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Joni Ahonen<p>My <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Creed" target="_blank">#Creed</a>: - The <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Self" target="_blank">#Self</a> recognizes the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23matrix" target="_blank">#matrix</a> of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23suffering" target="_blank">#suffering</a> in order to initiate <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23change" target="_blank">#change</a>: =&gt; "I <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23exist" target="_blank">#exist</a> to <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23observe" target="_blank">#observe</a> suffering." - <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23God" target="_blank">#God</a> works through <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gravity" target="_blank">#gravity</a>. - <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Universe" target="_blank">#Universe</a> triggers <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23emotional" target="_blank">#emotional</a> responses too <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23deep" target="_blank">#deep</a> and <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23powerful" target="_blank">#powerful</a> to describe with <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23words" target="_blank">#words</a>. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23science" target="_blank">#science</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23religion" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> and the center of a black hole.</p><p>The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally interwoven threads of space and time seem to stop short.</p><p>These mysterious points are known as singularities and they break our best theory of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a>.</p><p>A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go to the ends of space and time to find a fix.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a><br><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/singularities-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/singulariti</span><span class="invisible">es-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/</span></a></p>
bananabob :tinoflag:<p>Now here is something that SF writers never put into their stories.</p><p>Disturbing Eyesight Problem Affects 70% of Astronauts on Long Missions</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/disturbing-eyesight-problem-affects-70-of-astronauts-on-long-missions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/disturbing-ey</span><span class="invisible">esight-problem-affects-70-of-astronauts-on-long-missions</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ScienceAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceAlert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Eyesight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eyesight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SANS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SANS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Canada News Beep<p>The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity</p><p>The world of Bousso’s new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/quantamagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantamagazine</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Quantumphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quantumphysics</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/10617/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/ca/10617/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/78174/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/78174/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/277525/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/277525/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
United States News Beep<p>The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity</p><p>The world of Bousso’s new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/quantamagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantamagazine</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/23857/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/us/23857/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2261049/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2261049/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2256158/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2256158/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Laws of quantum physics may rule out a universe that came before ours <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a></p>
skry<p>‘Since the first detection of gravitational waves, LIGO [Indiana and Washington State], Virgo [Italy &amp;] KAGRA [Japan] have picked up signs of about 300 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackhole</span></a> mergers. “These amazing detectors are really the most sensitive measuring instruments that human beings have ever built,” said Mark Hannam, head of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a> Exploration Institute at Cardiff…. “So, we’re observing the most violent and extreme events in the universe through the smallest measurements we can make.”’ <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/science/massive-black-hole-collision-gravitational-waves" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/07/16/science/mas</span><span class="invisible">sive-black-hole-collision-gravitational-waves</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planets</span></a> are round primarily due to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a>. </p><p>Their immense mass creates a strong gravitational pull that draws all their material towards the center equally from all directions, smoothing out irregularities and forming the most compact and stable shape: a sphere.</p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Why-are-planets-round-5aba19854cbd610628c11040" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Why-</span><span class="invisible">are-planets-round-5aba19854cbd610628c11040</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p>What kind of stable objects can you build from neutrons alone?<br>(Spoiler: not the one in the picture, whatever Spock thinks.) <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEyS7-OK57I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=LEyS7-OK57I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neutron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neutron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongForce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p>
UofG Gravitational Research<p>TONIGHT (Wed 16 July)</p><p>Free public talk by Prof. Carole Mundell, Director of Science for the European Space Agency.</p><p>Time: 19:30 - 20:30<br>Location: The Clyde Auditorium, SEC Armadillo</p><p>There are spaces left - these can be reserved at <a href="https://iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi16/plspace" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1</span><span class="invisible">6/plspace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Armadillo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Armadillo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Rhett Allain<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> of my two favorite scenes from 2001 A Space Odyssey and how they filmed them. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apparentweight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apparentweight</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://rjallain.medium.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-how-kubrick-mastered-weightlessness-and-you-wont-believe-how-5953754e4de1?sk=68ad82477ed957dc7f92382fa10c3674" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rjallain.medium.com/2001-a-spa</span><span class="invisible">ce-odyssey-how-kubrick-mastered-weightlessness-and-you-wont-believe-how-5953754e4de1?sk=68ad82477ed957dc7f92382fa10c3674</span></a></p>
Rowan Brad Quni<p>Einstein died 70 years ago and I'd argue (along with others, surely) <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> has stagnated since.</p><p>What do we *know* since Einstein? Must be something, but not <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BigBang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBang</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/darkmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkmatter</span></a>, or the particle zoo.</p><p>Seems an epoch of computing instead of theory.</p>
OpenSoul ✅<p>Il video degli <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anekdoten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anekdoten</span></a> di oltre 22 anni fa, mi ha fatto fare un tuffo nel passato, riflettendo sul tempo che passa come l'acqua dentro ad un fiume e noi siamo come una goccia di questo flusso</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thewarisover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thewarisover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpivA-bG4cA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=OpivA-bG4cA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
cultured nyc 🇺🇦<p>Gravitas is the quality of being weighed down with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravy</span></a>. The mass of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravy</span></a> contributes to its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravity</span></a>. Salmon that is cured with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravy</span></a> and sugar is known as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gravlax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravlax</span></a>. This process was invented by Dr. Wave E. Greyvee, of the Poutine Institute of Curdistan.</p>
James

I've been having a play with Graviton, and have introduced some dials to fiddle with, you can use your arrow keys to navigate around too. I've noticed that the clusters are like complimentary thoughts, sometimes stable, sometimes volatile, sometimes disrupted by a new idea! #Gravity #Physics

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nonzerosum.gamesEMERGENT GRAVITY ~ exploring the speculative foundations of gravity and emergence from entropyA speculative exploration into the foundations of gravity, the role of entropy in emergence, and the philosophical implications of creating something from nothing.
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