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Lense-Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova: #magnetar, confirming link to some of universe’s brightest exploding stars: https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/03/11/astronomers-capture-birth-of-a-magnetar-confirming-link-to-some-of-universes-brightest-exploding-stars/

Russia keeps delaying deadlines to capture Donbas as it seeks to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, Ukrainian lawmaker says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/russia-keeps-delaying-deadlines-to.html

"By parsing the GNSS logs, we reconstructed the full life of the vehicle from its production in a factory in China, through its operational life in the United Kingdom, to its final dismantling in Poland. Every movement and stop along the way is captured in the logs, giving a complete picture of the vehicle's journey."

Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found.
The 42 percent figure—uncovered by a University of Toronto research tool that tracks cellphone activity—dwarfs the roughly 25 percent drop captured by official border-crossing data, the newspaper said. The researchers said they had been struck by “the marked decline in visits to large metropolitan economies.”

Staggering Drop of Canadian Visitors to U.S. Cities Under Trump Revealed
Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by a staggering 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found. The eye...

Rubio wears Nike tracksuit aboard Air Force One in parody of Maduro capture (Molly Parks/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4565816/rubio-nike-tracksuit-air-force-one-maduro/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p125#a260512p125

Jsut sharing another photo of a recent hike (I blogged about it: https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2026/a-spring-hike-with-unexpected-challenges-in-the-snow/ ). Sorry, all newer photos are et unprocessed on the hard disk :-/
But they are there …

from my link log —
Maximizing DNS qname minimization.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20200916-maximizing-qname-minimization-new-chapter-dns-protocol-evolution/
saved 2020-09-17

Maximizing Qname Minimization: A New Chapter in DNS Protocol Evolution
Data privacy and security experts tell us that applying the "need to know" principle enhances privacy and security, because it reduces the amount of information potentially disclosed to a service provider -- or to other parties -- to the minimum the service provider requires to perform a service. This principle is at the heart of qname minimization, a technique described in RFC 7816 that has now achieved significant adoption in the DNS.

"Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity"
#Biodiversity #Climate #ClimateChange

Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity
Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others, a recent study finds. Forest restoration has emerged as a top nature-based solution to mitigate climate change, with numerous high-profile initiatives launched over the past few decades. And while there’s enthusiasm for replanting degraded forest areas, or […]

If you are a logophile or perhaps a lexophile, or if you watch British TV, you know the name, Susie Dent. She’s got a new book, a mystery, called Guilty by Definition. TBH I’m not a fan of mysteries, but I am a fan of her, so I picked this up when I saw it. 1 chapter in and I’m hooked. Editors at an Oxford dictionary get a letter that references the year the senior editor’s sister disappeared. #bookstodon

Yesterday on our bike ride we almost got a sun burn and two weeks ago I was snowshoeing in the mountains! It's wild 😉
Today we have light rain, so I'm not sure if I want to get out for some activity or let it be a true #silentSunday .
Some background and video of the snowshoe-day can be found here: