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Characterizing Exoplanets for Assessing Their Potential Habitability
J. M. Rodr\'iguez-Mozos, A. Moya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21351 https://

Characterizing Exoplanets for Assessing Their Potential Habitability
The Statistical-likelihood Exoplanetary Habitability Index (SEPHI) serves as a valuable tool for prioritizing targets for further study and identifying potentially habitable environments. In this paper, we present SEPHI 2.0, which incorporates several key improvements: (1) updated methods for estimating exoplanet internal structures and magnetic fields; (2) the inclusion of orbital eccentricity in assessing the potential for liquid water on an exoplanet's surface; and (3) a new exoplanet mass-r…

Mr. President, is the ceasefire in the room with us?
“The launches came after 4 a.m. local time in Tehran, the time Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would stop its attacks if Israel ended their airstrikes.”
https://apnews.com/live/iran-israel-war-updates-6-2…

Ceasefire status is unclear after Israel reports continued missiles from Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours.

New modeling of the stray light noise in the main arms of the Einstein Telescope
M. Andr\'es-Carcasona, J. Grandes Umbert, D. Gonz\'alez-Lociga, M. Mart\'inez, Ll. M. Mir, H. Yamamoto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18083

New modeling of the stray light noise in the main arms of the Einstein Telescope
Stray light represents a significant noise source for gravitational wave detectors, requiring an accurate modeling and mitigation to preserve the experiment's sensitivity. In this article, we present an updated and improved analysis of the stray-light induced noise in the Einstein Telescope main arm. The results presented here supersede previous studies taking into account a number of improvements, including baffle clipping effects, new numerical calculations for computing diffraction contribut…

I often run into web pages that make me think "I wonder if this is the worst page on the Internet today."
Today's candidate is Bell's outages checker. The javascripty text box thing for the address is a mess, and reloading the results page (you know, a thing people might want to do to get an update on their ISP's current failure) makes you go through the address dance every time.
Maybe avoid piling on the back-breaking straws here, broken ISP…

Oh WhatsApp now brings Ads to the stories... Too bad that still so many people in my social environment use it
https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates

WhatsApp is officially getting ads
WhatsApp is getting ads, as Meta has announced that it will now allow businesses to promote their products and services through its status feature.

Yeah, "Ahsoka" was mediocre, but if not for "The Acolyte", "The Book of Boba Fett" would have been the single worst series in the history of Star Wars.
But sure, let's lobby for an S2. 🙄
☑️ “Where’s My Season 2?“: Temuera Morrison Finally Breaks Silence on 'The Book of Boba Fett's Future [Exclusive]

Look, all I'm saying is, this Kennedy psychopath is trying to kill our children. I feel like self-defense rules apply. Isn't it time for a new HHS Secretary anyway?
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fda-kennedy-covid-shots-rfk-tr…

New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. It’s a major shift in FDA’s approach to updating vaccines that protect against the virus. It comes as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his appointees continue to scrutinize the use of vaccines for a numbe…

Big if true
"Kamala Harris won the U.S elections: Bombshell report claims voting machines were tampered with before 2024"
https://economictimes.indiatim…

Kamala Harris won the U.S elections: Bombshell report claims voting machines were tampered with before 202
Kamala Harris election tampering story raises new questions about the 2024 U.S. presidential election outcome. A quiet but major change to voting machines by Pro V&V—used in over 40% of U.S. counties—was never publicly reviewed or disclosed. Watchdog group SMART Elections flagged suspicious updates, missing votes, and statistical anomalies suggesting potential vote tampering. Now, a lawsuit is moving forward, challenging whether Kamala Harris may have actually won.

Just got an email from Zoom and it proudly states:
“New updates to Zoom Workplace, an AI-first platform”
and I'm like.

another update!
🐛 fixed counting unicode emoji on the stats page
and a few changes from march that i forgot to post about:
🔗 when using "show in context" from search, the target post is now highlighted
∪️ self-replies now open in meow instead of the external instance
🪡 clicking longest thread link in stats now opens its first post in meow
📲 meow can now be installed as a progressive web app
🐛 fixed akkoma support for stats generation

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