Alejandro Soto
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Planetary scientist and aerospace engineer. He/him.
https://www.alejandrosoto.net
I know nothing about this project, but I love the acronym: HOBI-WAN Looks like it's about food production for astronauts in space.
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
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Protein Out of Thin Air: ESAâs pilot project HOBI-WAN launched
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Protein_Out_of_Thin_Air_ESA_s_pilot_project_HOBI-WAN_launched
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Hereâs some science news for your Friday morning. Our office
#FridayScienceDiscussion
started with people sharing inages from the aurora we saw this week. A rare sight in Colorado. And beautiful (search Bluesky for examples).
#planetaryscience
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Hey
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peeps! Come to Denver to talk about exoplanet atmospheres! Denver's great and so are atmospheres.
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AASTCS 11: Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 | American Astronomical Society
AASTCS 11: Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will be held from 16-20 March 2026 in Denver, Colorado.
https://aas.org/meetings/exoplanet_atmospheres
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David Ho
6 days ago
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab thatâs been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/11/tsunami-warning-center-trump-funding-cuts/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYyODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MjE5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk4NzdjN2ExLTRhMmUtNDdjYi04M2Q2LTUwNGI4Zjk1ZTZiNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMTEvMTEvdHN1bmFtaS13YXJuaW5nLWNlbnRlci10cnVtcC1mdW5kaW5nLWN1dHMvIn0.AdH-y4BLvreuNv6kGWNjdo7-Jj2X4CSudIObguYdRIY
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Science in America is such a mess right now. I just watched an amazing talk about exoplanet demographics. One take away? That the Roman telescope will be able to answer many questions about exoplanets. Speaker: "That's if Roman flies." It shouldn't be "if Roman flies", but here we are.
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7 days ago
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That's cool!!
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Tom Iwanicki
7 days ago
In our last thread, we left the jelly-enjoyers of Bluesky with a cliff hanger ending, in what one eager onlooker described as soap opera science đ ... wait no more, we are back! Grab your popcorn shrimp and come with us on a journey spanning more than...
bsky.app/profile/iwan...
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Wow. This is a lovely science thread on something I knew nothing about. Even more interesting things to look for when I am at the beach. đ§Ș
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Not is it only a beautiful roast of Musk, by Oates, but her post is also an excellent use of semicolons. I love it.
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Solomon
9 days ago
www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The foreclosures could send neighborhoods spiraling and make Baltimore Americaâs next great housing crisis.
https://www.thebanner.com/community/housing/baltimore-housing-foreclosure-dscr-HFPWHAWCY5HRLPR2VZSUAQWW24/
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Solomon
10 days ago
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Finally knowing where the name came from checks off one of my bucket list items. <phew!>
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10 days ago
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Skylar Grayson
13 days ago
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So whereâs the evidence? đđ§Ș
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Dammit we are gamifying and AI-ifying everything. And we are losing the point. Yes, some meetings have a point, but getting your thoughts in the AI notes arenât the point, I am sure.
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
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AI Summarization Optimization - Schneier on Security
These days, the most important meeting attendee isnât a person: Itâs the AI notetaker. This system assigns action items and determines the importance of what is said. If it becomes necessary to revisi...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/ai-summarization-optimization.html
13 days ago
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I love these feats of construction. The means of building this telescope is amazing, as amazing as the things that this telescope will discover.
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For anyone thinking any of her claims are valid, all of these claims were covered by
@philplait.bsky.social
years ago. Check out the explanations at:
www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxap...
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18 days ago
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An amazing thread about fighting hunger and corruption.
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Ceryl
18 days ago
Marion McQuillan
#WWII
worked @ Royal Aircraft Establishment
#Farnborough
, 1956 published seminal book âTitaniumâ. 1960s reg'd 8 titanium alloy patents. 1st woman MD @ Imperial Metal Industries. Won Rosenhain Medal 1965 VP Institute of Metals 1967 b.
#OTD
30 Oct 1921
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_...
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Nautilus Magazine
19 days ago
The âHurricane Huntersâ crew from the United States Air Force captured a haunting illusion at the center of Hurricane Melissaâa key feature of particularly powerful hurricanes. Learn how it forms:
nautil.us/how-this-hau...
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How This Haunting Hurricane Illusion Forms
How This Haunting Hurricane Illusion Forms: Powerful storms like Hurricane Melissa foment an odd phenomenon called the âstadium effectâ at their centers
https://nautil.us/how-this-haunting-hurricane-illusion-forms-1244765/
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Among other things, this article does a great job of pointing out the many ways that SpaceX depended on prior and current government and research investment. Plus, it mentions Delta Clipper, which I am often harping about.
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I don't really know what the right answer is for patents, but with this administration my gut says that what they are trying to do is bad for both research and the nation.
www.aip.org/fyi/commerce...
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Commerce Moves to Take Cut of Research Patents
The agency has opened the possibility in a recent funding announcement and threatened to take control of Harvardâs patents.
https://www.aip.org/fyi/commerce-moves-to-take-cut-of-research-patents
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This was a really cool way to highlight the images of the moon taken by the Apollo astronauts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And I learned a few unexpected facts: "During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin."
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How NASAâs Lunar Photography Brought the Heavens Down to Earth
No explorers ever traveled farther from home than the Apollo astronauts. As artists, theyâre still underrated.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/24/arts/moon-photos-apollo-nasa.html
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I worry about the environmental impacts of lunar activity on the Moon itself, but there are also impacts on the Earth. The best time to deal with this is right now, before any damage is locked int (Too bad this article is behind a paywall.)
#planetsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The environmental burden of building on the Moon - Nature Astronomy
Lunar construction is advancing rapidly, yet its environmental implications on Earth remain largely overlooked. Emissions, material scarcity, and supply chain impacts associated with lunar development...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02680-x?utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41550_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-251018&utm_content=20251018
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The Chinese found meteoritic dust on the far side of the moon and its composition argues that more water-rich asteroids may have hit the Earth early on than previously expected. Cool! I'm not an expert, but it seems to warrant more lunar far side sampling.
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Dust from far side of the moon could reveal more about origin of water in our solar system
Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-side-moon-reveal-solar.html
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Hey planetary scientists! Who could xkcd be talking about for the "path of ruin"? ;-)
xkcd.com/3155
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Physics Paths
https://xkcd.com/3155
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So many people predicted these failures in weather forecasting due to the budget and personnel cuts. It's a tragedy that these predictions have to be proved in such a destructive way.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
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Lack of weather data due to Trumpâs budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN
The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administrationâ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/weather/alaska-storm-weather-balloons-trump-cuts-nws-climate
27 days ago
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Th Democrats need to hire this ad team.
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27 days ago
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Senator Ron Wyden
28 days ago
New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.
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Apparently, I am the only person who pronounces JSON like the name Jason, instead of "Jay-son" with a pause between syllables. I can't really explain it, but it never sounds like the name Jason, which is what I always say. Mostly, I am just happy that no one spells out the acronym.
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As an American and a Dartmouth alum, I am happy to see that Dartmouth has rejected the so-called "compact" with the Trump administration. I hope none of the universities accept it.
president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...
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Dartmouth's Feedback on the Compact | Office of the President
https://president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10/dartmouths-feedback-compact
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What did we discuss in the weekly Friday Science Discussion at the office? Lot's of fun stuff. Let's go through some of them. 1/7
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So many great ways to observe the interstellar comet. It's tricky to see in this movie, but it's there. As the comet gets closer to the Sun, PUNCH, a solar corona imager, will make daily observations. As the PUNCH data pipeline gets better (it's a new mission) this data will improve. đ§Ș
#planetsci
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My dad introduced me to the Moody Blues a long time ago. I have always loved their music (still angry that I lost the vinyls). Sorry to hear of the Lodge's passing. I have "Days of Future Passed" playing right now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...
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John Lodge, Moody Blues Singer and Bassist, Dies at 82
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/arts/music/john-lodge-dead-moody-blues.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Go home Merriam-Webster, youâre drunk. Itâs PRY-MER for both.
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I had never heard of Mary Golda Ross before, but I am glad that I now have. She sounds amazing.
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease. There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done." 1/đ§”
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My main reason for disliking self-driving cars is not safety. My concern is that self-driving cars will lead to a robo-taxis only world, where you can't buy a car and thus people's ability to freely move will be limited by corporations. Limited robo-taxi availability in rural areas etc.
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Karla Ortiz
about 2 months ago
This , this, 1000% this! GenAi companies, wether they be OpenAi, Meta, Google and so on, are absolutely out of control. However, WE have so much power in our hands if we just pay attention, call, send letters, and vote! Yes, even in this messed up era.
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Colette Delawalla
about 2 months ago
Alright. Odds are pointing to an ugly shutdown showdown. Hereâs what you can do: 1. If you are a fed and got THAT email, file a Hatch Act complaint. 2. RED CONGRESS PPL: call, email, visit. Tell them to stand by their constituents. 3. BLUE MEMBERS: call and thank them, tell them to hold firm!
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Mike Nellis
about 2 months ago
Trump and the Republicans are shutting down the government because they want to increase your health insurance premiums by 75%.
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This from the man who invented modern day government shutdowns. "Gingrich led a revolt that defeated the initial appropriations package and led to the 1990 United States federal government shutdown." That wasn't the only one he helped lead. Another in 1995-1996.
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about 2 months ago
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Forget the fancy genomic research, I just want his digital blackboard. Sweet looking.
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about 2 months ago
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Trump: âThatâs a war too. Itâs a war from within.â He continued, âWe should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.â Sure sounds like treason to be threatening the American people. Certainly sounds like an impeachable offense.
theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...
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Trump and Hegseth Gathered U.S. Military Leaders for an âEmbarrassingâ Rant
Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the militaryâs top officers to listen to meandering tirades.
https://theintercept.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-generals-admirals-military-meeting/
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Asha Rangappa
about 2 months ago
Love this thread. I also wrote on my Substack this week about fearlessness, quoting
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
âs interview earlier this week on
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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George Takei
about 2 months ago
Listen to someone who has been through it under Putin.
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These seems horrible. And deserves more attention (amidst videos of ICE assaults, etc.).
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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Trumpâs NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism âIndicatorsâ
New directive targets âanti-Christian,â âanti-American,â and âanti-capitalismâ opinions
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs
about 2 months ago
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This is a bad idea. External review of regulations has to be a better way for flier safety. Certificate Boeingâs track record is untrustworthy.
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about 2 months ago
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I liked it better when we called these mini-moons. (This isnât important in any way, but itâs the level of energy I have right now.)
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Here's an interesting look into the Nobel Physics Prize nominating process up to the early 1970's. It's a reminder that it's never only been about the science. And that the human factors in science arise especially in recognition of work. đ§Ș
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How Nobel favorites have fared
Over the first six and a half decades, the leading vote-getters received the award that same year less than half the time.
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/31557
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