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There is a maximum amount of time each day you're supposed to focus on the world's problems instead of your own, after which you have a legitimate need for therapy on your thought processes being self-destructive. At some point you have to stop scrubbing your hands you are bleeding into the sink.

This is seismic. Isaacman had clearly articulated a strong support for science, and the withdrawal of his nomination yet further imperils NASA's Science Mission Directorate. www.semafor.com/article/05/3...

Settle a discussion in the Riley household: What generation of warfare is it to introduce your niece to the Spice Girls' "Wannabe"?

As a boy growing up on a farm in Michigan Henry Ford was fascinated by the steam engines used in agricultural work. This spark shaped the modern world. If you want a new generation of industrial and scientific progress the only way is to get your tech in front of kids.

"Why are there all these hex wrenches on the stove?" "That is a good question" "That is not an answer" Breakfast time in a hardware household.

Me: why am I tired My body: because you are running on 2 hours of sleep Me: it's a mystery My body: ... for the second time this week Me: I guess we'll never know

A delightful piece from Hollis that is sure to interest anyone who thinks seriously about education and/or our future among the stars

Brought to you by *setting up a windows machine*

Slime mold enthusiasts are surprisingly good at finding each other

Always wonderful getting space industry folks together for an evening discussing humanity's future among the stars. If you're interested in joining us next time follow @stepsleaps.bsky.social

@stepsleaps.bsky.social Our SF chapter is back to monthly events and we have a wonderful one going on TONIGHT! Love space and are in the Bay Area? Come by! Partiful partiful.com/e/8MFp14WU7Y... Luma lu.ma/bdcezsn5

Periodically I'm asked to talk at a class at Stanford about space exploration and every time I walk away with emails from students looking for their start in something meaningful. Today is one of those days. Building something cool and need some great talent? DM me

If you love #space and are in SF stop by next week! #astronomy #astrophysics #science 🚀 partiful.com/e/8MFp14WU7Y...

Looking through the @thesiltverses.bsky.social Q&A transcript for the title of something I want to check out, I snorted at the unintentional tonal whiplash of this segue. I can’t even claim the comedic timing, it didn’t even register in the moment because that was *hand wave* all of it.

My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.

Last year my childhood home was gutted by fire. I've been helping my mother recover since then. One thing I learned is that many companies will take 3D scans of the aftermath of a fire. If your house was damaged & a 3D scan was taken then get it. Seriously. Get it. 1/2

My 2025 fitness goals when my gf mentions a desire to 'get into baking'

pressing "send" any time from dec 20th to jan 5th

"Listen- I know everyone says Die Hard is a Christmas movie but it really does have some adult themes... You really expect me to believe you're a gingerbread man and not just three gingerbread kids in a trench coat?"

Happy Christmazilla to those who celebrate

starbucks barista: order for cathy lou cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me

ok my mom's on bluesky now everyone be normal

I just tried to divide a Coke Zero between two glasses and the can exploded

millennials are the best generation bc we ate the perfect amount of microplastics

The Devil's Chair (P1) for Realm's podcast channel Undertow is OUT. BLISTERINGLY proud of this one. @finalrune.bsky.social let me go nuts with the script and organised a studio so I could lean into my theatrical experience. We recorded in *ONE* full run through! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We have done this for museums. The actual flaw in this plan is that what happens is the museum staff end up buying up all the little guys for their desks and families so the gift shop quickly runs out of stock.

Skeptic: Surely booty can’t be rocking *everywhere!* Theoretical Booty Scientist: If my calculations are correct, the entire universe is just a rocking booty! Skeptic: *monocle falls off his eye*

Devastation on the west coast tonight after today's tsunami

🔭🧪 Things that make me happy: This is the first image from Mars, taken July 1965. Why does it look like this? Because computers were slow and it was going to be hours before the computer processed it enough to make an image. The scientists and engineers were impatient. 1/5

A teacher tasked students to solve a problem at the school with 3D design and their Orchard printed the results!

Grinding on the dance floor for experience points

Entering my Dr. Frankenstein arc every time I find a 3D printer abandoned on the sidewalk in San Francisco.

[ gets death tarot card ] me: i've heard it's really not that bad blackjack dealer: idk seems kinda bad

More on the “Last Mile” idea, how to employ AI as intelligently as possible at the local level. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...

When your 'hello world' script works

At least once a week I think about the fact that neutron stars probably have a crust made of nuclear pasta

Maybe I've lived in warm places for too long but I was not prepared for winter in SF.

Anyone have news on the bluesky social audio features? I'd love a CH replacement and discord/X doesn't really fit the bill.

Same energy

#VEXAG - Areas of Venus that remain unmapped

Did not expect space motivation from our local dumpling spot but here we are. SF is a magical place.

Hey, folks. Just moved over from that OTHER platform. If you know me and follow me there, you know what to do.

I love seeing the first prints from another class trying out our machine for the first time

Just a reminder that we have 4 astro postdoc positions going this year at Chalmers. Happy to try and field questions if I can. 🇸🇪 🧪

My personal version of history is Dwight D Eisenhower becoming president and helping create the interstate highway system out of pure frustration over how long his cross country road trip took