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Well, thats a first, even my own camera caugh this Falcon 9 upperstage re-entry, also featuring my @satnogs.bsky.social antenna :)

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

This week at my fed job I was supposed to be attending an Incident Command System training about how to set up information centers during crises (like a volcanic eruption). That's been cancelled, including motel reservations and per diem for meals, which will take $$ away from small businesses. FML.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

We live in a time where "genius" and "specialization" are deemed of utmost importance. However, to understand any complex system like the Earth, you need to make connections across disciplines. This requires you to be intellectually curious, humble and honest www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Trump and Musk are taking a wrecking ball to the U.S. government. Their illegal, arbitrary, and mass federal worker cuts undermine essential services for the American people—right down to the most basic functions of government, to break it beyond repair.

submitted 3 days ago • 75 comments

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 3 days ago • 566 comments

"We are just moving people from low productivity roles in the government sector to higher productivity roles in the private sector. The net effect of that will be an increase in the output of useful goods and services which increases the standard of living of people." - an actual thing that guy

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Whew, what a week. I had this map for the Iditarod all ready to go, and then the race officials announced a new route with one day to spare before the story published. I had to rebuilt it basically from scratch. Always give yourself a buffer when downloading raster data, folks. You may need it. 1/3

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

In an Idaho mountain town, mass firings provoke a community backlash. U.S. Forest Service workers warn cuts could have unintended impacts. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social (w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org) - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYMKMuDp58

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Oblique aerial imagery available for all of Kentucky, at 3 inch (8 cm) resolution, and in the public domain: https://kyfromabove.ky.gov/pages/obliqueimagery

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently the gutting of the National Science Foundation is underway at the moment. "More to come." One can debate whether cuts are warranted, but the mindless, know-nothing fashion in which they are being carried out is inexcusable. This will damage US science for generations.

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

submitted 9 days ago • 30 comments

About 1,300 employees at CDC are expected to be fired by the Trump admin today, and more at NIH Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

"The country is less safe. These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, in a message.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

CW: #USpol They're cutting anyone they think they can get away with. They don't care what it does to anyone, in the short term or the long term. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-disease-detectives-doge-cuts-health-agencies/

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Why yes, I am in fact critical of combustion engines. It's about time we seriously move away from their dominance in transportation. And "AI" is too big and amorphous not to be skeptical of, whether or not you see value in some aspect of it. https://mstdn.social/@vruz/113998673985348447

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

CW: #USpol Alaska state legislature putting up more of a fight to renaming Denali than anyone has for the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=hjr4

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

"Chat with Joan of Arc’s AI", an apparently real thing advertised by a French tourist attraction. I am disappointed the the answer to "Bonjour Jeanne! How are you?" isn't "Not bad, considering that the English burned me at the stake 600 years ago."

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

CW: #uspol The McCarthy era was nothing compared to what's coming. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/federal-health-workers-terrified-dei-website-publishes-list-targets-rcna190711

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Nobody's even trying to create credible fake brand names on Amazon anymore.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Sentinel 2 false color NIR image of the #HughesFire at 10:44 am PST today, Jan 22. Calfire site lists the incident start time as 10:53 am.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Oooookay…

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

NASA's DEI page has indeed gone dark: https://www.nasa.gov/odeo/diversity-and-inclusion/

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Getting ready for a new phone, and looking at how much space apps take in my iCloud backup. By far the largest app by backup size is the NY Times app, at 1.3 GB. Astonishingly, it seems to back up its own cache to iCloud storage. What is the point of that? Why would I want anything backed up from

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

SkySat images of the #PalisadesFire yesterday, RGB and false color near infrared. https://pal.planet.com/portals/5j5nhp9z/GeneralLACountyFires

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Planet before & after satellite images of the Eaton fire in LA. Vegetation appears bright red in the false-color view. More data here: pal.planet.com/portals/5j5n...

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Wait, this is his actual zuck at threads dot net avatar? hahahaha, sigh. I've now blocked the domain. I don't follow anyone over there, but had occasionally seen boosts from Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I will not miss it.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

#PalisadesFire blowing up this afternoon as seen by #GOESWest

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Well, that wildfire escalated quickly. #PacificPalisades @nytimes.com live coverage: nyti.ms/3C02KJJ

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

🇺🇳Antartica Ross Sea There is a big powerful machine with crew working diligently to open the driveway to #McMurdo Station. 📸🛰#Sentinel-2 2025.01.07 Footage: CopernicusEU

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

This sure raises a lot of questions, beyond the eye-roll-inducing title. The hiring process for DOGE is apparently, "be a millionaire and call up some of your friends"? They are not an official government agency in any sense, but they are hiring already and spinning up fast? Are they paying

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment