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Chris Schaller
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Software Developer, Planetary Image Research Lab, UArizona LPL - MRO/HiRISE & TGO/CaSSIS GDS - he/him/his.
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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asteroiddave.bsky.social
Here is an updated version, to be fair.
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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asteroiddave.bsky.social
For the folks that are still struggling with this. Here is a Venn Diagram.
#3I/Atlas #3I 🔭
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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astrowright.bsky.social
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.

Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
hicommander.bsky.social
This checks out.
windowseat.bsky.social Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 3d
Lake Superior is my favorite lake for a lot of reasons but it's also terrifying.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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dryad.technology
Edited scan of an iconic IBM document: "A computer can never be held accountable Therefore a computer must make all management decisions"
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
The full report on this alleged food crime, now posted at ye olde blogge:
In Which I Eat The Food Crime Known As Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese
You may have heard the news — and if not, you may have felt it in your bones, a paroxysm of worry squirming in your marrow like worms — that Kraft put out an apple pie mac and cheese. A…
terribleminds.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bowlerhatscience.org
It me! My story! I dun writ it! 🧪🔭
eos.org Eos @eos.org · 3d
Some asteroids spin smoothly. Others tumble chaotically. Understanding their differences could help us learn more about asteroid history and improve planetary defense measures.
What Tumbling Asteroids Tell Us About Their Innards - Eos
Data from the Gaia space observatory reveal that many slowly spinning asteroids rotate chaotically. A new theory links that chaos to their inner structure and history.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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aubade.itch.io
the zohran meme generator, but changed to be some C code, entering the main function and starting a for loop.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
hicommander.bsky.social
Oh dang, this is cool!
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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serpenillus.bsky.social
IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!

I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet

youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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michael-w-busch.bsky.social
It is a very interesting dot.

(For comparison: HiRIC on Tianwen-1 has about 0.8x the aperture of HiRISE on MRO.)
andrewjonesspace.bsky.social Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social · 7d
Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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aprilglick.bsky.social
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
A NEW ERA for NEW YORK CITY TRANSITION CO-CHAIR Lina Khan
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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angus.bsky.social
The goal of organizing is not to convince your opponent. The goal of organizing is to defeat your opponent.
jambifixer.bsky.social Jamie Pritchett @jambifixer.bsky.social · Feb 14
It’s going to take a lot of stories for MAGAS to believe anything outside their dogma.
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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mcpli.bsky.social
Also a surprise upset in St Paul, Minnesota as Kaohly Her, who came to the United States at age 4, becomes the city’s first Hmong (and first Asian) mayor.

www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
Kaohly Her wins historic election, will be St. Paul’s first Hmong mayor
Her, who entered the race in August, defeated her former boss Mayor Melvin Carter in his bid for a third term.
www.startribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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elienyc.bsky.social
Dems in ARRAY
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
hicommander.bsky.social
My exoplanets prof threw out a little Space 1999 reference today just for me, and I appreciate it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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caseydreier.bsky.social
Here is the link to the GitHub repository: github.com/planetary-so...
GitHub - planetary-society/usaspending-orm: An object-relational mapper library to simplify access to the USASpending API
An object-relational mapper library to simplify access to the USASpending API - planetary-society/usaspending-orm
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November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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caseydreier.bsky.social
I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.

Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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uahirise.bsky.social
HiPOD: Springtime on a Polar Cliff

In this image we can see many dark streaks extending down the slope, but no sign yet of larger avalanches that were common in past years.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_068674_2640
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #science #NASA
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
A very good point - the right to refuse to use genAI must be enshrined as a principle of academic ethics
miriamposner.com Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 12d
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
• Professors should never put a student's words or work into an AI software without their consent. • Professors should also be transparent about their Al usage with grading, curriculum building, and any other way they might use it in their teaching. • If a professor does use Al chatbots in the classroom, they should explain their reasoning behind this decision and how its usage will help students meet learning outcomes. • Professors should additionally respect a student's choice to refuse Al. To do this, it would be ideal that they have assignments that students can choose from that do
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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miriamposner.com
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
• Professors should never put a student's words or work into an AI software without their consent. • Professors should also be transparent about their Al usage with grading, curriculum building, and any other way they might use it in their teaching. • If a professor does use Al chatbots in the classroom, they should explain their reasoning behind this decision and how its usage will help students meet learning outcomes. • Professors should additionally respect a student's choice to refuse Al. To do this, it would be ideal that they have assignments that students can choose from that do
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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mlandis.bsky.social
I’m looking for a post doc! Come join us at ASU! apply.interfolio.com/176300
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM