifa Great Again!"

The banner of the Shickeria group, Bayern Munich fans, at Friday's Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen.

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The beauty of microscopic life 🔬🧪✨

The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!

Restricting H1-Bs and tariffing solar panels are, in particular, so comically stupid that when you hear them you should find an economist to give a hug.