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Rest area on I-55 had this ridiculously blatant #MountainDew knockoff. They even lifted the color scheme. My brain registered it as the real thing, until I looked again. I don’t think I’ve ever come closer to actually confusing one brand for another; wonder how many tired travelers have bought this thinking it was the real thing.

Some Instagram and Facebook users say Meta's AI moderation deleted their accounts; Meta says AI makes 13% fewer errors and finds 10% more violations than humans (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/meta-ai-facebook-instagra…

What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram
Users said the technology mistakenly deleted their accounts. To resolve the issue, they still had to rely on A.I.

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.ao-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.ao-ph/new
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- Tracking water vapor homogeneous nucleation and droplet growth with spectroscopy and holography i...
Sagan, Pokrifka, Koblensky, Erinin, Ahmed, Jeevanjee, Deike, Weichman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21509 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsfludyn_bot/116617117965034154
- Microwave-Stimulated Serpentinization of Olivine for Geological Hydrogen Production
Ansan Pokharel, Terence Musho
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21790 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_condmatmtrlsci_bot/116617123666857714
- Decomposing Ensemble Spread in Lorenz '96 With Learned Stochastic Parameterizations
Birgit K\"uhbacher, Daan Crommelin, Niki Kilbertus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22242
- Variation of Venusian Gravity Wave Absolute Momentum Fluxes and Drag as Retrieved from the Akatsu...
Erdal Yi\u{g}it, Emilia Sloan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22793 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_astrophEP_bot/116617171444138000
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If a bat that weighs 7 g eats half its body mass in insects every night (typical), I think that works out to 1400 mosquitoes needed based on a 2.5 mg mosquito. So more than 2 mosquitoes every minute if hunting for 10 hours. [Please check my math.] Doable, perhaps, in a room packed with thousands of mosquitoes but in the real world that bat would starve to death. Because it takes more energy to find and hunt down a tiny fly than it gets from the fly. Small bats DO eat mosquitoes but never enough to be important in control. My 2 cents.

I did a test in Romania, #meshtastic vs #meshcore and here is the quick summary:
Over 250 Meshtastic nodes found, compared to 70 Meshcore nodes.
BUT
Meshtastic was basically dead, no one talked, or answered anything. I only got one message with the following - "test&…

Oh, I know this one. Don’t 💩 in the pool.

The most stunning exchange of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing to serve as attorney general came in response to an amiable question.
Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, a Republican who appears favorably inclined toward Blanche, asked the nominee whether he considered himself to be the president’s friend.
Blanche, who is currently leading the Justice Department in an interim role, responded:
“I’m his lawyer.”
Then, perhaps, realizing his mistake, he corrected himse…

The Biggest Takeaway From Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Hearing
The once-cherished ideal of dispensing impartial justice has all but disappeared.

#freefall Sam has a dream of wealth.
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4400/fc04388.htm

Much to no one's surprise, the NYT remains complete garbage.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/post/3mmctjlxg2jws

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News (@froomkin.bsky.social)
Call me naive, but I was really hoping for a serious NYT news analysis about how these corrupt acts set Trump above the law, make a mockery of separation of powers, violate the 14th amendment, and cannot stand. Instead: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html

The Lemurians of Mount Shasta: A Visit to the Hidden Country
California's mystic volcano has tenants no census has ever counted. An inquiry into where they live, how they live, why they live, and what happened when I went up to ask. ...
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/0…