Jason Perry
@volcanopele.bsky.social
Avid volcanic moon enjoyer, makes space images look nice
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My heart is with the National Guard members shot and killed near the White House today and their families who are left to grieve — the day before Thanksgiving.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My heart is with the National Guard members shot and killed near the White House today and their families who are left to grieve — the day before Thanksgiving.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
bUt thEY're MakINg sPaCEflIGHt cHEapEr
Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get it the moon
That’s the actual plan
That’s the actual plan
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
bUt thEY're MakINg sPaCEflIGHt cHEapEr
money no object? I would move to France (probably Nice or somewhere smaller like Agen). In the US, I prefer where I live quite frankly. Of this list, maybe NYC (decent mass transit, high density, decent transit corridor in the northeast)
Tell you what--I like Baltimore plenty, but it is really interesting to me that Baltimore places higher on this list than Seattle, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix...
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
money no object? I would move to France (probably Nice or somewhere smaller like Agen). In the US, I prefer where I live quite frankly. Of this list, maybe NYC (decent mass transit, high density, decent transit corridor in the northeast)
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Saturn's moon #Enceladus is a top target for us in our #Voyage2050 long-term planning period.
No space agency has ever landed on Enceladus. And yet this moon has enormous potential for new science, particularly in the realm of habitability.
1/ #CM25 🔭
No space agency has ever landed on Enceladus. And yet this moon has enormous potential for new science, particularly in the realm of habitability.
1/ #CM25 🔭
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Saturn's moon #Enceladus is a top target for us in our #Voyage2050 long-term planning period.
No space agency has ever landed on Enceladus. And yet this moon has enormous potential for new science, particularly in the realm of habitability.
1/ #CM25 🔭
No space agency has ever landed on Enceladus. And yet this moon has enormous potential for new science, particularly in the realm of habitability.
1/ #CM25 🔭
about correct, though the sequel trilogy made me reappraise the prequels. I would place all of them above any movie from the sequel trilogy (so 5, 6, 7). Of the sequel movies, keep the order. The Last Jedi had some of the best Star Wars material (anything with Rey) and the absolute worst (sans Rey).
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
about correct, though the sequel trilogy made me reappraise the prequels. I would place all of them above any movie from the sequel trilogy (so 5, 6, 7). Of the sequel movies, keep the order. The Last Jedi had some of the best Star Wars material (anything with Rey) and the absolute worst (sans Rey).
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New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New from me for @science.org: A major planetary science conference will require submitted abstracts to comply with Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
This conference, LPSC, is a big deal. It's been running since 1970 and is one of the biggest planetary science conferences out there. 🧪🔭
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BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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3 years ago, NASA crashed the DART spacecraft into an asteroid at 22,000 kilometers per hour. The event changed the asteroid's orbit and tilt & sent it tumbling.
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
3 years ago, NASA crashed the DART spacecraft into an asteroid at 22,000 kilometers per hour. The event changed the asteroid's orbit and tilt & sent it tumbling.
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
A nearby cubesat captured these remarkable images of the asteroid immediately after the impact. 🧪🔭
aasnova.org/2025/11/03/s...
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We need a reimagined LPSC flavored meeting and the locale should be Tucson in March, after the gem show. Plenty of hotel choices along the free tram line that goes to the convention center. Visit Tucson is onboard to support this. If anyone has the bandwidth to invent the meeting we've got the city.
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We need a reimagined LPSC flavored meeting and the locale should be Tucson in March, after the gem show. Plenty of hotel choices along the free tram line that goes to the convention center. Visit Tucson is onboard to support this. If anyone has the bandwidth to invent the meeting we've got the city.
Fun thing to watch on my Sunday afternoon
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fun thing to watch on my Sunday afternoon
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
Tesla continues to prove that they are not a serious company. Giving him that much money after basically lighting the company on fire for the last two years is beyond ridiculous. Tesla isn't a car company or an AI company or a tech company any more. It's a meme coin disguised as a stock.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla shareholders approve massive pay package that could make Elon Musk world's first trillionaire.
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Tesla continues to prove that they are not a serious company. Giving him that much money after basically lighting the company on fire for the last two years is beyond ridiculous. Tesla isn't a car company or an AI company or a tech company any more. It's a meme coin disguised as a stock.
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Correction. Our costume was: "ALLEGED assault with a deli weapon, AN ALLEGATION ULTIMATELY REJECTED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION."
Our couple’s costume this year is: “Assault with a deli weapon.”
Happy Halloween to everyone except ICE, the National Guard, and other federal law enforcement occupying our city. #FreeDC
Happy Halloween to everyone except ICE, the National Guard, and other federal law enforcement occupying our city. #FreeDC
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Correction. Our costume was: "ALLEGED assault with a deli weapon, AN ALLEGATION ULTIMATELY REJECTED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION."
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I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
New Paper alert!
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025
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doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025
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doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025 - IOPscience
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025, Davies, Ashley Gerard, Causi, Gianluca Li, Perry, Jason E., Jefferies, Stuart M., Pedichini, Fernando, Mesa, Dino, Will...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New Paper alert!
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025
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doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
Surface Changes on Io Observed by Large Binocular Telescope/SHARK in Early 2025
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doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/...
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
No, sorry, my bad. A photo of my ceiling slipped in there.
ESP_021862_1175 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/eeWHUw
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
No, sorry, my bad. A photo of my ceiling slipped in there.
I mean, if you squint she does kinda look like a sofa...
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I mean, if you squint she does kinda look like a sofa...
This is the most meaningless thing I’ve ever read from him. “Testing on an equal basis” so no testing?
JUST IN: Trump says he has instructed the Department of Defense to start testing our nuclear weapons
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is the most meaningless thing I’ve ever read from him. “Testing on an equal basis” so no testing?
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Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
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This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Looking good in his Hugo Boss jacket.
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Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Looking good in his Hugo Boss jacket.
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The less said about the Milwaukee Brewer heretics the better.
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The less said about the Milwaukee Brewer heretics the better.
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Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.