@doctorlaura

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Ph.D. Astrophysicist helping scientists and researchers translate discoveries into public benefits. Science. Technology. Society. Cybersecurity. Culture. US and Switzerland. On the road less travelled.

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These things are big. I watched some county workers use them for herbicide along a greenway and yeah they're big.

In my prior life my office did some experimentation with using hobby drones for er, delivering substances...they worked spectacularly and were far smaller than these stolen ones. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/15-stolen-crop-spraying-drones-191546153.html

How 15 Stolen Crop-Spraying Drones Could Become a New Kind of Bioterrorism

FBI investigates stolen agricultural drones worth $500K from New Jersey facility amid bioterrorism concerns over GPS-guided spray capabilities.

Yahoo News

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What on earth is this? Odia showing up in English verison of Apple Support Pages? Last week I had some Hindi words show up in a ChatGPT response. Is it #aislop ?? cc: @stroughtonsmith @mikecane @WarnerCrocker

Honestly, this historic heat dome across the West is really hard to put into words for me. Temperatures over 110°F (43°C) in March, shattering all-time monthly records on multiple consecutive days, and not just by a little.

➡️ I can confirm this is human-caused climate change.

Graphic by https://polarwx.com/models/.

Just saw my first ad in ChatGPT. Funny I did not see it until I scrolled back through the conversation.

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Before you ask a diffusion model to barf up a banner image for your article, please consider searching one of the many existing sources of fine & free media:
• Public Domain Image Archive
• Openverse
• Wellcome Collection Image Archive
• Digital Bodleian
• Getty Open Content Program
• Wikimedia Commons

#publicdomain #substack

While I'm no longer active in many commercial #SocialMedia platforms, as a #science communicator I still keep an eye on them to see how people (mis)understand #astronomy, and incorporate those lessons to my job.

Today Facebook crushed my soul with this abomination.

A while ago I wrote this article explaining how to spot fake #astrophotography images using science:

https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/

That article has now been superseded by "this is fake because <waves hands angrily in despair>"