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The weighted stack we built is mounted on the test stand and we are doing fine adjustments of its position using the FARO laser tracker. @ LIGO - Livingston

The state says the federal government is trying to sow doubt in the integrity of California’s elections with scant evidence . The Trump administration insists its aim is to shore up faith in elections by making sure that only citizens vote.

Behold: The US Defense Intelligence Agency has released a report on challenges to security in space, including an NEI image of China’s spaceplane from Maxar, taken in 2024.

A week in the life of Gemini South! 🔭 Check out some of the gorgeous targets we pointed at between 10-18-2026 and 10-25-2026. #Astronomy

The county said that the DOJ’s requests were unlawful and would require a judicial warrant.

Long COVID Linked to Alarming and Persistent Central Nervous System Alterations www.thailandmedical.news/news/long-co...

Penguins are pooping pink – and when viewed from space, that’s giving scientists a new way to track how Antarctica’s climate is changing.

It’s not the biggest problem with this idea but it’s dumb all around.

Current PFAS filtration systems typically sequester the molecules from water, but the resulting secondary waste must still be dealt with. A newly developed catalytic membrane goes beyond filtration. #chemsky 🧪

“Clearly this was parody, maybe too close to home because (Cindy Hyde-Smith) knows she does love to hide from her own constituents and reporters,” Scott Colom said in a statement. Colom has taken down the video. buff.ly/RTq8WsB

Los Angeles and San Diego had their highest coastal water levels in over a century of records during high tide today. (San Diego's record was a tie, but there was a glitch that prevented the peak from being recorded). Top-10 marks from 2026 highlighted are in yellow. @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social

Two Democratic senators who have long overseen US intelligence say the government is illegally withholding a secret court’s findings from Congress until lawmakers renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

The claim nuclear is more reliable than renewables is a myth. WindWaterSolar has not only met a higher percent (12.8%) of demand during its worst 5 min in all of 2026 than nuclear during its best 5 min (12.0%), but has also met seasonal & daily demand better than nuc from 2023-26 on the CAISO grid

Robert Sims said he believes some of the criticism of U.S. Rep. Bennie Thomspon from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and State Auditor Shad White is because of Thompson's role in the U.S. House's Jan. 6 committee. "So now, they want to redistrict so they can get him out.” buff.ly/yXo0ina

We’ve been told that a plastic bottle lasts 450 years, or even that plastic never goes away. But how would anyone know, given that plastic has only been widely used for about a century? Recent research tells a different story, and it’s both better and worse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJst...

Trump knows he’s at risk of losing political power. That's why he instructed the DOJ (unprecedented) to begin suing states — “red” and “blue” — to baselessly plant seeds of doubt about this next election. California will not stop defending democracy.

📬 REMINDER TO MAIL VOTERS 📬 We are 8 days away from the midterms — a critical election that could determine House control and key positions in your community. To those voting by mail, TOMORROW is the last day USPS recommends mailing your ballot. Be sure to do so to ensure your vote counts.

Supercritical accretion of black holes may drive the formation of enigmatic “little red dots.” aasnova.org/2026/10/26/s... 🔭🧪

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#psychopaths (born this way, calculating, long-term planners, cold) vs. #sociopaths (made by environment, #impulsive, short-term urges, emotionally driven). Both are dangerous; awareness is key. #Psychology #TrueCrime #PublicSafety

Sunday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 90,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,220,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,080,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,300,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Yesterday, a mooring in Monterey Bay measured an oceanic temperature anomaly of 4.57°C (8.2°F) at 60 meters (nearly 200 feet!) This is the warmest subsurface temperature anomaly measured at the station since the very strong El Niño of 1997.

💔 My city Vinnytsia… Russia struck a residential building

CANVAS uses AI to analyze 18M+ cells in H&E histopathology, revealing TME's spatial architecture, enhancing understanding of tumor habitats and therapeutic resistance. PMID:42302781, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00590-8 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

Sea surface temperature departures from the 1991-2020 baseline average around Alaska for the week ending October 23. Most of the Bering Sea near to below normal. Gulf of Alaska near to above normal. North of the Bering Strait sea ice is increasing. Data courtesy NOAA/PSL/ESRL. #akwx #Arctic #SST

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We will highlight some of this work this week at #PICES2026. 🧪🌊🦑🦀🇨🇦 @jgroceans.bsky.social @picesmarinesci.bsky.social

Climate sceptics are calling it “organised crime,” a “coup d’état,” and “worse than Climategate.” Their target is a new report from the US National Academies of Sciences about extreme weather attribution. I had a look at it, and I understand why they’re unhappy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PV...

New study reconstitutes human primitive streak formation using a defined co-culture of ESCs and extra-embryonic cells, shedding light on gastrulation's complexities. Insightful findings reveal crucial roles of… PMID:42341759, Cell 2026, @Cell https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00645-8

"'These are people who are gaming the system, which is exactly what they’ve been railing about.'" With regard to others, of course.

Story from KOAT-TV in ABQ about the northern NM flooding. Amazed this is not getting more national coverage. www.koat.com/article/new-...

I've been working on some tide forecasts with guidance from @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social My model has an 83% chance of setting a record on Tuesday. Any record will only last a month. The model has a near 100% chance of setting the record in late Nov since the baseline will be 11 cm higher.

Most galaxies are expected to contain at least one massive black hole, but how robust is this prediction? New research uses simulations to look at which galaxies tend to have more or fewer black holes, and with what properties. aasnova.org/2026/10/23/a... 🔭🧪 @yale.edu

After seeing tons of online spewage about bad NWS warnings the last 2 days, I felt compelled to write a piece outlining why we are where we are — and even though the reasons aren't mainly DOGE or Trump (they haven't helped!) I hope you'll check it out. balancedweather.substack.com/p/southwest-...

In the lab, biochemist and Purdue University associate professor David Sanders studies how viruses enter cells. Outside the lab, he’s trying to enter the Indiana State Senate. #chemsky 🧪

Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The cloud has baffled astronomers since its discovery in 2018. Now, a new study offers a possible cause for its appearance.

This is what TOTAL HUMILIATION looks like: JD Vance attempted to greet Cincinnati Bengals players in the locker room and got snubbed and ghosted by every single player except one.

Areas in light blue in the above map are at risk of flooding during a high tide 3 feet above normal. Orange lines show where highways could be flooded by tidal overflow, including portions of Highway 101 and Highway 37. Credit: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

My latest for @science.org: Much depends on the structure of iron in the inner core -- the maintenance of Earth's protective magnetic field and the escape of heat, to start. After decades of debate, scientists thought they finally had it down. But a surprising new result is throwing that in doubt.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”

Look what just flew into view! 🪶✨ Meet the Seagull Nebula as seen by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's engineering test camera, ComCam. Two years ago this month, ComCam began on-sky testing — the first time Rubin opened its eye to the sky! 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-c...

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China Evergrande Group's liquidators have recovered $435.9 million from asset sales and loan recoveries so far, highlighting the challenge of repaying creditors with claims of about $46 billion against the developer.

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff alleges Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are negotiating with the Kremlin over billions in sales of sanctioned Russian oil fields, refineries and gas stations to Trump-linked investors, with the US government receiving 15%. #Russia