Mike Tyka
@mtyka.bsky.social
#Climate, #science, #MachineLearning, #SciArt, #Biochemistry, #AI #Media #Art, #Sculpture, #GlassArt
Climate Researcher @Google
Prev: Protein Folding @UW with David Baker, PhD @Bristol
https://fediscience.org/@mtyka
https://www.miketyka.com
Climate Researcher @Google
Prev: Protein Folding @UW with David Baker, PhD @Bristol
https://fediscience.org/@mtyka
https://www.miketyka.com
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Mike Tyka
@mtyka.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Negative Emission Enabled by Combining Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Waste Concrete Upcycling
Electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a promising technology for negative carbon emissions, but the resulting dilute acid stream poses a disposal challenge. This study presents an inno...
pubs.acs.org
Our new paper is out: We're exploring the intersection of electrochemical OAE and concrete waste recycling - turns out they're a match made in heaven. One produces weak waste acid and the other requires weak acid to valorize demolition waste!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Merry Christmas to all. defector.com/what-did-we-...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
defector.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Merry Christmas to all. defector.com/what-did-we-...
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This cosmic butterfly is IRAS 23077+6707, the largest planet-forming disc seen around a young star yet!
Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This cosmic butterfly is IRAS 23077+6707, the largest planet-forming disc seen around a young star yet!
Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
🔭
Hubble has revealed it to be an unusually chaotic specimen, with wisps of material flying far beyond the disc 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led a path of gutting and destruction of public, global health, and medical research resources, among others.
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led a path of gutting and destruction of public, global health, and medical research resources, among others.
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How much did it save in federal spending?
Nothing...it led to an increase
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Holy fuck
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Holy fuck
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"Sind Sie verrückt? Sie bohren ein Loch ins Schiff?" schrie er.
"Kein Problem, ich werde im Helikopter abgeholt", erwiderte der Kapitän. "Helfen Sie mir, dann lasse ich Sie an der Rettungsboot-Verlosung teilnehmen!"
Und so half er bohren, denn wer würde sich die Chance auf Rettung entgehen lassen?
"Kein Problem, ich werde im Helikopter abgeholt", erwiderte der Kapitän. "Helfen Sie mir, dann lasse ich Sie an der Rettungsboot-Verlosung teilnehmen!"
Und so half er bohren, denn wer würde sich die Chance auf Rettung entgehen lassen?
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Sind Sie verrückt? Sie bohren ein Loch ins Schiff?" schrie er.
"Kein Problem, ich werde im Helikopter abgeholt", erwiderte der Kapitän. "Helfen Sie mir, dann lasse ich Sie an der Rettungsboot-Verlosung teilnehmen!"
Und so half er bohren, denn wer würde sich die Chance auf Rettung entgehen lassen?
"Kein Problem, ich werde im Helikopter abgeholt", erwiderte der Kapitän. "Helfen Sie mir, dann lasse ich Sie an der Rettungsboot-Verlosung teilnehmen!"
Und so half er bohren, denn wer würde sich die Chance auf Rettung entgehen lassen?
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Sand grains with central holes in them can be found in this image by Perseverance Rover on Mars. Grainsize most likely 3mm. 2nd img Earth: concretions from cyanobacteria. 3rd img Earth: eroded corals. 📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... and geo.mtu.edu/KeweenawGeoh... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sand grains with central holes in them can be found in this image by Perseverance Rover on Mars. Grainsize most likely 3mm. 2nd img Earth: concretions from cyanobacteria. 3rd img Earth: eroded corals. 📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... and geo.mtu.edu/KeweenawGeoh... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand
Almost done, i'm in the _ver3_final_FINAL2 stage of this paper..
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Almost done, i'm in the _ver3_final_FINAL2 stage of this paper..
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
In case someone's trying to convince you of data centers in space: taranis.ie/datacenters-...
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In case someone's trying to convince you of data centers in space: taranis.ie/datacenters-...
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The protein concentration in the cytoplasm is so high that the average protein has a water hydration shell with a thickness of only ≈ 10 water molecules separating it from the adjacent protein hydration shell.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The protein concentration in the cytoplasm is so high that the average protein has a water hydration shell with a thickness of only ≈ 10 water molecules separating it from the adjacent protein hydration shell.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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🦇 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Lynds Dark Nebula 43, a.k.a. the Cosmic Bat nebula
Credit: Team Ciel Austral www.cielaustral.com
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
Lynds Dark Nebula 43, a.k.a. the Cosmic Bat nebula
Credit: Team Ciel Austral www.cielaustral.com
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🦇 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Lynds Dark Nebula 43, a.k.a. the Cosmic Bat nebula
Credit: Team Ciel Austral www.cielaustral.com
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
Lynds Dark Nebula 43, a.k.a. the Cosmic Bat nebula
Credit: Team Ciel Austral www.cielaustral.com
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
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INTERNATIONAL #ROSETTA MISSION
Comet 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO
7 Feb 2016
Distance to target: 47.5km
OSIRIS NAC 50x orange + blue filters.
ESA/ROSETTA/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger
Comet 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO
7 Feb 2016
Distance to target: 47.5km
OSIRIS NAC 50x orange + blue filters.
ESA/ROSETTA/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
INTERNATIONAL #ROSETTA MISSION
Comet 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO
7 Feb 2016
Distance to target: 47.5km
OSIRIS NAC 50x orange + blue filters.
ESA/ROSETTA/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger
Comet 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO
7 Feb 2016
Distance to target: 47.5km
OSIRIS NAC 50x orange + blue filters.
ESA/ROSETTA/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
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they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
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Does ocean model resolution change how fast CO₂ equilibrates with the air?
In our new study with @bachlennart.bsky.social and @mtyka.bsky.social, we found small resolution effects but large inter-model spreads —highlighting the next goal for improving mCDR predictions. link: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
In our new study with @bachlennart.bsky.social and @mtyka.bsky.social, we found small resolution effects but large inter-model spreads —highlighting the next goal for improving mCDR predictions. link: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Does ocean model resolution change how fast CO₂ equilibrates with the air?
In our new study with @bachlennart.bsky.social and @mtyka.bsky.social, we found small resolution effects but large inter-model spreads —highlighting the next goal for improving mCDR predictions. link: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
In our new study with @bachlennart.bsky.social and @mtyka.bsky.social, we found small resolution effects but large inter-model spreads —highlighting the next goal for improving mCDR predictions. link: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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I feel like this might be a clue to our current problems. We don't read anymore.
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I feel like this might be a clue to our current problems. We don't read anymore.
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The great Andrew Zimmern: "Eliminating PFAS in cookware would reduce the spread of contamination, protect future generations and, as a bonus, allow us to rediscover how to actually cook." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The great Andrew Zimmern: "Eliminating PFAS in cookware would reduce the spread of contamination, protect future generations and, as a bonus, allow us to rediscover how to actually cook." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.