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So the new #Kreutz #comet #MAPS is *still* following the constant rapid rise in brightness it has shown since discovery: a dumb extrapolation - https://cobs.si/analysis/?comet=2688&from_date=2026-01-15 00:00&to_date=2026-04-30 00:00&observation_type=V&observation_type=C&plot_x_value=1&plot_y_value=1&fit_option=1&exclude_faint=on&exclude_issue=on&observer=&association=&country=&compare_values=compare - has it get 10,000-times brighter than the Sun at its extremely close perihelion which makes so sense at all, of course, physically.
"It must therefore be assumed that this increase in activity will level off significantly in the near future," writes https://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2026/c2026a1/26a1eaus.htm: "More likely are parameters m m0=12.0 mag / n=4 (or even lower), which would still result in a (very short-term) maximum brightness of about –9 mag (but this would probably still be significantly too bright) – always assuming that the comet survives its perihelion passage unscathed."
For other views see http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005663.txt and https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17626 and https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236580364221799 and https://cometografia.es/cometa-kreutz-2026-a1-maps-analisis/ - and the actual brightness is tracked at https://cobs.si/obs_list?id=2688 where it has reached ~11.5 mag. now.

GSM: Der Anfang vom Ende in Österreich
Der Countdown für GSM hat nun auch in Österreich begonnen. Die Abschaltung trifft vor allem Maschinen, kann aber auch die Netzabdeckung reduzieren.
https://www.hei…

GSM: Der Anfang vom Ende in Österreich
Der Countdown für GSM hat nun auch in Österreich begonnen. Die Abschaltung trifft vor allem Maschinen, kann aber auch die Netzabdeckung reduzieren.

Aylo says it will restore Pornhub access in the UK, but only for users who have verified their age via iOS 26.4's device-level age verification system (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy27q05gj2o

Pornhub to become accessible again for some UK users
UK iPhone users who have completed Apple's device-based age checks will no longer be blocked from the site's adult content.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Mei Semones:
🎵 I can do what I want
#MeiSemones
https://open.spotify.com/track/3pAggfK0BtAzU6fDyW6DUy

Wow, I sure am glad we have such diversity in the CSS world and that AIs consider all of the options fairly, instead of hypothetically being hyper focused on any specific library.

McEnany sounds alarm: Midterms 'will be hard' for Republicans (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5816260-mcenany-warns-republicans-midterms/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260404/p47#a260404p47

Die heißeste Tech-Karriere 2026? Nicht Coden. Schreiben. Laut Amanda Hoover zahlen Firmen wie Netflix oder Anthropic bis zu 775.000 $, um KI verständlich zu erklären und die „AI-Story“ zu erzählen. Ironie der Geschichte: Nachdem Maschinen Texte erzeugen, braucht es Menschen, die erklären, was das alles eigentlich bedeutet.

amazing. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pabvs6a5fnlyclsotatpuns4/post/3me4jnonwlc2t
edit: here's mr nipples

kate (@katertot.bsky.social)
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

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US-Militär will MQ-9A-Reaper-Drohne zu Drohnenmutterschiff ausbauen
Die Langstreckendrohne MQ-9A Reaper soll zu einem Drohnenmutterschiff umfunktioniert werden. Sie setzt Drohnen ab und koordiniert deren jeweiligen Missionen.
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US-Militär will MQ-9A-Reaper-Drohne zu Drohnenmutterschiff ausbauen
Die Langstreckendrohne MQ-9A Reaper soll zu einem Drohnenmutterschiff umfunktioniert werden. Sie setzt Drohnen ab und koordiniert deren jeweiligen Missionen.