c Phlo- Future Engineering
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Drop the mass, drop the past
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As someone who has dealt with Adobe as they devolved from "software you own" to "fuck you we fucking hate you we piss on your corpse now rent our shit monthly, peasant", I'm delighted to see the censored Internet shorthand for the worst criminal imaginable is now "PDF file".
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
As someone who has dealt with Adobe as they devolved from "software you own" to "fuck you we fucking hate you we piss on your corpse now rent our shit monthly, peasant", I'm delighted to see the censored Internet shorthand for the worst criminal imaginable is now "PDF file".
Chondritic Meteorites (and some other groups): spectacular on multiple levels
onlineonly.christies.com/s/skybreaker...
Some spectacular art and meteorites here, and nice high res photos too.
Anyone won the lottery recently?
Some spectacular art and meteorites here, and nice high res photos too.
Anyone won the lottery recently?
Skybreakers: Between Heaven and Earth
This sale brings together rare lunar and Martian meteorites, extraordinary mineral specimens, and a curated selection of space-themed artworks by visionaries such as Chesley Bonestell and Fred Freeman...
onlineonly.christies.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Chondritic Meteorites (and some other groups): spectacular on multiple levels
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Going through security, the guy opened my bag, removed my book, and swabbed the front and back covers(!). I said, “It’s what’s on the pages that’s dangerous.” He was not amused. 🙃
January 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Going through security, the guy opened my bag, removed my book, and swabbed the front and back covers(!). I said, “It’s what’s on the pages that’s dangerous.” He was not amused. 🙃
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OK, we’re starting this new adventure that I found in the JAXA bookstore.
HAYABUSA DELIVERS A TIME CAPSULE
7 years, 60 billion km flight
It’s written for children and thus… our reading may re-enact this mission in real time… and omit the swearing I suspect took place during this crazy journey.
HAYABUSA DELIVERS A TIME CAPSULE
7 years, 60 billion km flight
It’s written for children and thus… our reading may re-enact this mission in real time… and omit the swearing I suspect took place during this crazy journey.
January 3, 2026 at 3:08 AM
OK, we’re starting this new adventure that I found in the JAXA bookstore.
HAYABUSA DELIVERS A TIME CAPSULE
7 years, 60 billion km flight
It’s written for children and thus… our reading may re-enact this mission in real time… and omit the swearing I suspect took place during this crazy journey.
HAYABUSA DELIVERS A TIME CAPSULE
7 years, 60 billion km flight
It’s written for children and thus… our reading may re-enact this mission in real time… and omit the swearing I suspect took place during this crazy journey.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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STScI has released the timeline for the #JWST Cycle 6 Call for Proposals. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2026. Read more: ow.ly/U5vL50Y6AOr
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
STScI has released the timeline for the #JWST Cycle 6 Call for Proposals. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2026. Read more: ow.ly/U5vL50Y6AOr
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“This is not a paywall” (just give us your email so we can sell your browsing data, pretty pretty please?) is the most annoyingly disingenuous shit.
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
“This is not a paywall” (just give us your email so we can sell your browsing data, pretty pretty please?) is the most annoyingly disingenuous shit.
The difference between a team and a mob.
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.
bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The difference between a team and a mob.
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Cool quiz on the Instagram account for the #MMX rover, IDEFIX 🐶! WHAT IS YOUR BET PEOPLE? (Link: www.instagram.com/p/DUIO2COiCC...)
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Cool quiz on the Instagram account for the #MMX rover, IDEFIX 🐶! WHAT IS YOUR BET PEOPLE? (Link: www.instagram.com/p/DUIO2COiCC...)
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Getting an email at work telling me I have additional required training on Challenger on today of all days is really fucking rich considering a couple a weeks ago an email from the new admin was basically like “risk LMAO”.
Goddamn everything sucks now.
Goddamn everything sucks now.
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Getting an email at work telling me I have additional required training on Challenger on today of all days is really fucking rich considering a couple a weeks ago an email from the new admin was basically like “risk LMAO”.
Goddamn everything sucks now.
Goddamn everything sucks now.
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1951
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1951
Better wikipedia needed. To be a subject matter expert is to spot the flaws in articles in your subject.
February 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Better wikipedia needed. To be a subject matter expert is to spot the flaws in articles in your subject.
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The night sky from Cerro Pachón just never gets old 🤩
In this long exposure shot, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is caught in action as the dome (and telescope inside) move to a new observing location on the sky. 🔭🧪
📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/W. O'Mullane
In this long exposure shot, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is caught in action as the dome (and telescope inside) move to a new observing location on the sky. 🔭🧪
📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/W. O'Mullane
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The night sky from Cerro Pachón just never gets old 🤩
In this long exposure shot, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is caught in action as the dome (and telescope inside) move to a new observing location on the sky. 🔭🧪
📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/W. O'Mullane
In this long exposure shot, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is caught in action as the dome (and telescope inside) move to a new observing location on the sky. 🔭🧪
📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/W. O'Mullane
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Check out the excellent video about the moons of Mars, from JAXA! #PlanetSci 🧪
Ahem.
Allow me
to provide
the block buster version of this controversy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Hd...
Allow me
to provide
the block buster version of this controversy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Hd...
