Skulls in the Stars

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Greg Gbur; Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Opinions are my own (and, of course, mighty Cthulhu's)
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My latest optics paper just got published! https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-34-7-12319

The UK's biggest energy firm has seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales after the US-Israel war with Iran pushed oil and gas prices up.

The oil industry's inevitable and necessary demise is looming faster than ever.

#MakeOilHistory #EnergyrRevolution #StopOilWars

In this photo are several objects that are so dense that no illumination can escape them. There is also a mural of a black hole
The choice of image for this article is somehow simultaneously completely irrelevant and absolutely perfect https://gizmodo.com/disney-openai-sora-deal-dead-2000737676
Disney Says It Will Find Ways to Peddle Slop Elsewhere After Pulling Out of OpenAI Deal

Just three months after it was announced, Disney's partnership with OpenAI has ended with OpenAI's shuttering of its Sora AI video app.

Gizmodo
Trump hoping that sending Vance to negotiate with Iran will bring a swift end to the war simply because nobody can stand talking to Vance for long
I can never find my staple remover. I imagine it is always present, lurking in the shadows, waiting to jump out and bite me
I like to sing along with the Bee Gees but I sing every “aah” in the chorus of Staying Alive as a genuine scream
Book 7 for my goal of 36 blogged books for the year! Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://skullsinthestars.com/2026/03/22/mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia/
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Book 7 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! Running a little behind but should be able to make it up pretty easily. As usual, my link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account,…

Skulls in the Stars
I would just like to say as a kid growing up in the 80s playing D&D that "sliding into your DMs" meant something very different back then
Where did you come from
Where did you go
What are you dreaming
Cthulhu Joe