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Galaxy collision... 10bn years ago... Mind boggling :)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/21/milky-way-disc-flip-collision-dwarf-galaxy-astronomers

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position

Astronomers hypothesized that the Milky Way was flipped on its side following a direct hit from a wayward galaxy long before the solar system was born.
The cataclysmic collision is thought to have taken place about 10bn years ago
when the Milky Way was struck head-on by an incoming dwarf dubbed the Gaia Sausage.
The Milky Way tore the interloper to shreds and absorbed its stars,
but the chaos unleashed in the event probably flipped the entire disc of the Milky Way by m…

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position

"...severe injury collisions in the first half of 2026 had increased by around 8 percent compared to the same period last year. "
Seems to me that the words about #VIsionZero and #SafeStreets from #MayorLurie

SFPD investigating Bernal Heights collision as a hit-and-run
A pedestrian is left with "life-threatening" injuries following a collision with a vehicle. SFPD is investigating the collision as a hit-and-run.

"...severe injury collisions in the first half of 2026 had increased by around 8 percent compared to the same period last year. "
Seems to me that the words about #VIsionZero and #SafeStreets from #MayorLurie

SFPD investigating Bernal Heights collision as a hit-and-run
A pedestrian is left with "life-threatening" injuries following a collision with a vehicle. SFPD is investigating the collision as a hit-and-run.

celegansneural: C. elegans neurons (1986)
A network representing the neural connections of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode.
This network has 297 nodes and 2359 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/celegansneural
Rid…

lobsters has got me yakking about compilers and autovectorization https://lobste.rs/s/gkcjic/simd_for_collision
which is remarkably good these days!
and it strikes me that the hp / intel itanium instruction set design was based on the idea that compilers would be better at sta…

SIMD for Collision
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A Seattle Times sports columnist quits, citing its repeated refusal to publish columns that went "against the grain", including one on transgender athletes (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/business/media/s…

Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column
Matt Calkins, a longtime sports columnist, said editors had refused to publish a column about transgender athletes in women’s competitions.

celegans_metabolic: Metabolic network (C. elegans)
List of edges comprising the metabolic network of the nematode C. elegans.
This network has 453 nodes and 4596 edges.
Tags: Biological, Metabolic, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/celegans_metabolic

celegans_2019: Complete C. elegans neurons (2019)
Networks among neurons of both the adult male and adult hermaphrodite worms C. elegans, constructed from electron microscopy series, to include directed edges (chemical) and undirected (gap junction), and spanning including nodes for muscle and non-muscle end organs.
This network has 468 nodes and 3701 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted

celegans_2019: Complete C. elegans neurons (2019)
Networks among neurons of both the adult male and adult hermaphrodite worms C. elegans, constructed from electron microscopy series, to include directed edges (chemical) and undirected (gap junction), and spanning including nodes for muscle and non-muscle end organs.
This network has 468 nodes and 1447 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted