@hex@kolektiva.social2025-08-07 00:24:12
There was once a machine that told you "you want this" and "this is good." It said, "there can be no better system and it's foolish to try to build one." That machine has long since failed to function. Now you choke on fumes as it is consumed by the wild flames of an abandoned cause.
That machine could not possibly work anymore because the evidence of it's falsehood has become too overwhelming.
No, only abject terror now can keep you from plotting your escape, from creating an alternative. No, the illusion has long since broken. All that's left now is triggering fight, flight, freeze as hard as possible. Most will be paralyzed, and those who fight can be used as an excuse to escalate the terror.
These are the final stages of a dying sun, expanding and consuming it's children before the final supernova.
There is no longer a stable system, no longer a system with a future. All that remains is the spectacle that hopes to distract you long enough that you too can be consumed, that it may sustain itself a few moments longer.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net2025-08-05 09:17:44
B05 - Pressure Point
VILA: Sprinting's one thing, but I think flying's beyond me.
BLAKE: [Jumps up to hang from one of the pipes that form a "horizontal ladder" down the corridor ceiling. He passes from rung to rung down five of them.] Am I safe now?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/466
@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-10-08 10:02:39
Accretion, Jets, and Recoil in Merging Supermassive Binary Black Holes
Maria Chiara de Simone (RIT), Manuela Campanelli (RIT), Lorenzo Ennoggi (RIT), Carlos O. Lousto (RIT), Yosef Zlochower (RIT)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05883
@cheeaun@mastodon.social2025-08-27 04:45:50
🤔 Looking at this UI, Forem could probably implement ActivityPub at this point.
Every logo is a server. "Forem feed" = Federated timeline. "Follow" = follow and adding their Local timeline to my Following timeline? 🤔
Related discussion: https://github.com/forem/forem/discuss
@arXiv_astrophSR_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-08-07 08:54:54
Hot springs and dust reservoirs: JWST reveals the dusty, molecular aftermath of extragalactic stellar mergers
Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Ryan M. Lau, Jacob E. Jencson, Nadejda Blagorodnova, Marco A. Gomez-Munoz, Hugo Tranin, Maxime Wavasseur, Melissa Shahbandeh, Kishalay De
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03932
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2025-07-21 11:02:49
Finally back from holiday first task (after rescuing houseplants & fussing over pets), is filling the fridge. I was (re)inspired by the #Antigaspi boxes in French supermarkets to try the groceries bags from @… : not bad for less than €4 (29dkk) from my local supermarket
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-08-20 11:11:49
Good Morning #Canada
In August 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec could not legally secede from Canada unilaterally. The court's decision affirmed that any secession would require a constitutional amendment negotiated with the federal government and other provinces. This ruling stemmed from a reference case initiated by the federal government following a close referendum on Quebec sovereignty in 1995. Although Quebec was represented at the Supreme Supreme Court hearing, they did not participate in presenting arguments. They essentially ignored the ruling and planned a future referendum, which never happened.
This ruling established an important precedent that Alberta separatists should pay attention to. But details such as this ruling, aboriginal rights, or common sense seem to escape their attention spans.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/supreme-court-says-quebec-can-t-separate-unilaterally-1.159509
@mlawton@mstdn.social2025-09-30 21:09:36
I will point out that this match commentary sums up some of my frustration with officiating, different competitions be damned.
#LFC conceded beyond the declared stoppage time to lose at Selhurst Park. A substitution in stoppage time allowed the referee's discretion to continue a full minute beyond. 👍
Gamed by "acute" cramping, conveniently timed when the ball is out of bounds …
@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-09-05 09:08:51
Fueling, Evolution, and Diversity of AGN in Dwarf Galaxies: Insights from Star Formation and Black Hole Scaling Relations
G. Mountrichas, M. Siudek, F. J. Carrera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03590
@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-10-01 08:14:37
Non-explosive pre-supernova feedback in the COLIBRE model of galaxy formation
Alejandro Ben\'itez-Llambay, Sylvia Ploeckinger, Joop Schaye, Alexander J. Richings, Evgenii Chaikin, Matthieu Schaller, James W. Trayford, Carlos S. Frenk, Filip Hu\v{s}ko, Camila Correa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25309
