Tootfinder

All the NASA s/c images of #3IATLAS shared today (and some more) can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/comet-3i-atlas-image-gallery/ now - including this spectrum from the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on MAVEN taken on 28 September, showing hydrogen emitted from different sources, namely the comet (dim spot on the far left), hydrogen from Mars (bright emission on the right), and hydrogen flowing through our solar system between the planets (dim emission in the middle).

Det är nu över 10 år sedan dietboksförfattare och influensers påstod att de visste hur man fixade tarmfloran och med det en rad olika hälsoproblem.
Och än idag har vi i princip ingenting konkret från vetenskapen kring tarmfloran och behandling av olika besvär utanför just tarmproblem.
The Autism-Microbiome Hypothesis Is Falling Apart

The Autism-Microbiome Hypothesis Is Falling Apart
Why this new review paper should be required reading for every microbiome researcher

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
You are not obligated to complete the work,
but neither are you free to abandon it.”
https://amandalitman.substack.com/p/50-things-you-can-actually-do

50 things you can actually do
If you're feeling helpless

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60 years ago #OTD #comet #IkeyaSeki reached perihelion, -10 mag., was visible in daylight and showed a spectacular tail in the following weeks: https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/32770 and https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/sept-18-1965-discovery-of-comet-ikeya-seki/ and https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-01854/

European automakers warn of substantial disruption to production after China cut off Nexperia's outbound shipments following the Dutch seizure of Nexperia (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/91304da5-6537-4f80-955a-6cb1df05cbc8

"As trading activity spiked on [#Crypto] exchanges and prices whipsawed, multiple centralized platforms suffered glitches. Binance’s site went completely down at one point, and customers reported unexplained account freezes, unsuccessful trades, and automated protections like stop-losses failing to trigger"
Again, of course. People build crypto exchanges because they want to get ric…

Anatomy of a crypto meltdown
October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward.

A remarkable video clip taken on the #ISS was just posted at #Lemmon rising with a substantial tail - and numerous #satellites flying around.

No one wants to build bad products. But in an industry where programmers implement features to order, it can be hard to shake that feeling.
This is how orgs see the ROI of UX: as a soothing function to tell everyone they're doing a good job. And as a scapegoat, when we finally learn otherwise.
UX cheerleading is doing the industry no favors.
#UX

Stop doing UX cheerleading
Design is being hijacked to create legitimacy for bad ideas. We can do better.

Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases in the three months ending November 30, raising its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248B (Martin Peers/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/o

Oracle Strikes $150 Billion of Data Center Leases in November Quarter
Oracle struck about $150 billion worth of lease commitments on data centers in the three months ending November, it revealed in securities filing late last week, a sign it is preparing for the cloud deals that customers such as OpenAI have struck with Oracle. The filing showed that as of Nov. 30, Oracle had $248 billion of lease commitments “substantially all related to data centers and cloud