Sian Eleri returns with new BBC series about mass UFO sighting
The Radio 1 presenter has returned with a second series of popular show ‘Paranormal with Sian Eleri’. Back in 2023, the first series - Paranormal: The… ⌘ Read more

Light-activated drugs could keep sleep-deprived military pilots alert
A US military program led by DARPA is modifying the stimulant drug dextroamphetamine so it can be switched on or off in the brain using near-infrared light, avoiding risks like addiction ⌘ Read more

Einstein’s theory was wrong about black holes made out of light
The theory of relativity predicts black holes should be able to form from light alone, but incorporating quantum effects makes it impossible ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Hehe thanks! 😅 Still gotta sort out some other bugs, but that’s tomorrows job 🤞

Hybrid design could make nuclear fusion reactors more efficient
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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?
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Why Embrace created span snapshots for mobile observability with OpenTelemetry
Member post by Fredric Newberg, CTO and Co-Founder of Embrace OTel spans are very powerful for gaining an understanding of the performance of mobile applications. However, given the restriction placed on spans in the OTel specification that spans… ⌘ Read more

UK election: How can next government get climate goals back on track?
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The Turing test has been passed for the first time, scientists claim
Developed by Alan Turing, the test can only be passed by an AI that is indistinguishable from a human being. Back in 1950, Turing - the famed mathemat… ⌘ Read more

JWST spotted an incredible number of supernovae in the early universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have increased the number of known supernovae in the early universe by a factor of 10 and found the most distant one ever confirmed ⌘ Read more

Nope that appears to be fixed 👌 (but there are other annoying bugs) – I think I should nuke half this crappy Javascript code we wrote years ago and start over 🤣

Let’s see if yarnd 0.15.1@115c1cd still has this dupe bug? 🐞

@xuu@txt.sour.is

@xuutxt.sour.is to answer your question, the Mentions view and the Mentions filter work a bit differently. The former looks at the pod’s entire cache for mentions of you, whilst the later only filters the current view
If that makes sense – It does beg the question of whether the “Mentions” view is needed at all, as its equivalent to /discover?f=mentionsme I think

@eldersnake@twtxt.net You able to grab a screenshot of the console (debug) of the request? 🙏 I can’t repro this locally 🧐

@eldersnake@twtxt.net Yup! Nig I’m the JavaScript. I plan to fix this tonight!

‘Ghost’ allegedly sets off ambulance siren in viral footage
A shadowy figure has been blamed for setting off the siren of a Red Cross ambulance in Costa Rica. The CCTV footage, which was filmed at the Auxiliary… ⌘ Read more

I’m assuming the duplicate post issue is separate from my 404-while-posting-issue 🤣

Adam’s family has been growing wine grapes for 28 years. He’s now facing the ‘heartbreaking’ decision of pulling out his vines
Since the imposition of hefty Chinese tariffs on Australian wine in 2020, wine grape growers have barely broken even and the federal government has signalled it will not fund growers to exit the industry. ⌘ Read more

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Polycystic ovary syndrome could be treated with a malaria drug
The malaria treatment artemisinin improved hormone levels and regulated menstrual cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome ⌘ Read more

Cooling fabric blocks heat from pavement and buildings in hot cities
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Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis
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Odd black holes smaller than protons may have once littered the cosmos
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LXC vs. Docker: Which One Should You Use?
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Walking with irregular strides may help you burn more calories
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Je veux faire livrer des livres à quelqu’un, pour faire un cadeau. Vous me conseilleriez quel site #libraire?

Alien statue or optical illusion? The story of the Face on Mars
Discovered on Mars in 1976, could this face-like structure be evidence of aliens, or something else ? … ⌘ Read more

@eldersnake@twtxt.net Oh that’s not right? Hmmm 🧐 Is this consistently reproducible? If so what does the browser console’s network tab say about the request and response hete (XHR)

@eldersnake@twtxt.net I couldn’t agree more! 🤣

Not sure what’s going on here though (happened even before I updated my pod just before, but just noticed it this evening). Posts do get added, but get a 404 after hitting the submit…

Mathematicians discover impossible problem in Super Mario games
Using the tools of computational complexity, researchers have discovered it is impossible to figure out whether certain Super Mario Bros levels can be beaten without playing them, even if you use the world’s most powerful supercomputer ⌘ Read more

@xuu@dev.txt.sour.is Yeah it’s not feature gated or anything.

Sorry you’ll have to forgive me, what’s different? 🧐

US defense contractor describes seven-minute UFO encounter
The contractor and two other witnesses encountered a strange barbell-shaped object over the Canadian wilderness. The incident, which occurred on Augus… ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net What the hell?! 😱 So these companies would prefer to continue to harm human health?! 🧐

The same company separately quoted over $7,000 to install an outdoor garden tap and plumbing for approximately 20m 😱

Just got a quote to fix a bathroom tap and hoses that are corroded for > $1,000 😱

@bender@twtxt.net @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Soeey where?

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com LOL 🤣

@shreyan@twtxt.net Yhe default is 20ms AFAIK so the delay you’re seeing is the axtual request latency I think?

I haven’t found a good way to do the right style of “indicator” yet 😢

Help wanted! 🙏 I also broke two other features that require client-side JavaScript 🤦‍♂️

@bender@twtxt.net Good advice!

The chemical-free veggie garden that sprang to life on an arid salt pan
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Russia faces $32 billion bill for carbon emissions from Ukraine war
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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues
As the winner of the Longitude Prize on Antimicrobial Resistance is announced, chair of the prize committee Martin Rees, the UK’s Astronomer Royal, explains why it pays to reward ideas ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net it is good solutions. Just the a/ is hard to implement if they have a mobile phone with 5G (solutions exist though). and the point b/ is the most important, a continuous discussion about the dangers.

Quantum sensor gets a read on tiny worm implanted with nanodiamonds
Tiny diamonds and quantum sensors can be used to measure conditions inside cells or living organisms, potentially offering a way to detect diseases or study biology in minute detail ⌘ Read more

What would a wormhole look like if we ever found one?
How could we tell the difference between an ordinary black hole and one connected to a tunnel through space-time? ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Not yet and you’re probably right 🤣 The last part is probably far fetched 😅

@tkanos@twtxt.net I have a different solution. I a) ban social media networks on the network b) educate them about the dangers and c) permit them to use Twtxt / Yarn.social when they’re older.

Wild elephants each have their own names, new study finds
Scientists now believe that elephants, like humans, have assigned names that they use when calling one another. While it has long been suspected that … ⌘ Read more

Social networks are very dangerous for teenagers. When your teen needs one consider giving him a Flip Phone. And watch all new device connecting to the wifi because the « friends » of the teen will give him, one of their old mobile (that he will hide).