https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/webb-celebrates-first-year-of-science-with-new-image/
The first anniversary image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. It is a relatively small, quiet stellar nursery, but you’d never know it from Webb’s chaotic close-up. Jets bursting from young stars crisscross the image, impacting the surrounding interstellar gas and lighting up molecular hydrogen, shown in red. Some stars display the telltale shadow of a circumstellar disk, the makings of future planetary systems.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI)
excerpt from lastnight’s
James Webb Space Telescope prompts scientists to rethink understanding of the universe | PBS NewsHour
but back down on earth news ranges from deep space to the deadly
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian regions hit by wave of overnight strikes (theguardian.com)
and beyond to the doggly
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65954415
Hundreds of golden retrievers, and their owners, have gathered at the Highland ancestral home of the breed.
homecoming
a brief pause for frivolity from the dogingtonpost
Since we may have inadvertently killed life on Mars by just adding water, it’s nice that we have pretty pictures of what’s too far for us to touch. Do not get wet. Do not feed after midnight.
Patd, thanks for posting that JWST content. I tried to post those yesterday but have yet to figure out how to reduce photos to get within the size limits on this site. Pretty stunning stuff. But from the astrophysics perspective the more important stuff is in your first comment.
Not to worry bId, when Muskie figures out how to make all the engines on his super booster work and build a launch pad it doesn’t destroy when it takes off that will start the march to sending people to Mars and maybe we can try again. Of course that isn’t something I expect to live to see.
Hah. Patd, my sis had Doberman and greyhound rescues and the descriptions in the dogington post are dead on.
EPISODE 245: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN
Groups of Congressional Democrats have now separately called for investigations of Gal Luft and his influence on Congressional Republicans, investigations by the House Armed Services Committee, by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, by the House Select Committee on China, and by the House Oversight Committee. investigations into the obvious security breaches and the potential national security threat. But if the questions are about quote “security breaches,” quote “our national interests and those of our allies” quote “national security” then the investigation needs to be conducted by the Office of Homeland Security and The Office of the Director of National Intelligence because while the big red rotating, blaring siren may be Luft. But he isn’t a sitting member of the House or the Senate and this nation needs to know immediately to what degree if any, Congressman James Comer, Congressman Jim Jordan, Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Senator Ron Johnson and other Republicans, have been compromised by China, or have been targets FOR compromise by China.
More Old Berman
RAY EPPS is suing Fox and Tucker Carlson for defamation and is using the same local lawyer Dominion Voting Systems used and based on the filing it looks like Ray Epps will wind up OWNING Tucker Carlson and maybe Fox as well, possibly just because of one 100-word paragraph Carlson belched on March 11 of this year: “A lot of this was clearly influenced by federal agents or informants. It was, ok? But I did not want to suggest someone was a federal agent or informant unless I knew for a fact, because you really could get someone in trouble. Right? If you’re like, THIS was the guy and like, we don’t know. I DO know for – I mean it’s very clear – something very strange is going on with Ray Epps. We’ve named him repeatedly, we’ve invited him on the show repeatedly. I mean don’t lie to my face, the Ray Epps thing isn’t, isn’t organic, sorry.”
If Tucker Carlson WASN’T trying to tell his audience that Ray Epps was a Federal Agent and Informant who influenced the events of January 6th…what the hell ELSE could Carlson have possibly been TRYING to SAY?
pogo, yeah, pretty spot on with some of those breeds especially the golden’s unflinching positivity.
having had a chow (ms. Fanny Loo Chow to her public) in past i was disappointed they were overlooked. perhaps this would suffice:
chow chow: there is no darkness, there is no light, there is only nothingness as I sit here enlightened like Buddha, breathing in and breathing out, contemplating my beautiful blue tongue.
This FOX News technique of defamation by question mark wasn’t limited to Tucker (“How do we know he isn’t a traitor?”), and it still goes on, only a slight variation on “Have your stopped beating your wife?”. It’s devious stuff. How do you fact check a myth? Massive jury verdicts are a good start.
sounds like the comer critter may be violating fed law according to this definition at USLegal, Inc.
Scottish Terrier: I’ll do it my way, I don’t need your help.
And we can’t forget that other classic Republican distraction truck: What-about-ism. Anytime Trump:s crimes come up they don’t defend what he did, just say “What about Hillary’s emails? What about Hunter’s emails?”
The trouble for them with that argument is if you’re saying others committed the same crime you’re admitting he committed a crime.
