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The final (8th) #AAS247 presser #Lazuli, described in detail the paper #ArgusArray to the astronomical community: https://carolinastories.unc.edu/developing-the-worlds-largest-sky-survey-telescope/ and https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement/ and https://www.astronomy.com/science/eric-and-wendy-schmidt-to-fund-space-telescope-three-ground-based-observatories/ and https://www.space.com/space-exploration/former-ceo-of-google-spearheads-4-next-gen-telescopes-3-on-earth-and-1-in-space and https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/schmidt-sciences-announces-plan-for-lazuli-a-private-space-telescope/

Justin Herbert Throws Slant Pass to Tre Harris for 16-yard Gain https://www.chargers.com/video/justin-herbert-highlight-16-yard-pass-vs-raiders-week-13-2025

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Hurray for the Riff Raff:
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" @… noted that authoritarian regimes fear mass organizing and peaceful protest because they reveal a regime’s unpopularity and show that it is losing its grip on power."
"Much as tossing chests of tea into Boston Harbor did about 250 years ago." - @…

October 16, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration announced it would pay furloughed troops by using funds Congress appropriated for research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE) for fiscal year 2026.

A major southern California highway was being shut down while the U.S. Marine Corps stages a demonstration set to involve live fire on Oct. 18,
pitting the state's governor against the federal government yet again.
Interstate 5 will be shut down from Harbor Drive to Basilone Road,
a stretch of the main artery over 15 miles,
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time, the California Highway Patrol announced the morning of Oct. 18.
The news comes after days of back-an…

Highway shuts down as Marines’ show sparks clash with Newsom
The Marines said in an earlier statement that the event would take place "on approved training ranges and comport with established safety protocols."

Chandra/HETG and NuSTAR Observations of V750 Ara, a $\gamma\,$Cas-type Star
David P. Huenemoerder (MIT), Sean J. Gunderson (MIT), Richard Ignace (East Tennessee State University), Joy S. Nichols (Harvard,Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. M. T. Pollock (University of Sheffield), Pragati Pradhan (Embry-Riddle Aeronutical University), Norbert S. Schulz (MIT), Dustin K. Swarm (University of Iowa), Jos\'e M. Torrej\'on (Universidad de Alicante)

Chandra/HETG and NuSTAR Observations of V750 Ara, a $γ\,$Cas-type Star
We present 197 ks HETG and 95 ks NuSTAR spectra of the $γ\,$Cas-type object V750 Ara. The high-resolution X-ray spectra show that the target is similar to other objects of this class. Data are interpreted under the assumption that the X-rays come from an accreting white dwarf, and our analysis implies an accretion rate of about $3\times10^{-11}M_\odot\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$. Emission lines are weak, and predominantly from hydrogen-like ions: Mg XII, Si XIV, and S XVI. H-like and He-like Fe are both …

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Béla Bartók, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan:
🎵 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (3rd mvt: Adagio)
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