Orlando Rojas (University of British Columbia) opens Adapting for Tomorrow: Programmable Bio-Matter with his keynote:
Cellulose: Interface Engineering for Sustainable Nanogenerators
@news.ubc.ca
#SPIEsmart
Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Biggest technological revolution in our lifetime and it's not AI:
Some goats who grew up during the heyday of Slipknot, Linkin Park and Korn, and had always wanted to form their own band within the nu metal subgenre, but now, having finally been brave enough to commit and go for it, are trying to brave it out and conceal their concern that they might have left it too late to fit in with prevailing musical trends.
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S.
They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support.
The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm
Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.
30 years ago, Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. for the historic Million Man March. Today, we honor the legacy, the message, and the movement. That spirit lives on. We must continue the fight alongside our brothers and sisters in a struggle that’s so much bigger than us. ✊🏿 #MillionManMarch
You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
We've known for a while that satellite mega-constellations like SpaceX's Starlink are a problem for optical astronomy. Now, a new survey shows they're also adversely affecting radio astronomy – including at wavelengths supposedly protected by international regs. 🔭⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/starlink-s...
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
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Even if you were going to pick an example of overreach in the UK, the fact that the country labels supporters of Palestine Action as terrorists is probably a bigger free speech threat right now than defending the right of a man to make violent threats against a marginalized group.
This is devastating, and part of a larger move to entirely push science out of NASA's mission. It is horrific betrayal of so much work, not to mention the fact that it violates NASA's charter.
Y'all need to read this
The only appropriate response to what Trump is doing is impeachment and removal from office. Elected officials who are not working toward this goal with urgency are helping to destroy the constitution and the rule of law.
Musk casually demonstrating the huge risk of placing systemic faith in software which can be casually adjusted to suit the political goals of a multi-billionaire.
(Trusting the free market to resolve this is naive as hell)
sheer expenditure on AI feels like a profound misallocation of resources
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
this is appreciated, and not at all saying this is the only direction compromise needs to go, but liberals working with the left towards a popular front rather than punching left really needs to happen if we’re going to get out of this in a way that doesn’t just create the same cycle.
Tanya holding Opportunity rover "sol sheets" in front of the sign for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated.
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and has since become a symbol of peace.
Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
It's that time of year again. Please send us your ideas on how to use astronomy in some way to make the world a better place! (deadline 31 May 2025) @astro4dev.bsky.social
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Announcing a PhD position starting October 2025, on Applications of Machine Learning in Ultrafast Nonlinear Fibre Optics. The advertisement will be out soon, but my email is easy to find, so please send me a CV if interested. Experience in experimental & numerical photonics highly desirable!
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
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Awesome new exoplanet observations with #JWST. Kudos to co-author & @esa.int chum Emily Rickman who’s following up a huge marathon PR yesterday with this great new science result 🏅✨🪐🔭 esawebb.org/news/weic2504/
