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The new #Kreutz #comet discovered unusually early has been named C/2026 A1 (MAPS): #photosphere on 4 April and becoming a bright comet.

The new #Kreutz #comet is now C/2026 A1 (MAPS): http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005658.txt and #perihelion is highly uncertain but there is hope as https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/posts/1670699484291561 and https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/117373975#msg34667 explain. And if MAPS makes it to perihelion and is (very) bright then coronagraphs on the ground might be able to catch it against the inner corona as the following table - calculated with https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/ - shows.

AI spending is boosting the economy, but many businesses are in survival mode (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/ai-spending-is-boosting-the-economy-many-businesses-in-survival-mode.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p12#a251026p12

I’ve been sick in some way for nearly a month now just due to a bunch of unrelated things (got a cold, then got COVID, then got bad side effects from medication for COVID…) and I am just thinking how in the world do people with chronic illnesses survive.
I am going a little insane from my body not working properly the last 3.5 weeks - I don’t know how one has the mental resilience to live on day after day for years with a broken body.

Local non-governmental organizations who organize and help survivors on the worst day of their lives are the backbone of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in California.
By joining together and creating a "Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters" ( #VOAD ) group,
they start to take steps to communicating, cooperating, collaborating and coordinating future response and rec…

So Covid mRNA vax may increase your chances to survive (unrelated)cancer
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09655-y#ref-CR16

Hey everyone,
@…’s mom needs your help:
“My mother has been suffering from chronic diabetes, and some time ago, one of her toes had to be amputated. During the war, her condition has worsened, and she now relies on a walker to move. 💔
Today, she fell inside our tent, and her foot got injured again – it’s swollen and bruised badly…

Help Bara'a and her elderly parents in Gaza
My name is Bara'a El-Mughraby. Me and my older brother are the sole breadwinners for my family of five in Al-Shati refugee camp in North Gaza. Me, my elderly parents, my sister and my brother. For months, we have endured the unimaginable and did everything we can to survive, but now our situation worsened a lot and has become a matter of life or death. The constant bombardment and the recent evacuation orders from the IDF mean we have to leave our home—but we don't have the capabilities nor t…

#Requiescat For Bottom of the Hill. Saw so, so many great shows there over the years, especially some incredible KFJC presents events. https://www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisco-…

Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their own terms.

The US military struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days,
killing a total of eight people
while others jumped overboard and may have survived,
US Southern Command said in a social media post on Thursday.
Similar attacks have occurred in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
A video of Tuesday's attack posted by Southern Command on social media shows three boats travelling in a close formation, which is unusual
The military said…

US strikes five more alleged narcoboats killing at least eight
The latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 35 and the number of people killed to at least 115 since early September, according to official figures.