youtu.be/kMGbGGllQoE?... I'm so glad people make art like this

Thanksgiving... Where we give thanks to the Chicxulub meteorite for freeing us of husbands of millennia of oppression by killing and roasting a dinosaur

"AI Chatbot, show me examples of psychological projection."

The literary and critical analysis nerd in me loved this youtu.be/6a8sARDI4VI?...

Traces Of Ancient Brine Discovered On Asteroid Bennu Contain Minerals Crucial To Life astrobiology.com/2025/01/trac... #Astrobiology #Astrochemistry #Astrogeology #Biochemistry @OSIRISREx

Life’s Building Blocks Discovered In Samples From Asteroid Bennu astrobiology.com/2025/01/life... #Astrobiology #Astrochemistry #Astrogeology #Biochemistry @OSIRISREx

Deleted, reposting to clarify: the NSF statement does not define "DEIA", I haven't used that term in the proposal for my current NSF project. I could guess what it means, but that's not my job. I would need to know what specific activities I'm not allowed to do before I change any plans.

JIRAM and JunoCam onboard Juno observed a volcanic eruption near Io's South Pole ("West Illyrikon"). The energy output by this eruption appears to exceed the previous largest observed eruption on Io at Surt in February 2001.

Yes! NASA pride pins are back! They've already reached their goal so this is definitely happening. You can support for $1, or get 50+ pins sent to you to distribute for >$60

Cool Europa Clipper ice sculpture at the JPL holiday party today!

One of my favorite pieces Still…. I like the “in progress” ones almost better. I feel like they lose some vitality when finished.

Today the beard is behaving as if I'd got one of my piercings hooked up to a Van de graaff generator ⚡⚡

This is fascinating! The notorious oddball nature of Uranus's magnetosphere, as observed by Voyager 2, might in fact be due to a solar wind phenomenon that only happens about 4% of the time! Days nearly 40 years old still making discoveries! Archive that sh*t! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/mining-...

Me hear goes out to my #JPL colleagues who were on the blunt end of the budget cut hammer (to mix a metaphor). I hope you all find rewarding forward paths that aren't too onerous.

Just spent three days in Berlin consulting on the VERITAS Venus mission. Not involved much since my new job at JPL takes up most of my time. But they enthusiastically asked for my participation and inputs as the project gets going again after standdown. Very happy to be of help. Go VERITAS!

Unsure yet if this means I will re-emerge from my self-imposed social media blackout... But I'm here now anyway!