Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
In the early 1970s, a young physicist named Jacob Bekenstein proposed something almost unbelievable:
Black holes have entropy.
Stephen Hawking, already a leading researcher in black-hole physics, strongly disagreed. If a black hole possessed entropy, it should also have a temperature. And anything with a nonzero temperature should emit radiation.
But black holes, according to classical general relativity, could not emit anything from within their event horizons.
Hawking considered this a serious objection to Bekenstein's proposal.
Then, in 1974, Hawking's own calculations showed that black holes really should radiate.
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
The tears in rain monologue in Blade Runner (1982) is still haunting. Few scenes feel so intimate, tragic and philosophical all at once.
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Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
For scale, the estimate of over 600 million tons of CO2 emissions in this story--just from new US data centers alone--is about twice the CO2 emissions of all the volcanoes on Earth
The data center boom could increase greenhouse gases so much that it reverses years of reductions in US power emissions, a new analysis finds bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
#PaleoAgainstAI
Interlacing parts of a good paleontologist's educative talk with AIGC is one of the WORST acts of disrespect a content creator can possibly commit.
It would make someone new to the field feel as if the AI video is scientifically credible, which is NOT AT ALL TRUE.
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
Happy 88th birthday to Ralph Bakshi, known for creating the animated Lord of the Rings movie. The filmmaker is the reason many of us were introduced to Tolkien!
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
The "tyrant sea bear", perhaps the most overhyped prehistoric beast to get any attention online. It's literally just a single large femur found near London. Given the close link (and genetic admixture) between browns and polars, such a fragmentary specimen is worthless for ID.
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
Cilian Murphy's Reading List
"My life is very simple. I read a lot of books. I watch a lot of movies.
Listen to a lot of music. Walk the dog. Cook. Be with my family."
- Cilian Murphy
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
FBI agents fear they could reportedly be ordered to seize ballots and voting machines on Election Day, potentially throwing the midterms into chaos.
thedailybeast.com/fbi-agents…
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
I had another cartoon where Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "I have a dream." and Trump said, "I have a nightmare." Some suggested this version, so I drew it.
Both are true.
This original is pen and coloured pencil.
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how. Melt from the "Doomsday Glacier" could drown coastlines around the world. And the outlook is getting even worse. ehsciences.emlnk9.com/lt.php…
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
SUNSHINE (2007) deserves so much more love. Danny Boyle sends Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans & an incredible ensemble on a mission to reignite the dying sun, turning it into something hauntingly beautiful. This sequence alone is worth the watch.
What are your absolute favorite sci-fi movies of all time?
Looking for films with mind-bending concepts, incredible world-building, or stories that make you question everything. The kind of sci-fi that pulls you into another world and stays in your head long after the credits roll.
Drop your must-watch recommendations.
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Plioplatecarqueen) retweeted
Anti fascist activists opposed to the Trump administration say they have hacked DHS and created a massive searchable database of names and contact information for over 40,000 agency employees. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/d…
None of this even feels real.
Trump: I'm the only president to pass. I passed 3 cognitive tests. And they're hard. They have a lion, a bear, a snake, and a camel. They say, which one is the snake? It's a very powerful test, very highly respected test, very well known test, 30 questions, very hard. I passed it all 3 times. I aced it
Beautiful.
Every once in a while I’ll catch this pic of my buddy @T_rexellence standing next to the skull of Torosaurus floating around the internet. These things had stupidly big heads…
