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Geophysicist at lab in Pasadena, California. Statements and opinions posted by me are my own and not those of my employer. he/him. Header image is […]
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@kim_harding In the USA, the large interstate highway system was first called the “defense highway system” in the 1950’s at the height of the Cold War. The design standards of the Interstate system were based on the needs to move military forces across the country, but this also led to a huge […]
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@GottaLaff Par for the Trump Administration, though.
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@sundogplanets That grass is growing fast! Thanks for the relaxing photos.
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@Nonya_Bidniss I am most worried about Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and one of the primary authors of Project 2025.
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@camless There are fires in several provinces, including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The Guardian has more details.
#fires #canada https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality
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@sundogplanets Oh no! Canada is not supposed to burn. I hope it doesn’t get too close.
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@erininthemorning.com Isn’t Peter Theil married to a man? How does that fit into this narrative?
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Here is a photo of one of the NISAR banners now flying around JPL, a sign that the launch is approaching. #NISAR #NASA #ISRO #SAR
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@bruces Where is AWS?
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@technodad @ai6yr I don't know what the situation is at NWS Sacramento, but it is one of the offices where they now do not have enough staff to operate 24/7 and basically close at night, according to a WashPost article today. This could be a separate issue from the system upgrade or could be […]
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@technodad @ai6yr Seems like May is a good time to upgrade the NWS office in Sacramento. Past the rainy season and before most of the extreme summer heat.
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@sundogplanets I didn’t know that the high-pressure ridge went all the way up to Saskatchewan. We had 36 C in SoCal Saturday, which is hot but not much more than you had. Then it dropped to a high of 23 C yesterday when the ridge moved east.
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@GottaLaff Apparently, folks living in California are setting up front companies in Montana to buy Bentley, Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and similar cars to avoid the 10.5% California sales tax. They don’t want to pay any taxes or tariffs.
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@johncarlosbaez @nyrath They should be able to bounce a lot more radio waves off of the 4-5 Starlink satellites re-entering the atmosphere and burning up, since they are bigger than most meteors.
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@sundogplanets Yes, I remember Rose on the former bird site. So sad that she was erased and fired by NASA.
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@sundogplanets How do they fold their legs?
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https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3lostcdm6qk2v
The probe is down, probably in the ocean.
Also there is no way I'm going to be able to answer all the questions that people have posted in this thread while I was asleep haha...yikes. Glad to see people are interested! I"ll try […]
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@noupside.bsky.social Is that “investigating” or “implementing”? Might be a spelling mistake.