James Curbo
@curbo.org
👨💻 Cyber researcher at JHU Applied Physics Lab
📐 Doctoral candidate at JHU Whiting School of Engineering (space cyber)
🔭 Amateur astronomer
🕹️ Video game connoisseur
📚 Math/science/history nerd, married to a geologist
✈️ USAF vet
📐 Doctoral candidate at JHU Whiting School of Engineering (space cyber)
🔭 Amateur astronomer
🕹️ Video game connoisseur
📚 Math/science/history nerd, married to a geologist
✈️ USAF vet
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James Curbo
@curbo.org
· Sep 20
I'm finally here! Seems neat. Here's an intro, my interests are, in no particular order, science (esp. astronomy), computer science/math, video games, aviation, history, science fiction, natsec and cyber.
I work at JHU/APL on cybersecurity, and am a USAF vet. Originally from AR, now in MD.
I work at JHU/APL on cybersecurity, and am a USAF vet. Originally from AR, now in MD.
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Abstract submissions for the 2026 Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software are due Dec 4, 2025. We look forward to your presentation, demo, or panel ideas. flightsoftware.org/workshop/FSW...
Flight Software Workshop
Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software
flightsoftware.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Abstract submissions for the 2026 Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software are due Dec 4, 2025. We look forward to your presentation, demo, or panel ideas. flightsoftware.org/workshop/FSW...
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A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today.
Remarkable satellite imagery.
Remarkable satellite imagery.
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today.
Remarkable satellite imagery.
Remarkable satellite imagery.
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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Registration is now open for the 2026 Flight Software Workshop, which will be in person at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Both in-person attendance and remote viewing is available. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-fligh...
2026 Flight Software Workshop
Join us for the 19th Annual Flight Software Workshop (FSW 2026) hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
www.eventbrite.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Registration is now open for the 2026 Flight Software Workshop, which will be in person at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Both in-person attendance and remote viewing is available. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-fligh...
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Check your weather forecast and plan your nap schedule for some skywatching--the recently discovered Comet Lemmon is approaching perihelion just as the Orionids meteor shower is peaking! 🧪 🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Look Up for a Rare Comet and Meteor Show
A comet visible to the naked eye will make its closest approach to Earth on October 21
www.scientificamerican.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Check your weather forecast and plan your nap schedule for some skywatching--the recently discovered Comet Lemmon is approaching perihelion just as the Orionids meteor shower is peaking! 🧪 🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
I'm almost through getting my D.Eng and it's been great. (I defend in the spring) Can't recommend it enough if you have a supportive employer!
Did you know? You can earn your doctorate while you work, as a research collaboration between your employer and Hopkins Engineering. Learn more at our next info session, Wed, Oct 22. Register: applygrad.jhu.edu/register/?id...
Doctor of Engineering Information Session - October
applygrad.jhu.edu
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm almost through getting my D.Eng and it's been great. (I defend in the spring) Can't recommend it enough if you have a supportive employer!
Having applied more traditional denoising/convolution algorithms to my own amateur astronomy images - this is amazing work!
Earth-bound telescopes can see much more of the sky than space telescopes, but the photos are blurry & noisy. Until now: @johnshopkinsams.bsky.social Assoc Prof Tamás Budavári's new algorithm removes atmospheric interference for clear views of faraway galaxies. engineering.jhu.edu/news/sharper...
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Having applied more traditional denoising/convolution algorithms to my own amateur astronomy images - this is amazing work!
Very excited to actually be able to attend this in person for the first time!
We are pleased to announce the 2026 Flight Software Workshop, which will be in person at @jhuapl.bsky.social . Save the date and join us March 23, 2026 to March 26, 2026 for a week of flight software discussion. We are now accepting abstracts. flightsoftware.org/workshop/FSW...
Flight Software Workshop
Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software
flightsoftware.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Very excited to actually be able to attend this in person for the first time!
Guest lecturing tonight at JHU SAIS as part of the Space Force program!
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Guest lecturing tonight at JHU SAIS as part of the Space Force program!
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APL’s BAS/CS framework is helping secure critical infrastructure by standardizing alerts across cybersecurity systems and vendors. The system is already in use by military operators. https://jhuapl.link/f47
Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure
A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which the...
jhuapl.link
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
APL’s BAS/CS framework is helping secure critical infrastructure by standardizing alerts across cybersecurity systems and vendors. The system is already in use by military operators. https://jhuapl.link/f47
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The real space war is being fought in cyberspace
The real space war is being fought in cyberspace
The real space war is being fought in cyberspace
spacenews.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The real space war is being fought in cyberspace
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Most of the time I write about foreign policy. Sometimes I write about Washington, DC and the relentless progressional climb to nowhere.
open.substack.com/pub/rachelri...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelri...
