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🧪⚒️Tiny grains of coesite — quartz that forms only at pressures found about 100 km down — turned up in rocks of western Norway. On the new Geology Bites, Torgeir Andersen explains how buoyant continental crust got that deep, and how it came back.

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Eclogite in Vårdalsneset, in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. In the Western Gneiss Region of Norway, eclogite occurs in pods within the prevailing grey granitic gneiss. The pale green matrix is omphacite, a sodium-rich pyroxene, studded with dark red garnets. The rock began as a gabbro or dolerite intruded into Baltican continental crust long before the Caledonian orogeny, and was converted to eclogite when that crust was dragged to great depth. As Andersen explains in the podcast, eclogite is denser than the mantle; its "life belt" is the lighter granitic gneiss that encloses it. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks around the world. All were formed by subduction zones, and most lie in mountain belts built by continental collision, such as the Caledonides, the Alps and the Himalaya. Most formed within the last 540 million years or so. The oldest, in Brazil and Mali, are about 650–620 million years old; the youngest, in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea, described in the podcast, are less than 10 million years old. Compiled from: Liou, J.G. et al. (2004), International Geology Review, 46, 1 Liou, J.G. et al. (2009), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 35, 199 Warren, C.J. (2013), Solid Earth, 4, 75, and subsequent reports A) During the Scandian collision — the final phase of the Caledonian orogeny, when Baltica itself collided with Laurentia — about 435–405 million years ago, the leading edge of Baltica — the Western Gneiss Complex (WGC), shown in pink on the map above, together with the rock sheets already stacked on it — was dragged westward beneath Laurentia by the sinking plate it was attached to. Higher rock sheets were thrust eastward over Baltica, building the wedge labelled at the top. The dashed line marks the surface along which the buried rocks, in its footwall, would later return, sliding up past the hanging wall above. Brueckner, H.K. et al. (2013), Lithosphere, doi: 10.1130/L256.1 (B) By about 405 million years ago, the descending slab had broken off. As Andersen explains in the podcast, once released from its heavy anchor the buoyant continental crust rose back along the former subduction zone, while the whole mountain belt stretched and collapsed, bringing the ultrahigh-pressure rocks up to shallow depths. Note that green here is the mantle, not the rock sheets shown in green on the map above.
October 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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A new framework discovers governing equations for 100+ dimensional systems on a laptop, hard for interpretable methods to reach. It can also extrapolate unseen solutions, including coherent structures outside its training data. More in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/47vLlEV
Scatter plot comparing equation discovery methods by model interpretability (y-axis) versus demonstrated input dimension on a log scale from 10 to 1000 (x-axis). Circles for methods like SR/EQL, SINDy, and MANDy cluster at low dimensions with high interpretability, while NNs/Hybrid and Reservoir Computing sit at high dimensions with low interpretability. A dashed line shows the general downward trend. SREINet, the paper's method, is highlighted near KAN and SymbolNet but higher up, in the high-dimension, high-interpretability region where few other methods reach.
October 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
usngo.bsky.social
Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae in the Nebular Phase: Spectral Diversity Due to Ejecta Ionization as a Probe of the Power Source, by Peter K. Blanchard et al. 2026

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A two-panel line graph displaying Normalized Continuum-Subtracted Flux (0 to 10) versus Rest Wavelength (4000 to 5500 Å). The top panel is labeled t/t_d < 4, and the bottom is t/t_d > 4. Multiple spectra are plotted and color-coded by an L_{7300}/L_{6300} ratio ranging from 0 (dark purple) to 4 (yellow-green). Vertical dashed lines mark specific emission features: H_gamma, [O III], Mg I, H_beta, and a second [O III] region. In the top panel, spectra with higher ratios (yellow/green) exhibit strong, broad emission peaks at the marked hydrogen and oxygen lines. In the bottom panel, spectra are predominantly lower ratio (purple/blue) and exhibit generally weaker, narrower emission features, though sharp [O III] and H_beta peaks are still visible.
October 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
davitydave.bsky.social
I just Door Dashed a very large cold brew, if that tells you my state of being.
October 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
wunderkammertales.eurosky.social
"Only in autumn days, as summer slowly faded, would their confidence again be dashed by doubts and misgivings at symptoms of decay, which told how vain were all their efforts to stave off for ever the approach of winter and of death"

(Frazer "Golden Bough")

🎨 Vincenzo Lamolinara

#Spooktober
October 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
johnwwool.bsky.social
Well, Slim, I would say your hopes are dashed.
October 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
tapani-hopkins.bsky.social
I do wonder if some kind of border pattern would be easier. Automatically make a black-grey-black dashed border with each dash 1 mm, for example. No more worrying about where in the picture to place the bar. But doesn't solve the problem of having to change when cropping/scaling.
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
vincentledvina.bsky.social
Use NOAA's Kp forecast for context, and follow the aurora with real-time tools once it's dark.

More on reading Kp and real-time data:
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Two bar charts of the Kp index. Top: the past 2 days of observed Kp in darker bars, with GFZ Potsdam's half-hourly Hp30 index as a white line and, dashed, what NOAA forecast for each 3-hour block the day before; then a dotted line marking now and NOAA's 3-day Kp forecast (issued October 2 at 12:35 UT) in lighter bars. Bars are green for Kp 0 to 3, yellow for Kp 4 and red for Kp 5 and higher. Observed Kp reached 4.33, and the day-before forecasts for the same blocks peaked at 1.67. NOAA's Kp forecast ahead peaks at 4.67 for 18-21 UT on October 2. Bottom: NOAA's 27-day outlook of the largest Kp each day, issued September 28. For the days already over, the outlook's value is dashed over the observed largest Kp: September 28, outlook 2 and observed 1.67; September 29, outlook 2 and observed 2; September 30, outlook 2 and observed 1.33; October 1, outlook 2 and observed 2. Its highest value from today on is Kp 5, expected on October 22. A small icon at the bottom of each day's bar shows the Moon's phase, with a new moon on October 10.
October 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
mileslynd.bsky.social
Hope dashed!
October 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
mport25.bsky.social
I did that a few days ago and door dashed food for work not realizing my door dash address was the hotel I stayed at in VA Beach.
October 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
kevinkretsch.com
Detective Brooke snuck in determined to find evidence of malfeasance but the framed image on the table dashed her hopes. Esmeralda's faincée did indeed have a ridiculously long neck and the uncommon amounts of yarn she recently purchased were quite innocent. #GirlsOwnCC
October 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
jacobdawang.com
Once again, small-scale infill has equalized the playing field between greenfield (outside the Henday) and mature neighbourhoods.

It also continues to drive more homes built near transit.
Four stacked area charts showing homes permitted by neighbourhood type and project type in Edmonton from 2009-2026. Downtown (top left) shows minimal permits, mostly under 500 annually. Mature neighbourhoods (top right) show the highest volume, peaking at nearly 5,000 permits in 2022, dominated by single detached homes (dark purple) with additions/conversions. Between mature and Henday (bottom left) shows 1,000-3,500 permits annually with mixed project types. Outside Henday (bottom right) shows 1,000-6,000 permits with single detached homes predominating, especially after 2020. Colours represent: dark purple for single detached, multiple shades for conversions, duplexes through eightplexes, and orange for row houses and apartments. Data source: Jacob Dawang, City of Edmonton Open Data. Cumulative distribution graph showing where homes are being built relative to Edmonton's LRT system from 2009 to 2026. The x-axis shows distance from the nearest LRT stop in kilometers (0-8km), with a vertical dashed line marking the 800-meter threshold. The y-axis shows the cumulative share of homes (0-100%). Multiple colored lines represent each year, with darker purple lines for earlier years (2009-2015) and lighter orange/pink lines for recent years (2022-2026). Earlier years show homes distributed across greater distances, while recent years show a concentration of home construction closer to LRT stops, with most homes built within 4-6km by 2026.
October 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
kenfager.bsky.social
Any slim hopes I had for macOS 27 being better than the previous release have been dashed.
October 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
doriantaylor.com
just dashed off a proposal for SWeT: Standard Web Templates

