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The challenge of HEPA filters in the classrooms.
h/t @…
source: https://xcancel.com/kadamssl/status/1938267359233429683#m

Very-wide-orbit #planets from dynamical instabilities during the stellar birth cluster phase: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02556-0.epdf?sharing_token=07nttbmFtVszXJ9WE08RxtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MyXOZR8fWrHBDqi9KSRr7ViBNJi6GFT53TUVgvJ1B3VveocLbxO4ZozqBf6LZNW3K_f7aYzkdGgIFmB0m4-2aBxfXFa9fDKzzVH0FfTaxXSUdFS9nXub04UznBKzlaZAE= -> long thread: https://bsky.app/profile/sethajacobson.bsky.social/post/3lq6bvygkfs2f

some chinese folk religion planchette writings say new hells (like with punishments for sins involving reckless driving) or existing hells (such as the "hand-searing hell" (烙手指小地獄) initially used clothes irons to sear sinners' hands, but now modernized their punishment by searing the sinners' hands on iron rails tied with springs) are created as the world changes

Physics Will Cause the Economy to Shrink; a Look at the Next Ten Years
Our Finite World https://ourfiniteworld.com/2025/05/27/economic-contraction-coming-right-up/

Physics Will Cause the Economy to Shrink; a Look at the Next Ten Years
The world is hitting both energy and debt limits. Modeling and history show the expected results. Governments are particularly hit, as is higher education.

College Board Keeps Apologizing for Screwing Up Digital SAT and AP Tests (Ars Technica, 24 May 2025)
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/college-board-keeps-apologizing-for-screwing-up-digital-sat-and-ap-tests/

College Board keeps apologizing for screwing up digital SAT and AP tests
AP Psych is the latest casualty of digital snafus.

I did some experiments measuring propagation delay in a simple chain of 3 digital inverters (NOT gates) (74LS04).
I'm honestly not sure my entry-level scope is fast enough to accurately measure this, but it's fun to try.
It's also interesting to watch the signals completely freak out when you change the input voltage too slowly, but I didn't make a screenshot of that.
#electronics

gardening trivia of the day / no I don't want to get into roses I am just rabbit holing rose varieties and gardens for no reason
#TIL #roses

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Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...