#split nsf

[hungriestheidi]

Glory hole + voyeurism for any combination of Oscar/mark/Jenson/Lando pleaseeee

how about all of them? <3

(nsf/w, jendo + oscarmark + landoscar. implied dom/sub, humilliation, glory holes, orgasm denial, etc.)

Jenson drapes a hand at the back of Lando’s head. Cold sweat drips down his back and his eyes open wide, illuminated by the gentle glow of a tableside lamp. It’s vintage, Victorian type, fabric and crystals hanging from thin threads, mimicking the falling rain. It matches the shade of Lando’s cheeks, red with pinkish hues, undertones of warmth and careful reluctance. 

“Look at him, Osc.”

Mark says it so sweetly, but Oscar knows it to be an order. Shifts in place and stares ahead, Lando’s eyes brimming with tears, his mouth open, jaw chiseled by the shadows, Jenson’s hand petting his hair, whispering ‘see? it wasn’t that hard to be obediente’. Someone’s cock fills Lando’s mouth and he is sucking it so diligently, even when there’s defiance in his eyes he’s being so good, bouncing slowly on a dildo Jenson carefully put in place. 

He likes to be full, he said to Mark, winking as Lando frowned, petulant and annoyed. But he does seem to be enjoying this, the cradle of Jenson’s hand on his jaw, the cock he licks with so much enthusiasm, the bouncing that makes him whine. The person on the other side of the hole knocks on the wall, twice. 

“He’s almost there,” Jenson says, jolly, patting Lando’s cheek as if he can feel the stranger’s cock through the layers of Lando’s skin. 

Mark puts a hand on his shoulder, squeezing softly before he reaches to unhook the chain attached to his collar. 

“Go and help him,” Oscar looks up, he can feel his cheeks redden and Mark gently urges him forward. “Go on, pup.” 

Oscar swallows and nods. Lando leans back as Oscar crawls to him. The room suddenly feels nauseatingly small, walls collapsing inwards to press him closer to the cock popping out of the wall. Pink, thick but not too long, leaking steadily but not quite to the point of orgasm. Oscar wraps a hand around it, hears the soft moan from the other side of the wall and turns to look at Mark. 

From his seat Mark nods, palming himself through the fabric of his tailored pants. If he’s like this then Oscar is doing something good. 

He reaches for the cock with his mouth, licks at the tip, the saline tangy taste of precum and sweat, skin and all that comes with it. Oscar treats it as a lollipop, Mark likes it when he does that, looking up and salivating all over him. Mark likes to say he’s a messy pup, pulls his hair and tells him to be more careful, yet he indulges him and lets the saliva drip down his chin as he fucks him. 

Today he has no time to pay attention to this person’s cock like he would with Mark, so he wraps his mouth around it and goes in as deep as he can before he hits the wall. It shivers inside of him, spurring hot cum into his mouth, dripping over his tongue as it pulls back slowly. Oscar turns and finds Lando bouncing on his dildo with his eyes lit like stars, entirely focused on Oscar’s mouth. 

“Kiss him,” Jenson says and Lando nods as he keeps bouncing gleefully. 

Oscar can taste the person’s cock on Lando’s mouth and Lando must taste the cum in his tongue. And must enjoy it, greedily pushing inside Oscar’s mouth, putting a hand on his ass and squeezing gently. 

“Easy, easy, boys,” Jenson splits them apart, pulls Lando to his feet and kisses him. “You still aren’t allowed to come, aren’t you?”

Lando whines. “Please?”

Jenson looks at Mark. They trade cheeky glances, Mark stroking himself slowly as Oscar feels his cock is about to burst. 

“Let them, they were good today.”

[rebornologist]

Hello, may I request you write some dirty talk headcanons for Reborn, Fon, Lal similar to the ones you did for Giotto, Tsuna, and Yamamoto?

Hiii anon! This was a fun prompt to ponder. I present to you.. thots brought to me by Breathe Carolina ♡♡

♡ Dirty Talk w/ Reborn, Fon, & Lal Mirch ✧ warnings: nsf/t content ahead, gnReader, dirty dirty language, some D/s dynamics, ropes mentioned, biting mentioned, I love women

✧ Reborn is so shameless and absolutely filthy with it. He’s such an asshole and cannot go without being a little mean and sometimes even mocking his partners. He is especially playful after the fact and enjoys teasing his partners in the most subtle ways, perhaps using some buzzwords that they would be familiar with in other contexts while in public. When you give him a look for it, he simply blinks and tilts his head in innocent questioning, knowing that you wouldn’t dare lose your cool outwardly. However, he’s fully aware that you’re reeling on the inside, and perhaps feeling heat pool in your nether regions like some kind of pavlovian response... It’s the best.

“Look at you.. so, beautifully, fucked out.. and drunk on my cock,” “Shhh… squirmy little one, sounds like you want them tighter, huh? No? Pleaseeee noo sir— you sound sooo pathetic,” he pouts, tilting his head as he mocks your tone sadistically. “Fine, but you’re going to thank me for this.” “They shoot well. I’ve shown them the ropes before,” he gestured towards you with a tilt of his head, explaining to your colleague that he’s at least taught you some firearm basics. He reads the lack of reaction on their face before his gaze shifts ever so quickly to you, making eye contact for a split second. You swear you may have imagined the lascivious tilt in the corners of his lips.

✧ Fon is full of flowery words and idioms you’ve never heard of. He’s a poet through and through and doesn’t ever waste a single word when he speaks. Sometimes he’s too quiet and you begin to wonder what’s on his mind. It could be everything and it could be nothing at all, honestly. However, he lets his thoughts be known when you’re making love, of course. There’s probably no better description for it.

“Don’t look away now,” he coos, calloused but gentle hands slipping over the sensitive flesh of your neck to cup your jaw and turn your gaze back to meet his. “Open up for me, my dove..” Everything he says in moments like these are barely above a whisper. Words meant only for your ears, or to be felt as ticklish vibrations against the nape of your neck, the curve of your waist, the plush of your thighs.. or what sits between them. “Absolutely breathtaking,” a wide grin grows on his handsome features, his long hair falling loose over his broad shoulders and sticking slightly to his moist skin. His chest heaves once, twice.. slower this third time, and he exhales a soft giggle with the next breath. You can’t help but notice how his radiant smile reaches his eyes, and he blinks at you a few times, expression almost frozen in this joyful afterglow. You tell him that you want to go again. “Oh, my love.. you know I have no qualms about taking all that you are willing to give me… come here,”

✧ Lal Mirch ashgdsjkhdfsdjf she can dish it but she can’t take it. She generally likes being in charge in the bedroom and takes very good care of her partners, but when you can convince her to let go of control for once, she gives you the most beautiful low groans and eventually melts into a whimpery mess. Another thing: she avoids name-calling because she doesn't like associating her partners with those words in any context, but will drop a few slightly degradation-tinted praises here and there.

“You like that? Oh, of course you do, filthy little thing,” she mumbles, clicking her tongue as you squirm under her searing gaze. Her long lashes fan over her flushed cheeks as a small smirk grows on her gorgeous features. Her calloused fingers ghost over the sensitive flesh inside your thigh, and you whine as she firmly grabs at the meat of your thigh. “Ah ah, no squirming, or I’ll stop,” she warns. And you heed that warning, knowing just how much she sticks to her word.

Subby Lal is such an achievement to unlock pleaseeee tuck her hair behind her ears and call her your woman, one and only, love of your life, gorgeous goddess, yeahhh….

“Wh-what-?!” Her lips, swollen from kissing you, press together firmly into a pout at the sound of your praises, and her face is beet red. She rolls her hips once again, pressing her wetness into your thigh. You chuckle and coo at her, letting another sweet praise fall from your lips. She grumbles in embarrassment and grips the hair at the nape of your neck, tugging softly for you to expose your throat to her. “Shut up..” she bites down and you yelp. You were in for a looong power struggle tonight.

[loreleismusings99]

Symbiosis

Will Hunting x Reader, Hurt/Comfort

Hey there! I recently got a request to do a Will Hunting Hurt/Comfort Imagine, and unfortunately, it turned into more of a one-shot(if anyone has any tips on how to actually write an imagine, please do send them my way).

CW: sexual harassment, panic attack, sensory hallucinations involving the eyes and skin, reader implied to have asthma, verbal abuse from a professor, imposter syndrome, brief/blink-and-you'll-miss-it mentions of past physical abuse

Please let me know if I missed anything that should be in the content warning, please please please let me know.

Also, please look up and make sure you know of and have access to your university's Title IX resources. You have the right to go to school and participate in educational opportunities free from harassment and discrimination based on sex. Here's a link from the NSF on Title IX that includes some resources you can use if you believe you've experienced sexual harassment or any other form of sex-based discrimination. Also, look into your school's Title IX resources--they should have some sort of Title IX office or coordinator(it's actually unlawful for them not to if the school receives any federal funding).

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Sandpaper. Or, maybe chalk. Not just the utensil itself, but the powder that flies off a board after a tired logician writes the punctuating Q.E.D. at the end of a proof. Yeah, that makes more sense--there’s chalk in your eyes right now. That’s the only feasible explanation for why you’re sitting on the coldest floor you’ve ever felt trying not to split apart at the seams. Your eyes are screwed shut while you shiver against the wall at your back, trying to remember the grounding exercise an old roommate of yours shared with you ages ago. 

One thing I can taste…

The faint memory of bile accosts your tongue. You poke a cold sore that’s starting to form in your cheek and taste blood, the sharp, ringing pain pulling you somewhere closer to the present moment and muffling the memory of your professor’s breath wafting over your face. Your diaphragm spasms while attempting to take in a deep breath, sending you into a coughing fit. You taste the beginnings of mucus making its way up your throat, threatening to choke you again. 

Two things I can smell…

Your perfume wafts up from your wrists, notes of Limonene and honey invading your senses and mixing with the faint smell of plastic and Simple Green from the recently cleaned floor. That was two things, right? Fuck, why can’t I think-- you say to yourself internally, interrupted by the effort it takes to choke back a sob threatening to tear through your lungs. The last thing you need right now is for someone to notice you in your current state. Losing your focus, your mind begins to wander. You remember your professor’s touch on your cheek that trailed menacingly down your neck. You jerked away from him at the time, not expecting him to blow up at you like he did. All you needed was help on a homework problem, and you got a quid pro quo. Refusing him feels like a mistake even though you know for a fact that it wasn’t. You remember how quickly his face turned sour, how laden with poison his voice was when he told you you had no potential. That you’re nothing without him and might as well give everything up if you weren’t willing to do something as simple as what he was asking. You froze under his explosive scrutiny and he was further angered by your unresponsiveness, eventually telling you to get out of his sight. Recalling all of this causes you to sink further into your panic attack, and you begin to feel phantom touches skirt over your skin before you continue trying to ground yourself. 

Um… three things I can hear…

I’m shaking, you deduce from the faint jingling of your keys--which are currently clipped to one of the belt loops on your chinos with a carabiner. You hazard another breath and can hear the thin whistle of a wheeze on the exhale, then Footsteps after a door shutting in the distance. You try to remember what rooms are in that direction, but right now you can’t recall anything other than who you are and what just happened. The footsteps seem to get closer before stopping, I guess they left…

Four things I can touch…

You drag a nail over the pad of your thumb before clenching your fists and running your knuckles over the fabric of your pants. You gingerly unclench your fists and set them down on the floor on either side of you, letting the cold linoleum draw heat from your skin. The muscles in your arms and shoulders are still wound tight and are starting to burn with fatigue. I need to relax, you think but you can’t quite will yourself to do that yet. I need to get up, I need to go home…

Five things I can see…

It takes every ounce of strength left in you to open your eyes. The first thing you notice is pain as your eyes adjust to the sudden influx of light after having your eyes shut for what must’ve been a long time. As the blurriness fades you see your legs crossed in front of you, quads still tense and ready to help you bolt if you need to. Taking in another shuddering breath, you look up at the wall in front of you, tracing along the faint lines of graphite that compose what looks like half of a Fourier transform coefficient calculation before the sound of quickly approaching footsteps makes you snap your gaze to the right. 

White Converse shoes… sandy blonde hair… blue eyes. Blue eyes…  

Will drops to his knees in front of you and takes your face into his hands. “What happened? Are you okay? Are you hurt? Can you hear me? Please say something, you’re freakin’ me out--” Will looks over you frantically, presumably looking for injuries or any sort of sign of foul play. “What happened?” he picks up your hands from the floor and holds them between his warmer ones, rubbing them together to try to bring some warmth to them. 

“I need to go home--” The haggard grit to your voice surprises you and evokes a pained grimace from Will. He draws a hand into his sleeve and uses the loose fabric to wipe a few errant tears from your face. 

“Can you stand?” His voice sounds small and restrained and his grey-blue eyes look steely as he looks into yours. You nod a few times and try to stretch out your legs, slowly stretching out your fatigued and still tight muscles. He helps you stand, one hand on your elbow, the other on your back, and the two of you slowly walk out of the mathematics building. 

After you get into your apartment, Will helps you take off your shoes before situating you on your couch. He kneels in front of you and regards you for a moment before asking, “Have you had any water?” you shake your head no, staring down at your lap. You hear Will utter a soft ‘alright’ as he stands back up and starts to walk away from you. A bolt of panic tears through you and you suddenly reach for him, eyes staring at his hand, wide as saucers while you’re grasping onto it. He flinches unconsciously, causing you to let go and draw back from him in embarrassment, having forgotten about his own history. "S'okay…” he says before sitting down on the cushion next to you and picking up the hand you reached out to him with. He sits there with your hand in his, passing his thumb over the small patch of skin he can reach while still interlocking the rest of your fingers together. The two of you sit like this for what feels like an eternity before Will finally breaks the silence. “...Can I hug you?” You nod in response. “You sure?” he asks carefully, already scooting closer to you, and you nod again, with more conviction this time. You move toward each other and Will wraps you up in an all-encompassing embrace. He starts smoothing down the hair at the nape of your neck and all that you'd been blocking in the hallway comes rushing back to you with a vengeance. You break down again, your arms tightening around Will as you let out a pained cry, muffled only by the fabric of his shirt. He starts to rock you back and forth, telling you that you're okay while rubbing soothing circles into your back. 

The two of you sit like this for maybe twenty minutes before Will begins to pull back. “ ‘m gonna get you some water, okay?” You nod and free him from your grip, curling into a pseudo-fetal position while you wait for him to come back. Eventually, he returns with a glass of water, sitting back down next to you and putting a hand on your shoulder to alert you of his presence. “Here, have some of this, then maybe we can try some food if you're up for it.” He says barely above a whisper as you look back up at him and the water he's presenting to you. You take the cup and hold his hand while slowly sipping the cool liquid, the temperature difference between it and yourself shocking you further into alertness, finally fully taking in what's happening around you. 

After a few minutes of silence, Will asks you the one question you were hoping he'd avoid. “What happened? What's got you like this?” He brushes a stray lock of hair out of your eyes and you lean into his touch.

You shake your head in response and he clicks his tongue at you. “C’mon, please don't lie to me. I know this ain't nothin’... did someone do something to you?” Your silence speaks for you and you can feel Will tense up in front of you. His thumb pauses its repetitive journey back and forth over the back of your hand as he continues, his voice going cold with thinly veiled fury. “Say the name and they’re gone, I'll knock ‘em into their grave--”

“That's exactly why I can't tell you, you can't do that--” 

“What're they, God? I'll fight ‘im too, knock ‘im on his ass if he has one,” this starts you laughing; it's a wheeze of a chuckle, but more than you were expecting to come out of you. 

“No, no, I… I think… I'm gonna have to file a report. And if I do, there might be an investigation, and if there's an investigation I’ll have to sign an NDA, so I can't tell you…” you finish the water and Will takes the empty cup from you, setting it on the coffee table. 

“... so it was one of the faculty? I can ask Lambeau, maybe he can get ‘em fired--” 

“Do not tell Lambeau. Things like this… they'll all gang up on me just to stay in the good graces of their colleagues. I don't think I could handle being on anyone else's hit list right now.” you hold Will’s hand with both of yours now, feeling the contrasting textures of his nails and skin. 

The two of you sit in silence again before Will asks, “What're we gonna do then? Just wait for someone to pick up the case and hope something happens?” 

“That's what we'll have to do. I doubt anything will happen, but I really don't have the energy to think about what else I could possibly do right now…” You can feel Will's arm bob up and down slightly as he nods hesitantly. 

“...how're you feelin’? Can I convince you to maybe have a bite to eat, or is that too much right now?” you shake your head and breathe out a barely audible ‘too much’ before shutting your eyes again. “Okay…. Do you wanna lie down on your bed or do you wanna stay here?” 

“Here, please,” you whisper, leaning into Will's hand, which is currently drying a tear you didn't know was sneaking through your eyelids. 

“‘Course, no need to say please, I can't stop you from laying down on your own couch.” He breathes out a laugh before leaning over to pick up a throw blanket that was crumpled up behind you. He helps you wrap the blanket around yourself and eases you back into his arms before reclining back into the sofa's arm as much as possible, the two of you settling into a warm and comfortable silence. Or, at least it would be if you could get your brain to quiet down. 

Your mind is still circling back to what your professor said just before he made you leave his office. You’ve felt like this ever since you transferred to MIT last Fall--feeling like you somehow made it in by mistake, that you weren’t meant to be there. All of that’s been dialed to eleven since you’ve started classes, though, the intensity and pace of the work making you feel like a fish out of water. You’ve been keeping up your grades, but your success always feels acquired by the skin of your teeth. Maybe he’s right; maybe you really aren’t cut out for this. The prospect of having to give up the one thing you’ve been dreaming of doing since you learned how to count was beyond distressing, but everything seems so uncertain now. Your spiral into the depths of self-hatred is interrupted by Will running his hand over your hair, slightly scratching your scalp. “You know you’re fuckin’ brilliant, right? People only do shit like that because they don’t know what else to do to control you.” 

“I honestly find that hard to believe--” 

“Then find a way,” you can feel him looking down at your form, nestled within his arms. “Hey, look at me.” Reluctantly you turn your head to awkwardly look him in the eye. “I mean it. You’re perfect. Do you trust me?”

“Absolutely.” 

“Then you know I’m telling you the truth,” he says, cupping the side of your face with his free hand. “You are extraordinary. Please don't ever doubt that.” You feel your heart jump at his declaration. Will is usually sparing with compliments, but when he does utter them he has a piercing intensity to his demeanor that makes your face light up like a Christmas tree. He looks at you like you’re the universe staring back at him, the only thing standing between him and oblivion. “Please. Promise me.” 

Looking into his eyes, you feel that same reverence for him. Will has been through so much, and yet he still has the bandwidth to love you and the trust to open his heart to you. You try to match his intensity and sincerity while looking back at him, eyes glistening and gaze raw, “... I promise… Thank you.”

=================Thanks for Reading!=================

Thanks to @jolovesfandoms for the request!

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

roundbreaking Achievement: NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Produces its First Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun’s Corona

Groundbreaking Achievement: NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Produces its First Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun’s Corona

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, designed, built, and operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by directly mapping the strength of the magnetic field in the solar corona, the outer part of the solar atmosphere that can be seen during a total eclipse. This breakthrough promises to enhance our understanding of space weather and its impact on Earth’s technology-dependent society.

The Corona: The Launch Pad of Space Weather

The Sun’s magnetic field generates regions in the Sun’s atmosphere, often rooted by sunspots, that store vast amounts of energy that fuel explosive solar storms and drive space weather. The corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, is a superheated realm where these magnetic mysteries unfold. Mapping coronal magnetic fields is essential to understanding and predicting space weather – and to protect our technology in Earth and space.

Why It Matters

Earth’s magnetic field shields us from solar winds, protecting our atmosphere, and making life possible. However, the electromagnetic fields and energetic particles from extreme solar eruptions can disrupt satellites, power grids, and other systems we need in our increasingly technological society. Understanding these dynamic interactions, which change on timescales ranging from days to centuries, is crucial for safeguarding our infrastructure and current way of life.

Measuring the corona’s magnetic properties has long challenged astronomers and the limits of technology. Today, the Inouye Solar Telescope is the most advanced facility designed to study the corona, and has made a crucial first step in resolving these mysteries by producing its first coronal magnetic field maps – the most detailed to date.

Since the 1950s, solar physicists have mapped the magnetic fields on the Sun’s surface, providing valuable insights. However, maps of the magnetic field in the zones above the surface, like the corona, have long been sought as it is in these locations that solar storms originate. The Inouye, located near the summit of Maui’s Haleakalā in Hawai’i, now provides the capabilities to meet this critical need.

The Inouye has created its first detailed magnetic field maps of the solar corona using the Zeeman Effect, which measures magnetic properties by observing spectral line splitting. Spectral lines are distinct lines that appear at specific wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, representing the light absorbed or emitted by atoms or molecules. These lines act like “fingerprints,” as they are unique to each atom or molecule, allowing scientists to identify the chemical composition and physical properties of celestial objects by looking at their spectra. When exposed to a magnetic field, like in the Sun, these lines split, which gives us an insight into the object’s magnetic properties. Previous attempts at detecting these signals, last reported two decades ago (Lin et al. 2004), lacked the detail and regularity needed for extensive scientific investigation. Today, the Inouye’s unmatched capabilities allow for detailed, regular studies of these crucial signals.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing its first detailed maps of the Sun’s coronal magnetic fields. This milestone, led by NSO Associate Astronomer Dr. Tom Schad, was recently published in Science Advances, and promises to enhance our understanding of the Sun’s atmosphere and how its changing conditions lead to impacts on Earth’s technology-dependent society. The corona, or the Sun’s outer atmosphere, greatly influences solar winds and space weather events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections. However, the magnetic forces that drive these events and the corona are challenging to measure.

Technological Marvel

Typically, one can only view the Sun’s corona – a region one million times fainter than the solar disk – during a total solar eclipse, when most of the Sun’s light is blocked and Earth’s sky goes dark. The Inouye, however, uses a technique called coronagraphy to create artificial eclipses, allowing it to detect extremely faint polarized signals – a billion times fainter than the solar disk – highlighting its unparalleled sensitivity and solidifying its status as a unique window to our home star.

The Inouye accomplishes this with its Cryogenic Near-Infrared Spectropolarimeter (Cryo-NIRSP), one of the telescope’s primary instruments used to study the corona and map its magnetic fields. This instrument was designed and built by the University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy.

Dr. Tom Schad’s Research

“The Inouye’s achievement in mapping the Sun’s coronal magnetic fields is a testament to the innovative design and capabilities of this trailblazing unique observatory,” said Tom Schad, scientist at NSO, and first author of the study. “This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance our understanding of the solar atmosphere and its influence on our solar system.”

Future Prospects

This milestone marks the beginning of a new era in solar physics. The Inouye’s success in mapping the Sun’s coronal magnetic fields reaffirms its vision and mission, and opens new frontiers in understanding the Sun’s influence on space weather.

“Just as detailed maps of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere have enabled more accurate weather prediction, this thrillingly complete map of the magnetic fields in the sun’s corona will help us better predict solar storms and space weather,” says Dr. Carrie Black, NSF program director for the NSO. “The invisible yet phenomenally powerful forces captured in this map will propel solar physics through the next century and beyond.”

Christoph Keller, NSO Director, remarks that “Mapping the strength of the magnetic field in the corona is a fundamental scientific breakthrough, not just for solar research, but for astronomy in general.” He anticipates that “This is the beginning of a new era where we will understand how the magnetic fields of stars affect planets, here in our own solar system and in the thousands of exoplanetary systems that we now know about.”

Ongoing and future studies will refine diagnostic tools and techniques, leading to deeper insights into the Sun’s magnetic environment and its impact on Earth and our solar system.

TOP IMAGE: The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope presents its first map of the solar coronal magnetic field signals as measured using the Zeeman Effect. The Zeeman Effect polarizes the coronal emission, which requires the advancements of the Inouye Solar Telescope to measure as its signals are only a few parts per billion of the Sun’s surface brightness. The background image identifies the region observed in detail by Inouye as imaged by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in ultraviolet light. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA

CENTRE IMAGE: The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope presents its first map of the solar coronal magnetic field signals as measured using the Zeeman Effect. The Zeeman Effect polarizes the coronal emission, which requires the advancements of the Inouye Solar Telescope to measure as the signals are only a few parts per billion of the Sun’s surface brightness. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA

LOWER IMAGE: The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope’s Cryo-NIRSP instrument charted the telescope’s first coronal magnetic field maps. Cryo-NIRSP operates in the near-infrared to reveal the faint corona. It maintains a cryogenically cooled environment to achieve the high sensitivity, precision, and stability required for advanced observations of the corona. (Designed and built by the University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy). Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #69: October 15th-21st

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 15 - October 21, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Crackpots and These Women aired on October 20, 1999.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Midterms aired on October 18, 2000.

Season 3, Episode 2: Manchester Part II aired on October 17, 2001.

Season 4, Episode 5: Debate Camp aired on October 16, 2002.

Season 6, Episode 1: NSF Thurmont aired on October 20, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 4: Mr. Frost aired on October 16, 2005.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 15 - October 21:

Amy Landecker posted a photo of a graphic novel written by her friend.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of herself, Bradley, and his The Handmaid’s Tale Co-Stars Ever Carradine and Julie Dretzin.

Josh Malina posted a throwback photo of himself from 1985.

Peter James Smith posted a photo of himself and Greg Daniels on the SAG-AFTRA picket line.

Donna Moss Daily: October 15 | October 16 | October 17 | October 18 | October 19 | October 20 | October 21

Daily Josh Lyman: October 15 | October 16 | October 17 | October 18 | October 19 | October 20 | October 21

No Context BWhit: October 15 | October 16 | October 17 | October 18 | October 19 | October 20

@twwarchive: October 15 | October 16 | October 17 | October 18 | October 19 

Editors’ Choice: 

This week, we’re sharing some of our favorite fics set (or partially set) in Season 2! Be sure to tell us your favorites, too!

