# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-09-29 17:20 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-09-29 17:20 UTC (2026-09-29T17:20:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-17-20/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-17-20/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 16
- **Total Impressions:** 22.2K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 4
- **Bearish / Negative:** 1
- **Neutral:** 11

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 48, Retweets: 42, Likes: 714, Impressions: 22203


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @DJSnM
> **Author:** [@DJSnM](https://x.com/DJSnM)  
> **Metrics:** 318 likes · 7 retweets · 17 comments · 11.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:26:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DJSnM/status/2104971129203175571](https://x.com/DJSnM/status/2104971129203175571)  


> **Visual Context:** A giant American flag with white stars and red and white stripes is held aloft by skydivers over a vast desert landscape, with the small figures of the divers visible at the bottom. The image relates to the post by referencing Jared Isaacman's historic skydiving flag display, suggesting that SpaceX's Starship could enable similar patriotic stunts on an even larger scale.  

> 
> "Thinking about when 
@rookisaacman
 did this.... and how Starship could take it to a whole new scale"


### Discussion #2 by @LabPadre
> **Author:** [@LabPadre](https://x.com/LabPadre)  
> **Metrics:** 286 likes · 12 retweets · 1 comments · 4.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:17:56+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LabPadre/status/2104953832895615155](https://x.com/LabPadre/status/2104953832895615155)  


> **Visual Context:** A massive steel work platform is being hoisted by crane onto Pad 2's launch mount at Starbase, with the timestamp "10:16:54 CDT 09/29/2026" and AVID camera label visible. The image directly illustrates the post's description of new OLM (Orbital Launch Mount) work platform installation, showing the platform suspended mid-air during its placement atop the concrete launch mount structure.  

> 
> "New OLM work platform is being installed in the Pad 2 Mount"


### Discussion #3 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 0 retweets · 22 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-27T13:59:15.299000+00:00  



> 
> "Wozu diese Sternhaufen auf Malloca?

Popular on Reddit right now"


### Discussion #4 by @TonyClimate
> **Author:** [@TonyClimate](https://x.com/TonyClimate)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 3 retweets · 2 comments · 914 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:13:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/2104982825762259299](https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/2104982825762259299)  


> 
> "The climate scam is back in high gear, which means lots of opportunity to make fun of these clowns.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s
…"


### Discussion #5 by @karolypoka
> **Author:** [@karolypoka](https://x.com/karolypoka)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 4 retweets · 2 comments · 782 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:33:58+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/karolypoka/status/2104972968988217829](https://x.com/karolypoka/status/2104972968988217829)  


> 
> "Can Modern CNC Match Ancient Egyptian Precision?

You can watch the full episode with Graham Van Zuilecom on YouTube and Spotify!

Link in the comments!

#cnc #ogvase #vases #ancienthistory"


### Discussion #6 by @Vincent_Ledvina
> **Author:** [@Vincent_Ledvina](https://x.com/Vincent_Ledvina)  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 723 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:00:10+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Vincent_Ledvina/status/2104979560781500717](https://x.com/Vincent_Ledvina/status/2104979560781500717)  


> 
> "Hello everyone, here is your daily update on what the Sun is doing:

(Paraphrased from NOAA SWPC's recent forecast discussion)

Low activity: C2.5 and C1.1 flares from the NW limb, and Region 4535 decayed. A partial halo CME may give Earth a glancing blow on Oct 2."


### Discussion #7 by @NIH
> **Author:** [@NIH](https://x.com/NIH)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 575 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:27:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NIH/status/2104986395202707858](https://x.com/NIH/status/2104986395202707858)  


> 
> "NIAID has awarded $17.9M to re-establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases Network (CREID) program with the highest possible standards for biosafety and biosecurity to protect the public.

Learn more:"


### Discussion #8 by @AnzaBResearch
> **Author:** [@AnzaBResearch](https://x.com/AnzaBResearch)  
> **Metrics:** 37 likes · 9 retweets · 2 comments · 530 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:05:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AnzaBResearch/status/2104980776609894426](https://x.com/AnzaBResearch/status/2104980776609894426)  


> 
> "Another stronger thunderstorm causing localized flooding developed yesterday evening over the Coachella Valley with awesome lightning viewing from Borrego. Seen here (timelapse) behind the Santa Rosa Mountains with the camera starting a bit after 9:30 pm (Video: Sicco Rood)."


