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Among the speakers at the highly inspiring #coronagraphs symposium at the CU in Boulder was also an amateur astronomer - George Hripcsak had build a coronagraph himself and imaged the E and even the K corona. The title of the symposium "Coronagraphs are back, baby!" was true indeed!

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Chronixx:
🎵 Never Give Up
#Chronixx
https://nohowsinceforever.bandcamp.com/track/chronixx-never-give-up-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ANZGc4p6NJxQ81C7aqIGw

Nintendo reports Q4 revenue of ~$2.60B, below ~$2.75B est., net profit of ~$416M, above ~$403.68M est., and forecasts a decline in FY 2027 Switch 2 unit sales (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-sales-fa…

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices and expects console sales to decline as memory crunch bites
Nintendo said the price of the Switch 2 in the U.S. will rise from $449.99 to $499.99. In Japan, Nintendo will hike the price from 49,980 yen to 59,980 yen.

Gas turbine supply crunch set to raise prices 195% by 2027: WoodMac | Utility Dive
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/gas-turbine-supply-crunch-set-to-raise-prices-195-by-2027-woodmac/816904/

https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chroniques/2026-05-08/le-canada-membre-de-l-ue/nous-des-europeens.php

Le Canada, membre de l’UE ? Nous, des Européens ?
Jusqu’à il y a peu, impossibilité géographique oblige, la question ne s’imaginait même pas. Mais voilà que depuis un an, elle revient de manière récurrente : pourquoi le Canada ne deviendrait-il pas membre de l’Union européenne (UE) ?

No, Trump is not committing war crimes in Iran (Michael Rubin/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4518968/trump-not-committing-war-crimes-iran/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260408/p30#a260408p30

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116188889226457814
“I did 75% of it in two evenings” is the new “Can’t you just:” an unwitting indication that the speaker doesn’t even understand the problem

Since March the K-Cor coronagraph is finally back in action on #MaunaLoa - and at the #coronagraphs symposium in Boulder the value of a ground-based instrument was highlighted by Tom Berger: it catches a beginning #CoronalMassEjection almost an hour earlier than all existing coronagraphs in space which have to cover more of the surroundings of the Sun.

What do you get when you win the U.K. Wife Carrying Race? Bragging rights and a barrel of ale | CBC Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/uk-wife-carrying-race-9.6962119?cmp=rss

China's smartphone market is seeing one of its widest price hikes as memory chip crunch deepens; Meizu announces it will suspend developing new mobile hardware (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics…

Steep price hikes hit China's smartphone market as memory crunch deepens
Apple's new budget iPhone adds to pressure on Chinese brands