Ross
@rossengineer.bsky.social
Former future astronaut | Xitter refugee, same handle | bio pinned | opinions my own | science, politics, stray thoughts, some swearing | no porn, crypto, scams, plz | he/him | pathologically unable to do things that make no fucking sense | YMMV, LLAP 🖖✌️
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Ross
@rossengineer.bsky.social
· Jul 17
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Reposted by Ross
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Not wrong, but there are many confounding factors.
The internet is self-curated coziness.
The real world is where your naked face is obligated to back up your words.
The internet is self-curated coziness.
The real world is where your naked face is obligated to back up your words.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Not wrong, but there are many confounding factors.
The internet is self-curated coziness.
The real world is where your naked face is obligated to back up your words.
The internet is self-curated coziness.
The real world is where your naked face is obligated to back up your words.
'Tis the season for holiday terror this year.
Fashion Outlets of Chicago is a 140 store mall with Bloomingdales and Saks outlets. Today, you can have your "Photo With Santa." Starting next week, your pet can sit for a Santa photo. The Holiday Wine Tasting
is on Saturday.
Or you can have a family member abducted by ICE for the holiday season.
is on Saturday.
Or you can have a family member abducted by ICE for the holiday season.
feds disappeared 2 people from the rosemont outlets parking garage, according to hanover park rapid response. feds have targeted the mall before.
hprr also reports 1 abduction near thompson middle in st. charles. residents have seen feds staging at the st. charles pd multiple times in recent weeks.
hprr also reports 1 abduction near thompson middle in st. charles. residents have seen feds staging at the st. charles pd multiple times in recent weeks.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
'Tis the season for holiday terror this year.
Nightmare fuel for us Olds who take this medication.
This is civilizational suicide.
Why are we doing unrestricted Capitalism Only, No Public Services anymore?
What benefit does it bring to our country & species?
I've been watching the US political scene for decades now - it didn't trickle down.
This is civilizational suicide.
Why are we doing unrestricted Capitalism Only, No Public Services anymore?
What benefit does it bring to our country & species?
I've been watching the US political scene for decades now - it didn't trickle down.
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Nightmare fuel for us Olds who take this medication.
This is civilizational suicide.
Why are we doing unrestricted Capitalism Only, No Public Services anymore?
What benefit does it bring to our country & species?
I've been watching the US political scene for decades now - it didn't trickle down.
This is civilizational suicide.
Why are we doing unrestricted Capitalism Only, No Public Services anymore?
What benefit does it bring to our country & species?
I've been watching the US political scene for decades now - it didn't trickle down.
About a quarter millennium ago, some folks got so pissed off about taxes on tea, they did a direct action far more extreme than Antifa could dream of.
I’m not even Italian but I will fight a bitch for my pasta.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
About a quarter millennium ago, some folks got so pissed off about taxes on tea, they did a direct action far more extreme than Antifa could dream of.
It never ends with pasta, it starts with pasta.
The endpoint of a population cut off from trade by punitive taxation decided by a single old man decomposing in real time at the Resolute desk.
We The People wrestled & pinned the monarchic notion of government to the ground via the US Constitution.
The endpoint of a population cut off from trade by punitive taxation decided by a single old man decomposing in real time at the Resolute desk.
We The People wrestled & pinned the monarchic notion of government to the ground via the US Constitution.
I can’t believe someone just argued with me about the importance of pasta.
No American pasta isn’t just as good as Italian and no it’s not no big deal that the president once again is going after the food supply chain and removing more choices from US shelves.
I almost took my earrings off.
No American pasta isn’t just as good as Italian and no it’s not no big deal that the president once again is going after the food supply chain and removing more choices from US shelves.
I almost took my earrings off.
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It never ends with pasta, it starts with pasta.
The endpoint of a population cut off from trade by punitive taxation decided by a single old man decomposing in real time at the Resolute desk.
We The People wrestled & pinned the monarchic notion of government to the ground via the US Constitution.
The endpoint of a population cut off from trade by punitive taxation decided by a single old man decomposing in real time at the Resolute desk.
We The People wrestled & pinned the monarchic notion of government to the ground via the US Constitution.
Just need a few minutes with him to politely but firmly ask him WTF is his strategy here, and why.
If it is based in reality, then so be it.
If not, then make amends by making the sin-eating 8 vote against passage until Mike Johnson passes the same language first.
Double-dare the Republicans.
If it is based in reality, then so be it.
If not, then make amends by making the sin-eating 8 vote against passage until Mike Johnson passes the same language first.
Double-dare the Republicans.
if you could turn the dems around by infiltrating the Schumer polycule: would you?
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just need a few minutes with him to politely but firmly ask him WTF is his strategy here, and why.
If it is based in reality, then so be it.
If not, then make amends by making the sin-eating 8 vote against passage until Mike Johnson passes the same language first.
Double-dare the Republicans.
If it is based in reality, then so be it.
If not, then make amends by making the sin-eating 8 vote against passage until Mike Johnson passes the same language first.
Double-dare the Republicans.
