Tootfinder

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.

December 6, 2025 -- On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p26#a251207p26

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Moscoman & Tom Sanders:
🎵 In Stereo
#NowPlaying #Moscoman #TomSanders
https://moscoman.bandcamp.com/track/in-stereo-feat-tom-sanders
https://open.spotify.com/track/6VBbmDuYFGj4xAxLM79JB7

Een belangrijk succes van Nederlandse lokale en regionale overheden: publieke laadnetwerken via competitieve tenders aanbesteden, om zo kwaliteit en lagere kosten voor gebruikers te realiseren.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2601006-grote-prijsverschillen-tu…

M. Parmelin: «Il faut tirer les enseignements et faire tout ce qu'on peut pour limiter au maximum les risques. Mais le risque zéro n'existe pas.»
C’est vrai, mais il semble qu’au Constellation on n’a fait rien du tout pour limiter les risques; je dirais même que l’on les a maximisé. Ce n’est pas le bon moment pour rélativiser.

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

Meet Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), leading up to her keynote on Saturday at Southern California Linux Expo.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kimmcmahon-marketing_privac…

It's really hard to take McGill University's austerity talk seriously when they're dumping millions of dollars on union-busting law firms, anti-labor consultancy firms, and private police to intimidate its students.
#McGillUniversity #TheRover

McGill Spent Over $1 Million Fighting Unionization – The Rover
Union organizers at the university say this is part of a broader trend towards corporatization of the public institution.

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Moscoman & SCUDFM:
🎵 Low Blood Sugar
#NowPlaying #Moscoman #SCUDFM
https://moscoman.bandcamp.com/track/low-blood-sugar-feat-scudfm
https://open.spotify.com/track/3LubKLDT9Nu0uwYGLzAIvm

Where Trump could strike next (Sean McMinn/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/where-trump-could-strike-next-00711120
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p19#a260106p19