DarkSapiens
@darksapiens.bsky.social
Astrophysics, science communication, sci-fi, nerdery (he/him)
Astronomer at @cefca-oaj.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/darksapiens
Astronomer at @cefca-oaj.bsky.social
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DarkSapiens
@darksapiens.bsky.social
· Apr 19
#Spacetober2023 1. Rocket
Starting out with an Ariane 6
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#SpacetoberChallenge 🔭
Starting out with an Ariane 6
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#SpacetoberChallenge 🔭
Here's the thread of 31 drawings I did for #spacetober last year :) bsky.app/profile/dark...
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13:07 on Tuesday January 27th, over the South Atlantic Ocean
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 AM
13:07 on Tuesday January 27th, over the South Atlantic Ocean
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It has now been four years
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It has now been four years
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you cannot compromise half way with the regime
there's no both sides to gestapo kidnapping and killing people
what's so difficult to understand in here, gah
there's no both sides to gestapo kidnapping and killing people
what's so difficult to understand in here, gah
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
you cannot compromise half way with the regime
there's no both sides to gestapo kidnapping and killing people
what's so difficult to understand in here, gah
there's no both sides to gestapo kidnapping and killing people
what's so difficult to understand in here, gah
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Today I stood in front of the same high bay, prepped to start assembling Dragonfly.
I started crying.
There is so, so much bad right now. But some of my dreams are also coming true.
I started crying.
There is so, so much bad right now. But some of my dreams are also coming true.
January 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Today I stood in front of the same high bay, prepped to start assembling Dragonfly.
I started crying.
There is so, so much bad right now. But some of my dreams are also coming true.
I started crying.
There is so, so much bad right now. But some of my dreams are also coming true.
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13 years ago when Hopkins was trying to hire me, they took me down to APL for a tour. The head of planetary at the time took us to the high bays and heavily implied that if accepted the job, someday APL might build a space robot for “me”
January 30, 2026 at 12:53 AM
13 years ago when Hopkins was trying to hire me, they took me down to APL for a tour. The head of planetary at the time took us to the high bays and heavily implied that if accepted the job, someday APL might build a space robot for “me”
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La llegada de Airbnb a Barcelona supuso casi un 20% de incremento en el precio de la vivienda y cerca del 10% en los alquileres en las zonas con mayor concentración de pisos turísticos.
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 PM
La llegada de Airbnb a Barcelona supuso casi un 20% de incremento en el precio de la vivienda y cerca del 10% en los alquileres en las zonas con mayor concentración de pisos turísticos.
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Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source
Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source
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i actually read an article about that the other day, this bit stuck with me the most (link in the alt text)
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
i actually read an article about that the other day, this bit stuck with me the most (link in the alt text)
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Anyone talking about orbital data centers has jumped the shark. There's no cooling in space. There's nothing to dissipate the heat and it'll cook everything. Not to mention, power is a significant issue. Solar will not be enough and batteries are too heavy for orbit.
hi folks, serious journalist here, it's important to understand that this all makes perfect sense if you've completely cooked your brain on Elon fanboy bullshit for the last decade
January 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Anyone talking about orbital data centers has jumped the shark. There's no cooling in space. There's nothing to dissipate the heat and it'll cook everything. Not to mention, power is a significant issue. Solar will not be enough and batteries are too heavy for orbit.
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Esto que parece una mala noticia, es justo lo contrario. Es una gran noticia.
Obliga a la gente a aprender técnicas de comunicación alternativas fuera del control de estas tecnológicas. La gente va a tener que aprender a usar herramientas que no sólo les beneficia sino que perjudica al estado.
Obliga a la gente a aprender técnicas de comunicación alternativas fuera del control de estas tecnológicas. La gente va a tener que aprender a usar herramientas que no sólo les beneficia sino que perjudica al estado.
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Esto que parece una mala noticia, es justo lo contrario. Es una gran noticia.
Obliga a la gente a aprender técnicas de comunicación alternativas fuera del control de estas tecnológicas. La gente va a tener que aprender a usar herramientas que no sólo les beneficia sino que perjudica al estado.
Obliga a la gente a aprender técnicas de comunicación alternativas fuera del control de estas tecnológicas. La gente va a tener que aprender a usar herramientas que no sólo les beneficia sino que perjudica al estado.
