Tootfinder

So the new #Kreutz #comet #MAPS is *still* following the constant rapid rise in brightness it has shown since discovery: a dumb extrapolation - https://cobs.si/analysis/?comet=2688&from_date=2026-01-15 00:00&to_date=2026-04-30 00:00&observation_type=V&observation_type=C&plot_x_value=1&plot_y_value=1&fit_option=1&exclude_faint=on&exclude_issue=on&observer=&association=&country=&compare_values=compare - has it get 10,000-times brighter than the Sun at its extremely close perihelion which makes so sense at all, of course, physically.
"It must therefore be assumed that this increase in activity will level off significantly in the near future," writes https://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2026/c2026a1/26a1eaus.htm: "More likely are parameters m m0=12.0 mag / n=4 (or even lower), which would still result in a (very short-term) maximum brightness of about –9 mag (but this would probably still be significantly too bright) – always assuming that the comet survives its perihelion passage unscathed."
For other views see http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005663.txt and https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17626 and https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236580364221799 and https://cometografia.es/cometa-kreutz-2026-a1-maps-analisis/ - and the actual brightness is tracked at https://cobs.si/obs_list?id=2688 where it has reached ~11.5 mag. now.

PERFECT DAYS - Officiële trailer
#ARD #rbb
https://www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/6972aec23f02b0bd40a4df63 (2023, 120min)
Streamen: overzicht https://www.cinema.nl/db/15096811-perfect-days
Bijvoorbeeld MUBI:
https://mubi.com/films/perfect-days (124min)
Interview: Now Is Now: On Wim Wenders's "Perfect Days" on Notebook | MUBI
https://mubi.com/nl/notebook/posts/now-is-now-on-wim-wenders-s-perfect-days
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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Flying Lotus:
🎵 Tesla
#FlyingLotus
https://flyinglotus.bandcamp.com/track/tesla
https://open.spotify.com/track/6hL1tyw5XX9cfQtyK3B9BX

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Trump 'Had a Feeling, Based on Fact,' That There Was an Imminent Iran Threat, White House Says (Violet Jira/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/donald-trump-feeling-imminent-threat-iran-karoline-leavitt
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p118#a260304p118

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116171339797022986
I don’t care if someone calls stuff “spaceflight” (though that usually includes portions of actual flight through air).
But if it’s for a scientific or technology discussion it’s hugely inaccurate and misleading.
In space, things always move in orbits, which is essentially more or less perpetually falling.
To make things go places (e.g. make a thing go to Mars), you change how it’s falling.
Play some Kerbal Space Program some time!

Titans coach Robert Saleh on QB Cam Ward: ‘He has the right work ethic. I just don’t see him failing’ https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-robert-saleh-on-cam-ward-i-just-don-t-see-him-failing

Karoline Leavitt insists Trump had a
‘feeling based on fact’
before Iran strikes
but still won’t detail imminent threat to US
https://bsky.app/profile/the-independent.com/post/3mgbo5u6tz423

The Independent (@the-independent.com)
Karoline Leavitt insists Trump had a ‘feeling based on fact’ before Iran strikes but still won’t detail imminent threat to US https://trib.al/5YeFS5S

The #ArtemisII mission is getting to see more and more of the far side of the Moon already, with Mare Orientale already clearly visible in the image https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55186902076/in/album-72177720307234654 at the far left - and the Daily News Conference is beginning on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-KDKBCPrwA (while https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/04/artemis-ii-flight-day-4-deep-space-flying-lunar-flyby-prep/ has a long mission update).