Civic Operations

An Astral Codex Ten essay argues that AI risk concerns extend beyond major companies, citing researcher surveys and warnings dating to 2013.

Room 155 of the FABLE/175 exhibition presents Luciole, a fictional firefly field notebook with an interactive synchronization simulation.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 455 shares community updates, a donation match for Legal Impact for Chickens, and an AFFINE research residency.

SpaceX’s 35th NASA resupply mission launched with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo, including the final pair of station roll-out solar arrays.

NASA’s Oct. 12 Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Jupiter’s four Galilean moons aligned with Earth’s Moon during a recent occultation.

NASA’s Oct. 11 Astronomy Picture of the Day explains how IceCube uses nearly 100 detector strings in Antarctic ice to observe cosmic neutrinos.

Search interest in Terence Tao’s “Math 2.0” PDF is rising, but the available source does not confirm what prompted the attention.

A September 2026 design project proposes a projector-and-camera device for interactive information in homes, but says a consumer model is not ready.

An ACX contest finalist reviews a 1940 collection on early U.S. television, when broadcasting was experimental and its programs were rarely preserved.

An October 2026 arXiv preprint argues that a Lean formalisation does not match OpenAI’s announced Navier–Stokes blow-up proof.