Alan Baker
@aebdigital.bsky.social
European, Systems Engineer and sometime space artist. INCOSE and IAAA member. Economic migrant. Spricht wie ein Österreicher.
This is where I learnt all the classic Greek legends that I’m now re-learning (and getting a much better understanding of) via @alexpodyssey.bsky.social
Ulysses 31 (TV, 1981-1982).
Jean Chalopin: "We were told that if we wanted to sell something in France, we needed a cultural alibi. We wanted to do science fiction because it was up to date. I'm not sure how Ulysses got into the discussions anymore, but one thing was said: in Homer's time..."
Jean Chalopin: "We were told that if we wanted to sell something in France, we needed a cultural alibi. We wanted to do science fiction because it was up to date. I'm not sure how Ulysses got into the discussions anymore, but one thing was said: in Homer's time..."
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is where I learnt all the classic Greek legends that I’m now re-learning (and getting a much better understanding of) via @alexpodyssey.bsky.social
Marc Bell's model of the Nebula-class USS Farragut. Done in Blender.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Marc Bell's model of the Nebula-class USS Farragut. Done in Blender.
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An estimate of the energy cost of producing one single 10 second Sora video: one kilowatt hour.
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An estimate of the energy cost of producing one single 10 second Sora video: one kilowatt hour.
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
Pro tip: When swearing at a document you’re reading in parallel to a teleconference, first check your mic is muted.
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Pro tip: When swearing at a document you’re reading in parallel to a teleconference, first check your mic is muted.
Quick reminder that the British public’s verdict was that leaving the EU was a great idea.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Quick reminder that the British public’s verdict was that leaving the EU was a great idea.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Pffiff! I was emigrating from Britain for a better life on the continent before it was cool!
"An exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of eastern Europeans moving home and taking British partners with them."
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pffiff! I was emigrating from Britain for a better life on the continent before it was cool!
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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For All Mankind (Season 4, 2023): Mapping the Happy Valley base
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
For All Mankind (Season 4, 2023): Mapping the Happy Valley base
The Guardian has written an article about the duffle coat being fashionable based on its use in an advert, but the real story is about that stylish Doctor Who scarf.
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Not just for Paddington: is the humble duffel coat having a fashion moment?
Worn by everyone from Tyler, the Creator to Cole Palmer and Joe Wilkinson, duffels are back in demand
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The Guardian has written an article about the duffle coat being fashionable based on its use in an advert, but the real story is about that stylish Doctor Who scarf.
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
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An eruption from the #HayliGubbi volcano in #Ethiopia resulted in a large ash cloud, visible here from space. 🌋
This impressive view was seen 36,000km above Earth by our Meteosat-12 satellite on 23 November at 13:40 UTC.
This impressive view was seen 36,000km above Earth by our Meteosat-12 satellite on 23 November at 13:40 UTC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
An eruption from the #HayliGubbi volcano in #Ethiopia resulted in a large ash cloud, visible here from space. 🌋
This impressive view was seen 36,000km above Earth by our Meteosat-12 satellite on 23 November at 13:40 UTC.
This impressive view was seen 36,000km above Earth by our Meteosat-12 satellite on 23 November at 13:40 UTC.
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It's been forever since I posted any of my #paleoart. So here you are.
All modeled by me (except the Brachiosaurus) and rendered in #Blender3d
All modeled by me (except the Brachiosaurus) and rendered in #Blender3d
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's been forever since I posted any of my #paleoart. So here you are.
All modeled by me (except the Brachiosaurus) and rendered in #Blender3d
All modeled by me (except the Brachiosaurus) and rendered in #Blender3d
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Both 1978 & 2004’s Battlestar Galactica, by Neil Davies.
"All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
"All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Both 1978 & 2004’s Battlestar Galactica, by Neil Davies.
"All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
"All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
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If you are learning Blender - or even if you're more experienced; there's always more to learn - Jan is a must-follow.
Blender 5 makes setting up a Lattice easier than ever. Select an object, or even multiple objects, and then from the Add menu choose Lattice Deform Selected. You can also use Lattices to add objects to the surface of another object, and to animate things. #blender #blender3d #b3d
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you are learning Blender - or even if you're more experienced; there's always more to learn - Jan is a must-follow.
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We have officially taken control of #Sentinel6B! 🕹️
Now on the way to its nominal orbit, it will soon fly in tandem with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich to ensure precise cross-calibration before becoming the world’s new reference mission for ocean altimetry. 🌊
Read more about it here: bit.ly/4oPmrHB
Now on the way to its nominal orbit, it will soon fly in tandem with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich to ensure precise cross-calibration before becoming the world’s new reference mission for ocean altimetry. 🌊
Read more about it here: bit.ly/4oPmrHB
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We have officially taken control of #Sentinel6B! 🕹️
Now on the way to its nominal orbit, it will soon fly in tandem with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich to ensure precise cross-calibration before becoming the world’s new reference mission for ocean altimetry. 🌊
Read more about it here: bit.ly/4oPmrHB
Now on the way to its nominal orbit, it will soon fly in tandem with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich to ensure precise cross-calibration before becoming the world’s new reference mission for ocean altimetry. 🌊
Read more about it here: bit.ly/4oPmrHB
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I do occasionally donate to the #Blender Foundation and Wikipedia. Feels good to give something back.
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I do occasionally donate to the #Blender Foundation and Wikipedia. Feels good to give something back.
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[Ongoing thread] New Stargate TV show
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
ALT: a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
[Ongoing thread] New Stargate TV show
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
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Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
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go.bsky.app/7UhVhcA
Starter Pack of members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Sign up for the very best of space art!
Starter Pack of members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Sign up for the very best of space art!
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
go.bsky.app/7UhVhcA
Starter Pack of members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Sign up for the very best of space art!
Starter Pack of members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Sign up for the very best of space art!
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Looking back, I should have used my Loewy livery on the Boeing 2707-300
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Looking back, I should have used my Loewy livery on the Boeing 2707-300
An absolute classic that I regularly return to.
with the American Revolution in the news, I just wanted to mention that pioneering work of fictional nonfiction - Robert Sobel's 1973 FOR WANT OF A NAIL. A textbook from an alternate world, a parody of historiography, an homage to a student who died in Vietnam. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Wan...
For Want of a Nail (novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An absolute classic that I regularly return to.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Death of the spaceship Tsien, from 2010 Odyssey Two, by Arthur C Clarke. Made in Procreate.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Death of the spaceship Tsien, from 2010 Odyssey Two, by Arthur C Clarke. Made in Procreate.
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🌏 If you see this, quote your blue artwork! 🔵
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
🌏 If you see this, quote your blue artwork! 🔵
🌏 If you see this, quote your blue artwork! 🔵
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🌏 If you see this, quote your blue artwork! 🔵
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Two Jovian moons Io and Europa eclipses the sun darkening Jupiter's sky. Volcanic plumes and sulfur halo can be seen around Io and water ice jets are erupting from Europa's crust. Also Jupiter's rings, solar corona and zodiacal light also glows in this darkened sky #SciArt #spaceart #Jupiter
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM