2026-03-12 02:00:25
Witnessing Magnetic Reconnection in Tangled Superpenumbral Fibrils around a Sunspot: #Sunspot: https://aasnova.org/2026/03/11/astronomers-see-braided-magnetic-fields-above-a-sunspot/
Witnessing Magnetic Reconnection in Tangled Superpenumbral Fibrils around a Sunspot: #Sunspot: https://aasnova.org/2026/03/11/astronomers-see-braided-magnetic-fields-above-a-sunspot/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Ray Bryant:
🎵 Up Above the Rock
#RayBryant
https://lennymarcus.bandcamp.com/track/up-above-the-rock
https://open.spotify.com/track/66Q0P99bQz8L0o5YV0qgFg
SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024's $8.03B (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…
✍️ New post: WeissKlang L1 – Punching Above Its Weight
#audio #recording #microphones
With oil hovering above $100 a barrel for much of Monday
and Middle Eastern allies fearing a further tumble into regional conflict,
Trump appeared in Doral, Florida with the mission of
calming global markets and reassuring skittish allies that he has a clear vision for how to end the largest US intervention in the Middle East since the Iraq war.
If there is one, it was not delivered in this press conference.
In a 35-minute appearance, the US president eschewed th…
February 2026 was the fifth-warmest February globally, with an average surface air temperature of 1.49°C above the estimated 1850-1900 average used to define the pre-industrial level.
Temperature anomalies were unevenly spread over the world and over Europe.
#ClimateChange
Market Value 💵
市场价值 💵
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
ICE Has Kidnapped The Staff At My Favorite Burrito Shop - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/ice-has-kidnapped-the-staff-at-my-favorite-burrito-shop/
Nielsen: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show averaged 128.2M viewers, above 124.9M for the game overall and down from 133.5M for Kendrick Lamar in 2025 (Selome Hailu/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-ratings-123665…
"New report confirms 2025 among Hawai'i's driest, warmest on record"
#Hawaii #Climate #ClimateChange
Divisions and disarray among the extreme right over the US attack on Venezuela: some pro-Trrumpism, some emphasise national sovereignty as sacred above all, and some closer to Russia.
La extrema derecha no sabe cómo colocarse ante la agresión de Trump en Venezuela y el imperialismo de EEUU.
This was too good to be checked…
But it’s bullshit.
She never said that.
(plonk) @… https://mastodon.scot/@BlytheCycles/11604739239…
Ontario regional train return to the North announced their pricing
#northlander
@… I edited
@… into the post above (they made the call) …
… I can't answer the question (I use VirtualBox, and occasionally VMM, on Kubuntu).
‘No Kings Act’ sails through House despite Republican pushback
https://marylandmatters.org/2026/04/10/no-kings-act-sails-through-house-despite-republican-pushback/
Took a couple of rest days b/c I could feel my hamstring & feared possible injury. After a consideration of time spent in each HR zone over previous runs, it was clear that I was overdoing the pace, even with 4/1 min run/walk intervals. I ~could~ do that pace, but I ~should~ dial it back a bit & build fitness. Anaerobic all the time wasn’t helping.
Cold tonight, just below freezing and 25 mph (40 kph) winds gusting to 50 mph (80.5 kph).
Indian IT giant TCS reports Q4 sales up 9.7% YoY to $7.63B, net profit up 12.2% to $1.48B, both above est., and says new AI models did not hurt services demand (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-tcs-beats-fourth-quarter-revenue-v…
Tech jobs are highly cyclical and lots of the gen AI stuff is ridiculously overhyped, and I’m hopeful that the wheel will keep turning and the professional prospects of software developers will improve again…assuming human civilization survives, that is.
But what I said above applies regardless. We should all be doing this meaning-making work all the time, even in the best job markets. In fact, that work is a part of •making• human civilization survive.
you're standing on a cliff, looking over. you're above the clouds. there's no seeing the bottom.
you think to yourself "i bet i could build a hangglider before i hit bottom."
this is about relying on LLMs for your livelihood.
