@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-01-09 02:57:36
The penultimate #AAS247 presser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiBq0KdXU9c about High Redshifts and High Energies dealt e.g. with An Unlensed Barred Spiral Before Cosmic Noon (https://www.newswise.com/articles/pitt-student-finds-familiar-structure-just-2-billion-years-after-the-big-bang and https://www.umass.edu/news/article/astronomers-find-one-oldest-barred-spiral-galaxies-universe), A precessing jet from an active galactic nucleus (https://public.nrao.edu/news/record-breaking-stream-of-super-heated-gas/ and https://keckobservatory.org/vv340a/ and https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ecz5crtdymxrlodycogpt/AB32N_1Bh3pyI2SyzbRGkTs?rlkey=zbyz1muz40y1rh8ierpw1yfok&e=1&st=ebs24tqb&dl=0) and the papers AT2024wpp: An Extremely Luminous Fast Ultraviolet Transient Powered by Accretion onto a Black Hole & Multiwavelength Modeling of the Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient AT2024wpp (https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03337 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03372 with https://docs.google.com/document/d/1foKS2AQJlWvI4_ZzUlV8pYfkyAsElzkRQ5yo82VWy4s/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0 and https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2026/1/6/cow and https://public.nrao.edu/news/radio-telescopes-uncover-invisible-gas-around-record-shattering-cosmic-explosion/).
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-08 16:49:59
A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus.html…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-02-09 08:31:00
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-01-08 09:42:04
from my link log —
Why the trans flag emoji uses a sequence of 5 unicode codepoints.
https://hecate.pink/blog/2026/trans-flag-emoji/
saved 2026-01-07 …
@macandi@social.heise.de2025-12-09 07:05:00
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-02-08 04:00:04
yeast_transcription: Yeast transcription network (2002)
Network of operons and their pairwise interactions, via transcription factor-based regulation, within the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
This network has 916 nodes and 1094 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Unweighted
https://networks.sk…
@bogo@hapyyr.com2026-01-09 13:55:18
Today one more talk for #FOSDEM was accepted: What translating Thunderbird taught me.
It's in the #translation room at Sunday.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-01-09 03:07:26
The final (8th) #AAS247 presser #Lazuli, described in detail the paper #ArgusArray to the astronomical community: https://carolinastories.unc.edu/developing-the-worlds-largest-sky-survey-telescope/ and https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement/ and https://www.astronomy.com/science/eric-and-wendy-schmidt-to-fund-space-telescope-three-ground-based-observatories/ and https://www.space.com/space-exploration/former-ceo-of-google-spearheads-4-next-gen-telescopes-3-on-earth-and-1-in-space and https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/schmidt-sciences-announces-plan-for-lazuli-a-private-space-telescope/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-01-09 01:00:04
ecoli_transcription: E. coli transcription network (2002)
Network of operons and their pairwise interactions, via transcription factor-based regulation, within the bacteria Escherichia coli.
This network has 424 nodes and 577 edges.
Tags: Biological, Gene regulation, Unweighted
https://networks.s…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-08 23:55:35
As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/875300/section-230-tu…
