You've got to break a few ridiculously expensive and fragile potato chip filters to count viruses @MBLScience! @MBLundergrads Hoang Luu getting good at it (the counting, not the breaking). Thanks to the Huber Lab for showing the way! And @zeiss_micro for making it visible.

Nice day for a short field trip to sample Siders Pond in Falmouth, MA. @MBLundergrads Hoang Luu measuring bacterial productivity using radioisotopes under anaerobic conditions with help from SES TA Mary Ossar. It's in the bag! @MBLScience

Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards simonsfoundation.org/grant/s…

New paper: The Second Law of #Thermodynamics, #Life and #Earth‘s Planetary Machinery Revisited. #Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics must apply to life and the Earth system as well, but how, and what can we learn from it? Check out our blog earthsystem.org/2024/11/09/l…

Winogradsky columns, rain or shine!

Darwinian Evolution as a Product of the Second Law: Biotic Entropy Production in the Universe "(i) Darwinian evolution is a product of the second law...(ii) life enhances the 2nd law by increasing entropy production" well said Charlie :) preprints.org/manuscript/202…

RT @RachelJWhitaker: We have extended the deadline to apply for two Assistant/Associate Prof in Microbiology positions at the University of…

Proud to have been part of the growth and nurturing of this field!

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people. Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

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Tsuchinshan-Atlas Brightness Update: As forward scattering diminishes, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is gradually losing its brightness. Although it remains relatively visible to the naked eye, it will become increasingly difficult to observe over the next few days. If weather conditions permit, it’s recommended to view the comet while it’s still naked-eye observable. Currently, the comet's magnitude is 2.5, making it slightly dimmer than Polaris. (Please note that a comet’s magnitude can appear fainter than a star's, as its light is spread over a larger area.) (Plot from astrovanbuitenen) #comet #TsuchinshanATLAS #astronomy

There's comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)! It's rather bright, as comets go, and you can see it with your eyes (dimly). If there was no moon up and you were in a dark sky region, it would be quite spectacular. Pretty cool! #comet #comet_tsuchinshan_atlas #TsuchinshanATLAS

Wow, the @EuropaClipper is already more than half way to the Moon

Woot!

Let’s go. Our mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa is ready to set sail today on a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at 12:06pm ET (1606 UTC) from @NASAKennedy 🚀 go.nasa.gov/europaclipperliv…