Tony M.
@macijauskas.bsky.social
European. Background in astro/physics. Shortwave radio listening enthusiast. Scientific data visualization enjoyer. Skeptic. New Fujifilm camera owner with little (no) spare time to shoot. Etc.
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No, it's not going to sort out somehow. Where's opposition in US? Both in politics and on streets. How this is not the time for mass protests? Miilion people in every major US city.
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
No, it's not going to sort out somehow. Where's opposition in US? Both in politics and on streets. How this is not the time for mass protests? Miilion people in every major US city.
Yes, yes and yes. I dumbfounded how there's no 10,000,0000 strong protest against dear leader, raging for weeks, day after day. Or crowdfunded $100M bounty for anyone... And I'm not even joking. That's how bad it is.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Yes, yes and yes. I dumbfounded how there's no 10,000,0000 strong protest against dear leader, raging for weeks, day after day. Or crowdfunded $100M bounty for anyone... And I'm not even joking. That's how bad it is.
Same thought. He's in full chaos mode since at least 2020
January 11, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Same thought. He's in full chaos mode since at least 2020
Speaking of "Grok said" 🙃
January 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Speaking of "Grok said" 🙃
Image of tardigrade is also a stack of 10 images - just to get everything in focus. But it can be done in 5 minutes, editing included. And only if you want sharpest image possible.
And you can film stuff!
And you can film stuff!
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Image of tardigrade is also a stack of 10 images - just to get everything in focus. But it can be done in 5 minutes, editing included. And only if you want sharpest image possible.
And you can film stuff!
And you can film stuff!
Holiday season is coming! If you want to start a hobby or encourage your kid to explore - get a microscope.
Astronomy is cool, but fidly, consumes time and money. These are stacks of 10 images with 135 mm lens under urban sky. Not much. Have to have regular access to a dark location.
Astronomy is cool, but fidly, consumes time and money. These are stacks of 10 images with 135 mm lens under urban sky. Not much. Have to have regular access to a dark location.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holiday season is coming! If you want to start a hobby or encourage your kid to explore - get a microscope.
Astronomy is cool, but fidly, consumes time and money. These are stacks of 10 images with 135 mm lens under urban sky. Not much. Have to have regular access to a dark location.
Astronomy is cool, but fidly, consumes time and money. These are stacks of 10 images with 135 mm lens under urban sky. Not much. Have to have regular access to a dark location.
People said that I'm harsh after New Glenn launch.
Yet, catastrophic failure during simple test without fire.
Yet, catastrophic failure during simple test without fire.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
People said that I'm harsh after New Glenn launch.
Yet, catastrophic failure during simple test without fire.
Yet, catastrophic failure during simple test without fire.
Don't take that too seriously :) However, Starship with multiple launches, all suborbital, with no useful payloads, and long way before becoming practical LEO/MEO/GEO launcher - steals all the attention, while other rockects, developed in similar timeframe - doing stuff from the day 1.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Don't take that too seriously :) However, Starship with multiple launches, all suborbital, with no useful payloads, and long way before becoming practical LEO/MEO/GEO launcher - steals all the attention, while other rockects, developed in similar timeframe - doing stuff from the day 1.
P. S. Not that US-designed rockets in the past were made by NASA themselves from the ground up, or not that I'm a huge fan of Bezos either.
Still, funny.
Still, funny.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
P. S. Not that US-designed rockets in the past were made by NASA themselves from the ground up, or not that I'm a huge fan of Bezos either.
Still, funny.
Still, funny.
Getting to orbit at first would nice, they're not at all in a hurry to reach the Moon like they have NASA contract to do so. Oh wait...
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Getting to orbit at first would nice, they're not at all in a hurry to reach the Moon like they have NASA contract to do so. Oh wait...
Very human-like hands, BTW. Which means that they're likely not functional at all.
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Very human-like hands, BTW. Which means that they're likely not functional at all.
At first - tested with my own map (boundaries of tectonic plates, created with QGIS some time ago). My script not only can re-project map-like data in ortho projection, but also move from point to point in n number of frames.
And for this - scraped ~100 GB of data from NASA SVS. Awesome resource.
And for this - scraped ~100 GB of data from NASA SVS. Awesome resource.
July 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
At first - tested with my own map (boundaries of tectonic plates, created with QGIS some time ago). My script not only can re-project map-like data in ortho projection, but also move from point to point in n number of frames.
And for this - scraped ~100 GB of data from NASA SVS. Awesome resource.
And for this - scraped ~100 GB of data from NASA SVS. Awesome resource.
These are "wounded and killed", so number of killed is much lower (300-400k or so). But still, it seems that it's going to be 1M killed eventually.
July 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
These are "wounded and killed", so number of killed is much lower (300-400k or so). But still, it seems that it's going to be 1M killed eventually.
If possible - please add original .fits files next to press releases. It would be greatly appreciated by educators, teachers and lecturers.
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If possible - please add original .fits files next to press releases. It would be greatly appreciated by educators, teachers and lecturers.