The Executive Branch Discovers Judicial Independence, Hates It - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/the-executive-branch-discovers-judicial-independence-hates-it/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
CSS:
🎵 Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
#CSS
https://cocolah.bandcamp.com/track/lets-make-love-and-listen-to-death-from-above
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Jd9W7k8DTnBSovDSxK77n
Stock market hits all-time high as Dow closes above 50,000
The U.S. stock market ended a bumpy week with a bang,
as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 for the first time.
The Dow crossed the threshold
— an important psychological barrier
— earlier Friday before retreating
and then surging again to close at 50,115.67.
That was a jump of 2.47 percent, more than 1,200 points for the day.
The rally extended to the S&P 500 and the …
"Faced with economic stagnation the elites are panicking. Wild eyed in the control room, they thrash around seeking to fix the unfixable, pushing all the buttons, pulling all the levers, to no avail, just making things worse. They try the old mantra “growth”, repeated endlessly, and given a priority above all else"
Reeves says 'more to do' after sluggish GDP growth - BBC News
Cloudflare reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $614.5M, vs. $591.3M est., and forecasts full-year and Q1 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 14% after hours (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/10/cloudflare…
"Why $100 Oil Isn’t Going to Spark a New Shale Boom"
"So far, nothing has changed for us...even missile strikes aren’t shaking off the lethargy in oil right now."
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-100-Oil-Isnt-Goi…
pam bondi screaming that oil is above $100 right now, and that's now we should be talking about - not epstein!
From Curling To Constitutional Crisis: Team USA Athlete Calls ICE Shootings ‘Wrong’ - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/from-curling-to-constitutional-crisis-team-usa-athlete-calls-ice-shootings-wrong/
Some Places with Snow II ❄️
一些有雪的地方 II ❄️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
AppLovin reports Q4 revenue up 66% YoY to $1.66B, vs. $1.61B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue and adjusted EBITDA above estimates; APP drops 6% after hours (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/markets/applovin-q4-earnings-software-adtech-ai/
Just curious - do Yanks say 'aye' when not being pirates?
As a Derby person, if someone asks me something informally, I'll often respond with, "Oh aye!" Or, if they're bullshitting, "Oh aye?"
I'm guessing seppos would say "Oh yeah!" or "Oh YEAH?" but let's have a poll. Yaaay!
If you are a USAmerican, do you say 'aye' in the manner described above?
This is not the first, and certainly not the last, collaboration of this kind: a Dutch solar park developer and a developer of charging hubs for heavy-duty vehicles are set to join forces: synergy through improved remuneration and, above all, they will avoid many grid-related (cost) issues
https://www.
Approximately 35(ish) years ago Green Day played a show above an abortion clinic on Milwaukee after the “Fireman’s Picnic” in Tichigan, Wisconsin got canceled because someone stabbed an inflatable Hamm’s (Beer) Bear.
Anyway, I hope they tell MAGA to fuck right off today.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Pelican:
🎵 An Inch Above Sand
#Pelican
https://pelicansl.bandcamp.com/track/an-inch-above-sand
https://open.spotify.com/track/4N6PFGsPddIoXyG0LPoTfN
Golden Hour Pastoral
(two minutes after sunrise)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
Yep, *that* Ken Starr...
Ken Starr Writing To 'My Friend, My Brother' Jeffrey Epstein - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/ken-starr-writing-to-my-friend-my-brother-jeffrey-epstein/
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to €4.5B, Premium users up 10% YoY to 290M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 751M, and a €701M operating income, above €639.1M est. (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02…
#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 7: Share a pair of consecutive lines of a current or recent project.
A recent commission:
The sensation of his harsh thrusts blended with another stimulation, something more unusual. He felt a grip on his hips with no one standing behind him, he felt drops of sweat fall on his back even though there was nobody above him, and finally, he realised it wa…
Shopify reports Q4 revenue up 31% YoY to $3.7B, vs. $3.59B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue growth at a low-thirties percentage rate, vs. 25% est.; SHOP jumps 10% (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co
Vasilena (fonhea) Georgieva | Original editorial and merchandise design :: Behance
Follow Vasilena here: @…
https://www.behance.net/fonhea/
"Bitcoin is crashing hard, reaching historic lows of well below the $70,000 mark. At the time of writing, the token is hovering just above $63,000, levels we haven’t seen since October 2024."
