Space Coast Talon
@brashtech.bsky.social
Born to love 🪐, forced to live on 🌎. Professor of physics, knitter of things, drawer of earnest pictures, planetary astronomer.
Goal: Spiral back into control.
My opinions are my own, and not my employer's.
Goal: Spiral back into control.
My opinions are my own, and not my employer's.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
Aiming for the can't-do-division, can't-use-their-phone's-calculator, can't-count-on-their-fingers demographic.
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Aiming for the can't-do-division, can't-use-their-phone's-calculator, can't-count-on-their-fingers demographic.
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
My birthday is coming up.
Ever wonder what #Saturn or #Jupiter would look like as a cat? 🪐🐈⬛ Check out our newest #enamelpin campaign, "Felis Celestis," going live Jan 22! Follow the launch page here for updates:
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#SpaceArt #catArt #BackerKit
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
#SpaceArt #catArt #BackerKit
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
My birthday is coming up.
Are you working on your LMS pages for the spring semester? I have discovered a new source of joy:
PAYING HUMAN ARTISTS to license an image to serve as the "theme image" on each course's page.
Smile every time you open Sakai! Grin when you load Google Classroom! Marvel when you login to Moodle!
PAYING HUMAN ARTISTS to license an image to serve as the "theme image" on each course's page.
Smile every time you open Sakai! Grin when you load Google Classroom! Marvel when you login to Moodle!
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Are you working on your LMS pages for the spring semester? I have discovered a new source of joy:
PAYING HUMAN ARTISTS to license an image to serve as the "theme image" on each course's page.
Smile every time you open Sakai! Grin when you load Google Classroom! Marvel when you login to Moodle!
PAYING HUMAN ARTISTS to license an image to serve as the "theme image" on each course's page.
Smile every time you open Sakai! Grin when you load Google Classroom! Marvel when you login to Moodle!
This is impressive. I hope we never detonate another nuclear weapon, anywhere on Earth or beyond.
Here's my latest piece for the @ucs.org blog. Today marks the longest period without a nuclear explosion since Trinity. I explore why as well as the reasons that it would be so counterproductive for the US to shatter this moratorium.
The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Passes a Milestone
The world has now gone the longest period of time since 1945 without an explosive nuclear test. Breaking this streak would be not only unnecessary but also unwise.
blog.ucs.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is impressive. I hope we never detonate another nuclear weapon, anywhere on Earth or beyond.
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1/13/1978 — NASA selects the first class of U.S. women astronauts | Left to right — Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci #NASA #OTD
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
1/13/1978 — NASA selects the first class of U.S. women astronauts | Left to right — Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci #NASA #OTD
General strike in MN. The people united can never be defeated!
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
General strike in MN. The people united can never be defeated!
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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Generative AI technologies are the perfect technology of capitalism because they consume resources to create a product that people must be forced to use until it deskills them enough they become dependent upon it. Tyranny as a service, and it's the biggest industry in the world right now.
January 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Generative AI technologies are the perfect technology of capitalism because they consume resources to create a product that people must be forced to use until it deskills them enough they become dependent upon it. Tyranny as a service, and it's the biggest industry in the world right now.
When he looks you in the eye…
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 AM
When he looks you in the eye…
We are going to [the general vicinity of] the Moon, y'all.
🚀 #Artemis II launch opportunities in early 2026
Find out more on #NASA's blog:
🔗 nasa.gov/missions/art...
@exploration.esa.int
Find out more on #NASA's blog:
🔗 nasa.gov/missions/art...
@exploration.esa.int
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We are going to [the general vicinity of] the Moon, y'all.
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I think the misogynist contempt that’s evident as a motivation in the murder of Renee Good makes her killing by a state actor more similar to so-called private violence—eg domestic violence homocides—than some arguments that rely on a firm distinction between state and private violence can sustain.
January 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I think the misogynist contempt that’s evident as a motivation in the murder of Renee Good makes her killing by a state actor more similar to so-called private violence—eg domestic violence homocides—than some arguments that rely on a firm distinction between state and private violence can sustain.
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It looks like I picked the wrong week to quit doom scrolling on BlueSky.
January 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It looks like I picked the wrong week to quit doom scrolling on BlueSky.
Picked up a lovely print of “The Messenger”, by www.candicebroersma.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Picked up a lovely print of “The Messenger”, by www.candicebroersma.com
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Found in the wild: @spaceart.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Found in the wild: @spaceart.bsky.social
This thread is a really good thread.
For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
This thread is a really good thread.
Something something petromasculinjty and driving vehicles into peaceful protests and the ubiquity/necessity of having a vehicle in the US and the refusal to regulate MPG and size and safety to pedestrians, and the now ICE weaponizing the weaponization in order to kill (women et al.) with impunity.
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Something something petromasculinjty and driving vehicles into peaceful protests and the ubiquity/necessity of having a vehicle in the US and the refusal to regulate MPG and size and safety to pedestrians, and the now ICE weaponizing the weaponization in order to kill (women et al.) with impunity.
My spousal unit is upset because the free trickle chargers that were here when we stayed at this hotel are gone now, but I’m not mad. Last time I glanced down at the landscaping rock and picked up a Paleozoic #fossil horn coral, and this time I looked and saw these smol tabulate friends.
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
My spousal unit is upset because the free trickle chargers that were here when we stayed at this hotel are gone now, but I’m not mad. Last time I glanced down at the landscaping rock and picked up a Paleozoic #fossil horn coral, and this time I looked and saw these smol tabulate friends.