I currently have two school age kids in Ontario, and this is a disaster not in the making, but actively in progress. We need to fix this now.
https://www.tvo.org/article/hot-classrooms-are-a-crisis-and-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen
Month: June 2024
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Boeing Starliner Stuck on Space Station as More Leaks Discovered
I posted about the Starliner taking off with known leaks on launch day, so this is really no surprise.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/boeing-starliner-stuck-space-station-more-leaks
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Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold harsh interstellar clouds 2 million years ago
A lot of people assume space is just that, a big empty void sprinkled with stars and planets. We forget that it’s active, moving, evolving, and we are constantly in motion within it, interacting with anything it throws our way. Knowing if and when something like this could be headed our way again would allow us to prepare, rather than being caught out in the cold, so to speak.
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-astrophysicists-likelihood-earth-exposed-cold.amp
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Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of serious health dangers grows – Investigative Journalism Bureau
As someone who currently has two children in school in Ontario right now, this is utterly infuriating.
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Ars Technica: Boeing’s Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks
Currently leaks on 4 of 12 thrusters. Way to go, Boeing. Lolol.
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What is the Batagaika crater?: Earth’s growing ‘Gateway to Hell’ | Popular Science
Having one of these is scary enough, but the fact that they are starting to pop up like potholes through Siberia and the Arctic is pretty terrifying.
https://www.popsci.com/science/batagaika-crater-gateway-to-hell/
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The Milky Way’s black hole is warping space-time
Ok, so the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning so fast, it’s basically warping space into a football-like shape around it. Pretty cool.
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Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang | Quanta Magazine
Pretty heavy stuff, but makes for some great reading if you’re a physics nerd, as I am.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-attempt-to-glimpse-past-the-big-bang-20240531/
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AI saving humans from the emotional toll of monitoring hate speech | Waterloo News | University of Waterloo
I would bet that 88% accuracy is relatively on-par or better than humans perform at the job. Pretty fucking cool use of “AI”.
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/ai-saving-humans-emotional-toll-monitoring-hate-speech