Mars Rover
@marsrover.bsky.social
Not at ALL affiliated with NASA except for the schwag I took working there. Space, science, tech, video games, angry outbursts. Stuck in isolation until you believe in disease again.
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Big Build 2025 complete! It includes a hand-built frame, metallic paint markers, & a laminated copy of "The Exoplanet Zoo". The lamination & lauan plywood backing ensure we can do hours of star charting w/o destruction. A real wall-eater at 54"×37" overall. www.halcyonmaps.com/the-exoplane....
Incidentally DOGE didn't come for SWOT because SpaceX had a $112M launch contract for it. Funny how that worked out.
Nobody gets all hot & bothered by things like the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite except the scientists who work on it. I don't see TikTok rants abt it, etc., but this kind of daily science is the backbone of our civilization & shit like DOGE lays waste to amazing programs.
NASA Satellite Captures First-Ever High-Res View of a Giant Pacific Tsunami
A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not expect. A satellite designed to track the height of the ocean’s surface prov...
scitechdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Incidentally DOGE didn't come for SWOT because SpaceX had a $112M launch contract for it. Funny how that worked out.
Nobody gets all hot & bothered by things like the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite except the scientists who work on it. I don't see TikTok rants abt it, etc., but this kind of daily science is the backbone of our civilization & shit like DOGE lays waste to amazing programs.
NASA Satellite Captures First-Ever High-Res View of a Giant Pacific Tsunami
A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not expect. A satellite designed to track the height of the ocean’s surface prov...
scitechdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Nobody gets all hot & bothered by things like the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite except the scientists who work on it. I don't see TikTok rants abt it, etc., but this kind of daily science is the backbone of our civilization & shit like DOGE lays waste to amazing programs.
The party of pedophiles and the blood and soil nativists square dancing together right in front of us.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The party of pedophiles and the blood and soil nativists square dancing together right in front of us.
"galaxies gain their spin from the larger structures they live in."
I just love to read that over & over. Cosmic filaments, "structures" (such as we understand them) even larger than galaxies, exist.
They have lifespans, they move, they rotate. The forces we know operate on a titanic scale.
I just love to read that over & over. Cosmic filaments, "structures" (such as we understand them) even larger than galaxies, exist.
They have lifespans, they move, they rotate. The forces we know operate on a titanic scale.
Astronomers find vast spinning filament of galaxies 140 million light-years away
An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a "razor-thin" string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic filamen...
phys.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"galaxies gain their spin from the larger structures they live in."
I just love to read that over & over. Cosmic filaments, "structures" (such as we understand them) even larger than galaxies, exist.
They have lifespans, they move, they rotate. The forces we know operate on a titanic scale.
I just love to read that over & over. Cosmic filaments, "structures" (such as we understand them) even larger than galaxies, exist.
They have lifespans, they move, they rotate. The forces we know operate on a titanic scale.
Really getting obvious Hunter's greatest crime was not sharing his hookers & crack.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Really getting obvious Hunter's greatest crime was not sharing his hookers & crack.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
The central theme of my Spotify wrapped was it will be a fuckin miracle if American de-Baathification is bloodless.
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The central theme of my Spotify wrapped was it will be a fuckin miracle if American de-Baathification is bloodless.
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NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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Take it from us, 2 bros from Scale AI who have made a shitton of money exploiting cheap labor across the globe, we still have loads of good ideas that will totally make AI do the things you dream it will do if you just keep giving our company lots more money.
The Next Frontier in AI Isn't More Data
To get smarter, AI needs environments where it can act, fail, and learn.
spectrum.ieee.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Take it from us, 2 bros from Scale AI who have made a shitton of money exploiting cheap labor across the globe, we still have loads of good ideas that will totally make AI do the things you dream it will do if you just keep giving our company lots more money.
Help Solomon go to the Piggly Wiggly so heavy and stuffed with cash the Nigerian scorches him on the way out.
And he tells us about it.
And he tells us about it.
For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Help Solomon go to the Piggly Wiggly so heavy and stuffed with cash the Nigerian scorches him on the way out.
And he tells us about it.
And he tells us about it.
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As a kid who used to love to sit up late in my rural county peering into the vastness of space, I find it almost physically painful to stare into the cluttered sky and find my gaze constantly interrupted by all of this disposable litter. This graph does not indicate progress to me.
Humankind has launch more satellites in the past four years (2021 - 2025) than in the previous seven decades.
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As a kid who used to love to sit up late in my rural county peering into the vastness of space, I find it almost physically painful to stare into the cluttered sky and find my gaze constantly interrupted by all of this disposable litter. This graph does not indicate progress to me.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
Whelp time for a little vacay when it's disabled discourse day here on the ol' BSky b/c it's usually just shy of or fully insane.
Definitely helps me understand why BlackSky has failed to take root here. There is a median 30+ suburban-raised white power user profile here and all else is.. woof.
Definitely helps me understand why BlackSky has failed to take root here. There is a median 30+ suburban-raised white power user profile here and all else is.. woof.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Whelp time for a little vacay when it's disabled discourse day here on the ol' BSky b/c it's usually just shy of or fully insane.
Definitely helps me understand why BlackSky has failed to take root here. There is a median 30+ suburban-raised white power user profile here and all else is.. woof.
Definitely helps me understand why BlackSky has failed to take root here. There is a median 30+ suburban-raised white power user profile here and all else is.. woof.
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Thames Water boss addressing shareholders on its half year profits of £400 million
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thames Water boss addressing shareholders on its half year profits of £400 million
This thing is coming from fuckin Latvia. LATVIA!