Eight Years by miabicicletta | Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete | He says her name over the TV and the chatter. all will be well by joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | It is, without a doubt, the worst birthday that Donna has ever had. Relationships by crescent_gaia | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Josh and Sam being themselves a bit and Josh going back and forth on asking Donna out. Set during season 2, right after Noel. sacred new beginnings by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | But now, he doesn’t need her anymore – or he shouldn’t, anyway. So she’ll go back to her apartment, and he’ll go back to work, and things will go back to normal, whatever the hell that means. There’s something about that idea that makes his stomach churn. all of you, all of me, intertwined by mikaylawrites for hufflepuffhermione | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | She’s squeezing him so tightly he has to focus on breathing, getting the oxygen in and out of his squished lungs. Something about the pressure quiets his racing mind. Burying his face in her hair, lets her keep quietly crushing him so that he only has to think about timing his breathing to hers, nothing else. The ways Donna comforts Josh with physical touch Or, the Donna Moss Human Weighted Blanket Agenda

Due to tumblr character limits, we have to split this briefing in half. We'll be back with the second half in just a moment!

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The Aquasana Shower Filter is sold by one of the more established water filter manufacturers, but when we tested this filter ourselves, it got one of the worst scores of all the shower filters we used.  In this guide, we’ll be breaking down the Aquasana filter’s performance score, assessing its contaminant reduction abilities, flow rate, ongoing cost, installation and maintenance requirements, and overall value for money. The data shared in this guide is a combination of our subjective and objective testing across a range of performance categories. Overall Score: 7.86 How We Test & Score 6.86 Contaminant Reduction 7.90 Design 9.75 Maintenance 10.00 Filtration Rate 9.00 Setup 8.60 Company What We Like One of the few companies to make truthful contaminant reduction claims Fast flow rate Reduced 100% chlorine Design has a durable feel What We Don’t Like Not performance certified Expensive upfront cost Poorest overall contaminant reduction performance Price$119.99Contaminants Reduced9+CertificationsNot CertifiedProcessCoconut Shell Carbon + KDFFilter Capacity10,000 gallonsAnnual Cost~$120Warranty180 days 📊 Scoring Data The Aquasana Shower Filter is pretty expensive for what it is, costing $120 at the time of our review. Our main testing outcome was to deduce whether or not the filter was worth its upfront spend. We used 6 key scoring categories to analyze the filter, combining and averaging the scores into an overall performance score. Our testing data is displayed in the table below.  CriteriaResultsOverall Score7.86Health Related Contaminants6.80Aesthetic Related Contaminants9.90Performance CertificationNot Certified Filtration Rate1.54 GPMComponent QualityExcellentComponent CertificationNot CertifiedSetupExcellentServicing RequirementsOutstandingCosts$0.006/ gallonWarranty Length180 daysShippingVariable Shipping CostsReturns90-day Guarantee 🚰 Contaminant Reduction Score: 6.86 Contaminant reduction is the performance category that most heavily influences a water filter’s overall score in our testing system. To assess filters in this category, we test our own water before and after running it through the filter, then compare the results.  This category is split into two subcategories: our own test results, and evidence of official third party contaminant reduction certifications by the NSF, IAPMO, or the WQA. Our Performance Testing Score: 6.97 We used SimpleLab's Tap Score, a laboratory testing service, for all our shower filter contaminant reduction tests. This involved sending a couple of samples of water to the lab:  - Unfiltered water straight from our existing showerhead - Filtered water from the shower filter Our results were delivered in an interactive test report, which allowed us to compare contaminants against different health standards. There’s the option to use the EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for this purpose, but we decided to use Tap Score’s Health Guideline Levels (HGLs), because these are stricter than the MCLs and prioritize human health.  We also tested for: - Chlorine in our water using the included DIY test strip. Chlorine dissipates quickly so couldn’t be accurately detected with our main testing kit.  - Water hardness using a separate titration test, so we could get a more accurate, on-site hardness detection.  Note: We decided to test the Aquasana Shower Filter with cold water, so we could accurately detect disinfection byproducts, which dissipate quickly from hot water. DBPs are contaminants with known health effects in water vapor, so it was essential that we measured these accurately in our water.  Health-Related Contaminants Score: 6.80 The Aquasana shower filter actually received the worst score of all the carbon- or KDF-based shower filters we tested for reducing contaminants with health effects. But before we discuss the filter’s performance, let’s look at which contaminants were detected in our water.  Our Tap Score test detected more than 10 contaminants with known health effects, but for this review, we only focused on those that can be harmful to health in shower water, either due to inhalation or dermal exposure (rather than ingestion).  Of these contaminants, chlorine and four disinfection byproducts in the trihalomethanes (THMs) category were detected in our water sample:  - 5.47 PPB of chloroform - 2.62 PPB of bromodichloromethane - 0.74 PPB of dibromochloromethane - 0.25 PPB of bromochloromethane The concentrations of chloroform, bromodichloromethane, and dibromochloromethane exceeded the Tap Score HGL, meaning they were potentially harmful to health. Bromochloromethane was detected in concentrations below the Reporting Limit, so the testing lab was unable to evaluate its safety in our water.  Why are DBPs dangerous in shower water? A 2020 study linked exposure to these contaminants in shower vapor with an increased risk of “cancer and non-cancer risks” when inhaled.  Aquasana claims to reduce over 90% of chlorine, but there’s no mention of DBPs or any other contaminants in the product description. So, did the filter perform as anticipated or exceed our expectations? The good news is that, as we’d hoped, the Aquasana Shower Filter reduced 100% chlorine in our shower water, which actually exceeded Aquasana’s claims. We also saw a 73% decrease in total THMs, which was a nice surprise, especially as most of the other shower filters we tested didn’t reduce these.  So what was it that brought the filter’s score down to one of the lowest in this testing category?  There were a couple of influencing factors, here:  - First, the filter didn’t address other health-harmful contaminants as effectively as many of its competitors. While we only focused on chlorine and DBPs for the purpose of this test, our results were still influenced by the other contaminants detected.  - Second, we saw increases in copper and zinc, which also affected the score. Copper increased by 58%, and zinc increased by a massive 40,924%, up to 3.7 PPM (exceeding the lab’s HGL of 2 PPM). We believe this is a result of leaching from the KDF media, but it’s concerning that such a substantial amount of zinc leached from the filter.  Water Hardness We combined data from our Tap Score lab test and our more precise on-site titration test to compare our water hardness before and after filtering it through the Aquasana shower filter.  Again, Aquasana doesn’t claim to reduce water hardness, and we didn’t anticipate this outcome. Why? Because to address hardness minerals, you need an ion exchange resin, and the Aquasana filter only contains KDF and coconut shell carbon.  Here are our unfiltered water results from both tests:  - In our Tap Score test report, our water had a total hardness reading of 128.19 PPM, or 7.49 GPG, which put it in the “hard” category. - Our on-site titration test detected a water hardness of 8 GPG.  Note: Hardness minerals aren’t classed as “health-harmful” contaminants in our Tap Score report, but hard water can still have mild-to-moderate skin and hair effects in shower water, especially if you have a skin condition like eczema.  Here’s how our filtered water results compared: - In our Tap Score test, the total hardness of our water had dropped by just over 1%. - Our titration test detected the same 8 GPG of hardness.  This was as we had expected. Many of us assume that shower filters can address water hardness because so many manufacturers falsely claim this. But hardness reduction is an outcome that we rarely saw in our shower filter testing. Performance Certifications Score: 6.00 Shower filter manufacturers can obtain certifications for the reduction of select contaminants. The most common certification is NSF 177, for the reduction of free available chlorine.  We were disappointed to see that the Aquasana Shower Filter isn’t certified for chlorine reduction (which we’d expected from a more established brand like Aquasana). The filter has only been independently tested—you can view the datasheet here.  Aquasana’s independent testing is for chlorine reduction only, with an average of 91.61% chlorine removal over a series of 22 tests. We’d like to see Aquasana test for additional contaminants with potential health effects in shower water, like DBPs, PFAS, and microplastics, even if they choose not to get the filter officially certified.  🚦Filtration Rate Score: 10.00 We used the same process to measure the flow rate of all the shower filters we tested. This involved timing how long it took to fill 2 cups of water from the filtered showerhead, then combining and averaging these timings before converting them into a gallons-per-minute (GPM) flow rate.  Our recorded 1.54 GPM flow rate for the Aquasana filter put it in the bottom three, but we awarded it a 10.00 score in this category. Its flow rate is still fast for a shower filter, and we didn’t notice a reduction in water pressure.  The maximum flow rate cited in the owners’ manual is 2.5 GPM. 📐 Design Score: 7.80 The Aquasana Shower Filter redeemed itself with its slightly higher design score of 7.80, this time putting it in the top three of all the shower filters we tested.  Aquasana is one of the only manufacturers that offers different styles of shower filter, rather than just the same style in different colors. The available options are:  - A handheld wand in chrome or white - A standard fixed showerhead that screws directly onto the filter You can also buy the filter on its own to use with your existing showerhead (a slightly more affordable option) if you prefer.  Appearance-wise, this isn’t the most attractive filter we’ve seen. It’s definitely more of a practical-looking unit, but, in our opinion, quality is far more important than appearance.  Component Quality Score: 9.00 We were pretty impressed with the Aquasana filter’s component quality. It’s made from sturdier plastic than other filters and doesn’t feel thin or flimsy, which suggests it should be a more durable option.  The filter hangs down from below the unit, rather than extending the showerhead downwards, so it doesn’t change the height or positioning of the showerhead itself. This helpful design feature also means that you can unscrew the filter housing without having to detach the showerhead, making maintenance easier.  Filter Materials The Aquasana system contains coconut shell carbon and KDF media. These are commonly used in shower filters, primarily offering chlorine reduction. KDF also reduces select heavy metals, and carbon addresses other chemicals like pesticides, although this isn’t super relevant in a shower filter.  It’s not clear whether the filter uses carbon block or granular activated carbon. Usually, when a carbon filter addresses disinfection byproducts, it means it uses carbon block, which is more densely packed and offers more comprehensive contaminant reduction.  But the Aquasana filter has a unique upflow design that extends the contact time between the water and the media, and this could be why it’s capable of DPB reduction when similar filters are not.  Materials Safety Certification Score: 6.00 Aquasana doesn’t have a materials safety certification, which is a shame—this, combined with its sturdy design, would have pushed it ahead of its competitors in the design category.  While materials safety certifications aren’t legally required, they reassure us that a filter has been tested and approved for design safety.  ⚙️ Setup Score: 9.00 Setup is nice and easy for the Aquasana Shower Filter, as simple as replacing your existing showerhead with a new one.  The installation instructions in the owner’s manual are easy to follow, and setup took us around five minutes. You don’t need any special tools or equipment—just pliers and plumber’s tape to wrap around the shower pipe and ensure a tight fit.  Once installed, the filter needs to be flushed, and this process is also easy. We just turned on the cold water and let it flow through the shower for two minutes, then, at a normal temperature, turned the water on and off three times until the water ran clear.  You’ll be able to install this Aquasana model yourself even if DIY isn’t your strong point.   🔧 Maintenance Score: 9.50 Aquasana also got one of the highest scores in the maintenance category, being easier to maintain than most other shower filters and having one of the lowest ongoing spends.   Servicing Requirements 9.50 The Aquasana Shower Filter is super simple to maintain, with just one filter to replace. The filter’s design made maintenance much easier than other filters because we could unscrew the housing without having to first remove the shower head.  Aquasana’s predicted lifespan for the filter is up to 6 months, equating to a water filtering capacity of around 10,000 gallons. The lifespan of a filter depends on water quality, but on average, you’ll only need to replace the filter around twice a year.  Costs Score: 10.00 As for maintenance costs, we calculated the cost-per-gallon of the Aquasana shower at just $0.006, making it one of the most affordable options.  How do we calculate maintenance costs? We combine the manufacturer’s filter lifespan claims with the price of replacement filters online.  🏢 Company Score: 8.60 Since Aquasana is an established brand, we were expecting it to lead the pack with its warranty, shipping, and returns offerings. But while it got a decent score in this category, it wasn’t actually one of the best.  Warranty Score: 8.00 Aquasana offers a 6-month warranty, which is pretty decent, but not the best we’ve seen for a shower filter (1 year).  Under the warranty, Aquasana says they’ll “provide a replacement that fulfills the remaining estimated lifespan/capacity of your original purchase and send it to you with installation instructions” within this 6-month warranty period.  The warranty only applies to manufacturing defects and doesn’t cover issues caused by misuse or water damage.  Learn more about Aquasana’s warranty here.  Shipping  Score: 8.00 Aquasana’s shipping costs are variable depending on the product you buy and where you’re located. As well as the U.S., the company also ships to Canada, but notes that shipments are “subject to provincial duties and taxes at time of delivery”, at the responsibility of the customer.  Click here for more information on Aquasana’s shipping policy.  Returns Score: 10.00 We awarded Aquasana the highest score in the “returns” subcategory because of the company’s impressive 90-day guarantee.  This guarantee is three times the length of most other shower filter manufacturers’ return policies (30 days) and allows you to trial the filter and return it if, for whatever reason, you decide it’s not for you.  To return the filter, you’ll need to request a Return Authorization Code on the Aquasana website, which entitles you to a full refund of the purchase price of the filter.  There’s some fine print to be aware of, including that you (the customer) will be responsible for return shipping costs.  View Aquasana’s 90-day guarantee here. 💰 Value For Money Now we’ve reached the end of our review, would we recommend the Aquasana Shower Filter? The filter definitely has its positives: it’s sold by a reputable manufacturer and was one of the few shower filters to reduce disinfection byproducts in our testing. It’s also easy to install and is one of the easiest to maintain thanks to its design.  But there are some issues, too: we were concerned about the amount of zinc that leached from the KDF media, and the design, while sturdy, isn’t very attractive. At over $100, it doesn’t offer much more than the filters selling for half its price, and we were disappointed with its lack of a chlorine reduction certification.  Ultimately, the Aquasana Shower Filter might be a good fit for you if you want a reliable filter that reduces chlorine and DBPs from a well-known manufacturer.  But if you’re looking for a filter with a superior, certified performance, it’s worth considering the Weddell Duo instead, which was the best shower filter we tested. Or, if hardness reduction is your top priority, the ShowerStick is the only effective water softening shower filter that we used. Read the full article

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Fwd: Graduate position: AuburnU.UndergradBiologyEdResearch

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Graduate position: AuburnU.UndergradBiologyEdResearch > Date: 13 July 2024 at 06:28:20 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > Graduate student position in Biology Education Research at Auburn > University > > The Ballen lab at Auburn University seeks a PhD student to develop > projects centered around Biology Education Research (the start date > would be Fall of 2025). The position would be partially supported by an > NSF-funded study on scientist role models in biology. > > We are specifically looking for students who have a Biology > Undergraduate/M.S. degree and are interested in applying their knowledge > of biology to improve undergraduate biology education. > > While students are encouraged to pursue their own specific research > interests, current work in the lab can be split into two broad avenues > of inquiry: (1) The impacts of promoting counter-stereotypical role > models on student outcomes and (2) The impacts of contextualizing > societal and ethical considerations into biology curricula. Through > large-scale collaboration across many institutions, work in the lab > advances understanding of effective and inclusive teaching through > integrating research and education in STEM. > > Check us out here! Ballenlab.com > > The Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) hosts a Recruitment Weekend > Event in mid-January and I would be happy to bring folks out who are > interested in joining the lab Fall 2025. The deadline to apply for the > graduate program is February 1. Email me for more details! > > More info on DBS: https://ift.tt/eFrJ9qd > More info on our graduate program: > https://ift.tt/6WojgDA > > > Potential applicants should email the following to: mjb0100@auburn.edu > - Cover letter highlighting your relevant research experience, why you >  are interested joining the lab, as well as any additional information >  you’d like us to know about you > - Curriculum vitae (CV) > > Cissy Ballen

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THIS JUST IN: PBS Kids' Elinor Wonders Why greenlights to Season 2 and airing by Summer 2024, reports say [#OneNETnewsEXCLUSIVE]

HAMILTON, CANADA -- A much-anticipated Canadian-American preschool cartoon show 'Elinor Wonders Why' sets to air by Summer 2024 in the United States of America (U.S.A.). as PBS Kids officially greenlights for Season 2.

In time for an upcoming New Year's Eve by the earlier of 2024, per the exclusive reports via 'WSBE-TV 36: Rhode Island PBS', local news outlet 'Rhody Today News Bureau' and a captioned video post of 'The X Network' (formerly Twitter), the aforementioned preschool cartoon show is now receiving funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

(PHOTO COURTESY: University of Rhode Island)

University of Rhode Island (URI)'s associate professor of education named Ms. Sara Berry Sweetman joining forces with Show Creator duos named Mr. Jorge Gabriel Cham and Mr. Daniel Ofir Whiteson last Monday (November 6th, 2023 -- Rhode Island local time) developing 4 new episodes (splitting into individual segments of 8, composing to 11 minutes each) of the popular animated show with the goal of improving boys and girls perceptions of female scientists and increasing their understanding of mixed-gender collaborations in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

(LOGO COURTESY: Google Images)

The scientific research grant at NSF for Season 2 values at U$D3.4M (approximately PHP190.2M). With the said NSF grant, stories within the 4 full new episodes will engage preschoolers to underscore that anyone can be a scientist (the professional way) while showing the advantages of science collaborations, in between both sides of genders.

