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Joseph Gruber

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Satellite ground software/mission ops software engineer. Alum of AWS Ground Station, Blue Origin, NASA Goddard. Occasional weather, Python dev, AWS DevOps, Aerospace/Aviation, and the Phillies 🔔. Opinions my own. 📍 Colorado

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · Nov 8

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 2h

Heat death of the universe ftw

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 13h

I would bet it’s NIMBYers (and our court system)

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 19h

Going “viral” for stupid shit. 😂

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 20h

That’s called burying the lead

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 21h

Neat. Sounds like it's still an active part of the infrastructure. :)

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 22h

I have a bridge to sell the temporary administrator...

Andrea Leinfelder @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social · 1d

NASA will allow other companies to vie for its Artemis III human landing system as Starship falls behind schedule in Texas.

Artemis III is now set to launch no later than 2028, suggesting a slip from its launch target of 2027.

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Could Blue Origin develop Artemis III moon lander? NASA reopens bidding.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced Monday that he would allow other companies to compete for the Artemis III landing contract that was awarded to the SpaceX Starship spacecraft.

www.houstonchronicle.com

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 22h

We were talking about this in PySprings recently. Do you know if they still use the lava lamps (or wave machines) for randomness? Or is it just now a cool story?

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 22h

I mean, I would have at least floated it up to the passing lane 😜

Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 22h

Cessna 172 N4928E made a successful emergency landing on I-15 northeast of Las Vegas a short time ago.

www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...

Flight path of N4928E circling to land on I-15 near Las Vegas.

Photo of the Cessna 172 on the I-15 highway with two police cars behind it with their emergency lights activated.

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 23h

All I see is AI slop

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 23h

I dare anyone at @awscloud.bsky.social to put in the post-mortem what uses of AI helped solve yesterday's outage. I'll double my AWS spend if you do.

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Also, left unsaid, AI won't be able to solve your outages and problems for you. That takes a human brain and human skillset.

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Reading this, I started to wonder who at the @theregister.com was emulating @quinnypig.com's voice. Turns out he can't be imitated. 😉 #AWS www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS

column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works

www.theregister.com

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 1d

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Reading this, I started to wonder who at the @theregister.com was emulating @quinnypig.com's voice. Turns out he can't be imitated. 😉 #AWS www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS

column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works

www.theregister.com

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HurkaDoesSports @hurkadoessports.bsky.social · 1d

I'd root for the heat death of the universe before I root for the Dodgers.

Mike @85mf.bsky.social · 1d

I know there’s *that* but I can root for the Blue Jays in the World Series because they traded us Roy Halladay for basically JA Happ

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

I can still hate the Blue Jays because of 93 *and* hate Dodgers. Just rooting for a black hole to open up.

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Civil War freaks

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a green brick wall

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a green brick wall

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

We sure this wasn’t a Phillies batter?

Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

A series-ending strikeout.

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Oh god, we’re going to have to listen to FOX bringing up the Phillies all next week aren’t we? 😔

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

No baseball until Friday. MLB is so weird when it comes to scheduling games.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

The mystery object that struck a plane in flight? It was probably a weather balloon

WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.

arstechnica.com

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Seattle, yeah, I know how you feel. Signed, a 93 Phillies fan

Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

a woman in a plaid shirt is laughing

ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is laughing

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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 1d

Put Scherzer in you chickens

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Holy shit.

Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.

The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.

What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.

Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada

The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.

www.fastcompany.com

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