A simply wonderful resource! (Found via share from Django Bohren)FOX’s file: | PunditFact PunditFact is a project of the Tampa Bay Times and the Poynter Institute, dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media. cross-posted on Facebook

Just got final approval for a Mitacs-Accelerate InDev grant! Which means I’m working for QPS Canada as a software development intern for the next 4 months!QPS Hydrographic and marine software solutions. QINSy, Fledermaus and Qastor. Hydrographic survey software. Hydrographic data acquisition and processing software. 3D visualization and data analysis software. Advanced piloting and navigation software. …

Poor quality because I had to zoom, but you should get a sense of scale from the painted parking stall lines. We just had a bunch if rain…. cross-posted on Facebook

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Really informative deconstruction of Michael Bay’s cinematography.Michael Bay – What is Bayhem? (Fixed Sound) There are filmmakers we love and then there’s Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach us about visual perception…. cross-posted on Facebook

I can’t explain it but this is viscerally pleasing to look at for me.SR 99 tunnel launch pit getting a makeover Crews pour a slab of concrete at the bottom of the former launch pit for Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine. Crews are converting the pit into the double-decked highway that will connect to …

I find this enthralling.[1406.3025] Detecting industrial pollution in the atmospheres of earth-like exoplanets cross-posted on Facebook

Leaked photos show immigrant children packed in crowded Texas border facilities President Barack Obama has directed an effort, lead by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to provide resources and “humanitarian relief to affected children,†which is a “priority,†the spokesperson said. “Given the deteriorating security and economic conditions in the Central Americ… cross-posted on Facebook

From the article: According to the scientists, our ability to remember the past but not the future, another historically confounding manifestation of time’s arrow, can also be understood as a buildup of correlations between interacting particles. When you read a message on a piece of paper, your brain becomes correlated with it through the photons …

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After being completely abandoned by NASA (decommission of the communications equipment in 1999), a 38 year old space probe is now under the control of a civilian non-profit. The new group’s aim is to return the probe to it’s original mission in an earth orbit and use it for further scientific research and educational outreach. …