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Giant portrait of girl killed in Gaza war unfurled on Barcelona beach reut.rs/4a97ppV
Giant portrait of girl killed in Gaza war unfurled on Barcelona beach
Protesters unfurled a giant portrait of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on a Barcelona beach Thursday, two years after her death in Gaza's war, and her mother appealed for international attention to the plight of Gaza's children.
reut.rs
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Giant portrait of girl killed in Gaza war unfurled on Barcelona beach reut.rs/4a97ppV
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09:31 on Tuesday January 27th, over the Indian Ocean
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM
09:31 on Tuesday January 27th, over the Indian Ocean
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“Forestry in Tairāwhiti is a low-job, high-damage industry that survives by shifting billions of dollars of costs onto communities while exporting profits offshore. This report proves the current model is economically irrational, socially unjust, and environmentally catastrophic”
So we did a report on the true value of the Tairāwhiti forestry sector for the amazing @manucaddie.bsky.social and the Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti team. And I'm taking it as an endorsement that a forestry industry lobbyist called it "biased" and "incomplete"
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Low-job, high-damage:’ Forestry not the great economic contributor it claims - report
The paper’s findings have been rejected by the NZ Forestry Owner’s Association as “biased”, “incomplete” and “narrowly-framed”.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
“Forestry in Tairāwhiti is a low-job, high-damage industry that survives by shifting billions of dollars of costs onto communities while exporting profits offshore. This report proves the current model is economically irrational, socially unjust, and environmentally catastrophic”
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Trump takes over the Kennedy Center, illegally slaps his name on it, and uses the venue to premiere a film about his wife—a film, directed by an accused rapist, that is a gift from the founder of Amazon, who wants to avoid regulation and is firing a fuckton of reporters.
Who Was at the ‘Melania’ Premiere?
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Trump takes over the Kennedy Center, illegally slaps his name on it, and uses the venue to premiere a film about his wife—a film, directed by an accused rapist, that is a gift from the founder of Amazon, who wants to avoid regulation and is firing a fuckton of reporters.
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It's mucus all the way down.
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It's mucus all the way down.
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Dehad de culpad a la ministra, es una puta competencia autonómica.
Pues parece que si se toman medidas los precios bajan 👇
El alquiler baja un 8,6% en Navarra tras medio año con el mercado intervenido
elpais.com/economia/viv...
El alquiler baja un 8,6% en Navarra tras medio año con el mercado intervenido
elpais.com/economia/viv...
El alquiler baja un 8,6% en Navarra tras medio año con el mercado intervenido
Los contratos se mantienen estables respecto al año anterior, pero se duplican los arrendamientos de temporada, que escalan hasta el 11% del total
elpais.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Dehad de culpad a la ministra, es una puta competencia autonómica.
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🔭 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26013...
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26013...
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🔭 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26013...
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26013...
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If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
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This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
ICE Was Warned About Conditions at Fort Bliss Migrant Jail. Then 2 Men Died.
Immigrant rights activists and elected officials are calling to shut down Camp East Montana.
truthout.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
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A Democratic Party that reflected the values of its base would put this into its national platform: "Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans."
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A Democratic Party that reflected the values of its base would put this into its national platform: "Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans."
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One of the brightest displays of aurora I’ve seen in awhile! Magical stuff this last week up here in Alaska
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
One of the brightest displays of aurora I’ve seen in awhile! Magical stuff this last week up here in Alaska
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07:43 on Tuesday January 27th, over the Indian Ocean
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
07:43 on Tuesday January 27th, over the Indian Ocean
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Que después de VEINTICINCO AÑOS sin construir una vivienda de protección oficial en Alicante, en la primera promoción se lleven un piso la Concejala de Urbanismo, el arquitecto municipal y los dos hijos de la directora general de contratación pública es la movida más PARTIDO POPULAR imaginable.
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Que después de VEINTICINCO AÑOS sin construir una vivienda de protección oficial en Alicante, en la primera promoción se lleven un piso la Concejala de Urbanismo, el arquitecto municipal y los dos hijos de la directora general de contratación pública es la movida más PARTIDO POPULAR imaginable.
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Lawyer: I've been representing a mother and her 5 children. The two youngest children have lived 20% of their lives in that facility. We've had awful reports of mental health deterioration. This facility is a jail. It's unconscionable that there are children at this facility.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Lawyer: I've been representing a mother and her 5 children. The two youngest children have lived 20% of their lives in that facility. We've had awful reports of mental health deterioration. This facility is a jail. It's unconscionable that there are children at this facility.
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The Virgo, my concept for a crewed Venus exploration vessel in the 2100s, based on the astrological glyph for the planet. The whole structure is spun, and the tether increases the overall radius for the inhabited sections while saving mass.
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The Virgo, my concept for a crewed Venus exploration vessel in the 2100s, based on the astrological glyph for the planet. The whole structure is spun, and the tether increases the overall radius for the inhabited sections while saving mass.