2026-03-04 10:13:32
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A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2
#exoplanets
"Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) ... is building North America’s first fully integrated ... rare earth processing facility..."
#REE #Rareearth 🧪⚒️
And so #ArtemisII delivers ... the dark side of the Earth last night, illuminated by the full Moon, with a bright atmospheric arc indicating where the Sun is hiding and aurora in several places. While beyond Earth at 5 o'clock you see the zodiacal light and Venus and many stars. A bit noisy but something never imaged before AFAIK - the Apollo era photographic film wasn't up to this. From https://x.com/NASA/status/2040059770237849635 while https://x.com/NASA/status/2040059740848283920 shows a fraction of the Earth's dayside.
Lest we forget, the original Moon landings were accomplished by essentially just hurling the ship at the moon
Artemis II crew cleared to depart Earth orbit, head for moon - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/artemis-ii-crew-cleared-to-depart-earth-orbit-for-moon/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=925984462
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No human in my lifetime has been as far away from Earth as the Artemis II astronauts are right now. No one since Apollo 17 in 1972.
They are right now in an orbit that takes them up to 74,000 km high. In comparison, the ISS is in an orbit 400 km high.
Once this phase is over, their trip leaving Earth orbit and traveling to the Moon starts.
#artemis2
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The Dandy Warhols:
🎵 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
#NowPlaying #TheDandyWarhols
https://hollygorock.bandcamp.com/track/not-if-you-were-the-last-junkie-on-earth-the-dandy-warhols
https://open.spotify.com/track/0BfPhHh0Gf1WR1hQgIYqen
Someone posted this, perhaps in some other context. It is worth repeating here.
(I noticed a mild similarity to another short piece by Twain, his "Letter To the Earth", part of the Bernard de Voto assemblage "Letters From the Earth".)
The piece below is quite proper and relevant to the crazed faux "warriors" who have brought our nation into several illegal wars.
Mark Twain, “The War Prayer” (ca.1904-5)
If the sun was behind the Earth when this photo was taken, how is the planet being illuminated? The flash on that Nikon D5 must be something else!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8jzr423p9o
I think what we all want to know just now is when #ICE will leave Minneapolis.
https://xkcd.com/1732/
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#Extremophile survives the transient pressures associated with impact-induced ejection from #Mars: #panspermia
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116341596656110215
This is the night side of Earth btw
Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025
Despite Increased Reader Interest
Mainstream media around the world last year drew back from reporting on climate change, according to new reports.
This drop occurred despite increasing reader interest in the topic,
while greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continued to hit new historic highs.
According to a year-end analysis by the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO),
138gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
Scientists Create Powerful New Form of Aluminum That Could Replace Rare Earth Metals
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-powerful-new-form-of-aluminum-that-could-replace-rare-earth-metals/
174gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
🚨Job Alert!🚨 Position in Earth Materials Sciences, Utrecht University
#mineralogy #materials ⚒️🧪
By popular demand here is the full-moon-lit night image of Earth from #ArtemisII in a rotated (NW now up) and zoomed-in version, now directly from https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ - the technical data has https://nitter.net/Erdayastronaut/status/2040105622046118282 and there is also a version with much shorter exposure at https://nitter.net/NASA/status/2040114101670523381 and a half-Earth at https://nitter.net/NASA/status/2040114160529179103 while the view with the window frame is at https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000191
Homogeneous accretion of the #Earth in the inner Solar System: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02824-7 -> The Earth formed from local building blocks: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/03/the-earth-formed-from-local-building-blocks.html - planetary scientists at ETH Zurich have shown that the material that makes up the Earth originates exclusively from the inner solar system.
108gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
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71gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
188gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
173gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
175gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
87gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
83gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
132gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
60gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
54gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
59gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
59gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
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179gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
172gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
138gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
169gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
82gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
127gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
230gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
168gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
129gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
On the Zoom H1n "Handy" Field Recorder: Review - Finally time to get my own portable audio recorder! - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Zoom-H1n-field-recorder.html
On Website Technicals (2026-02) - Tech updates: tweaking 16WW energy management, optimisation, data change, moving goal-posts. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-105.html
On 16WW Data Collections and Graphs - Open for research home #dataset - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-data.html
On Website Technicals (2026-04) - Tech updates: per-minute Eddi tweaks, Time Machine bug, virtual plug-in solar, merit order, intensity forecast, USB power wrangling, greed, BibTeX URLs... - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-107.html
General Bibliography - General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset - https://www.earth.org.uk/bibliogra…
101gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
97gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
133gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
106gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
186gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
203gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
68gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
154gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
154gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
169gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
200gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
166gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
51gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
78gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
Diarycast - Year In Review (2023) - The rollercoaster thrills and spills of 2023 at EOU Towers... #podcast #yearInReview - https://www.
Octopus Innovation Centre Visit (2026) - Transition Town Kingston Energy Group visited the Slough site #OctopusEnergy #RAndD - https://
Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -
Is An Orange Halloween Pumpkin Green? - Sow in April, reap in September, get soup and pie and roast seeds too! Oh, and a Halloween lantern. #green #pumpkin #Halloween -
Eddi Solar PV Diverter Top-up Dataset - Various stats for PV diversion and low-carbon-grid top-up of Sunamp Thermino. #heatBattery #microgen #dataset -
On Website Technicals (2022-09) - Tech updates: TX down, spelingg, bad words, structured data. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-64.html
On Variations in GB Grid Electricity CO2 Intensity: Samples - CO2 per grid kWh by h/d/m/y 2009 to 2026. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-UK-grid-CO2-intensity-variations.html
On 16WW Data Collections and Graphs - Open for research home #dataset - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-data.html
On Website Technicals (2024-04) - Tech updates: ORCID, RSS work storage, podcast images, transcripts, Apache 2.4 ETag bug, 406 and more 429, less AMP, cacheing tweaks. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-83.html
Statscast - Lockdown Changes, Log Noises (2020-05) - May stats and graphs #audification #lockdown2020 - https://www.earth.or…
Saving Electricity (2026) - Meter readings at home #allElectric #fossilFree - https://www.earth.org.uk/saving-electricit…
60gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
55gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
67gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
56gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
56gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
46gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
190gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
186gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
198gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2