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ai6yr, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

A look at a steaming new volcanic island in Tonga.... 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzhvAIKsqA #volcano #tonga

zl2tod, 16 days ago to random

Amal Clooney has been assisting the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in Palestine and Israel.
And bloody good on her.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/517614/amal-clooney-is-nowhere-to-be-found-how-the-famous-lawyer-silenced-her-critics-on-her-gaza-stance

zl2tod, 21 days ago to random

Oh dear me ... Granny, how could you.
"Man accused of assignation attempt on Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico appears in court"
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/man-accused-of-assignation-attempt-on-slovakias-prime-minister-robert-fico-appears-in-court/QMGOIWKL3JD45NSYDKDE37DRKA/

mikemathia, 27 days ago to random

#BadTires

zl2tod, 28 days ago to nz

Another timelapse of aurora from Kapiti, New Zealand starting at dusk this evening.
#aurora #Kapiti #NZ #SolarStorm #AuroraAustralis

A timelapse of Aurora Australis taken from Kapiti, New Zealand. 6.5mm f/3.5 APS-C sensor Start 5:52pm End 8:59pm New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12) Looking a little west of south. As the sky darkens through a fish-eye lens the stars come out together with dancing orange and pink curtains. Clouds invade towards camera obscuring most of the aurora until shortly before then end a large orange glow erupts behind the clouds.

zl2tod, 28 days ago to nz

Timelapse of aurora from Kapiti, New Zealand this evening.
#aurora #Kapiti #nz #solarStorm #AuroraAustralis

A timelapse of Aurora Australis taken from Kapiti, New Zealand. 50mm f/1.4 Start 6:16pm End 7:58pm New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12) Looking a little east of south. Pink, peach, orange dynamic field with transient bands and rays, a starfield rotating clockwise, slowly obscured by cloud. A house and trees are dark shadows in the foreground.

zl2tod, 30 days ago to random

Bloody hell.
I'm disappointed that this solar wind impact from a succession on Coronal Mass Ejections spat out by the Sun will happen in the middle of the day here in New Zealandso I won't see the aurora at it's peak.
On the other hand I'm pleased that the other side of the planet will wear it. Sorry you lot.
#CME #aurora

zl2tod, 1 month ago to Astronomy

Another timelapse of comet Pons Brooks setting behind Kapiti Island, New Zealand.
Taken over an hour and twenty minutes from 6:26pm NZST this evening 4May2024.
#comet #PonsBrooks #cometPonsBrooks #astronomy #satellites

A timelapse of comet Pons Brooks setting behind Kapiti Island, New Zealand. Taken over an hour and twenty minutes from 6:26pm NZST this evening. Countless satellites. Thanks Elon, you are a top man.

mrcompletely, 1 month ago to random

Okay a lot of us have had various "okay, the Fediverse has arrived" moments, and while I never thought it hadn't arrived (I like it here), asking for an upgrade to the song Set Your Chickens Free late on a Sunday and having it in a reply when I wake up Monday is absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

zl2tod, 2 months ago to random

THE POLAR VORTEX IS SPINNING BACKWARDS: Earlier this month, atmospheric scientists noticed something unusual in the Arctic stratosphere. The polar vortex was spinning backward.

"The vortex changed direction around March 4th," reports Dr. Amy Butler, author of NOAA's Polar Vortex Blog. "It was a substantial reversal, reaching -20.5 m/s a few days ago, which puts it in the top 6 strongest such events since 1979."

...

https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=20&month=03&year=2024

zl2tod, 3 months ago to random

Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy on #FacialRecognition in supermarkets:

"Something smells here. I can smell it. My bald mate can smell it. The Privacy Commissioner can smell it. To me, it smells like crap."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foodstuffs-use-of-facial-technology-a-red-flag-jon-duffy/NGBYKJJVYVEBNAGOWDZKEWIC7Y/

zl2tod, 3 months ago to random

#CDCsays Bring out your dead

jonny, 3 months ago to random

They did WHAT
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/05/no-data-no-problem-undisclosed-tinkering-in-excel-behind-economics-paper/

ai6yr, 4 months ago to adsb

USMC flight that crashed was TIGER11, AE4B95. #adsb #USMC #rip #helicopter #accident #aviation

https://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=ae4b95

kyhwana, 4 months ago to random

Exhibit A https://www.reuters.com/world/china/what-do-we-know-about-chinas-respiratory-illness-surge-2023-12-01/
Exhibit B https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/queensland-health-authorities-responding-to-spike-in-covid-like-mycoplasma-pneumonia-c-13484907

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

😳”A copy of an emailed threat obtained by CNN showed government offices in at least 23 states listed as recipients. The sender claimed to have placed explosives inside “your state Capitol,” although no specific state was mentioned in the email. It’s not clear if other email threats were sent.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/03/us/state-capitols-threats?cid=ios_app

zl2tod, 5 months ago to earthquake

#Earthquake

• MAGNITUDE 7.4

• ORIGIN TIME 0710 UTC JAN 1 2024

• COORDINATES 37.5 NORTH 137.2 EAST

• DEPTH 0 KM / 0 MILES

• LOCATION NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN

• AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN AT 0710 UTC ON MONDAY JANUARY 1 2024.

• BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS HAZARDOUS #TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.

zl2tod, 5 months ago to random

Yep, it's a big un.
X5.0 solar flare.
Now, lets see if it is aimed at Earth.
#SolarFlare #Aurora
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux

ParadeGrotesque, 5 months ago to random

I don't know who needs to read this, since there are probably 12 #Slackware users out there, but a new version of postfix is out for Slackware 15, with a patch for "smtp-smuggling":

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2023&m=slackware-security.405376

https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.html

Update!

ajsadauskas, 6 months ago to random

Interesting explanation about what really went wrong with Optus last week.

The short version: it looks like Optus doesn't control its own core network. Its parent company Singapore Telecom does. Optus just resells it.

Which is why Optis' CEO was so vague about what the issue actually was: she was protecting her bosses in Singapore.

https://www.channelnews.com.au/excluseoptus-services-failure-was-on-a-netork-operated-by-singtel-claim-insiders/

zl2tod, 6 months ago to random

Another Earth directed CME is predicted to arrive on 11Nov2023 at 1800GMT. That's 12Nov2023 7:00am in New Zealand so possibly no good for us.
The modelled prediction for the 5Nov2023 CME arrival significantly underestimated the speed such that CME arrived during NZ darkness triggering a display seen across much of the country and in high latitude areas around the world over the next 24 hours.
The current prediction shows a less intense impact, but ...
#aurora #CME
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction

zl2tod, 8 months ago to earthquake

A large, shallow, and dangerous #earthquake in #Morocco 40 minutes ago.

F-E Region Morocco
Time 2023-09-08 22:11:00.1 UTC
Magnitude 6.9
Epicenter 8.48°W 31.10°N
Depth 10 km
Status A - automatic

http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2023rqlr