@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-06-16 15:07:40
Experimental Demonstration of Gravitational Impact on the Speed of Light / Exploring the gravito-optic effect for gravity sensing applications: #Gravitation
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-15 20:59:36
Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-16 14:15:38
Algae thwarts Trump's $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool 'American flag blue' (Callum Jones/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p52#a260616p52
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-06-09 05:00:30
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Tankrabatt: Mineralölkonzerne behalten weiterhin großen Anteil
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-10 05:05:55
Paris-based Lithosquare, which uses AI to speed the discovery of critical mineral and metal deposits, raised a $25M seed led by World Fund and Kindred Capital (Rahul Raj/EU-Startups)
https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/pa…
@david@boles.xyz2026-07-14 12:08:15
Begging for My Mother: Find A Grave and the Strangers Who Collect Our Dead
This morning I signed into Find A Grave to update my mother's memorial and discovered that I no longer manage her page....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/14/begg
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-16 20:29:00
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling lining was the work of vandals.
An independent analysis has concluded otherwise.
After reviewing photographs and satellite imagery, and speaking with experts,
The Washington Post found that the extensive gashes in the pool liner were likely the result of improper application.
The Thursday report noted that the tears appeared in at least seven places
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-10 20:50:50
Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation Unveils Initial Design Concept for National Mall Memorial (Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-war-on-terrorism-memorial-foundation-unveils-initial-design-concept-for-national-mall-memorial-302796811.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p93#a260610p93
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-15 23:13:30
Hot conditions in a new National Park Service exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial are imperiling rare 1860s copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment, Emma Uber of City Cast DC reported Wednesday.
Uber cites unnamed NPS staff members who are concerned that
“screens designed to shield the records from harsh light have been defective and temperatures inside the display case have repeatedly reached more than 80 degrees.”
For reference, the National Archiv…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-16 00:14:05
Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the landmark reflecting pool has stretched well past his initial goal of having the Pool ready by July 4 for the nation’s 250th birthday.
The president at first suggested his renovations would cost $1.5 million, but the bill ballooned to more than $16 million by June.
Trump had said the repairs would last a century, but within days of the project’s initial completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coa…
