I think it's time for the Ds to stop acting like old-school George McFly: "Now, Biff...". When did Biff finally understand? When George punched him in the f**king face.

Celestron NexStar 8se + Nikon D5000 + Crescent Moon.

Things that should not be run like businesses: universities, hospitals, and government. Things that should be run like businesses: businesses. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

The lack of Artemis goodness in the timeline to offset the crazy is unfortunately very noticeable this week. 😐

Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones

Amen. It’s been a joy watching their professionalism and enthusiasm.

The Artemis II mission seems good because it is. People seem excited by it because they are. It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding. One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.

enjoying the artemis ii updates because it's nice to be living through a positive historical event for a change

You know when there’s only like 15 pages left in a book and nothing’s been solved and you get that weird closure anxiety like “okay there’s no way any of this is gonna be wrapped up in a way that makes any sense to me”…that’s what everything feels like all the time now

some ways to generate electricity A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons B) use sunlight to make electrons

A super fun time at Fenway today to see UConn get a bowl win!

Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving

@mikemcmahan.bsky.social All I can say is thanks. The best Trek of the modern era. I will miss it, but a great send-off.

Let's see if we can rebuild a professional academic network over here! Excited over the new Engineering Education PhD program we've developed! Give a follow if you are interested in Engineering Ed!

I will never stop being aghast that the United States built a higher education system that was literally the envy of the entire world—our bitterest political enemies nonetheless sent their children to us to be educated, it was so good—& then just decided to systematically, ruthlessly dismantle it

Professors. You can procrastinate on grading by writing reference letters, you can procrastinate on reference letters with admin and procrastinate on admin with grading. Follow me for more productivity tips!

Taylor Tomlinson @ The Bushnell!

I've missed Twitter; Bluesky seems to have hit critical mass, so maybe I'll start spending some more time here!

Seems like more and more of my former twitter folks are ending up here. Nice. After today's Muskian pronouncement of potentially charging all users, I hope he does as that will finally drive me from there completely...

Well, I think I'm finally done with Twitter/X. I hope one of these new sites catches on...LOL