DC: the City of Fractal Success
On the professional climb to nowhere
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Most of the time I write about foreign policy. Sometimes I write about Washington, DC and the relentless progressional climb to nowhere.
open.substack.com/pub/rachelri...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelri...
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NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11
NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
jhuapl.link
September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11
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Security researchers located 37 separate “easy to exploit” vulnerabilities in #NASA’s core Flight System, which would have enabled them to hack into satellites. It’s time for the #space industry to up its #cybersecurity game.
spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-ha...
spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-ha...
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Security researchers located 37 separate “easy to exploit” vulnerabilities in #NASA’s core Flight System, which would have enabled them to hack into satellites. It’s time for the #space industry to up its #cybersecurity game.
spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-ha...
spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-ha...
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ARCHIVE UP of this year's Bike MS fundraising stream, featuring @vinnycaravella.bsky.social, a fake plane crash, and... actually DOING things in Star Citizen??!
Donations still open at blinkingguy.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AV...
Donations still open at blinkingguy.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AV...
I'm participating in Bike MS: Waves to Wine 2025!
I’m participating in Bike MS: Waves to Wine 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of mult...
blinkingguy.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ARCHIVE UP of this year's Bike MS fundraising stream, featuring @vinnycaravella.bsky.social, a fake plane crash, and... actually DOING things in Star Citizen??!
Donations still open at blinkingguy.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AV...
Donations still open at blinkingguy.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AV...
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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CONTACT (backyard radio telescope part II)
CONTACT (backyard radio telescope part II)
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
CONTACT (backyard radio telescope part II)
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If you haven't already, I'd love it if you checked out Dual Boot Diaries, a new podcast I started with my pal @adampatrickmurray.bsky.social. It's about us learning to use Linux instead of Windows:
Check Out Our New Linux Podcast!
YouTube video by PCWorld
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you haven't already, I'd love it if you checked out Dual Boot Diaries, a new podcast I started with my pal @adampatrickmurray.bsky.social. It's about us learning to use Linux instead of Windows:
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When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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Receiving a lot of questions about my S-band station I use for #Artemis monitoring.
I'll describe the system and at the end will be a link to where I posted some helpful information about the system.
I can't personally answer everyone but this thread should help.
🧵⬇️
I'll describe the system and at the end will be a link to where I posted some helpful information about the system.
I can't personally answer everyone but this thread should help.
🧵⬇️
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Receiving a lot of questions about my S-band station I use for #Artemis monitoring.
I'll describe the system and at the end will be a link to where I posted some helpful information about the system.
I can't personally answer everyone but this thread should help.
🧵⬇️
I'll describe the system and at the end will be a link to where I posted some helpful information about the system.
I can't personally answer everyone but this thread should help.
🧵⬇️
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The first full episode of Dual Boot Diaries is up now. We talk about how our installs went, dip a bit into dual booting, and share our first thoughts about our new OSes of choice:
Episode 1: Linux Installation & First Reactions
Podcast Episode · Dual Boot Diaries · 08/29/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The first full episode of Dual Boot Diaries is up now. We talk about how our installs went, dip a bit into dual booting, and share our first thoughts about our new OSes of choice:
My daughter was up early the other day so I took her out to see a lovely view of Venus and Jupiter in the predawn sky.
August 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My daughter was up early the other day so I took her out to see a lovely view of Venus and Jupiter in the predawn sky.
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I can’t believe Windows 95 is 30 years old. For me, it marks the beginning of the modern computer age and the dawn of the real Internet. We talked about it on this week’s Tech Pod!
301: Will Ruined the Internet | Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.
Right smack dab on its 30th birthday, we're here this week to celebrate three decades of Windows 95 with a wide-ranging conversation about what might still be the most hyped computing product in histo...
techpod.content.town
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I can’t believe Windows 95 is 30 years old. For me, it marks the beginning of the modern computer age and the dawn of the real Internet. We talked about it on this week’s Tech Pod!
So much nostalgia here. I was in high school when Windows 95 came out.
August 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So much nostalgia here. I was in high school when Windows 95 came out.
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I've started a new podcast! I'm doing a limited-run series with @adampatrickmurray.bsky.social about switching from Windows to Linux called Dual Boot Diaries. You can find it on Apple Music, Spotify, Pocketcasts, and anywhere podcasts are found, but also on YouTube as a video...
What is Dual Boot Diaries? | Dual Boot Diaries ep. 0
YouTube video by The Full Nerd Network
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I've started a new podcast! I'm doing a limited-run series with @adampatrickmurray.bsky.social about switching from Windows to Linux called Dual Boot Diaries. You can find it on Apple Music, Spotify, Pocketcasts, and anywhere podcasts are found, but also on YouTube as a video...