Grigory Heaton
@g-heaton.bsky.social
Physics grad student @ Caltech working on cosmic infrared background research. I mainly post about wildlife/nature photography and birding here | Pasadena, California | All photos are my own! (I will block anyone who uses gen AI images and you should too)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker evidence:
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ivory-billed Woodpecker evidence:
techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/l...
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids | TechCrunch
The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," such as "black people are dumber than white people."
techcrunch.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/l...
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
Very rare Bar-tailed Godwit at the Ballona saltmarsh near the LAX airport! This is the first one in southern california since I started birding, and they typically cross the entire Pacific from Russia to Australia and NZ in one shot. This one instead encountered an Accidentes billboard 🪶
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very rare Bar-tailed Godwit at the Ballona saltmarsh near the LAX airport! This is the first one in southern california since I started birding, and they typically cross the entire Pacific from Russia to Australia and NZ in one shot. This one instead encountered an Accidentes billboard 🪶
Very nice, I got to visit there for the first time in June
August 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Very nice, I got to visit there for the first time in June
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The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
...technically, there is a small (and possibly extinct) population of this species on the mainland on the Palos Verdes peninsula, but the overwhelming majority are only on the island
July 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
...technically, there is a small (and possibly extinct) population of this species on the mainland on the Palos Verdes peninsula, but the overwhelming majority are only on the island
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
First Milky Way photo of the season! Northern tip of Catalina Island, offshore from Los Angeles 📷🔭
July 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
First Milky Way photo of the season! Northern tip of Catalina Island, offshore from Los Angeles 📷🔭
Ffs my film lab uses this for all of the scans...
I honestly feel like it's a bit hopeless at this point to try and avoid AI scrapers tbh
I honestly feel like it's a bit hopeless at this point to try and avoid AI scrapers tbh
July 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ffs my film lab uses this for all of the scans...
I honestly feel like it's a bit hopeless at this point to try and avoid AI scrapers tbh
I honestly feel like it's a bit hopeless at this point to try and avoid AI scrapers tbh
Giving you the benefit of the doubt since you apparently didn't know and not blocking you, but this is obvious AI and perhaps it's a hopeless fight at this point but don't encourage the use of AI images
July 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Giving you the benefit of the doubt since you apparently didn't know and not blocking you, but this is obvious AI and perhaps it's a hopeless fight at this point but don't encourage the use of AI images
URGENT
July 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
URGENT
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ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
Reposted by Grigory Heaton
July 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
Amazing! I'm super jealous, are the Waikamoi volunteer-led hikes that were open to the public ever going to start back up?
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Amazing! I'm super jealous, are the Waikamoi volunteer-led hikes that were open to the public ever going to start back up?
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This season, the Palos Verdes Peninsula saw two successful Peregrine Falcon nests, each producing three fledglings. Awesome to see this species thriving here!
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
July 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This season, the Palos Verdes Peninsula saw two successful Peregrine Falcon nests, each producing three fledglings. Awesome to see this species thriving here!
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
I also accidentally re-lived my 2019 July 5th experience by driving to Malibu and finding it insanely packed with no parking (I was at home during the earthquake though)
July 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I also accidentally re-lived my 2019 July 5th experience by driving to Malibu and finding it insanely packed with no parking (I was at home during the earthquake though)
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Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
I absolutely love this book, I hope the movie does it justice
June 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I absolutely love this book, I hope the movie does it justice
I've started intentionally saying seagull again and sometimes even Canadian goose to make a point that correct common names are just the names people use
June 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've started intentionally saying seagull again and sometimes even Canadian goose to make a point that correct common names are just the names people use
Great Blue Heron with a bad hair day 🪶
June 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Great Blue Heron with a bad hair day 🪶