(FILE SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Pipeline Studios for PBS Kids via YT Video)

Elinor Rabbit in the 'Animal Town' spoke exclusively to OneNETnews, preparations and expectations for Season 2 is almost ready to educate younger viewers in America will take part in observation and a lot of things by nature of science, with the help of the NSF, as local public media reports say.

The 2nd new season of 'Elinor Wonders Why' premieres in the Summer of 2024, exclusively on your local PBS Stations and PBS Kids in America. You can also potentially stream on-demand through the 'PBS Kids Video' app, available on both Google Play and Apple App Stores.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTESY: University of Rhode Island via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.uri.edu/news/2023/11/uri-education-professor-teaming-with-pbs-kids-elinor-wonders-why-on-3-4m-research-grant/ [Referenced News Article via Rhody Today] *https://twitter.com/ElinorWonders/status/1740402974785241260 [Referenced X Network Captioned Photo via ElinorWonders] *https://web.uri.edu/education/meet/sara-sweetman/ and *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSBE-TV

-- OneNETnews Team

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Rare double-lobe nebula resembles overflowing cosmic jug

The glowing nebula IC 2220, nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula owing to its resemblance to an old English drinking vessel, is a rare astronomical find. This reflection nebula, located about 1200 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Carina (the keel), is a double-lobed, or bipolar, cloud of gas and dust created and illuminated by the red-giant star at its center. This end-of-life phase of red giant stars is relatively brief, and the celestial structures that form around them are rare, making the Toby Jug Nebula an excellent case study into stellar evolution. This image, captured by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, showcases the Toby Jug Nebula’s magnificent, nearly symmetrical double-looped structure and glowing stellar heart. These features are unique to red giants transitioning from aging stars to planetary nebulae [1] and therefore offer astronomers valuable insight into the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars nearing the end of their lives as well as the cosmic structures they form. At the heart of the Toby Jug Nebula is its progenitor, the red-giant star HR3126. Red giants form when a star burns through its supply of hydrogen in its core. Without the outward force of fusion, the star begins to contract. This raises the core temperature and causes the star to then swell up to 400 times its original size. Though HR3126 is considerably younger than our Sun — a mere 50 million years old compared to the Sun’s 4.6 billion years — it is five times the mass. This allowed the star to burn through its hydrogen supply and become a red giant much faster than the Sun. As HR 3126 swelled, its atmosphere expanded and it began to shed its outer layers. The expelled stellar material flowed out into the surrounding area, forming a magnificent structure of gas and dust that reflects the light from the central star. Detailed studies of the Toby Jug Nebula in infrared light have revealed that silicon dioxide (silica) is the most likely compound reflecting HR3126’s light. Astronomers theorize that bipolar structures similar to those seen in the Toby Jug Nebula are the result of interactions between the central red giant and a binary companion star. Previous observations, however, found no such companion to HR3126. Instead, astronomers observed an extremely compact disk of material around the central star. This finding suggests that a former binary companion was possibly shredded into the disk, which may have triggered the formation of the surrounding nebula. In about five billion years from now, when our Sun has burned through its supply of hydrogen, it too will become a red giant and eventually evolve into a planetary nebula. In the very distant future, all that will be left of our Solar System will be a nebula as vibrant as the Toby Jug Nebula with the slowly cooling Sun at its heart. The image was processed by NOIRLab’s Communication, Education & Engagement team as part of the NOIRLab Legacy Imaging Program. The observations were made with Gemini South on Cerro Pachón in Chile using one of the dual Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs (GMOS). Though spectrographs are designed to split light into various wavelengths for study, the GMOS spectrographs also have powerful imaging capabilities, as demonstrated by this exceptional view of the Toby Jug Nebula. More information [1] The term “planetary nebulae” is a misnomer; they are unrelated to planets. The term was likely first used in the 1780s by astronomer William Herschel, who noted their seemingly round, planet-like shape when observed through early telescopes.

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Hey.

So, I'm normally an 18+ interaction only blog, but I am making an exception for this post in particular as it needs to be spread, and because this is to the benefit of younger pro-ship/pro-fic people who are not able to safely use Aethy yet. (Please do not follow my blog if you are under 18! Just read and spread this post.)

As you may or may not be aware, many of us have created accounts on Aethy to get away from Tumblr's increasing amounts of fandom policing and are becoming increasingly active there, as it is a site that allows full creative freedom.

However, it is 18+ only, meaning younger folks cannot escape to it if they end up on Tumblr's radar and start getting banned.

If you are under 18 and pro-ship/pro-fic/comshipper/anti-harassment and want/need somewhere to create a backup account (and also to find a much safer community for yourself than Tumblr), create a Pillowfort account ASAP if you do not already have one.

It does have some small limitations, but none of those are going to matter if you are a minor. This site is pro-fiction and anti-harassment.

It's a little different, but it's somewhat similar to Tumblr.

I have created a group there that you can use to keep in contact with your moots and moot-in-laws if shit ever goes south for you.

This isn't an attempt to fearmonger, but things don't look like they're going to get better here. Even if you continue to use primarily Tumblr, at least have this in your back pocket. It might just save you some trouble down the road.

Even if you are not a minor, feel free to join the group as well. It is strictly SFW (as you can post NSF[T] on your own blog or in another group; this group is to allow the community to keep in contact). That said, if you are over 18, I highly recommend joining Aethy as it has total and full creative freedom with no exceptions, and is where most of us are currently active.

Please spread the word. Fandom is still fandom even if it moves, but don't get split apart from your friends in the process.

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Solar Telescope produces its first magnetic field maps of the sun's corona

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing its first detailed maps of the sun's coronal magnetic fields.

This milestone, led by NSO Associate Astronomer Dr. Tom Schad, was published in Science Advances, and promises to enhance our understanding of the sun's atmosphere and how its changing conditions lead to impacts on Earth's technology-dependent society.

The corona, or the sun's outer atmosphere, greatly influences solar winds and space weather events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections. However, the magnetic forces that drive these events and the corona are challenging to measure.

The telescope directly mapped the strength of the magnetic field in the solar corona, the outer part of the solar atmosphere that can be seen during a total eclipse. This breakthrough promises to enhance our understanding of space weather and its impact on Earth's technology-dependent society.

The corona: The launch pad of space weather

The sun's magnetic field generates regions in the sun's atmosphere, often rooted by sunspots, that store vast amounts of energy that fuel explosive solar storms and drive space weather.

The corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, is a superheated realm where these magnetic mysteries unfold. Mapping coronal magnetic fields is essential to understanding and predicting space weather—and to protect our technology in Earth and space.

Why it matters

Earth's magnetic field shields us from solar winds, protecting our atmosphere, and making life possible. However, the electromagnetic fields and energetic particles from extreme solar eruptions can disrupt satellites, power grids, and other systems we need in our increasingly technological society.

Understanding these dynamic interactions, which change on timescales ranging from days to centuries, is crucial for safeguarding our infrastructure and current way of life.

Measuring the corona's magnetic properties has long challenged astronomers and the limits of technology. Today, the Inouye Solar Telescope is the most advanced facility designed to study the corona, and has made a crucial first step in resolving these mysteries by producing its first coronal magnetic field maps—the most detailed to date.

The Inouye Solar Telescope's first maps of the corona's magnetic field

Since the 1950s, solar physicists have mapped the magnetic fields on the sun's surface, providing valuable insights. However, maps of the magnetic field in the zones above the surface, like the corona, have long been sought as it is in these locations that solar storms originate. The Inouye, located near the summit of Maui's Haleakalā in Hawai'i, now provides the capabilities to meet this critical need.

The Inouye has created its first detailed magnetic field maps of the solar corona using the Zeeman Effect, which measures magnetic properties by observing spectral line splitting. Spectral lines are distinct lines that appear at specific wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, representing the light absorbed or emitted by atoms or molecules.

These lines act like "fingerprints," as they are unique to each atom or molecule, allowing scientists to identify the chemical composition and physical properties of celestial objects by looking at their spectra. When exposed to a magnetic field, like in the sun, these lines split, which gives us an insight into the object's magnetic properties.

Previous attempts at detecting these signals, last reported two decades ago, lacked the detail and regularity needed for extensive scientific investigation. Today, the Inouye's unmatched capabilities allow for detailed, regular studies of these crucial signals.

Technological marvel

Typically, one can only view the sun's corona—a region one million times fainter than the solar disk—during a total solar eclipse, when most of the sun's light is blocked and Earth's sky goes dark.

The Inouye, however, uses a technique called coronagraphy to create artificial eclipses, allowing it to detect extremely faint polarized signals—a billion times fainter than the solar disk—highlighting its unparalleled sensitivity and solidifying its status as a unique window to our home star.