### Discussion #9 by @weathermandan10
> **Author:** [@weathermandan10](https://x.com/weathermandan10)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 323 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:33:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/weathermandan10/status/2104957826468618496](https://x.com/weathermandan10/status/2104957826468618496)  


> 
> "Tropical Storm #Rachel now has maximum sustained winds of 65mph and wind gusts of 75mph and a minimum central pressure of 987mbars and it is moving west northwest at 13mph. It is forecast to become a hurricane very soon #BREAKING #wxtwitter #severewx #rainfall #wind #tropicswx"


### Discussion #10 by @amazingine
> **Author:** [@amazingine](https://x.com/amazingine)  
> **Metrics:** 19 likes · 3 retweets · 1 comments · 234 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:11:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/amazingine/status/2104982525642961074](https://x.com/amazingine/status/2104982525642961074)  


> 
> "Moon"


### Discussion #11 by @Masknk_muc
> **Author:** [@Masknk_muc](https://x.com/Masknk_muc)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 201 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:16:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Masknk_muc/status/2104968458072998322](https://x.com/Masknk_muc/status/2104968458072998322)  


> 
> "وش يصير لما نضيف ماء زيادة للخرسانة في الموقع؟

إذا كان الماء المضاف غير محسوب ضمن الخلطة، فهو يرفع نسبة الماء إلى المواد الأسمنتية w/cm.

وبحسب ACI، هذه النسبة من أهم العوامل المؤثرة على مقاومة الخرسانة ونفاذيتها.

زيادة الماء عن النسبة المصممة قد تؤدي إلى:
• انخفاض المقاومة
•"


### Discussion #12 by @JoelOptimist1
> **Author:** [@JoelOptimist1](https://x.com/JoelOptimist1)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 192 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:52:21+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/JoelOptimist1/status/2104977594345013535](https://x.com/JoelOptimist1/status/2104977594345013535)  


> 
> "Consistent soil moisture helps potatoes grow, but waterlogged soil can damage roots and increase disease risk. #InvestInAg"


### Discussion #13 by @Cresatelitalecu
> **Author:** [@Cresatelitalecu](https://x.com/Cresatelitalecu)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 94 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:19:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Cresatelitalecu/status/2104969250603430321](https://x.com/Cresatelitalecu/status/2104969250603430321)  


> 
> "| El fenómeno de El Niño adelantó sus etapas e intensificará las precipitaciones en el Litoral, advirtió Pablo Cornejo, director ejecutivo del Inamhi. El vocero explicó que, aunque el evento climático empiece a debilitarse entre marzo y abril, las lluvias continuarán al"


### Discussion #14 by @0xJoain
> **Author:** [@0xJoain](https://x.com/0xJoain)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 84 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:05:42+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xJoain/status/2104980953676525733](https://x.com/0xJoain/status/2104980953676525733)  


> **Visual Context:** A vibrant abstract painting featuring colorful flowing shapes in pink, yellow, green, and blue, with a prominent purple form on the left and a black curving shape resembling a river across the lower section.  

> 
> "Entropy"


### Discussion #15 by @stae_elephants
> **Author:** [@stae_elephants](https://x.com/stae_elephants)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 70 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:59:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/stae_elephants/status/2104979274432217556](https://x.com/stae_elephants/status/2104979274432217556)  


> **Visual Context:** A BBC News image showing a large adult elephant with tusks standing protectively next to a baby elephant in a green, bushy environment.  

> 
> "Elephants can self-cure by eating the right plants. African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick. 
zurl.co/uErHe"


### Discussion #16 by @YModi73681
> **Author:** [@YModi73681](https://x.com/YModi73681)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 34 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:14:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/YModi73681/status/2104983150070022278](https://x.com/YModi73681/status/2104983150070022278)  


> 
> "A dark cloud formation with a glowing, iridescent edge of a Moon behind clouds."