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· 2026-10-05T22:33:56+00:00Time to bring them home After nearly eight months aboard the @Space_Station , the four members of Crew-12 will soon head back to Earth. We’re targeting no earlier than 8:05am EDT (1205 UTC), on Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Details:
· 2026-10-05T22:21:42+00:00Of course they used a white baby for this article "NYT: Are Babies Conscious?"
AI visual note: A close-up photo of a fair-skinned, blue-eyed baby with light blonde hair accompanies a New York Times Science article titled "Are Babies Conscious?" dated Oct. 5, 2026, with the caption "Baby brains: Researchers are debating whether newborns are conscious." The image choice illustrates the poster's critique that the article features a white baby to represent the topic of infant consciousness.
· 2026-10-04T16:59:14.784000+00:001970 Wendy Carlos and her Moog
· 2026-10-05T22:14:42+00:00this is pretty amazing discovery AI agents just found two room temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates A team of Claude Opus 5.5 agents designed one entirely new material and rediscovered another made in 1999 that could enable next generation spintronic memory,
AI visual note: The image shows a blog post titled "Two Room-Temperature Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor Candidates" by Geby Jaff, dated 10/04/2026, featuring an illustration of two bar magnets with magnetic field lines and a "VALS" logo. It relates to the post by announcing that AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5) discovered two magnetic semiconductor candidates for next-generation spintronic computer memory, with one being a newly designed compound and the other a rediscovered material from 1999.
· 2026-10-05T21:41:21.541000+00:00TIL that in an açaí berry, about 60-80% of it is made up of seeds.
· 2026-10-05T20:10:39.125000+00:00ELI5: Why do lightbulbs emit a buzzing noise before dying? I noticed in my house I can tell a lightbulb is about to die when there's a loud buzzing noise. It'll work fine when I turn it on but emit a loud noise, then when I turn the lights on and off it'll die. Also, why do they work just fine until I close the light then open it again? if its dead wouldnt it just... die? Why?
· 2026-10-05T21:02:20+00:00Not all shrooms are built the same
AI visual note: A four-panel "Drake" meme showing him rejecting fresh sliced mushrooms and approving a pile of dried, stem-laden mushrooms.
· 2026-10-05T22:06:36+00:00chronemics
· 2026-10-05T20:59:49+00:00In 1986 NASA put the odds of losing a space shuttle at 1 in 100,000. Its own engineers said 1 in 100. Then it launched seven people on the coldest morning in the program's history. One of them was a schoolteacher, Christa McAuliffe. The night before, the engineers who built the
· 2026-10-05T22:14:25+00:00Quick tropical update on #Invest92L in the #Gulf. Stay with #weshwx for updates.
· 2026-10-05T21:19:33+00:00AMOC Collapse Could Trigger A Global Chain Reaction Scientists are tracking signs linked to AMOC weakening while new modelling shows what could happen if the Atlantic circulation fails. The simulations point to severe Arctic cooling, strong Antarctic warming and
· 2026-10-05T22:14:38+00:00Infrared image of the Andromeda galaxy by the WISE space observatory
AI visual note: An image of a glowing orange spiral galaxy, resembling the Andromeda Galaxy, set against a starry black background.
· 2026-10-05T21:13:23+00:00M1.08 flare from AR 4545 5.10.26 Helioviewer
· 2026-10-05T22:18:55+00:00Volcanic eruption seen from space
· 2026-10-05T22:02:52+00:00What is H2O?
AI visual note: Elon Musk holding a white sign that reads "What is H2O?" with multiple choice options "A. Water, B. Sugar, C. Salt."