Tootfinder

Press releases about the successful #Smile launch: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Smile/Smile_lifts_off_on_quest_to_reveal_Earth_s_invisible_shield_against_the_solar_wind and https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-plays-leading-role-as-landmark-mission-launches-to-unlock-secrets-of-earths-magnetic-shield and https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/landmark-mission-launches-earth-magnetic-shield-smile and https://www.avio.com/press-release/avio-successfully-launches-the-smile-satellite-with-vega-c- and https://cnes.fr/evenements/vv29-lancement-de-vega-c-satellite-smile - and two photos from https://x.com/EuropeSpacePort/status/2056591274384257239 and https://bsky.app/profile/transport.esa.int/post/3mm6s5d5nxk2d

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#BetweenTheEars
- Miniatures (Midsummer Dreaming)
An ascent of Mount Stilwell, chasing the last of the summer light in Australia before it moves to the northern hemisphere.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xfn8

"‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the scenes with Mongabay"
#Liberia #Deforestation #Trees

‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the scenes with Mongabay
Mongabay’s investigation into deforestation in Liberia started with a tip from a source last year. “There’s deforestation, and a migrant rights issue,” they said. Areas along the border with Côte d’Ivoire were losing vast swaths of rainforest to cacao farming. It was the beginning of a months-long journey that led us from the Liberian jungle […]

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Chikinki:
🎵 You Said
#NowPlaying #Chikinki

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Wyatt Waddell:
🎵 I Saw the Light
#WyattWaddell
https://open.spotify.com/track/6I7W5lsc1wSM1eXfFSRpkQ

Worked with an #acting #coaching client on a brand new (to us) piece of text, and learning who the character was even on the ice cold reading (never read before) was inspiring. Some roles are clear instantly from the start, some require we do more homework to start finding them.

Expanding Mars’ lithologic diversity - discovery of a garnet-bearing clast in NWA 8171: #Mars: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/scientists-discover-new-rock-type-on-mars

The #BarnardsStar planetary system - stability, composition, and evolution of four sub-Earth exoplanets: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/550/2/stag1207/8715836 -> Astronomers find nearby planets to be small, strange, and utterly uninhabitable: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/astronomers-find-nearby-planets-to-be-small-strange-and-utterly-uninhabitable

Regression to the mean can explain saturation of #geomagneticStorms: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10757-4 -> Risks of solar storms may be underestimated warn researchers / New NASA Study Says Possibly No Limit to Solar Storm Effects: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/risks-of-solar-storms-may-be-underestimated-warn-researchers / https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/07/15/new-nasa-study-says-possibly-no-limit-to-solar-storm-effects/

Summary of evidence from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Conference on ‘#LightPollution and its impacts’: https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-05/RAS LP Conference 2025.pdf -> Artificial light a 'pollutant' to humans, nature and astronomy: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/artificial-light-pollutant-humans-nature-and-astronomy