Safest place for him: the Hole.
“So, the possibilities I think are there for a Secret Service person or two…to be with him during the time that he would be in prison.”
https://ticklethewire.com/ex-ag-eric-holder-says-he-could-see-secret-service-agents-protecting-trump-in-a-prison/
Our backyard robin just became a mama again. Little beaks sticking out of the nest under the eaves of the roof. I told Mrs. P she’s a grandmother again. She laughed when she figured out what I was talking about.
Pat
Red the part chow that was my companion for years, She was good at setting on the front porch doing the buddha thing, But I’m certain she would say, “Let the Border collie do it, that should be fun” I’m almost certain she found much of the world that passed in front of her to be amusing.
Jack
Sometime American culture gets weird when it gets out there in the world.
As to the topic of the day, I think there has to be a major leak of matter from else where/when in the space/time fabric to that area. Maybe if we can enlarge the picture we can see where all my odd socks, pens and reading glasses are. Also, maybe a few 1/2 inch and 9/16 wrenches too.
There I solved 2 mysteries at once.
Jack
jack…in re solving mysteries
I did a turn or two as a pipe fitter at the Navy Yard. There were certain people (not me) at work there who delighted in accomplishing their assigned tasks in a timely manner and then looking for something else to accomplish….solving mysteries, as it were, and getting shit done. These people were promptly cornered by the “old hands” and told in no uncertain terms to “slow the fuck down”. They made all the slackers look bad.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/tech/ftc-openai-investigation/index.html
“The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI for possible violations of consumer protection law, seeking extensive records from the maker of ChatGPT about its handling of personal data, its potential to give users inaccurate information and its “risks of harm to consumers, including reputational harm.”
“The probe threatens to complicate OpenAI’s relationship with policymakers, many of whom have been wowed by the company’s technology and its CEO, Sam Altman. It also could focus further attention on OpenAI’s role in a sprawling debate about the threat that generative artificial intelligence may pose to jobs, national security and democracy.”
Policymakers. Policymakers. Policymakers.
“The request for information, which is considered a type of administrative subpoena, also seeks testimony from OpenAI about any complaints it has received from the public, lists of lawsuits it is involved in, and details of data leak the company disclosed in March 2023 and said had temporarily exposed users’ chat histories and payment data.”
“It calls for descriptions of how OpenAI tests, tweaks and manipulates its algorithms, particularly to produce different responses or to respond to risks, and in different languages. The request also asks the company to explain any steps it has taken to address cases of “hallucination,” an industry term describing outcomes where an AI generates false information.”
Hallucinations. Lies. Garbage out.
The chatbot replies: “But what about Hunter Biden’s laptop?”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/p-ebt-summer-food-assistance/index.html
“Nearly 5 million children in eight states could lose out on some extra funds for food unless their state officials sign up for a federal relief program by Friday.”
“While the vast majority of states are participating in the program this summer, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Texas have yet to join.”
“In Texas, at least 3.7 million children would be eligible for the summer P-EBT program, said Mia Medina, senior program manager for No Kid Hungry Texas. Some 40% of parents of children in public school experienced food insecurity, including skipping meals or running out of food, in the past 12 months, according to a poll the nonprofit group commissioned earlier this year.”
The usual suspects, mostly.
uncle joe picked on tubby today in Helsinki, called him names and said goper gang needs to rein him in. guess it’s time for a reprise of this pitiful plea from 2007 by his ‘bama buddies
Lol, Pat!
(I voted for Doug Jones and root for the Tide.)
TT was always a graceless victor. I thought (wrongly) there would’ve been enough Bama fans with bad Iron Bowl memories who would never vote for him in any case.
If somebody axed me to find em a smart man to run something for them, I can guarantee you that sports coaches groups wouldn’t leap to mind as a place to start looking.
Only a skunk could spend a career coaching young black men and then use his second-act to be a standard-bearer for entrenched racists
I had a Australian sheepdog dingo mix, I am sure his thoughts would be to climb the wall, walk across the ceiling, eat the whole thing then jump down and ask for more.
i was working with this racist white guy, recently, and made the obligatory small-talk, such as, “so where in the area do you live”, and he told me, so i said “oh, that’s a nice place, i like it there” and his immediate response to “that’s a nice place” was “yeah, but it’s overrun with Mexicans, some guy even told me they advertised in the paper in Mexico that Mexicans should come here for jobs (an oft-parroted lie adapted for whatever region the conspiracy-theorist resides).
