Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Astronomers obtained new #JWST data on TRAPPIST-1 b, the #planet in the system closest to its #star.

New observations offer insights into how a star can affect observations of #exoplanets in the habitable zone of cool #stars.

Thwre were no signs of an atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b. This tells that the planet could be a bare rock, have uniform clouds or a dense atmosphere that makes it too small to detect.

#astronomy
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-james-webb-space-telescope-spectrum.html

Paper by Lim et al. (2023):
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acf7c4

Tonight: Jupiter’s major four Galilean moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are in 1-2-3-4 order, from 19:31 Universal Time (UT) when Io swaps places with Europa, until 21:16 UT, when Io disappears in Jove’s shadow.

This event favors Europe, Africa and most of Asia. Jupiter is headed towards opposition for 2023 on November 3rd, ruling the night from sunset ‘til sunrise. The waning gibbous Moon joins the view this weekend, passing 3.1 degrees north of Jupiter Sunday night.

I’ve been finding it hard to post recently because I don’t want to get sucked in to social media being my whole life again the way it was when I was on Twitter. But of course that’s resulted in me pulling back too much and I’m trying to find the middle ground. Sorry for all the meta but this is a real struggle for me atm!

Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer, in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk
L: https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/gnu40/rms-gnu40.webm
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699851
posted on 2023.09.29 at 02:07:37 (c=1, p=10)

Young male college students + booze + sex = murder

Students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England, research suggests

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-students-oxford-capital-late-medieval.html

> A project mapping medieval England's known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London's 14th century slayings, and found that Oxford's student population was by far the most lethally violent of all social or professional groups in any of the three cities.

#medieval #england #murder

Quite a few comics and celebrities that I like still use X. At this point, it’s common knowledge how terrible Elon is, and it’s becoming inexcusable for anyone to support him or use his platform. I don’t care that it’s a way to reach the masses. The only reason that is still applicable is because “the masses” are using it to have easier access to the people who still support it. It’s a loop, and someone needs to step up and encourage boycotting it.

Today in 1954, 69 years ago: The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

#OnThisDay

Opting Out of TurnItIn

The web service TurnItIn is a "plagiarism detector". Lots of universities use it to assess whether their students are copy-n-pasting content which they haven't written.

I'm not a big fan of it. First, I'll explain how to opt-out your websites. Then I'll explain why I don't like the service.

Block Their Robot

TurnItIn scans the web and records everything on your websit

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/09/opting-out-of-turnitin/

#/etc/ #academia #msc #turnitin

Switzerland’s glaciers lose ‘mind-blowing’ 10% of their total ice volume in just two years!
Disastrous.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/28/europe/switzerland-glaciers-ice-loss-climate-intl/index.html?s=09

It seems like a lot of people currently working as mainstream media reporters weren't alive in 2011.

It's really disgraceful how people who are hired to cover politics professionally seem to have very little understanding of it.

Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
Credits: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri, Observatoire de Paris, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

@zleap @EugeneMcParland

I am sure that we would survive Chernobyl 2.0, were it to pass.

Show your face for #FWSD23!

#FreeWebSearch is important because …
“An ecosystem of free and independent search engines helps ensure that our daily use of the web isn’t skewed to the benefit of a few global players., says @phoefer from SuMa e.V. and @MetaGer

Friday 29 September is #FreeWebSearchDay. The international day of action promotes free, open and transparent internet search.

Watch out for events and activities here on Mastodon and on the website: https://freewebsearch.org/en/events/

Greenpeace warns over safety of #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

International regulators are incapable of properly monitoring safety at the russian-occupied the nuclear power station, according to a critical dossier compiled by #Greenpeace that is being sent to western governments on Thursday.

They conclude the IAEA has too few inspectors at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant – four – and that there are too many restrictions placed on their access.

Read more here 📎 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/greenpeace-safety-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-regulators-russia

#Ukraine

HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory party’s largest donors
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/27/hmrc-investigating-tax-affairs-of-one-of-tory-party-largest-donors-anthony-bamford
Inquiry into tax affairs of JCB boss Anthony Bamford calls into question whether Tories should accept funds from peer

Teen in custody after U.K.'s world-famous 'Sycamore Gap tree' chopped down https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/09/28/uk-sycamore-gap-tree-chopped-down/5281695928579/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #upi

Seeing the Web Connecting Galaxies Across the Universe

Look deeply into the Universe; the bright galaxies are the first thing you'll see. Surrounding and connecting these islands of stars is the cosmic web. These are streams of gas that flow into galaxies, supporting their star formation. Astronomers have used the new Keck Cosmic Web Imager in Hawaii to image the cosmic web, revealing the filamentary network that connects galaxies across billions of light-years of space. Previously, the web was only visible when illuminated by bright objects like nearby quasars, but this new technique can show even the faintest material.

#cosmology

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/cosmic-web-lights-up-in-the-darkness-of-space

Happy GNU 40th

These 40 years prove that having conrtol over computation is possible; it has happened and can continue to be even more vital. #GNU40 https://fediverse.blog/~/FreeMind/Happy%20GNU%2040th/