@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-01-06 16:38:58
The 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-12-07 15:42:01
from my link log —
Locks in PostgreSQL.
https://habr.com/en/company/postgrespro/blog/504498/
saved 2020-06-03 https://dotat…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-07 18:54:05
Stephen Miller is fashion obsessed and agreed with Trump joke that he wants everyone to look like him, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-fashion-obsessed-white-house-b2896244.html
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-01-06 19:01:52
The third #AAS247 presser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDmYXvBbV4 about News from the High-Redshift Universe and Local Analogs dealt with the papers The ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST Survey: JWST/IFU Optical Observations for 18 Main-sequence Galaxies at z = 4–6 (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ae0928 with https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/young-galaxies-grow-up-fast and https://public.nrao.edu/news/young-galaxies-grow-up-fast/), A New Population of Point-like, Narrow-line Objects Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12177 with https://showme.missouri.edu/2026/scientists-discover-platypus-galaxies-in-the-early-universe/ and https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/scientists-identify-astronomys-platypus-with-nasas-webb-telescope/; slide), Supermassive Stars Match the Spectral Signatures of JWST's Little Red Dots (https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12618 with https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/scientists-use-jwst-examine-ancient-monster-stars-may-reveal-birth-black-holes) and Discovery of SiC and Iron Dust around AGB Stars in the Very Metal-poor Sextans a Dwarf Galaxy with JWST: Implications for Dust Production at High Redshift & JWST Captures Growth of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dust Particles in the Extremely Metal-poor Galaxy Sextans A (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adf06a / https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04060 with https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-early-universe-analogs-unexpected-talent-for-making-dust/).
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-07 13:32:21
The Raiders Already Have Some Offseason Answers https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-already-have-some-offseason-answers
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-08 01:30:43
Inside the White House obsession with reducing energy prices (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/inside-the-white-house-obsession-with-reducing-energy-prices-00714829
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p157#a260107p157
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-10-08 14:42:03
from my link log —
The Gleam programming language is my new obsession.
https://ericcodes.io/blog/gleam-my-new-obsession.html
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@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-01-07 18:42:03
from my link log —
Who owns the memory? Who calls free?
https://lukefleed.xyz/posts/who-owns-the-memory-pt2/
saved 2026-01-05 https://
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-12-08 09:42:04
from my link log —
Einstein: NewtonOS running on other operating systems.
https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein
saved 2025-12-08 https://dotat.at/:/S89W…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-01-07 12:42:03
from my link log —
Marcin Wichary’s favourite tech museums.
https://aresluna.org/fav-tech-museums/
saved 2026-01-06 https://dotat.at/:/8E4LP.html…