Now, the town isn’t “overrun” with Mexicans, there are some latin residents, they work hard, like BBQ and football, and having a few beers, and this guy i was talking to would probably enjoy their company if divisive misinformation-profiteers didn’t manipulate him into hating them.
My objectivity aside, i still wanted to punch the guy in the face
Oh well, another day in these United States 😒 🇺🇸
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/europe/italy-groping-court-ruling-scli-intl/index.html
“A court ruling that found a school janitor not guilty of groping a student because the act only lasted less than 10 seconds has sparked outrage in Italy.”
“…the Court of Rome said they acquitted the accused, a 66-year-old man according to Italian state broadcaster RAI, of sexual assault because the whole thing lasted “about five to ten seconds.”
“In her testimony, the then 17-year-old girl, according to RAI, said the act happened in April 2022 as she was climbing the staircase at school with a friend.”
“She testified that she pulled up her trousers and felt a hand tucked inside them, under her briefs, touching her buttocks, according to the judgment, issued July 6.”
“Love, you know I was joking,” the janitor said, according to the teenager’s testimony mentioned in the judgment.”
“During the trial, the janitor admitted that he had touched the student but that he had done it “as a joke.”
There is no time limit if the perp is a priest.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/health/fda-otc-birth-control-opill/index.html
“The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter — the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States.”
“Today’s approval marks the first time a nonprescription daily oral contraceptive will be an available option for millions of people in the United States,” Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, the director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “When used as directed, daily oral contraception is safe and is expected to be more effective than currently available nonprescription contraceptive methods in preventing unintended pregnancy.”
Science v Christo-fascist Republicans.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/7/7/23787084/eric-adams-donors-charged-campaign-finance-scam-alvin-bragg
“Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg indicted a group he says hoped to purchase power in an Adams administration by gaming public matching funds.”
“Six people were indicted Friday in Manhattan for allegedly bundling illegal donations to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign, saying in phone conversations that Adams “doesn’t want to do anything if he doesn’t get 25 Gs.”
“One person involved in Adams’ 2021 campaign said $25,000 was the fundraising standard for having the candidate show up at an event.”
“…a deliberate scheme to game the system in a blatant attempt to gain power” alleges that the defendants amassed at least $6,400 in small donations from at least 29 straw donors, friends and family members they repaid using CashApp and Zelle.”
“Those donors were allegedly used to take advantage of the Campaign Finance Board program where the first $250 donated by any New York City resident is matched eight-to-one, meaning a campaign would collect an additional $2,000 and $6,400 in small donations would have been matched by about $50,000 in public money for the Adams campaign.”
“Before holding a fundraiser over Zoom on Aug. 20, 2020 — months before Adams formally launched his mayoral campaign — Montgomery allegedly began recruiting straw donors who he would later reimburse for giving to the Adams campaign.”
“Montgomery has now been suspended from his post as “Director of integrity” at Teamsters Local 237, according to a union spokesperson.”
“Montgomery, Riza, Redick, Shahid Mushtaq were arraigned Friday morning in Manhattan Supreme Court and pleaded not guilty, according to Bragg’s office. Peek, Yahya Mushtaq will be arraigned on a later date, officials said.”
“Riza pleaded guilty in 1993 to six counts of extortion and the “wrongful use of actual and threatened force, violence, and fear” while obtaining “contracts, cash, and the placement of workers on various construction projects located in New York City.”
“On Friday, Bragg’s office noted that Riza and his company had previously been charged with conspiring to falsify business records in part of what the DA alleges is a “wide-ranging construction fraud scheme” including PPP fraud, companies fraudulently applying for contracts requiring them to be or to work with minority and women owned businesses.”
“ allegedly told a consultant working with a general contractor that “You can say Jersey, you can say we used them in Jersey. And we used them for some corrective work on Park Avenue, in the Bronx or West Bumblef—k – I don’t care. I’m in the door.”
“While Adams is not named as a defendant, one defendant said that he had been in communication with him according to the indictment.”
I really wish Andrew Yang had been elected as mayor, just to see what he could’ve done.
Grifters all!
Smart stuff from the local press…
https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/whitmire-tommy-tuberville-is-everybodys-problem.html
speaking of electing dumb people:
”“If we had to pick Russia or Ukraine for NATO, one could reasonably make the argument that Russia probably provides more benefit long term.” -the real dumb rep from FL
The dolt thinks Russia should join the alliance that exists to defend against Russia 🤔
“saying the quiet part out loud”
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