🚨 Beyond the limit 🚨
New ESO study finds that current proposals to launch 1.7+ million satellites into orbit would have devastating consequences for astronomy.
The most extreme proposals come from SpaceX & Reflect Orbital
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đź“· F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #environment #pollution
Wen es interessiert, das Robert Koch Institut/RKI erstellt einen Wochenbericht zur hitzebedingten Mortalität. 📊
Die BerichtÂerstattung beginnt, sobald die WochenÂmittelÂtemperatur in Deutschland 20° ĂĽbersteigt. 2026 wurde dieser Wert erstmals in der KalenderÂwoche 25 (15.-21.6.2026) ĂĽberÂschritten, der entÂsprechende Bericht fĂĽr die KW 25 erscheint am 2.7.2026.
Auf die Zahlen fĂĽr die aktuelle Woche (KW 26) bin ich wirklich gespannt.
Das Archiv der Berichte seit 2023 findet ihr hier:
edoc.rki.de/handle/176904/1117…
Mehr Informationen zu Hitze und Gesundheit des RKI
rki.de/DE/Themen/Gesundheit-un…
@troed Suppose you want to contribute a great, much desired feature to one of our open source projects. Some well executed prompts result in a 10K LoC block of code that functionally appears to do what you intended.
Before submitting this as a Pull Request to the NLnet Labs team, have you reviewed, do you understand and take responsibility for every line of code that was generated? In our experiences over the last year, this rarely happens.
Code is left on our doorstep as a (well intended) gift. But it put the onus on us to review the code, take responsibility for it and merge it into the main branch. Knowing that our software runs in critical infrastructure that power the very fabric of the internet, that is a big ask.
As part of our review, we need to be able to have a conversation where both parties understand the ins and outs of the problem space and the solution that is being proposed. That’s not what LLM-use provides the submitter, and it negatively affects the long-term maintenance of the contribution.
Edit: der Beutel ist aufgetaucht 🎉
Er wurde in einem MĂĽlleimer gefunden und bei der S-Bahn abgegeben.
Lieben Dank an alle, die geretrötet und geschaut haben!
Liebe #Berlin bubble, heute morgen haben wir in der S25 oder S85 einen violetten Stoffbeutel verloren, mit dem Aufdruck "Berlin Game Scene" und ein paar Bären mit VR Brille. Im Beutel waren neben Wertsachen auch Dinge von sentimentalem Wert und wir wären sehr dankbar, wenn ihn jemand fände. Bitte auch RT und stay hydrated in der Hitze 🚰
Lots of regrettable silliness here: two papers by Max Planck (!) have been retracted, probably by some automated process that based the decision on the same material appearing in another journal (which was far more common at the time, and even Einstein did it) and a rebuttal to a work being published under the same title (but not author) as the thing being rebutted.
But the funniest line in the article is:
“Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95.”
„Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning“ was not on my bingo cards today
We regret that this event has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office.
Calling the AV-preservation hivemind!
For the iPRES2026 Bake-Off we have a very niche pantry request. A submitter is looking for: "a high-resolution digital frame grab from an unidentified 1920s orthochromatic film featuring significant optical distortion (typical of independent 'Poverty Row' productions)"
If you happen to have such a frame grab that you can share to the Open Access pantry data set, please get in contact here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGbdFyC5-c27jJjlWT3zXg-dcrEvA1_3yEkQ_diuhtOno3w/viewform
🧑‍🍳 Stock the Pantry for the iPRES 2026 Digital Preservation Bake Off! Every great Bake Off starts with a well-stocked pantry — and ours is only as good as what the community donates. The Pantry is our collection of real-world digital content that presenters use live during the Bake Off to demonstrate their tools. Think of it as the mystery basket: the weirder, wonkier, and more challenging the ingredients, the more interesting the cooking gets. We're looking for donations of digital files with a public license (Creative Commons, public domain, or similar). All content must be something you have the right to share. No license, no pantry — that's the house rule. Use this form to tell us what you'd like to contribute to the pantry. We'll follow up by email to confirm the details and arrange file transfer if needed. (Because the form enables upload of small pantry files, it requires a Google Account.) Want to browse what's already on the shelf? View the iPRES Bake Off Pantry on Google Drive. Want to submit to this year's Bake Off? View the iPRES 2026 Bake Off Demonstration Submissions Form. Questions? Contact [email protected].
Dept. of truly amazing initiatives:
Today the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision released _De Schatkamer_ ("the treasure chamber"), a new website where they've made available for free viewing an archive of *HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS* of Dutch public radio and television programmes broadcast from 1920 to 2020.
I am gobsmacked at the sheer scope and size of this project, at how much cultural history has suddenly been made available, for free, for everyone to just enjoy. It's almost enough to restore one's faith in the promise and the power of the Internet to be a force for Good.
(The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, by the way, resides in one of the more awesome buildings in the country.)
Multitasking?
Of course I can multitask!
Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!
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