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GitHub - doriantaylor/swet: Standard Web Templates (a proposal)
Standard Web Templates (a proposal). Contribute to doriantaylor/swet development by creating an account on GitHub.
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October 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
bshev.bsky.social
Importantly, the size of this mood-driven taste bias tracked with how many binge episodes people self-reported over the past three months.
Scatterplot relating attribute onset estimates to self-reported binge episodes over the past three months, separately for neutral and negative mood. Under negative mood, participants whose taste information entered earlier for high-fat foods tended to report more binge episodes, shown by a steep downward dashed red trend. Under neutral mood the relationships are weaker and run in different directions.
October 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
gibbs.science
OKC has received 2.12" over the past two days, representing ~13% of the total accumulated precipitation in 2026. That was enough to move 2026 from the 4th driest year-to-date to the 12th driest. It's a long road to recovery!
Line chart of cumulative precipitation at Oklahoma City for every year from 1890 to 2026. Each year is a faint gray line running from January to December. A dashed black line shows the 1991–2020 normal, which ends at 36.39 inches. A white band marks one standard deviation above and below the normal, ending between 27.85 and 44.93 inches. The wettest year, 2007, is highlighted in red and ends at 56.95 inches. The driest year, 1901, is in blue and ends at 15.74 inches. 2026 is in gold and has 16.78 inches as of October 1, well below the normal of about 29.72 inches for that date. That makes 2026 the 12th driest year to date on record. Its line has run well below the band since early summer and stays above the 1901 line.
October 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
diedrichbader.bsky.social
My expectations were still nascent when they were dashed
October 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
headlinesociety.bsky.social
Caitlin Clark Bloodied After Taking Elbow to the Face in Fever’s Season-Ending Loss

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Caitlin Clark Bloodied After Taking Elbow to the Face in Fever’s Season-Ending Loss - Headline Society
The hopes of the Indiana Fever in the WNBA playoffs were dashed on Thursday, 1 October, when they
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October 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
moriamarmalade.bsky.social
weekend hiking club, and an arrow surrounded in a rounded rectangle of dashed lines
October 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
jayasaxena.com
"But even now that Tabasco is routinely dashed on everything from pizza to pad Thai, that global growth has, in some ways, made it less intrinsically linked to Louisiana cuisine."
jayasaxena.com Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 1d
Absolute banger today from @aemccarthy.bsky.social on how Tabasco became the world's default hot sauce, and the consequences of that. Come for mysterious backstories, stay to argue about which hot sauce is actually the best. www.weareravenous.com/how-tabasco-...
How Tabasco Accidentally On Purpose Became the World's Hot Sauce
The hot sauce made in Louisiana can now be found all over the globe. How it got there is complicated.
www.weareravenous.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
maruku25.bsky.social
I do always feel like these long run GDP charts should at least have a dashed line labelled 'GDP invented'
October 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
aquatixwitch.bsky.social
We have a portable wood stove for the deck in case of a long term outage. But I just dashed it. I'm a monster without coffee.
October 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
A few weeks ago a friend in London got wind that the late great Glenda Jackson's entire book collection was being thrown out that very moment (sob).

Knowing I like books, GJ's acting and politics, she dashed round there and saved me this momento from the literal dustbin of history.
October 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
imalock.bsky.social
Your bitting is: 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5

This is a generated (not AI generated, yuck) image of a dark blueish-grey key in a cutaway lock. The Key Pins and Driver Pins are black, with a compressed blue spring above each pin chamber. The lock is set to the Shear Line, which is revealed as a dashed grey line. The generated bitting for this lock is 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5.
October 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
xjawn.bsky.social
Remember Some Guys #75

The other half of something that worked.

One skater, 10 seasons of career value, years redacted. Name him.

5 goal lights if you get it cold — every clue costs you.

https://xjawn.com/daily

#NHL #hockey
A line chart titled Remember Some Guys number 75. It plots one anonymous NHL skater's career value (goals above league average per 60 minutes) across 10 seasons, labelled S1 to S10 so the years are hidden. The orange line is the player; shaded grey bands behind it show the league's 5th-to-95th and 25th-to-75th percentile range each season, with a dashed line at the league median. The puzzle is to name the player from the shape of the curve.
October 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM