Some recent photons from my driveway, a very faint hydrogen gas bridge between two galaxies about 50 million light years away.
At some point in the past the larger galaxy collided with the one at the bottom and basically ripped it apart, dragging some hydrogen gas with it.
This is about 52 hours of exposure time.
#astrophotography
Military: Ukraine stalls Russian advances in some areas near Avdiivka: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/04/military-ukraine-stalls.html
Was a bit frustrated and tired after work due to some false positives I couldn't figure out. Slept for two hours and then got up again to not loose a bike day in the Swiss #BikeToWork campaign and—more important 😉—to not break my #BikeStreak. It became yet another midnight ride, so in theory it …
I also saw this as the equivalent of throwing a (semantic) grenade into a room and then running, but unlike at least the first person I saw make that analogy, I think it’s hilarious AND valid.
“I have stated all I have to contribute, it’s grown past my attention, have fun discussing it” makes sense to ME.
I’m gonna guess people complaining about this have never had a post “blow up” and get popular - it’s pretty overwhelming pretty fast.
I salute you! 🫡
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots (Jessica Lucas/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/4/24144763/ai-chatbot-friends…
Why some far-right Republicans are hell bent on ending further aid to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/02/why-some-farright.html
Google employees have mostly ignored the DOJ's antitrust case, and some expect only small business tweaks and some fines; closing arguments concluded on May 3 (Nico Grant/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.…