Tommy Owens
@tommyowens.bsky.social
[ R E D A C T E D ] Opinions are my own. Unrepentant Thalassophile.
The racoon or the drunken rampage?
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The racoon or the drunken rampage?
This study used the Sentinel-3 Cyanobacteria Index (CI-cyano) products, that we generate at NASA, to assess impacts of varying observational frequency on data distributions and trends.
Recommendations for temporal aggregation of water quality data from multi-platform satellite constellations
Satellite constellations often launch platforms over several years, increasing observational frequency and capturing additional, potentially more extreme, events. Consequently, reported changes in ...
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This study used the Sentinel-3 Cyanobacteria Index (CI-cyano) products, that we generate at NASA, to assess impacts of varying observational frequency on data distributions and trends.
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When I see these "cat returns after X years/ 1000 miles" posts. I always think "there are a lot of similar looking cats". This one was chipped!
Sherlock the cat solved his own mystery, after being missing for 12 years in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
On the 29th September Sherlock's mum got a call from a vet to say that he had been found.
www.nationalworld.com/your-world/b...
On the 29th September Sherlock's mum got a call from a vet to say that he had been found.
www.nationalworld.com/your-world/b...
Belfast cat returns home after going missing for 12 years
A cat called Sherlock cracked his own missing case by returning home 12 YEARS after vanishing into thin air.
www.nationalworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When I see these "cat returns after X years/ 1000 miles" posts. I always think "there are a lot of similar looking cats". This one was chipped!
This is a developing story: Apparently the Pope has forced his way onto Air Force One.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is a developing story: Apparently the Pope has forced his way onto Air Force One.
Oreosomatidae have incredibly long lifespans. Otolith dating has identified some species that live longer than 200 years. It's not just a pet, it's a commitment.
This Oreosomatidae looks unique, and neat to see it up in the water column! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 875 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oreosomatidae have incredibly long lifespans. Otolith dating has identified some species that live longer than 200 years. It's not just a pet, it's a commitment.
So, you think the guy who bought a handgun and perpetrated a mass shooting did NOT assimilate to US culture?
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So, you think the guy who bought a handgun and perpetrated a mass shooting did NOT assimilate to US culture?
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So Thanksgiving was a success and to continue a 25-year tradition, today I put my brain on 50% setting and the only energy I expend is to run the dishwasher and nuke some leftovers.
Viva the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Viva the Friday after Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So Thanksgiving was a success and to continue a 25-year tradition, today I put my brain on 50% setting and the only energy I expend is to run the dishwasher and nuke some leftovers.
Viva the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Viva the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Now that is a dorsal fin!
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Now that is a dorsal fin!
Incredible
Siphonophore on the way back to the surface. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Incredible
No words....
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
No words....
NASA continues to lie and obfuscate when pressed by Congress on the destruction occurring at GSFC.
Lawmakers call on NASA inspector general to investigate Goddard Space Flight Center as agency defends campus closures: Exclusive
"If this is how the agency handles one of its most high-profile flagship missions, how many other missions are in imminent danger of being irrevocably lost?"
www.space.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NASA continues to lie and obfuscate when pressed by Congress on the destruction occurring at GSFC.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Stiil waiting for my car.
Fortunately, our music director has fallen asleep. 💤
I looked up from my book, and see this on the TV. Took me a couple of panicked seconds to realize it is a seasonal outlook.
Fortunately, our music director has fallen asleep. 💤
I looked up from my book, and see this on the TV. Took me a couple of panicked seconds to realize it is a seasonal outlook.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Stiil waiting for my car.
Fortunately, our music director has fallen asleep. 💤
I looked up from my book, and see this on the TV. Took me a couple of panicked seconds to realize it is a seasonal outlook.
Fortunately, our music director has fallen asleep. 💤
I looked up from my book, and see this on the TV. Took me a couple of panicked seconds to realize it is a seasonal outlook.
Sitting in a crowded Toyota dealership waiting for a recall to be corrected and the woman across from me is listening to what sounds to be the African Children's Chorus on her phone at FULL volume.
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Sitting in a crowded Toyota dealership waiting for a recall to be corrected and the woman across from me is listening to what sounds to be the African Children's Chorus on her phone at FULL volume.
About 5 miles of my evening commute is on winding, unlit, two-lane roads and the clowns with the LED lights make it a real challenge. The problem is compounded by folks with conventional highbeams who don't dim them until they have already blinded you, if at all. And get off my lawn...
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
About 5 miles of my evening commute is on winding, unlit, two-lane roads and the clowns with the LED lights make it a real challenge. The problem is compounded by folks with conventional highbeams who don't dim them until they have already blinded you, if at all. And get off my lawn...
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My existential dread is getting in the way of my free-floating anxiety.
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My existential dread is getting in the way of my free-floating anxiety.
I saw a quote from the NASA Press Secretary in the Baltimore Sun calling these reports lies. The rot goes all the way to Headquarters.
Goddard Space Center staff say they're 'constantly being attacked' by the White House
The Goddard Space Center is one NASA's crown jewels of science. But in recent months, staff say they've been in the White House's crosshairs, subjected to a campaign of chaos and reorganization.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I saw a quote from the NASA Press Secretary in the Baltimore Sun calling these reports lies. The rot goes all the way to Headquarters.
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Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
Poster I had in my childhood bedroom. I was a weird kid. I was thinking of creating one for the current administration, but none would have an apprehended banner.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Poster I had in my childhood bedroom. I was a weird kid. I was thinking of creating one for the current administration, but none would have an apprehended banner.
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Start your timers.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Start your timers.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
Pet hate. "Fazed" is not the same as "phased".
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.