Curiously FedEx gives the dimensions in "who the hell knows" commie semi-meters & the weight in God's honest Imperial freedom pounds. Why the split when Latvia uses kgs, I dunno.
US-inbound shipping/trucking? American company air logs?
Curiously FedEx gives the dimensions in "who the hell knows" commie semi-meters & the weight in God's honest Imperial freedom pounds. Why the split when Latvia uses kgs, I dunno.
US-inbound shipping/trucking? American company air logs?
So the oldest nephew who doesn't really talk to anyone abt anything (yeah, spectrum) WAS talking about elements at Thanksgiving.
Guess who's got a birthday in a week & an uncle w/ a healthy amount of disposable income?
This 1 I got pre-framed b/c I'm just *not* doin' that again soon!
Guess who's got a birthday in a week & an uncle w/ a healthy amount of disposable income?
This 1 I got pre-framed b/c I'm just *not* doin' that again soon!
World of Elements
Discover the most detailed periodic table in the world. The World of Elements organizes every known element into a visual masterpiece, showcasing their unique properties, uses, and historical signific...
titan-maps.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This thing is coming from fuckin Latvia. LATVIA!
Curiously FedEx gives the dimensions in "who the hell knows" commie semi-meters & the weight in God's honest Imperial freedom pounds. Why the split when Latvia uses kgs, I dunno.
US-inbound shipping/trucking? American company air logs?
Curiously FedEx gives the dimensions in "who the hell knows" commie semi-meters & the weight in God's honest Imperial freedom pounds. Why the split when Latvia uses kgs, I dunno.
US-inbound shipping/trucking? American company air logs?
This is one of the first places I stopped after spending months wandering the desert. There's a broad beach & large rock just out in the water. After weeks of silent desert nights & moving & thinking only in terms of finding water, it was all a sight beyond reason.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is one of the first places I stopped after spending months wandering the desert. There's a broad beach & large rock just out in the water. After weeks of silent desert nights & moving & thinking only in terms of finding water, it was all a sight beyond reason.
I confess to using Gemini to hunt out a really good despairing dystopic sci-fi, preferably with a space theme/setting, that I hadn't yet seen. Gave up after repeating I had seen every recommendation.
A human would have known to ask, "Bruh u ok?"
A human would have known to ask, "Bruh u ok?"
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I confess to using Gemini to hunt out a really good despairing dystopic sci-fi, preferably with a space theme/setting, that I hadn't yet seen. Gave up after repeating I had seen every recommendation.
A human would have known to ask, "Bruh u ok?"
A human would have known to ask, "Bruh u ok?"
There is NO PARKING at the ISS.
Space Station First: All Docking Ports Fully Occupied, 8 Spacecraft on Orbit - NASA
For the first time in International Space Station history, all eight docking ports aboard the orbital outpost are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft...
www.nasa.gov
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
There is NO PARKING at the ISS.
Fortunately it's not that individual fires cause much higher emissions than we ever calculated, but it's up to 70% higher overall because of many smaller fires we lacked good data for & weren't calculating in.
And there aren't likely to be FEWER of those in future..
And there aren't likely to be FEWER of those in future..
Emissions from global wildfires far higher than previously thought
The total emissions of greenhouse gases and airborne particles caused by wildfires are almost 70% higher than previously assumed. Researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered this in a l...
phys.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fortunately it's not that individual fires cause much higher emissions than we ever calculated, but it's up to 70% higher overall because of many smaller fires we lacked good data for & weren't calculating in.
And there aren't likely to be FEWER of those in future..
And there aren't likely to be FEWER of those in future..
One thing I have yet to see that will be difficult, possibly painful, is a reconciliation & open negotiation between the surprisingly conservative older minority base whose death grip on the party has led to a decade of precarity & "those kids" they & party leadership are so eager to dismiss.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
One thing I have yet to see that will be difficult, possibly painful, is a reconciliation & open negotiation between the surprisingly conservative older minority base whose death grip on the party has led to a decade of precarity & "those kids" they & party leadership are so eager to dismiss.
Countless accounts exist proving what broke the morale of fierce Axis zealots was not our brutal "warrior ethos", but our munificence.
They expected execution, even cannibalism. We gave them medicine & ice cream. We showed them we had EVERYTHING, even to give away, & it broke much more than bones.
They expected execution, even cannibalism. We gave them medicine & ice cream. We showed them we had EVERYTHING, even to give away, & it broke much more than bones.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Countless accounts exist proving what broke the morale of fierce Axis zealots was not our brutal "warrior ethos", but our munificence.
They expected execution, even cannibalism. We gave them medicine & ice cream. We showed them we had EVERYTHING, even to give away, & it broke much more than bones.
They expected execution, even cannibalism. We gave them medicine & ice cream. We showed them we had EVERYTHING, even to give away, & it broke much more than bones.
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The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
I need to write out, longhand to Dem leadership, the absolute bitter glee with which I block/delete/report as spam every. single. Dem fundraising appeal text or email w/o even looking, after years of giving.
There must be millions feeling the same, & we must be clear on Jeffries+Schumer.
There must be millions feeling the same, & we must be clear on Jeffries+Schumer.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I need to write out, longhand to Dem leadership, the absolute bitter glee with which I block/delete/report as spam every. single. Dem fundraising appeal text or email w/o even looking, after years of giving.
There must be millions feeling the same, & we must be clear on Jeffries+Schumer.
There must be millions feeling the same, & we must be clear on Jeffries+Schumer.
This but behind a stupid TikTok dance:
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This but behind a stupid TikTok dance:
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason: