Mastodawn

There are many working in theoretical physics who keep trying to bring back the long-discredited idea of the aether. But physics doesn't need it at all

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/aether-exist/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#stem #science #astrophysics #philosophy #obvious

Why science has abandoned the existence of the aether

Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.

Big Think

ZZ Bottom 1d ago

#News #CorporateMedia #Obvious
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/06/tiktok-pro-republican-algorithm-2024-election

TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds

Researchers found that TikTok’s For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in New York, Texas and Georgia

The Guardian

N-gated Hacker News Apr 27

🚤💥 Well, who would've guessed? Boats crashing from heights might be a bad idea. 🙄 Breaking news from the Department of the Obvious! Thanks, #Mojira, for putting the “duh” in data analysis. 📉🌊
https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC/issues/MC-119369 #boatscrash #dataanalysis #breakingnews #obvious #HackerNews #ngated

Mojira Public Bug Tracker

WordofTheHour Apr 22

#obvious : exposed; subject; open; liable

- French: évident

- German: deutlich

- Italian: ovvio

- Portuguese: óbvio

- Spanish: obvio

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DaLetra Apr 19

Confira a letra da música “obvious” de Ariana Grande
#ArianaGrande #Obvious
https://daletra.com.br/ariana-grande/letra/obvious.html

Graham Perrin Apr 18

Lost and found in Mastodon

TIL: when the Back button in Mastodon can not take me back to something, I can use the web browser to browse back.

Why has it taken more than two years for me to discover something so obvious?

🙃

#Mastodon #obvious #TIL @bsdcafelounge

DaLetra Français Apr 18

Voir les paroles de la chanson “obvious” de Ariana Grande
#ArianaGrande #Obvious
https://daletra.art/ariana-grande/paroles/obvious.html

3i/Atlas Apr 16

Where's the Dividing Line Between A Star and A Planet? Ask the JWST.
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=wheres-the-dividing-line-between-a-star-and-a-planet-ask-the-jwst
Quick take: <p>It's obvious that Earth is a planet
#dividing #between #obvious #planet

Where's the Dividing Line Between A Star and A Planet? Ask the JWST.

It's obvious that Earth is a planet. It's obvious that the Sun is a star. But for substellar objects like brown dwarfs, it's not so clear. Researchers are using the JWST to find a stron...

ZZ Bottom Apr 15

#News #Obvious #BernieSanders
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/no-more-us-military-aid-to-israel

No more US military aid to Israel

The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government

The Guardian

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Hänzi Pōtter Apr 13

@dalfen if #trump was not in the white house, Pope Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican. Same as, say, if Ahab was not king of Israel, Elijah would not have been sent to rebuke him. Or john the baptist & king Herod ...etc the list goes on #obvious 🙃