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The 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/

Dude. What the...? 😜
#Azure
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https://infosec.exchange/@alevsk/11549

Lenin alevski 🕵️💻 (@alevsk@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image Ever thought of tunneling traffic over Azure Blob Storage? 🤔☁️ ProxyBlob lets you run a SOCKS5 proxy using Azure Storage as the communication channel. Useful in restrictive networks where only `*.blob.core.windows.net` is accessible. #Azure #Proxy #Networking --- Why does ProxyBlob need Azure Storage? 💡📦 It creates a clever detour: Agents in target networks poll Azure Blob for tasks, while the proxy writes requests there. This avoids direct network conne…

"I have made [PM Mark Carney] very popular”
"We're going to be talking about Gaza”
"We could have peace in the Middle East”
he jokes “The Merger of Canada and USA”
Carney: ‘that's not where I was going”
Carney looks bemused as The American Fascist talks about the ‘hell hole' that DC was.
he's talking about "zero" people coming through the south border.
... Carney doing his best to keep a straight face... the things that must be going through his mind as the Fascist rambles about Canada benefiting from Venezuelan boats being blown up.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #US

🚨 New preprint out🚨 now, why has Antarctica stopped (net) losing mass?
We explore how declining sea ice but mostly increasingly heavy and frequent atmospheric rivers have actually led to a small increase in the mass of #Antarctica, in spite of increased discharge from outlet glaciers.
The increase is unlikely to be sustained, and a small increase in calving or discharge over the grounding line can easily turn it upside down, but nevertheless another long-term prediction about the Antarctic appears to becoming true.
Lots of important subtleties in this one!
In review at Nature communications but I feel it's too important to wait for the review process.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03590

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra:
🎵 Kiss the Sky
#ShawnLeesPingPongOrchestra
https://ubiquityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-the-sky
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MBlKZ8cSN8OmsIhWBH9ci
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Simular, which is building AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Felicis; Simular has released its 1.0 version for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/simular-relea…

Simular's AI agent wants to run your Mac, Windows PC for you | TechCrunch
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Connan Mockasin:
🎵 It’s Choade My Dear
#ConnanMockasin
https://connanmockasin.bandcamp.com/track/its-choade-my-dear
https://open.spotify.com/track/3oywgoPXVNr4MgGkP8je54

A look at Nvidia's Level 2 driving system, set to roll out to more carmakers in 2026, after a ~40-minute drive around San Francisco in a Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/852880/nvidia-autonomous-driving-demo…

I tested Nvidia’s Tesla Full Self-Driving competitor — Tesla should be worried
Nvidia’s new point-to-point automated driving system is coming in 2026. The company hopes to challenge Tesla and Waymo in the race for self-driving vehicles.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Grace Cummings:
🎵 Ramona
#GraceCummings
https://gracecummings.bandcamp.com/track/ramona
https://open.spotify.com/track/3jP5pUJsLMgWsD3TZVx6xm