Riding With Robots
@ridingrobots.bsky.social
Robotic solar system exploration, night sky photography, exasperating earnestness. My day job is impersonating some of your favorite planets and spacecraft on social media for one of your favorite government agencies. Opinions here are my own.
A recent test image from Europa Clipper's star tracker cameras includes a planet.
science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
Remember photographers: aim for the stars. If you miss you may still get a shot of Uranus.
science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
Remember photographers: aim for the stars. If you miss you may still get a shot of Uranus.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A recent test image from Europa Clipper's star tracker cameras includes a planet.
science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
Remember photographers: aim for the stars. If you miss you may still get a shot of Uranus.
science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
Remember photographers: aim for the stars. If you miss you may still get a shot of Uranus.
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I know zero real scientists who say this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I know zero real scientists who say this.
NASA: Radar observations indicate a feature near the south pole of Mars is *not* a buried lake, as once suspected — but the same innovative radar technique used here could be prefect for finding subsurface resources elsewhere on Mars. go.nasa.gov/3XiddY4
NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery - NASA
Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to sub-surface observations of Mars.
go.nasa.gov
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NASA: Radar observations indicate a feature near the south pole of Mars is *not* a buried lake, as once suspected — but the same innovative radar technique used here could be prefect for finding subsurface resources elsewhere on Mars. go.nasa.gov/3XiddY4
On Sept. 23, NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer) spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles (3,438 kilometers) of Earth. Video and details: go.nasa.gov/4ofmdIw (Let's hope they don't cancel this mission.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
On Sept. 23, NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer) spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles (3,438 kilometers) of Earth. Video and details: go.nasa.gov/4ofmdIw (Let's hope they don't cancel this mission.)
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#PPOD: ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter keeps gathering information from its orbit around Mars to understand its ancient past and potential habitability. The spacecraft was cruising over the southern highlands of Terra Cimmeria, some 400 km above the Martian surface... 🧪 🔭
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#PPOD: ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter keeps gathering information from its orbit around Mars to understand its ancient past and potential habitability. The spacecraft was cruising over the southern highlands of Terra Cimmeria, some 400 km above the Martian surface... 🧪 🔭
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I just remembered the first time I heard of Pete Hegseth www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years'
Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.
www.bbc.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I just remembered the first time I heard of Pete Hegseth www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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This dimwitted coward is taking on *Mark Kelly*? Space station commander combat tested Navy aviator Mark Kelly?
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Of course Kegsbreath had to chime in & try to outdo his boss w his own performative outrage, giving what is "an extreme response to a video that was very tame, measured, and rooted in the military’s own words."
What's that they say about 'he who doth protest too much' ???
What's that they say about 'he who doth protest too much' ???
Hegseth Helps Trump Take Revenge on Democrats for Message to Troops
The revenge crusade is beginning with Mark Kelly.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This dimwitted coward is taking on *Mark Kelly*? Space station commander combat tested Navy aviator Mark Kelly?
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Do not steal people's work!
It's not complicated.
It's not complicated.
Just went to that new piracy site (not going to link to it & encourage this shit) & yup, almost all my work's there, including every format of THE NIGHTWARD you could want & every anthology I'm in. 🙄
Anyway, if you'd like to help me eat, please buy my book:
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Anyway, if you'd like to help me eat, please buy my book:
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Nightward
Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...
www.harpercollins.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Do not steal people's work!
It's not complicated.
It's not complicated.
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Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
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Woa that's pretty
Stained glass window made from sliced agate at the famous Grossmünster Church in Zurich.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Woa that's pretty
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Going after a popular Senator and Astronaut and husband of a national treasure will not go the way these dog shit guzzling Nazis will think
The Department of Defense announces it's considering "court-martial proceedings or administrative measures" against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Going after a popular Senator and Astronaut and husband of a national treasure will not go the way these dog shit guzzling Nazis will think
One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity on Sol 871 - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ptn6qu
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity on Sol 871 - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ptn6qu
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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I was out hiking and a mountain biker passed.
Me: have a nice ride!
Him: you too!
Him: *flustered realizing I wasn’t riding*
Him: *processing*
Him: *processing*
Him: enjoy your legs!
Well that settles that for my new trail greeting.
Me: have a nice ride!
Him: you too!
Him: *flustered realizing I wasn’t riding*
Him: *processing*
Him: *processing*
Him: enjoy your legs!
Well that settles that for my new trail greeting.
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I was out hiking and a mountain biker passed.
Me: have a nice ride!
Him: you too!
Him: *flustered realizing I wasn’t riding*
Him: *processing*
Him: *processing*
Him: enjoy your legs!
Well that settles that for my new trail greeting.
Me: have a nice ride!
Him: you too!
Him: *flustered realizing I wasn’t riding*
Him: *processing*
Him: *processing*
Him: enjoy your legs!
Well that settles that for my new trail greeting.
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Seriously, phone astrophotography is awesome! I’ve got a few shots on my Pixel 9—nowhere near as good as the the pros—but I love seeing it shared. People should post more of their phone astro shots. Honestly, even simple shots can be stunning.
Wow! Stars! And amazed at how good my iPhone can capture all of them. We finally figured out what the Southern Cross looks like.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Seriously, phone astrophotography is awesome! I’ve got a few shots on my Pixel 9—nowhere near as good as the the pros—but I love seeing it shared. People should post more of their phone astro shots. Honestly, even simple shots can be stunning.
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🔴 #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1688: Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera ( #Hazcam ) / enhanced
Nov. 19, 2025 (Sol 1688) / 15:03:12
source image: Mars_Perseverance_FLF_1688_0816801271_691ECM_N0813270FHAZ02418_01_295J
Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc
#RedPlanet
Nov. 19, 2025 (Sol 1688) / 15:03:12
source image: Mars_Perseverance_FLF_1688_0816801271_691ECM_N0813270FHAZ02418_01_295J
Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc
#RedPlanet
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🔴 #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1688: Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera ( #Hazcam ) / enhanced
Nov. 19, 2025 (Sol 1688) / 15:03:12
source image: Mars_Perseverance_FLF_1688_0816801271_691ECM_N0813270FHAZ02418_01_295J
Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc
#RedPlanet
Nov. 19, 2025 (Sol 1688) / 15:03:12
source image: Mars_Perseverance_FLF_1688_0816801271_691ECM_N0813270FHAZ02418_01_295J
Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc
#RedPlanet
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All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
The morning lake
was smooth as a mirror.
A few angels were even seen
flying down
just after dawn
to check themselves out.
— Billy Collins
was smooth as a mirror.
A few angels were even seen
flying down
just after dawn
to check themselves out.
— Billy Collins
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The morning lake
was smooth as a mirror.
A few angels were even seen
flying down
just after dawn
to check themselves out.
— Billy Collins
was smooth as a mirror.
A few angels were even seen
flying down
just after dawn
to check themselves out.
— Billy Collins
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