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Plot showing time on x-axis and power in Watts of X-rays coming from the Sun. The plot shows a sudden sharp rise in watts as the power shoots up to a solar X8.0 class level event

ummmmm .... I don't mean to alarm anyone but ....

🚨 ANOTHER HUGE SOLAR FLARE IS HAPPENING 🚨

X8.0

ooooooooooft!

📸 BoM Space Weather Service

🔭

He’s going to tear it down

Twenty-three years ago today, seven astronauts never made it home when we lost space shuttle Columbia. It was a tragedy that changed space exploration and reminded us of its incredible risks. I think about their families every Feb. 1st. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Jarvis, tell them I’m not a pedo

Screenshot of a wiki page that has the following sections: 1. Early Life 2. Career 3. Association with Jeffrey Epstein 4. Quotes 5. Bibliography

When you look at the Wikipedia of an old white guy whose books you read in college there is an unfortunately high probability it will look like this

RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...

“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.

A unique snow tunnel formed in the downtown area following a massive snowstorm on Sunday night. Courtesy: Philmoorhead/ Reddit.

📍 Devoor Court & Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

#ONstorm #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

A chasm in the Sun’s upper atmosphere bigger than 60 Earths.

Known as a coronal hole, it’s a cooler, sparser region where the Sun’s magnetic field opens out into space, launching the solar wind.

Credit: NASA / SDO

#astronomy

Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak | CNN Business President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, accusing the agency of an unathorized leak of his tax returns during his first adminis...

So thanks to John Roberts and his merry band of robed wizards, not only does Trump enjoy a made-up immunity but he’s now emboldened to sue the government he leads for a ridiculous sum, with his compromised Justice Department supposedly representing America’s interests?!? This is the worst.

Why 2026 Might Be an Exciting Year for Auroras Aurora expert Vincent Ledvina reveals why 2026 may bring more predictable viewing—plus a chance of rare extreme events.

Grateful to have been interviewed for a recent article about auroras on timeanddate[.]com: "Why 2026 Might Be an Exciting Year for Auroras."

Read the article here:
www.timeanddate.com/news/astrono... .

New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.

The free AI-powered workspace for scientists has drawn immediate skepticism from researchers who fear the tool will accelerate the already overwhelming flood of low-quality papers into scientific journals.

Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

Absolutely damning from @aaronschaffer.com, @willoremus.com, & @nitasha.bsky.social.

To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of losses Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow.

Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of losses

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

eos.org/opinions/wha...

Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

First column for Quanta Magazine's new essay section, Qualia.

I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.

Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏

www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...

Einstein’s recoiling slit experiment realized at the quantum limit – Physics World A century-old thought experiment on wave–particle duality is brought into the laboratory using a single trapped atom

Researchers have brought a thought experiment devised by Albert Einstein into the laboratory, using a single trapped atom as a movable slit. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/einsteins-...

Unraveling the mysteries of Antarctic ice-shelf melting Beneath the ice shelves of the frozen continent, a hidden boundary layer of turbulent ocean is determining Antarctica’s fate.

🧊 A great new feature piece in @physicstoday.bsky.social by ACEAS CIs Dr Catherine Vreugdenhil and Dr Bishakhdatta Gayen from @unimelb.bsky.social that unravels the mysteries of Antarctic ice‑shelf melting.

Read it now: physicstoday.aip.org/features/unr...

Gen Z is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents but Denmark has a solution "Since the late 1800s, every generation has outperformed their parents."

Sigh. 🍎🎢

Paper: Sonic booms could reveal where debris has fallen after uncontrolled reentries

Sonic booms could reveal where debris has fallen after uncontrolled reentries
#SpaceJunk 🧪

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

It's probably better not to say a lot of things that come to mind about this, so I'll just stick to what's most disturbing.

1. He's using ChatGPT to perform all of his *core job functions.*
2. If you're a colleague, he's pumping your emails into it.
1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

TikTok deal is done; Trump wants praise while users fear MAGA tweaks “I am so happy”: Trump closes deal that hands TikTok US to his allies.

It remains unclear if the joint venture Trump arranged with ByteDance and the Chinese government actually resolves many of the national security concerns raised by lawmakers.

The TikTok deal is done, finally Divest or ban: Bytedance chose divest.

The TikTok deal is done, finally

Trump: “Dear Prime Minister Carney:
 
Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.
 
Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

The auroral oval imaged on Wednesday night by the NOAA-20 satellite. The auroral oval is still extended but definitely not to the levels we saw on Jan 20 or Jan 21... I love looking at these images in the morning after the late-night satellite passes :)

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Sky Lights
Dana Irving
2022

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

Hopkins researcher uses familiar tool to track falling space junk A Johns Hopkins University researcher published a study in the journal Science on Thursday outlining a method that uses seismometers to track space debris as it falls to Earth, according to the univer...

A Johns Hopkins University researcher published a study in the journal Science on Thursday outlining a method that uses seismometers to track #SpaceDebris as it falls to Earth, according to the university.

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

This image of the Helix Nebula from the ground-based Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (left) shows the full view of the planetary nebula, with boxes highlighting Webb’s field of view (right). The new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Image: ESO, VISTA, NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Emerson (ESO); Acknowledgment: CASU

A breathtaking look at a dying star. This new image of the Helix Nebula is just in from JWST.

We've never seen this level of detail, as the star's remains stream back out to interstellar space. Our Sun will look something like this 7 billion years from now. 🧪🔭

science.nasa.gov/missions/web...