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As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts #Amazon

As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts
Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the cause may lie high above the rainforest, where invisible "flying rivers" carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean across South America.

Still feeling a little depressed and down about the #bluejays loss.
I think the worst part is they had so many chances to win it. They came so close so many times in so many different ways.
But this will all fade eventually. They are a wonderful team full of excellent players. I hope they can keep the core together and improve next year. Maybe we will have another shot.
#worldseries

Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer on board Aditya-L1: Ground Calibration and In-flight Performance
Abhilash R. Sarwade, Ankur Kushwaha, M. C. Ramadevi, Monoj Bug, Kiran Lakshmipathaiah, Smrati Verma, Vaishali Sharan, K. Sankarasubramanian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26292

Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer on board Aditya-L1: Ground Calibration and In-flight Performance
The Solar Low-Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS) on board India's Aditya-L1 mission was launched on 2 September 2023 and commenced solar observations on 13 December 2023 following successful aperture cover deployment. Operating from the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point, SoLEXS has been providing continuous Sun-as-a-star soft X-ray spectroscopy across 2-22 keV with 170 eV resolution at 5.9 keV and 1-second temporal cadence since 6 January 2024. The instrument employs two Silicon Drift Detectors with …

Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/nvidias-top-two-mystery-customers-made-up-39percent-of-its-q2-revenue-.html…

Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue
Nvidia's top two customers making up 39% of its total revenue is renewing concern about the risk of the chipmakers clientele concentration.

Cowboys hoping to keep that Mile-High feeling in 2025 against Denver https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-hoping-to-keep-that-mile-high-feeling-in-2025-against-denver

Turbulent Magnetic Fields and Molecular Cloud Interactions in the Supernova Remnant G1.9 0.3
Moeri Tao, Takaaki Tanaka, Hidetoshi Sano, Rami Z. E. Alsaberi, Jun Kataoka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25833

Turbulent Magnetic Fields and Molecular Cloud Interactions in the Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3
We present on results of a spatially resolved spectral analysis of G1.9+0.3, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Galaxy. The X-ray spectra are well described by synchrotron emission from a power-law electron distribution with an exponential cutoff. We found a cutoff energy $ε_0 \sim 1 ~ \rm{keV}$ in both the radio bright rim and the X-ray bright rims. In the loss-limited case, the cutoff energy depends on the shock velocity $v_{\rm{sh}}$ and the Bohm factor $η$, following the relation…

Day 6: Kamome Shirahama
Before I wander much father afield, I'd be remiss not to include at least one Mangaka (I've got 8 on my planning list; if you think Manga is pushing it just wait until you see what the next few days have in store).
I'm currently following "Witch Hat Atelier," and it's absolutely amazing in several dimensions: first class world-building, deep philosophical themes, nuanced diverse cast, tightly-constructed interwoven plots, deep mysteries that keep everything churning and show up in unexpected places, absolutely stellar art both in terms of in-panel depictions and page layouts (some are Watchmen-quality), especially if you are sartorially inclined, and general kindness of its core messages. This is a series I wish every programmer would read, because it includes excellent advice about software design in multiple ways (did I mention there's an intricate and logical magic system within which the main character innovates in legible-to-the-reader-as-innovation ways?). Also, I bet I would have enjoyed this just a much as a 10-year-old as I'm enjoying it in my 30's, which is something that takes well-honed skill to pull off.
Shirahama is a master of her craft, and I'm honestly kinda surprised to see Witch Hat is only her second series. Definitely thinking how I can get my hands on her earlier work in English.
#20AuthorsNoMen

Sources: David Ellison will keep WBD mostly intact in a possible Paramount merger, merge HBO Max into Paramount , keep creative teams, and target 30 films/year (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

New #Pixelfed Post:
#Fediverse

Vladimir Putin will expand his war in Ukraine
by attacking another European country,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has predicted,
and accused Russia of recent drone incursions
that he said were an attempt to test Nato’s defences.
Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York,
the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict.
“Putin will not wait to finish his war in Ukraine.
He will open up some other …