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Quite the geographical split. Graphic from Frankfurter Allgemeine

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Heute vor 132 Jahren - Da ist diese Sache mit dem Panamakanal und der kritikunfähigen Supermacht, bei der man sich auf nationaler Ebene entschuldigen muss, wenn man auf lokaler Ebene ihre Sauereien anprangert.

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Saturday (2/22) was “Cat Day” in Japan, so named because the number 2 sounds like the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat’s meow, “nyan”. One of the local convienience stores sold cat-themed treats and extras in celebration! 🐱

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Herbst 1989: „Wir sind ein Volk!“ 23.2.2025: Sind wir?

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„Es ist ein Putsch ohne Waffen“ - Cordt Schnibben über die Demontage der amerikanischen Demokratie:

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Interesting take by my friend Chanda... I agree with most of what they say, but think of 'astronomy' as the history and geography of the universe and 'astrophysics' as the rules of the game - instances vs classes; 'Betelgeuse' is astronomy, 'supergiant' is astrophysics; I find a useful distinction

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RCSA will make 21 separate awards to support the research of 20 scientists from colleges, universities, and research institutions in the U.S. & Canada in Year 1 of #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST. - with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, Brinson Foundation, Leinweber Foundation & Kevin Wells

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope looking good!

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Graaah, I am SO annoyed. LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna to measure gravitational waves, is an ESA led mission with NASA and the international LISA consortium (= scientists) as partners. I am reading a (pop sci) book by an European colleague from my field. From 2022. Who is […]

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Heute vor 187 Jahren - Ach herrje; wo führt denn das hin, wenn die Jugend lernt anstatt Profit zu generieren? Womöglich verweichlicht sie! Und die Wirtschaft wird auch ruiniert! Welch schröckliche Bevormundung & Diktatur! mimimi, blablabla et cetera

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Licht für die #Ukraine ❤️💙💛 …drei Jahre, letzte Vorbereitungen hier, am Stephansplatz in Wien Kommt her, um 17h geht es los Via @caritas-austria.bsky.social 🙏

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You cast the net too widely, and you’re gonna drown in it yourself. JD Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy is now on a list of books to be reviewed and possibly banned, per PEN America.

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Inside the lobby at NSF…

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Heute vor 127 Jahren - Sorglos werden unsere Lebensgrundlagen vergiftet. Aber seht doch die ganzen Vorteile: Die Lightshow in der Nacht ist sehenswert und die kalte Winterluft hat aufregende Aromen 💀

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What we thought was the future we were getting vs the future we appear to be heading in.

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The SETI Institute's research is #notjustaliens. Meet Dr. Uma Gorti, who joined the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center in 2008 as a Principal Investigator and is mainly interested in star and planet formation. 🧪 👩‍🔬

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NASA is requesting a way to archive several PETABYTES of data likely due to the cuts.

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In den Langen Erlen gibt es zahlreiche Cliquen und Guggen, die gerade Marschübungen machen. Nachdem es letztes Jahr zu unschönen Szenen zwischen Fasnächtlerinnen und Passantinnen kam, soll ein Leitfaden Ordnung schaffen. Dieser funktioniert offenbar noch nicht so gut. Drum #FragedesTages #zBasel:

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Fördergeld für Wissenschaft und Forschung wird von Trump in den USA gerade gestrichen und gekürzt.... Es wäre jetzt eine gute Idee der EU Wissenschafter:innen dort gute Angebote und Möglichkeiten in Europa zu schaffen und anzubieten. science.orf.at/stories/3228...

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Messenger-Überwachung (eigentlich Staatstrojaner, aber das klingt so negativ) also wieder einmal. Dass die im Fall Villach exakt nichts gebracht hätte (So wie bei all den letzten ähnlichen Vorfällen) scheint einmal mehr egal zu sein. Hauptsache "irgendwas tun", egal was.

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The 'S' in IoT stands for security. The 'P' in AI stands for privacy.

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An den asiatischen Winterspielen holten letzten Freitag vier Schweizer die Goldmedaille im Männer-Curling – für die Philippinen. Die verrückte Geschichte der Curler, deren Ziel die Olympischen Winterspiele 2026 sind, hat Republik-Reporterin Angelika Hardegger vor über einem Jahr aufgeschrieben.

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"There are then innumerable suns, and an infinite number of earths revolve around those suns, just as the seven we can observe revolve around this sun which is close to us." Cosmic pluralist Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy #OTD in 1600. 🔭

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teaching semester starting at University of Basel today, will be teaching Astrophysics & Cosmology class again 🧪🔭

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):

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On Elon Musk I'm taking the liberty of reblogging this post about the Royal Society's inaction in the case of Elon Musk. I urge you to read the post. As I said in a previous article: The venerable Royal Society still counts him as a Fellow, despite his overtly antiscientific dissemination of false…

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The people in these viral Facebook posts have been carving intricate wooden sculptures and baking massive loaves of bread shaped like bunnies, but nobody appreciates their work. That's not surprising, since both the "people" and their "work" are AI-generated images.

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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

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The big physics news of the day, in case you missed it. ⚛️ 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

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Heute vor 314 Jahren - Mitten in der Kleinen Eiszeit versinkt die Stadt in Schnee und Eis ❄ (Immerhin brach der ÖV damals nicht total zusammen, da es noch keinen gab)

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⚡️ Over 100 Russian civilians evacuated to Ukraine after a deadly Russian strike on Sudzha in Kursk. Many were elderly and injured. Ukraine helping them return via Belarus.

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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

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1/ Brilliant minds on the line! 📞 Celebrate the International Day of #WomenAndGirlsInScience with us & our fellow EIROforum organisations, as we follow the call among some of our exceptional female scientists 👩‍🔬📲 View here: https://buff.ly/4aRGm2n 🔭 🧪 #WomenInSTEM

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I'm getting increasingly worried about NASA/ADS, which has not been working for some time... bsky.app/profile/tele...

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On #WomenInScienceDay, the #AIP presents female #scientists from the institute in a series of exciting #Interviews. 🌌💡 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Wanna be the next astrophysicist? 🔭🙋‍♀️ - Register now for Girls' Day 🚀 www.aip.de/news/girls-d...

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Happy International #WomenInScienceDay! To all young women & girls dreaming of a career in science - this is for you! 🤗 Keep going - your curiosity, determination, and brilliance will shape the future! ✨ 🔬 #IDWGS2025 #GirlsInSTEM

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💫🎉 Behind every successful ESA space mission, there's a woman. Behind the ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter mission, there are more than a hundred of them! Join us in celebrating them today, on international day of women and girls in science! #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 🔭🧪 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...

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