@larrykatzin.bsky.social
Sling TV needs to get their customer service game up. Raising prices and literally chat bots are only real form of contact when issues arise, very few live agents available.
As soon as the big A bought it.
This is just incredibly beautiful!!! What talent!!
What did they expect? π€¦ββοΈ
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Muskβs xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Love this quote from the article: βI characterize science as a bunch of 5-year-olds playing soccer,β says another researcher [Sam Goldman]. βThey all go where the ball is, running around the field in a herd.β
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Agreed
This is a good article about the history of Parkinsonβs research & the influence of genes & the environment on the disease.
If you teach biology this is a good article to share with your students to discuss not only research priorities but the need to understand our environment as well as genetics
In his veto letter, President Trump blamed the Miccosukee Tribe for having βactively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.β
via @floridaphoenix.com
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Poorly preserved photo of Mt. Lassen, which awoke from a 27,000 year dormancy on May 30th, 1914. This is likely one of the earliest series of steam explosions that finally culminated in an explosive May 15th, 1915 eruption. More at the comment below.
Back of picture is captioned with βMt Lassenβ (Shasta has been crossed out, a mistake by the author) βJuly 17 - 1914 11:45 AM one half mile distantβ
An 111 year-old photo of Mt. Lassen volcanic activity reminds us that Lassen is active and will eventually erupt again. Below (comment) is a link to the history of the 1914 - 1917 eruptions that include the one below. Picture from great uncle and provided by cousin.
βοΈ π§ͺ Geosciences geology πͺ¨
"A day late and a dollar short" Thank you for devoting your precious time to such a wonderful and informative thread. It felt like we were on a very special tour.
So that's #365Minerals over and done with. It's been eight(!) years since I did the first #365Minerals over on Twitter - it was inspired by #365Papers. I'm glad that this time around I could use my own photos of specimens on display in the NHM! Thanks for following! π§ͺβοΈπ
Picture looking south on the Berwickshire coast showing a section of Carboniferous cliffs. Rocks are sandstones belonging to the Fell Sandstone Formation. They are composed of fluvial (river) sandstones with interbedded mudstones, deposited in a floodplain setting. The rocks are now dipping almost vertically due to tectonic activity associated with the variscan orogeny (mountain building event).
rock and a hard place wait for me
between the devil and the deep blue sea
everything I ever did right or wrong
hid out of sight where I belong
happy winter solstice (and the promise of longer rock hunting days) x
The November 20, 1933 M7.3 #earthquake offshore Baffin Island, #Nunavut triggered submarine landslides.
See some of the latest research here:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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A blocky chunk of greyish-white, featureless nepheline, with dark brown stripes of biotite. From Dungannon, Ontario, Canada. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
324 of #365Minerals π§ͺβοΈ
Nepheline:
- A feldspathoid mineral
- Forms in volcanic rocks with low silica content
- Its name comes from the Greek word "Ξ½Ξ΅ΟΞλη/nephΓ©lΔ" (cloud) because it turns cloudy when exposed to strong acid #minerals
Remember, Galena is not only the principal ore for lead, but also an important ore for silver. Vote Galena.
Psst. Did you see?
After years of asking us for mini-cups, we have a week-long race through the blend of economics and geology that are ore minerals.
Go, learn, share, vote!
A new SeniorLiving.org report found that 69 percent of beneficiaries would leave their plan over price increases.
Black kyanite fans in small cardboard half-boxes
Box of raw pale blue larimar with polished beads in the adjacent box
A box of rough cream and pink rhodochrosite priced per ounce
Box of rainbow-tarnished bornite ore
Why hello, minerals from Cups past!
Itβs always fun to see our contenders (and some Champions) at an affordable price tag in local rock shops.
i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
Have minerals you want to see run in #MinCup26? The nomination form is open! www.mineralcup.org/nominations
We have a #MinCup25 champion!!
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
Thank you.
Enduring gratitude for all of you! Thank you for devoting your precious time to such a wonderful undertaking! Much Thanks.
#MinCup25 βοΈ sci-fi π§ͺ ππΌ scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology ππͺ
I second that!
Heroes all. #MinCup25