How did the moons of Mars form?
YouTube video by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Check out the excellent video about the moons of Mars, from JAXA! #PlanetSci 🧪
After telescopic detection comes telescopic characterization. Vera Rubin obs, space telescopes, etc. beg the next step: the construction of next-gen characterization observatories.
📬 The 3rd issue of the WST Chronicle is out!
📝 It includes a contribution co-authored by the #sagateamcamk on exoplanet, stellar and Galactic science
🔭 ☄️The Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is a planned 12m telescope dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
📝 It includes a contribution co-authored by the #sagateamcamk on exoplanet, stellar and Galactic science
🔭 ☄️The Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is a planned 12m telescope dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
February 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
After telescopic detection comes telescopic characterization. Vera Rubin obs, space telescopes, etc. beg the next step: the construction of next-gen characterization observatories.
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How do Rubin alerts work? 🌌📲
Think of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory as a friend constantly scrolling the Universe’s social feed. Every minute, they refresh to see what's new—an asteroid moving, a star flickering…or a supernova exploding! 🔭🧪☄️
Think of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory as a friend constantly scrolling the Universe’s social feed. Every minute, they refresh to see what's new—an asteroid moving, a star flickering…or a supernova exploding! 🔭🧪☄️
January 29, 2026 at 9:52 PM
How do Rubin alerts work? 🌌📲
Think of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory as a friend constantly scrolling the Universe’s social feed. Every minute, they refresh to see what's new—an asteroid moving, a star flickering…or a supernova exploding! 🔭🧪☄️
Think of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory as a friend constantly scrolling the Universe’s social feed. Every minute, they refresh to see what's new—an asteroid moving, a star flickering…or a supernova exploding! 🔭🧪☄️
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What is this line drawing going to be? Wrong answers only.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
What is this line drawing going to be? Wrong answers only.
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We could have 4 JWST’s or a science mission at every planet. The NIH could be funded for two years. Or 1.5 years or so of USAID funding, if it still existed.
This is how they’re spending our tax dollars. This is our money.
This is how they’re spending our tax dollars. This is our money.
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
We could have 4 JWST’s or a science mission at every planet. The NIH could be funded for two years. Or 1.5 years or so of USAID funding, if it still existed.
This is how they’re spending our tax dollars. This is our money.
This is how they’re spending our tax dollars. This is our money.
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I find it all part of a broader symptom in the US of thinking "anything that makes lots of money is good and pure and anything that doesn't is useless." The best things in life aren't quantifiable, especially not in dollars.
The U.S. has successfully convinced its people that “the humanities are frivolous and STEM is Important and Real” is basically a law of nature: this is absolute nonsense that we should stop putting up with.
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I find it all part of a broader symptom in the US of thinking "anything that makes lots of money is good and pure and anything that doesn't is useless." The best things in life aren't quantifiable, especially not in dollars.
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Just saw the local news that Bill Nye is stepping down as CEO to the @planetarysociety.bsky.social with COO Jennifer Vaugh stepping into the role. I wish her luck, though seems like she’s been helping lead the org for decades so I’m sure she doesn’t need it. www.planetary.org/press-releas...
The Planetary Society announces leadership transition as CEO Bill Nye…
After 15 years of transformative leadership, Bill Nye will step down as CEO of The Planetary Society and transition into two new roles: Vice Chair of the…
www.planetary.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Just saw the local news that Bill Nye is stepping down as CEO to the @planetarysociety.bsky.social with COO Jennifer Vaugh stepping into the role. I wish her luck, though seems like she’s been helping lead the org for decades so I’m sure she doesn’t need it. www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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I keep saying it’s time we go back to Web 1.0. Everybody do their own website and link rings to other actual humans who know things.
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I keep saying it’s time we go back to Web 1.0. Everybody do their own website and link rings to other actual humans who know things.
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Grok stands as the clearest example of an AI that is both ideologically aligned and operationally embedded in a social media platform, says @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social. "Its mechanisms should be taken apart under bright lights, in much the same way people learn how to defuse a bomb."
Grok is an Epistemic Weapon | TechPolicy.Press
Elon Musk's Grok claims to be truth-seeking while shaping discourse and amplifying ideology, argues Matthew Kirschenbaum.
www.techpolicy.press
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Grok stands as the clearest example of an AI that is both ideologically aligned and operationally embedded in a social media platform, says @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social. "Its mechanisms should be taken apart under bright lights, in much the same way people learn how to defuse a bomb."
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We don't just build observatories out of glass and steel around here...
Happy #InternationalLegoDay from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪
In their free time, our staff have channeled their creativity into building a mini Rubin universe.
Which build is your favorite? 🧱
Happy #InternationalLegoDay from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪
In their free time, our staff have channeled their creativity into building a mini Rubin universe.
Which build is your favorite? 🧱
January 28, 2026 at 11:20 PM
We don't just build observatories out of glass and steel around here...
Happy #InternationalLegoDay from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪
In their free time, our staff have channeled their creativity into building a mini Rubin universe.
Which build is your favorite? 🧱
Happy #InternationalLegoDay from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪
In their free time, our staff have channeled their creativity into building a mini Rubin universe.
Which build is your favorite? 🧱