Pristine ices in a planet-forming disk revealed by heavy water: #PlanetForming disk: https://public.nrao.edu/news/first-ever-detection-of-heavy-water-in-a-planet-forming-disk/ - new ALMA data traces water found in comets, and planet formation, back to the dawn of the cosmos / How old is our water? https://www.eso.org/public/blog/water-origin/
Good Morning #Canada
Listening to Christmas tunes and watching the snow fall.
Notable Canadian snowstorms:
- 1913 Great Lakes Storm. The most destructive natural disaster on the Great Lakes, causing 250 deaths & destroying 19 ships.
- 1941 March Blizzard: Brought 100 km/h winds and temps of -45°C to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, leading to the deaths of 72 people.
- 1944: 47 cm of snow hit Toronto in a single day. Unfortunately, the Canadian Army was overseas.
- 1971 Montreal: 45 cm of snow on March 4th & wind gusts of 110 km/h. 200 Ski-Doo owners provided emergency transport.
- 1977: This blizzard struck Southern Ontario January 28 to February 1. Toronto DID NOT call the Army.
- 1999 Toronto Snowstorm: A series of snowfalls paralyze the city, total snowfall for January reached 118 cm. Yes, the mayor called the Army.
- 2007 February 2007: Storm hits Central and Eastern Canada, with Ottawa setting a single-day snowfall record of 35.7 cm.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Snowmageddon
https://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/worst-snowstorm-in-canada/
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Grace Inspace:
🎵 Emergency Contact
#GraceInspace
https://todorecords.bandcamp.com/track/emergency-contact
https://open.spotify.com/track/3bkkxPAmRA48LRpJMMqHfa
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Kumulativer Zubau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.10.2025.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen minus Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Warum
SharpLink Gaming, the second-largest publicly traded ether treasury firm, raised $76.5M in a direct stock offering priced above market (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/10/16/sharplink-raises-usd76-5…
Bitmine, the largest corporate holder of ether, invests $200M in MrBeast's Beast Industries, set to close on January 19; Bitmine holds ~4M ETH valued at ~$13.6B (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/<…
Good Morning #Canada
On this day in 1948, the longest serving political leader in the British Commonwealth retired. William Lyon Mackenzie King served 21 years and 154 days as Prime Minister of Canada, in non-consecutive terms, from 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948. He led Canada through the Great Depression, introduced Old Age Pensions, nationalized the Bank of Canada, passed the 1938 National Housing Act to improve housing affordability, established the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Trans-Canada Air Lines, and the National Film Board, and implemented Unemployment Insurance. His government was also responsible for Japanese Internment Camps, and he believed strongly in the occult.
This video from TVO is an excellent overview of King's career. It's probably a two coffee viewing this morning if you have the time, but IMO worth the investment.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianHeroes
https://www.tvo.org/video/mackenzie-king-at-150
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Jonny Fritz:
🎵 Hot Chicken Condos
#JonnyFritz
https://jonnyfritz.bandcamp.com/track/hot-chicken-condos
https://open.spotify.com/track/5sDF38FimKJPkrE5q2RCJw
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
David Byrne:
🎵 Everybody Laughs
#DavidByrne
https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/track/everybody-laughs
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CMAthiXRZvDBC8dbFuqRH