Tootfinder

First time I like what I see from an AI video.
*This video summary was created by AI from the original DW script. It was edited by a journalist before publication.
How hackers could take down Europe’s power supply
https://www.dw.com/en/how-hackers-could-ta

How hackers could take down Europe’s power supply – DW – 07/17/2025
Hackers can hijack solar energy installations and disrupt the grid. As threats grow, can attacks from China, Russia, or elsewhere be prevented?

✴️ Dark dwarfs lurking at the center of our galaxy might hint at the nature of dark matter
#astronomy

Dark dwarfs lurking at the center of our galaxy might hint at the nature of dark matter
Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the nature of one of the most mysterious and fundamental phenomena in contemporary cosmology: dark matter.

Watching GitHub PR update emails roll in on a Sunday morning for my former job's repo that I was sole developer on. Manager is clearly trying to vibe code some update but it's breaking.
Although I don't have org access anymore my account is still in the approvers group so I'm getting emails
#softwaredevelopment

Home. And the advantage of the kitchen sink.
The dwm part of my tilers setup, combining sway, hyprland, niri and dwm.
Slackware is one of the very few distros that enables you easily to have both wayland as well as x11 in one setup.
Dots on my Codeberg @ thesaigoneer/slackware-tilers.
#slackware

Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19 : The discovery of a rare DA DQ white dwarf binary with 31 hour orbital period
Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Vedant Chandra, Boris T. Gansicke, Nadia L. Zakamska, Detlev Koester, Yossef Zenati, Nicole R. Crumpler, Stefan M. Arseneau, J. J. Hermes, Matthias R. Schreiber, Keivan G. Stassun, Axel Schwope, Kareem El-Badry, Gagik Tovmassian, Tim Cunningham, Sean Morrison

Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19 : The discovery of a rare DA+DQ white dwarf binary with 31 hour orbital period
Binaries of two white dwarfs (WDs) are an important class of astrophysical objects that are theorized to lead to Type Ia supernovae and are also used to gain insight into complex processes involved in stellar binary evolution. We report the discovery of SDSS~J090618.44+022311.6, a rare post-common envelope binary of a hydrogen atmospheric DA WD and a DQ WD which shows carbon absorption features, and is only the fourth such binary known. We combine the available spectroscopic, photometric, and r…

Whenever I see those bombastic headlines/YouTube thumbnails about someone being "destroyed", this comic strip comes to mind. (Original link http://wondermark.com/c1209/ but the website seems to be down)

«Vamos a aprender de los mejores; vamos a aprender de Estados Unidos; vamos a aprender de Israel.»
Learning from the best when it comes to abolishing the rule of law, now we can sleep better at night 🫠🤦
https://www.dw.com/es/milei-habilita-a-policía-a-realizar-requisas-y-detenciones-sin-orden-judicial/a-72956016

White dwarf-neutron star binaries: a plausible pathway for long-duration gamma-ray bursts from compact object mergers?
A. A. Chrimes, N. Gaspari, A. J. Levan, M. M. Briel, J. J. Eldridge, B. P. Gompertz, G. Nelemans, A. E. Nugent, J. C. Rastinejad, W. G. J. van Zeist
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10984

White dwarf-neutron star binaries: a plausible pathway for long-duration gamma-ray bursts from compact object mergers?
Two long-duration gamma-ray bursts were recently discovered with kilonovae, the signature of r-process element production in a compact binary merger, rather than supernovae. This has forced a re-evaluation of the long-established dichotomy between short bursts (< 2s, arising from compact binary mergers) and long bursts (> 2s, a class of massive star core-collapse event). We aim to determine whether white dwarf-neutron star (WDNS) and white dwarf-black hole (WDBH) mergers are plausible explanati…

Panchromatic characterization of the Y0 brown dwarf WISEP J173835.52 273258.9 using JWST/MIRI
Malavika Vasist, Paul Molli\`re, Helena K\"uhnle, Olivier Absil, Gilles Louppe, Rens Waters, Manuel G\"udel, Thomas Henning, David Barrado, Leen Decin, John Pye, Pascal Tremblin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12264

Panchromatic characterization of the Y0 brown dwarf WISEP J173835.52+273258.9 using JWST/MIRI
Cold brown dwarf atmospheres are good training grounds for analyzing temperate giant planets. WISEP J173835.52+273258.9 (WISE 1738) is an isolated Y0 brown dwarf with a temperature between 350-400 K, at the T-Y transition. While its near-infrared spectrum has been studied, bulk properties and chemistry remain uncertain. We analyze new JWST MIRI medium-resolution spectra (5-18 micron), combined with near-infrared spectra (0.98-2.2 micron) from HST/WFC3 and Gemini/GNIRS, to better constrain WISE …

An All-sky Survey of White Dwarf Merger Remnants: Far-UV is the Key
Mukremin Kilic, Pierre Bergeron, Warren R. Brown, Simon Blouin, Gracyn Jewett, Adam Moss, Patrick Dufour, Olivier Vincent
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12655

An All-sky Survey of White Dwarf Merger Remnants: Far-UV is the Key
The majority of merging white dwarfs leave behind a white dwarf remnant. Hot/warm DQ white dwarfs with carbon-rich atmospheres have high masses and unusual kinematics. All evidence points to a merger origin. Here, we demonstrate that far-UV + optical photometry provides an efficient way to identify these merger remnants. We take advantage of this photometric selection to identify 167 candidates in the GALEX All-Sky Imaging Survey footprint, and provide follow-up spectroscopy. Out of the 140 wit…