Notices by Jennifer Ouellette (jenlucpiquant@universeodon.com)

SpaceX charged with illegally firing workers behind anti-Musk open letter https://arstechnica.com/?p=1993522

X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview.

"You probably don't need an expert to help you deduce that telling advertisers to "go f*** yourself" isn't a winning strategy. But just in case, Integrated Media CEO Jonathan Miller told the FT that "marketers have a number of major platforms to choose from and they would tend to gravitate to those that don't tell you to f-off."

"The FT also reported that Yaccarino "was bombarded by calls from friends and associates last weekend during her daughter's wedding, according to several people familiar with the matter. They urged her to quit to protect her reputation." https://arstechnica.com/?p=1987808

Data from NASA’s Webb Telescope backs up ideas on planet formation https://arstechnica.com/?p=1986343

The Most Shocking Discovery in Astrophysics Is 25 Years Old. A quarter of a century after detecting dark energy, scientists are still trying to figure out what it is https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-most-shocking-discovery-in-astrophysics-is-25-years-old/

Listen to the seismic sounds of many earthquakes (with the Earthtunes app) as Iceland braces for likely volcanic eruption. "The activity is formidable, exciting, and scary." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/earthtunes-app-lets-you-listen-to-icelands-intensifying-earthquake-activity/

Building Increasingly Complex LEGO Machines In Order to Sink Progressively Larger LEGO Boats https://laughingsquid.com/sinking-lego-boats/

The Mystery of Cosmic Radio Bursts Gets Bright New Clues https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-cosmic-radio-bursts-gets-bright-new-clues/

Atom Computing is the first to announce a 1,000 qubit quantum computer https://arstechnica.com/?p=1978158

This Space Toilet Might Be the Best Seat Aboard Spaceship Neptune https://gizmodo.com/toilet-space-perspective-balloon-tourism-1850922961

Gargantuan Straw Creatures Rise from the Fields of Japan’s Annual Rice Harvest https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/10/wara-straw-art-festival/

Missouri pastor on upcoming book-burning: "If God told me to burn the book Clifford the Big Red Dog, then I'd burn the book Clifford the Big Red Dog" https://boingboing.net/2023/09/29/missouri-pastor-on-upcoming-book-burning-if-god-told-me-to-burn-the-book-clifford-the-big-red-dog-then-id-burn-the-book-clifford-the-big-red-dog.html

In 1955, the Polio Vaccine Was Considered a Miracle. It Almost Didn’t Happen. The science behind “The Cutter Incident.” https://slate.com/podcasts/one-year/s5/1955/e5/polio-vaccine-jonas-salk-medical-mystery-global-breakthrough

Einstein right again: Antimatter falls “down” due to gravity like ordinary matter. CERN's ALPHA experiment confirms matter and antimatter react to gravity in a similar way. https://arstechnica.com/?p=1971331

Scientists Working in Antarctica Unwittingly Started to Develop a New Accent. “Antarctica has no native population or permanent residents, but it does have a transitory community of scientists and support staff who live there for part of the year on a rotational basis.” https://www.openculture.com/2023/09/scientists-working-in-antarctica-unknowingly-started-to-develop-a-new-accent.html

How Archaeological Methods Are Helping Identify Victims of the Hawaii Wildfires https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-archaeological-methods-are-helping-identify-victims-of-the-hawaii-wildfires/

Non-vaccine measures such as social distancing and wearing face masks have been "unequivocally effective" at preventing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, according to a major report by the UK's Royal Society https://www.newscientist.com/article/2388929-lockdowns-and-face-masks-really-did-help-to-control-covid-19/

Turtle Shells Record Nuclear History https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/turtle-shells-record-nuclear-history/