The Inouye accomplishes this with its Cryogenic Near-Infrared Spectropolarimeter (Cryo-NIRSP), one of the telescope's primary instruments used to study the corona and map its magnetic fields. This instrument was designed and built by the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy.

"The Inouye's achievement in mapping the sun's coronal magnetic fields is a testament to the innovative design and capabilities of this trailblazing unique observatory," said Tom Schad, scientist at NSO, and first author of the study. "This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance our understanding of the solar atmosphere and its influence on our solar system."

Future prospects

This milestone marks the beginning of a new era in solar physics. The Inouye's success in mapping the sun's coronal magnetic fields reaffirms its vision and mission, and opens new frontiers in understanding the sun's influence on space weather.

"Just as detailed maps of the Earth's surface and atmosphere have enabled more accurate weather prediction, this thrillingly complete map of the magnetic fields in the sun's corona will help us better predict solar storms and space weather," says Dr. Carrie Black, NSF program director for the NSO.

"The invisible yet phenomenally powerful forces captured in this map will propel solar physics through the next century and beyond."

Christoph Keller, NSO Director, said, "Mapping the strength of the magnetic field in the corona is a fundamental scientific breakthrough, not just for solar research, but for astronomy in general."

"This is the beginning of a new era where we will understand how the magnetic fields of stars affect planets, here in our own solar system and in the thousands of exoplanetary systems that we now know about."

Ongoing and future studies will refine diagnostic tools and techniques, leading to deeper insights into the sun's magnetic environment and its impact on Earth and our solar system.

IMAGE: The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope presents its first map of the solar coronal magnetic field signals as measured using the Zeeman Effect. The Zeeman Effect polarizes the coronal emission, which requires the advancements of the Inouye Solar Telescope to measure as its signals are only a few parts per billion of the sun's surface brightness. The background image identifies the region observed in detail by Inouye as imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in ultraviolet light. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA

[mr-voorhees-husband]

Smart Boy... pt.2

guh, part one here.

A fic I was writing for myself, but decided to post. Can be read as an x reader, but, it's written w/ me in mind, so.. yeah.

Warnings: Blood, Major Plot Change, Gore, Yandere, NSFT, NSF/W, non-con biting, dub-con elements, Reader + Riddler are both messed up, Trans Masc fingering, T-dick, top-scar mentions, major age gap, Telltale Riddler being Telltale Riddler

Reader - He/him, FtM, 20-25, Not good morals.

I’d considered tearing down the shrine. I really had. I even got as far as to go up to it with a trash can in my hand, but, no matter what I tried to tell myself, I couldn’t. Granted, I should have. Especially considering how Riddler wasn't no longer in custody. 

Waller hadn't made it to the station, apparently, not before Riddler had already broken out and run. Gordon had called me three times already, but, according to the DA, there was never a chance my father would be given parole. Not only did he lie, he was trying to continue to lie. It took massive amounts of self control to not hunt him down, and he was lucky I understood why he lied in the first place. If he wasn't doing it for the good of the people, it’d have gotten bloody.

My boots clattered noisily against the hardwood floor of my room, arms reaching down to take off my shirt and toss it to the dirty clothes. I was tired, sick of the day, and wanted nothing more than to sleep until my body was forcing me awake. My grandma was back in the hospital, Dad was still locked up, and to put the icing on top, John was trying to force me and Bruce to meet his friends. “Fuck.” I sighed, collapsing on my bed, jeans and socks still on.

“Bad day?”

I turned half-heartedly to the infamous villain, eyes cold and unimpressed as I glared. He was leaning against my wall, next to the open window, which I either forgot to lock, or he picked said lock. Riddler grinned, trailing over to my bed. “So you break out of the station, and head to see someone who put you in there?” I crossed my arms under my head, shutting my eyes with a sigh. “Real smart genius.”

“It’s 9 letters, rhymes with perfection, and you need it so dearly.” 

There’s a beat of silence, before I gave up, shoving myself up to look at him. Riddler was sitting on my bed now, at the very edge, as if he didn’t want to risk upsetting me, or just didn't want to get close to me. Rolling onto my back, I thought over the riddle for a moment.

“I don’t need affection, Riddler.” I hissed, making him smile wider.

“Ah, wrong and right,” In a flash, the sharp edge of his cane was pressed against my shoulder, “should I punish or reward?” I didn’t dare move, knowing damn well that cane was sharp enough to split skin at the barest graze, and it being that close to my neck wasn’t the most relaxing. “How about neither?”

“Sounds- Sounds good.” I mumbled, eyes flickering between the intruder and his weapon. He smiled, pulling the cane away and resting it against the bed.

“What’s something of mine that belongs to you?” He continued, adjusting on the bed so his legs were pressing against my feet.

“Wha..?”

The cane was back against my shoulder, and this time, on instinct, I tried to pull away, sitting up. It didn’t change much though, Riddler simply followed my movement to keep the threat prominent. I knew the riddle, it was some sappy riddle about owning someone’s heart. The fact Riddler was asking me is what was throwing me off. “The..” I passed a nervous glance to the cane, and Riddler raised an eyebrow. “Your heart..?”

“Good boy.” He chuckled, and I couldn't hide the shock of pleasure that shot down my spine from the simple praise. Riddler moved fast, grabbing my wrist and twisting my in a way so my back was against his chest. “Now, keep up this little winning streak, and I’ll keep rewarding you.”

Before I could ask what the hell he meant by reward, lips were on my neck. I gasped, instincts telling me to struggle while my brain seemed to understand they wouldn’t do much. It wasn’t like I didn’t enjoy it, anyway, this older man, who I’d had a crush on for years kissing my neck. It had me spiraling in the best way possible. A nip made me yelp, finally trying to tug away. I shouldn’t be getting pleasure from this, my brain seemed to finally register, or maybe it was simply what little morality I had left fighting for me to not completely accept how insane I truely was. Riddler’s grip tightened while he shushed me quietly, akin to how you’d calm a scared animal. Maybe that’s all I was to him.

“This one should be fairly obvious, my love.” I flushed at the nickname, too caught off-guard to even try and fight when he went back to marking my neck. “What belongs to you now, everyone who ever dated you wanted, and I will have?”

“I..” That was a loaded question for a riddle I already basically answered. It made me rethink it for a solid moment or so, wondering if maybe I was wrong about it being my heart. “My heart?”

Searing pain spread through my shoulder, making me cry out in agony. Adrenaline started pumping, and I tried to rip away in pure surprise. Riddler crushed me back against his chest, kissing my shoulder better from whatever the hell he just did. Choking on air, I turned to the best of my ability, eyes finding a thin line of crimson trailing down my chest. Whatever he did, he broke skin, and it hurt. “Wrong, darling.” I whimpered at the feeling of his gloved fingers sweeping up my warm blood, before I heard him hum at the taste of it. “Try again.”

“..I- I don’t-” A cry escaped my lips, fingers pressing against my shoulder. “Love?”

More pain, making me sob out a broken beg of forgiveness. He kissed the wound once more, as if trying to shake away the pain. “So close,” a kiss under my ear, and I felt his teeth graze the shell of my ear before he continued, “something I don’t already have, dear boy.”

My brain shook for an answer, pain and adrenaline making it much harder than it usually should be. I still didn’t even know how he hurt me, which made it so much worse. I didn’t know what he did, all I knew was the pain it caused and I was bleeding. “Fuck- My virgintinty? I don’t know!” My eyes shut, expecting that agonizing pain to spread through my shoulder again. Yet, it never came.

“Amazing,” a hand cupped my chin, pushing my jaw up to give Riddler more room to kiss my neck and mark me, “absolutely brilliant, my dear.” For a moment, I was just happy I got the answer right, before it fully seemed to register what the answer was. Riddler wanted my virginity. Fuck. That idea alone made me flush, not to mention how close I was to him. I knew I shouldn’t feel lust right now, but I couldn’t shake it. I liked people like this. I wanted someone insane about me. Someone who would kill if I asked the right way. He ticked all my boxes and then some. “I knew you’d get it.”

“How do you know I still have my virginity?” 

“Hm.” Fingers slipping in my pants made me gasp, head still pointed up with his other palm. “You’re too sensitive.” Riddler replied calmly, “Now, be a dear and unbutton your jeans.”

I didn’t have to listen. Nothing was forcing me. He was asking me to unbutton them, not telling me. Though, this was a one-in-a-million chance, and I wasn’t exactly known to be lucky. So, with only slightly shaking fingers I reached down and un-did my jeans. 

“Good boy,” he purred, the praise making me whine and thrust my hips. Riddler chuckled darkly, kissing the wounds on my shoulder that had finally started to stop bleeding. “Is that what gets you going?” Nimble fingers found my cock, jerking it back and forth with smooth motions. “Praise? Such a smart boy gets off on being told how good he is?”

