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Comet R3 PanSTARRS Behind Satellite Trails
Image Credit & Copyright: Uli Fehr

Explanation: Can you find the comet? Somewhere through this web of satellite trails is Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), a bright visitor passing through the inner Solar System. Now, the orbiting satellites themselves only appear as streaks because of the long camera exposure, over 10 minutes in this case. On the contrary, to the eye, satellites appear as points that drift slowly across the night sky and shine by reflecting sunlight -- primarily just after sunset and before sunrise. The featured image was taken just before sunrise two weeks ago from Bavaria, Germany. Presently, Comet R3 PanSTARRS is hard to see for even another reason -- because it is so (angularly) close to the Sun. As the comet rounds the Sun, it will be best seen in coming weeks from southern hemispheree skies, although then it will be heading out to interstellar space and fading. If you haven't yet found the comet, don't despair; please take a closer look just above the image center.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260427.html #apod

This is a diagram of a bus in an old encyclopedia. Busy plotting and finished.
The lines are random and slice the blocks of text, pushing the shards inwards.

#plotterart #generativeart

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.

In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you that I’ve been regularly updating for months.

https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #iran #politics #geopolitics

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Disconnect

“Junk flow is when you are actually becoming addicted to a superficial experience that may be flow at the beginning, but after a while becomes something that you become addicted to instead of something that makes you grow.”

https://www.fast.ai/posts/2026-01-28-dark-flow/

fast.ai - Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding

Sinister variations on the positive state of flow

“A lot of very smart people pay attention to both the Signal Protocol and the Signal apps to ensure they are operating as intended,” EFF’s @Thorin told The New York Times’ Wirecutter.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/signal-secure-messaging-app/
Why Signal Is Still Our Favorite Secure Messaging App (And Why No Messaging App Is Perfectly Secure)

Signal’s approach to end-to-end encryption makes it especially safe for sending messages. We have some tips on how to use it, and why no messaging app is perfect.

Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World

Today we're leaving X. If you're still there, we think you should consider leaving too.

A word here on:
1. why it is so difficult to leave collapsing platforms;
2. why we're making this decision today;
3. where else you can find us.

https://openmedia.org/article/item/were-leaving-x

We’re leaving X

A platform's freedom to operate is not a right to your attention.

Volgens Petra De Sutter is de AI-kwestie “twee weken geleden gelekt naar Apache, zoals je weet. Dat is een intern lek: het valt samen met het moment waarop ik mijn eredoctoraat in Amsterdam in ontvangst zou nemen.“

Reguliere media en politici drijven een koehandel in primeurs en lekken. In tegenstelling tot wat De Sutter suggereert, werkt Apache anders. Aan de basis ligt een tip van een lezer. “Een tip zoals we die wel vaker krijgen”, legt @kvdbroec uit.

https://apache.be/2026/01/20/onbestaande-lek-over-petra-sutter?cdlnk=OHdCTHphZjdZalp2T2hwbmgyVWNCbTNraUJzTjNvM2szK1pQNmxwMDhBV0s1WW1aSHN5ZWlEcFpaYzJhNlVSNUJHQjBDdGNvejlRa2pQV2ZXNU1adVY4cit0d3NGSzlsMUE9PTo6ODQ4ZGYyNGYzNWUwNjQwM2FhYmQzYjFlOGM5NTM3Mzk%3D

Het onbestaande ‘lek’ over Petra De Sutter

Een tip van een lezer ligt aan de basis van het verhaal over de openingsspeech.