Riding With Robots
@ridingrobots.bsky.social
Robotic solar system exploration, night sky photography, exasperating earnestness. My day job is impersonating some of your favorite planets and spacecraft on social media for one of your favorite government agencies. Opinions here are my own.
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the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
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It doesn’t matter whether or not it will succeed in the House. They should be doing it. They should do it and they should keep doing it over and over. It’s right and necessary to clearly say “this is what should be happening and if this was a functioning rational country it would be”
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It doesn’t matter whether or not it will succeed in the House. They should be doing it. They should do it and they should keep doing it over and over. It’s right and necessary to clearly say “this is what should be happening and if this was a functioning rational country it would be”
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All of them. Trump, Vance, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth. They should all be impeached and removed from office.
To @housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
All of them. Trump, Vance, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth. They should all be impeached and removed from office.
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This is the absolute baseline.
And not just "will vote for impeachment if it happens", but actively, proactively call for it now.
And not just "will vote for impeachment if it happens", but actively, proactively call for it now.
Any D who doesn't push for impeachment should get primaried. This is it. No excuses. No more.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is the absolute baseline.
And not just "will vote for impeachment if it happens", but actively, proactively call for it now.
And not just "will vote for impeachment if it happens", but actively, proactively call for it now.
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Democrats' stance since J6 should have been total non-cooperation with Republicans until they go back to following the Constitution. Has only gotten worse since then.
Legal formalism and demands for bipartisanship are completely at odds with correctly noting Trump's threat to democracy.
Legal formalism and demands for bipartisanship are completely at odds with correctly noting Trump's threat to democracy.
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Democrats' stance since J6 should have been total non-cooperation with Republicans until they go back to following the Constitution. Has only gotten worse since then.
Legal formalism and demands for bipartisanship are completely at odds with correctly noting Trump's threat to democracy.
Legal formalism and demands for bipartisanship are completely at odds with correctly noting Trump's threat to democracy.
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Ms. Abughazaleh is running for Congress. I'm waiting for every Democrat in the House and Senate to say this very thing. And even just one goddamned Republican.
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Ms. Abughazaleh is running for Congress. I'm waiting for every Democrat in the House and Senate to say this very thing. And even just one goddamned Republican.
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This.
My heart goes out to military families this morning. Many will be fearful for their loved ones as we head into a takeover of a sovereign nation with a lunatic at the helm, being propped up (literally) by a bunch of white men drunk on their own power, each fighting for control and riches.
Trump: "We're there now, but we're going to stay until such time as the pop -- proper transition can take place. So we're gonna stay until such time as -- we're gonna run it essentially."
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This.
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
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I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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This is just bizarre. No serious journalism site would adopt this nationalistic framing as an underlying value.
“Last best hope on Earth”? A student writing this for an assignment would be rightfully laughed out of a journalism 101 class.
“Last best hope on Earth”? A student writing this for an assignment would be rightfully laughed out of a journalism 101 class.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This is just bizarre. No serious journalism site would adopt this nationalistic framing as an underlying value.
“Last best hope on Earth”? A student writing this for an assignment would be rightfully laughed out of a journalism 101 class.
“Last best hope on Earth”? A student writing this for an assignment would be rightfully laughed out of a journalism 101 class.
I think ‘26 is going to get worse before it gets better. I also believe intriguing and hopeful possibilities are beginning to take shape.
January 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I think ‘26 is going to get worse before it gets better. I also believe intriguing and hopeful possibilities are beginning to take shape.
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one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
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There's an area on Jupiter's icy moon called Conamara Chaos, a region of disrupted crust thought to form from meltwater within the ice shell.
It's named for Conamara in County Galway, Ireland—a beautiful if desolate part of the world, and somewhere I visited today.
It's named for Conamara in County Galway, Ireland—a beautiful if desolate part of the world, and somewhere I visited today.
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
There's an area on Jupiter's icy moon called Conamara Chaos, a region of disrupted crust thought to form from meltwater within the ice shell.
It's named for Conamara in County Galway, Ireland—a beautiful if desolate part of the world, and somewhere I visited today.
It's named for Conamara in County Galway, Ireland—a beautiful if desolate part of the world, and somewhere I visited today.
Hamnet. Sometimes it's important to experience something in a theater where the crowd sits in silence together during the credits and walks out together while trying to wipe away their tears before anyone else notices. (And yes, that's one of part of what the film is about.)
January 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Hamnet. Sometimes it's important to experience something in a theater where the crowd sits in silence together during the credits and walks out together while trying to wipe away their tears before anyone else notices. (And yes, that's one of part of what the film is about.)
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive.
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography
Happy New Year everyone!
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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From NASA
Thank you for joining us on the journey this year. Here's wishing you success wherever your explorations take you in 2026. ✨
Thank you for joining us on the journey this year. Here's wishing you success wherever your explorations take you in 2026. ✨
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
From NASA
Thank you for joining us on the journey this year. Here's wishing you success wherever your explorations take you in 2026. ✨
Thank you for joining us on the journey this year. Here's wishing you success wherever your explorations take you in 2026. ✨
From NASA
NASA’s Daily Moon Guide is freshly updated with a new year's worth of data from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Scientific Visualization Studio: go.nasa.gov/492MlCc
NASA’s Daily Moon Guide is freshly updated with a new year's worth of data from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Scientific Visualization Studio: go.nasa.gov/492MlCc
Daily Moon Guide
NASA's interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.
go.nasa.gov
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
From NASA
NASA’s Daily Moon Guide is freshly updated with a new year's worth of data from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Scientific Visualization Studio: go.nasa.gov/492MlCc
NASA’s Daily Moon Guide is freshly updated with a new year's worth of data from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Scientific Visualization Studio: go.nasa.gov/492MlCc
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Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
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Thank you, but it’s a pair of crows who fly about during the day and then return to me as night falls to whisper all the secrets they’ve learned.
When I say "Happy New Year to you and yours," I just assume the "yours" are a bunch of cats.
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you, but it’s a pair of crows who fly about during the day and then return to me as night falls to whisper all the secrets they’ve learned.
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Pretty solid illustration how Elon is all grift, no game
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Pretty solid illustration how Elon is all grift, no game