"According to Coindesk, the average cost to mine one Bitcoin is currently around $87,000 — far higher than its current going rate, making it an extremely unprofitable proposition."
🥳🥳🥳
Rare Colours Blues 🔷🔷
稀有的色彩蓝 🔷🔷
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF)
#filmphotography #Photography #Art
Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
While I have often talked about eutrophication (high nutrients leading to excess algae production), systems worldwide have also undergone oligotrophication: productivity reduction from nutrient decline or ecosystem changes. While lakes becoming clearer is often viewed positively, this results in food web alterations and loss of culturally and commercially importa…
This is my shocked face. I'm just gobsmacked that no one considered this possibility.
https://apnews.com/article/oil-prices-crude-brent-iran-ecab41ec6a365e58282…
Helping in defense against attacks from Iran should be the maximum that Europe does, no involvement in any actions against Iran, on or above it's territory or anything like that. We need maximum resources for security on our own continent and for the war against Russia. It would be typical Trump to first destroy Iran and then ask Europe to clean up his mess...
#iran
“The suspect was able to then open a second ChatGPT account, despite being flagged by OpenAI systems in the past, and "continue planning scenarios involving gun violence”.”
The BBC, CBC and other media are only focusing on half the story. But the quote above almost gets there! Hey @… can you help highlight this in your reporting??
Yes, it is extremely important that OpenAI tells the authorities if obviously dangerous planning is happening. But we should also be asking a second question:
Should we as a society allow automated tools to be created that can help plan “scenarios involving gun violence”?
This is not an "age verification" question. As far as I'm concerned, a computer system should not be designed or be allowed to counsel people of any age on how to kill others. That is what ChatGPT is likely to have done here. There is no limit on what any LLM/AI system can say to users.
That is a problem that must be regulated.
This might also be an issue of 'sober second thought' @…
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CBC #TumblerRidge
Limiting global warming can reduce US wildfire smoke-related deaths by thousands annually #UnitedStates
Good morning from Harlem
#Photography #GoodMorning #Sunrise #NYC
Took the day off to head up to Natural Bridge State Park with my wife. Pictures don’t really do justice to how massive it is.
Then there are the Blue Ridge Mountains, always gorgeous. Will return to Skyline Trail later this summer, as it’s an official International Dark Sky viewing location. Perhaps in August for the Perseid meteor shower season.
Anyone good in statistics who can quickly answer a question? Assume I have an n-digit random binary number (for IT people: a bitstring). I calculate the number of 1s vs. 0s ("Hamming weight"). Expected to be usually ~0.5/50%. How does one calculate the probability for a given length n that it's above or below a certain value, i.e. <=40% or >=60%? And how many inputs would one on average need to get at least one such outlier?
Human Traces IV ⛩️
人类踪迹 IV ⛩️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Harman Red 125 (FF)
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TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$35.6B, above est., suggesting global chip demand remained intact during the first weeks of the war in the Middle East (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-…
Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/reddit-rddt-q4-2025.html
Some Places with Snow III ❄️
一些有雪的地方 III ❄️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
The Justice Department Is Lowering Its Ethical Guardrails - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/the-justice-department-is-lowering-its-ethical-guardrails/
I went to see an exhibition in #Hamburg today advertised as "from Herakles to Superman". I foolishly assumed there would be some discussion of the elements that make a modern hero vs the ancient Greek heros, similarities & differences between Greek heroes & US-American superheroes, and how heroes reflect society. But the exhibitors decided to make 1 room about US superheroes an…
Toblinger Knoten / Torre di Toblin
(October 2024)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography
How Black Forest Labs, a 70-person startup based in Germany, became a top competitor in AI image generation; sources: it recently declined to partner with xAI (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/black-forest-labs-ai-image-generation/
New report confirms 2025 among Hawai'i's driest, warmest on record #Hawaii
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to €4.5B, Premium users up 10% YoY to 290M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 751M, and a €701M operating income, above €639.1M est. (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02…
At first, sexual harassment lawyer Megan Thomas just wanted to put up a modest ad above a garbage can in the back of a New York airport terminal to advertise her law firm's services.
It read:
“When HR called it harmless flirting … we called it exhibit A."
But when the airport authority rejected the ad copy and asked her to tone it down, she filed a lawsuit claiming her free speech rights under the U.S. constitution had been violated
A judge agreed,
and …
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Death From Above 1979:
🎵 Cheap Talk
#DeathFromAbove1979
https://open.spotify.com/track/7MowOHgDCm3TdkLwGJ2qgG
Former Biglaw Attorney Was Epstein Victim, Drafted Sex Contract - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/former-biglaw-attorney-was-epstein-victim-drafted-sex-contract/
Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/reddit-rddt-q4-2025.html
Some Snow ❄️
一些雪 ❄️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
The latest in our climate chaos theatre: Arctic ice melting in January!
@… on Bluesky:
SUMMER IN WINTER IN GREENLAND
Crazy Temperatures tonight up to 9C (above summer average), persisting during the day.
24 stations at low elevations out of 31 above freezing today.
Kitsissorsuit is chasing the WORLD RECORD of the highest monthly…
Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $21.32B, slightly above expectations, and subscription services revenue up 14% to $13.12B (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-q4-2025-earnings-capex-advertising-sales…
Sources: Alibaba anonymously released an AI video model called HappyHorse-1.0, which ranks top of Artificial Analysis' AI model leaderboard, above Seedance 2.0 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/alibaba-anonymous…
Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.06B est., GMV up 36% to $13.8B, and forecasts Q3 revenue slightly above est.; AFRM drops 6% after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/affir…
Internal memo: Sam Altman tells staff that ChatGPT is "back to exceeding 10% monthly growth", and OpenAI plans to release "an updated Chat model" this week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/sam-altman-touts-cha…
Human Traces - 1000 Gens Pilgrimage ⛩️
人类踪迹 - 萬代瞻仰 ⛩️
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6)
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GOP Wants To Probe Ketanji Brown Jackson For Attending Grammys Because Bad Bunny Was Also There - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/gop-wants-to-probe-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-attending-grammys-because-bad-bunny-was-also-there/
Sickly Red IV ⭕️
病态的红 IV ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography …
Samsung reports preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., a record, and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sus
Sickly Red III ⭕️
病态的红 III ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
City Vibes 🎀
城市律动 🎀
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
Sources: online DTC luxury brand Quince is in talks to raise funding at a $10B valuation, up from $4.5B in July; its annualized revenue run rate has hit ~$2B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/quince-talks-double-valuation-10-billion…
Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $21.32B, slightly above expectations, and subscription services revenue up 14% to $13.12B (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-q4-2025-earnings-capex-advertising-sales…
Roblox reports Q4 bookings up 63% YoY to $2.2B vs. $2.05B est., DAUs up 69% to 144M, and forecasts FY 2026 bookings above estimates; RBLX jumps 18% after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/roblox-fo
Dell reports Q4 revenue up 39% YoY to $33.4B, vs. $31.73B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; DELL jumps 10% after hours (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/dell-forecasts-fiscal-2…
Apple's MacBook Neo poses a big threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.
Alphabet says it expects 2026 capex to be in the range of $175B to $185B, above estimates of about $115.26B (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/google-parent-alphabet-forecasts-sharp-surge-2026-capital-spen…
Salesforce reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $11.2B, vs. $11.18B est., forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, and announces a $50B share repurchase program (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sus
Snowflake reports Q4 product revenue up 30% YoY to $1.23B, vs. $1.18B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 product revenue above estimates (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/snowflake-expects-annual-p…
Arm reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.24B, vs. $1.22B est., and license and other revenue up 25% to $505M, vs. $519.9M est.; ARM drops 7% after hours (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-cons…
Uber reports Q4 revenue up 20% YoY to $14.4B, above $14.32B est., Gross Bookings up 22% YoY to $54.1B, trips up 22% YoY to 3.8B, and a $296M profit, below est. (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…
Galaxy Digital reports a Q4 net loss of $482M, above $282M est., driven primarily by the crypto market crash, and says its trading volumes declined ~40% QoQ (David Pan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Seagate reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $2.83B, vs. $2.73B est., forecasts Q3 results above estimates on strong data storage demand; STX jumps 8% after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/seagate-f