“Uh-huh..” I wasn’t sure if he wanted an answer or not, but I still decided to answer, anything to keep his hand there. My head hit his shoulder with a moan, and he finally let my chin go to rest his other hand on my hip.

“How adorable..” Fingers grazed my entrance and I trembled, the idea of him finger fucking me with his gloves still on making my head spin. “Let’s see…” 

“No- wait-” I begged pathetically as he pulled his hand away and out of my pants. 

“So needy,” he sighed, pulling the other hand away, “pants off, and then I’ll keep touching you.”

My pants were in a heap on the floor in seconds, underwear with it before I was clambering back onto his lap. Riddler grinned madly, accepting me with open arms as he situated himself against my pillows. This time, I was facing him, knees straddling his thighs. A much more willing position, along with allowing me to see him. My knees shook when his fingers found my cock again, slipping around it and jerking it between his middle and index finger.

“Would you believe me if I told you this was my first time?” He hummed, only getting an answer in the shape of me shaking my head. I was too far gone now, I never knew being touched could feel this good, all pain from earlier being forgotten. “It is, with a man, that is.” Riddler didn’t miss the way I seemed to huff softly at that, either in jealousy or a self consciousness, I couldn’t tell. “Oh, don’t worry, darling, those whores meant nothing.” The feeling of two of his fingers stretching me out made me sob, hands finding the lapels of his jacket. He grinned, teeth grazing my neck before they bit down softly on my good shoulder. “Just means to an end, nothing like this,” I grinded into his palm, rutting like an animal in heat with a stangled groan, “nothing like you.”

“Riddler- fuck- please-!”

“Eddie, darling.” Edward gently chastised, fingers stretching me out before searching for that special place. When he found it, stars flashed through my eyes and I sobbed out a moan, burying my head in the nape of his neck. “Oh, there it is.”

“Eddie! Please-pleaseplease!”

“Shh, darling, I know,” His voice was demeaning, like talking to a child, but I couldn’t care at all, not with him making me feel like I was on cloud 9. “I know you can cum like this, so why haven’t you?” His free hand grazed up my side, before landing on my chest, rubbing the crescent shaped scars under my pec gently. “You’ve been so good too,” I moaned at that, eyes rolling back as I continued to hump his palm, “I’m sure if such a brillant, smart boy can fuck himself on my fingers, he’d be able to cum on them.”

“Can’t you, darling?”

I cried out to him one final time, body tensing as I came on his hand. Edward continued to thrust his fingers in me until my orgasm was finally over. I shuddered against his shoulder with the barest whine as he pulled his hands away. My eyes flickered over to him just in time to watch him suck my climax off his glove, pupils blown and face ever so red. Edward hummed at the taste, hand moving from my chest to tug off his gloves and toss them to the side. He glanced at me, before smiling. 

“Well, dear boy, how do you feel?”

“..Warm..” My arms dropped from his jacket to dig between his back and the pillows and pull him into a hug. Edward hummed, bare, clean, fingers going to my hair to run his hand through it. “Are you gonna leave now?”

“No.”

I couldn’t tell if that was a good thing or not.

[tutchando74]

Oler Hssvqer relationships (Split Drones

Oler Hssvqer - Second Generation J

An disassembly Drone that attacked the colony, good thing it was killed before further damage was made. Kssh nsf Ydm.

Oler Hssvqer - Eldritch J

The species in the tunnels weren't much of a problem, most of its host were dealt with quickly, but this one was the last straw. Wli gsyph fi lyvx.

Oler Hssvqer - First Generation N

It's useful, so we're keeping him, but with cautious, we don't wanna let a Disassembly Drone free in the colony. M'q xlerojyp jsv alex csy hmh jsv Ydm, fyx mj csy hs ercxlmrk xs liv, M ampp ivewi csy jvsq lmwxsvc.

Oler Hssvqer - NX

Highly dangerous, but as long as it's connected to his other half, we won't take him down, but if needed. Trying to find a way to separate the both of them.

Oler Hssvqer - First Generation V

Highly dangerous, but as long as it doesn't come in the colony again, it's not our problem.

Oler Hssvqer - Uzi Daarman

One of the civilians of this colony, as important as everyone else. Wsvvc, fyx xlmw mw xli wejiwx aec. Riih xs oiit liv mr gligo, wli ger'x jmrh syx efsyx ercxlmrk.

Oler Hssvqer - Solver Uzi

It's needed to keep Uzi in check, if anytime she transforms into that inside the colony as it has alredy eaten Workers before.

Oler Hssvqer - Doll

One of the civilians of this colony, as important as everyone else. Lmklpc herkivsyw gmzmpmer, oiit liv mr gligo, wli orsaw xss qygl erh aerxw xs orsa qsvi.

Oler Hssvqer - Dead Doll

Deceased. M orsa wli mw rsx hieh, qywx fi wsqialivi, nywx lsti mx'w rsx alivi M xlmro mx mw.

Oler Hssvqer - Lizzy

One of the civilians of this colony, as important as everyone else. Oiit xviexmrk qc heyklxiv pmoi xlex, csy'pp wii alex M'pp hs xs csyv "fvsxliv".

Oler Hssvqer - Thad

One of the civilians of this colony, as important as everyone else. Er ibtivmqirx, qehi xs oiit er ici, fyx wsqixlmrk wiiqw xs fi avsrk amxl mx.

Oler Hssvqer - Rebecca

One of the civilians of this colony, as important as everyone else. Liv jeqmpc mw zivc mqtsvxerx xlsykl.

Oler Hssvqer - Nori Hssvqer

M qmww csy ws qygl, alc hmh csy lezi xs ks?

Oler Hssvqer - Solver Nori

Wygl lsvvsv gsqmrk jvsq wygl fieyxc.

Oler Hssvqer - Yeva

M hsr'x orsa alex csy lezi xs hs amxl xli hmwetievirgi sj qc amji, fyx mj m jmrh syx xlex csy geywih mx, M ampp qeoi wyvi xlex csyv jeqmpc tecw jsv mx.

Oler Hssvqer - Solver Yeva

Jmxxmrk M kyiww.

Oler Hssvqer - CYN?

Xlivi mw e wxverki mrxivjivirgi amxl qc xlmrkw, gyvvirxpc, xvcmrk xs jmrh syx alex mx mw.

Oler Hssvqer - Worker Drones

Need to protect them.

Oler Hssvqer - First Generation of Disassembly Drones

Need to be cautious about them, but if needed, we will put them down.

Oler Hssvqer - Second Generation of Disassembly Drones

Need to be extremely cautious about them, if they ever appear, run and hide.

Oler Hssvqer - Humans

If, for some reason, you see a human, stay away from it as far as possible without being noticed. They represent extreme danger for us.

[evoldir]

Fwd: Postdoc: UMichigan.DiversificationDynamics

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: UMichigan.DiversificationDynamics > Date: 6 March 2024 at 05:42:12 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > Postdoc positions > > The Knowles lab at the University of Michigan is seeking to hire two > postdocs to work on a collaborative NSF funded project. The work entails > population level sampling across hundreds of species to test hypotheses > about the controls on diversification in a spectacularly diverse genus of > grasshoppers. More specifically, we are examining how opportunities for > speciation as related to population splitting rates and the biogeographic > context of divergence may contribute to difference in species diversity > across North American grasshoppers. As a complement to this work, we are > also characterizing rates of morphological divergence in male genitalia > across species as a proxy for selectively driven divergence in traits > related to the evolution of reproductive isolation. > > We would like to hire two postdocs with complementary skill sets. For one > postdoc line, experience in RADseq library construction and bioinformatic > processing is required. Someone with an interest (and preferably > experience) in population demographic modeling is also required. For the > other postdoc position experience with geometric morphometrics and using > phylogenetic frameworks to quantify rates of morphological evolution is > required. Neither postdoc requires experience working with insects. > > As a collaborative project, we are especially interested in people who > enjoys working as part of team, mentoring undergraduate and graduate > students, and participating in outreach activities. For both positions > there are opportunities to develop side projects tailored to your specific > interests as it relates to biogeography, speciation, phylogeography, > species distributional modeling, morphological evolution, phylogenetics, > museum collections, and species delimitation. If you are interested and > would like to discuss the positions in more detail, please contact L. Lacey > Knowles; knowlesl@umich.edu. A PhD is required upon the start date of the > position. > > Postdoctoral Fellow positions are one-year term-limited positions, > renewable annually based on performance, work authorization, and funding > availability. > > The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action > employer. > > The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates > upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third-party > administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks are > performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. > > > L. Lacey Knowles > Robert B. Payne Collegiate Professor > Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Curator of Insects, Museum of Zoology > University of Michigan > Ann Arbor MI 48109-1085 > > > L Knowles