This song is embedded in my early childhood like an emotional anchor for chasing dreams instead of money.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” hits #1 today in 1973 — a lyric Bernie Taupin wrote when he was “starting to feel a little bit lost in the whole circus” of fame.
“It’s an allegory, really — the idea of getting back to the farm .. but it’s also me saying to Elton and the world, ‘This isn’t who I am.’”
“It’s an allegory, really — the idea of getting back to the farm .. but it’s also me saying to Elton and the world, ‘This isn’t who I am.’”
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This song is embedded in my early childhood like an emotional anchor for chasing dreams instead of money.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
Reposted by Ross
ya this is gonna be great for morale
JUST IN: With air traffic control system that was straining before the shutdown, Trump urges any controllers who sicked out to quit, perhaps ahead of the upcoming holidays
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
ya this is gonna be great for morale
Looks like critical thinking (perhaps any thinking at all?) is on the chopping block at Texas A&M.
Gig em this mfrs 🖕
What a disgrace.
Gig em this mfrs 🖕
What a disgrace.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Looks like critical thinking (perhaps any thinking at all?) is on the chopping block at Texas A&M.
Gig em this mfrs 🖕
What a disgrace.
Gig em this mfrs 🖕
What a disgrace.
Meanwhile, spring is coming more than halfway around the world.
SKIER41 headed south from McMurdo Station bringing supplies and scientists to outstations. www.flightradar24.com/SKIER41/3d0c...
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Meanwhile, spring is coming more than halfway around the world.
Use the link to go read the first chapter - it is a delight.
ICYMI
I wrote a funny book to trick children into reading literature!
I wrote a funny book to trick children into reading literature!
After generations of family adventures, Sawyer Lee is determined to sink in the couch! The problem is that it will take a regrettable amount of energy for him to escape the mysteries, conspiracies, and gourd-based festivities the whole town throws his way.
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Use the link to go read the first chapter - it is a delight.
A billionaire tax would need to focus on a legal design to catch up with unrealized gains.
My expertise is in aerospace systems engineering so I am not the right person to do this, but someone reading this may be.
The goal is to impede malevolent civic power by pathologically dangerous individuals
My expertise is in aerospace systems engineering so I am not the right person to do this, but someone reading this may be.
The goal is to impede malevolent civic power by pathologically dangerous individuals
"Do you think taxes should be raised on billionaires?"
Democrats:
🟢 Yes: 95%
⚫️ No: 2%
Independents:
🟢 Yes: 75%
⚫️ No: 12%
Republicans:
🟢 Yes: 48%
⚫️ No: 32%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
Democrats:
🟢 Yes: 95%
⚫️ No: 2%
Independents:
🟢 Yes: 75%
⚫️ No: 12%
Republicans:
🟢 Yes: 48%
⚫️ No: 32%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
Americans Unite Against Billionaire Influence
Voters across party lines say billionaire power has gone too far and demand higher taxes
usapolling.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A billionaire tax would need to focus on a legal design to catch up with unrealized gains.
My expertise is in aerospace systems engineering so I am not the right person to do this, but someone reading this may be.
The goal is to impede malevolent civic power by pathologically dangerous individuals
My expertise is in aerospace systems engineering so I am not the right person to do this, but someone reading this may be.
The goal is to impede malevolent civic power by pathologically dangerous individuals
Stunning beauty inside our own star system.
Started / going
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Stunning beauty inside our own star system.
Nope.
(former Airworthiness Engineer)
(former Airworthiness Engineer)
TRUMP: OVER NEXT TWO, THREE WEEKS WE WILL BE HANDING OUT NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nope.
(former Airworthiness Engineer)
(former Airworthiness Engineer)
This is the shape of the future unless we collectively say "No".
Better ways of running our own damned species *are actually possible*.
Better ways of running our own damned species *are actually possible*.
Indentured servitude to lenders
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is the shape of the future unless we collectively say "No".
Better ways of running our own damned species *are actually possible*.
Better ways of running our own damned species *are actually possible*.
Reposted by Ross
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
Can confirm.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Can confirm.
Promising.
Low-intensity ultrasound has been shown in mice to enhance clearance of neurotoxic brain debris after hemorrhagic stroke, reducing inflammation and nerve cell damage without surgery or drugs. doi.org/g99xmr
Ultrasound could help clear brain debris after stroke
A low-intensity ultrasound treatment clears neurotoxic debris from the brains of mice with induced bleeding that resembles a hemorrhagic stroke, according to a study published in Nature Biotechnology.
medicalxpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Promising.
Suppose POTUS pardon powers were to be limited in some way to prevent recidivism such as this?
Could each one be mandated to be countersigned by a representative of the victims of the original crime?
Something needs to change.
Could each one be mandated to be countersigned by a representative of the victims of the original crime?
Something needs to change.
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of release
Man accused of groping family’s nanny, evading bridge tolls and swinging IV pole at nurse and threatening to kill her
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Suppose POTUS pardon powers were to be limited in some way to prevent recidivism such as this?
Could each one be mandated to be countersigned by a representative of the victims of the original crime?
Something needs to change.
Could each one be mandated to be countersigned by a representative of the victims of the original crime?
Something needs to change.
Those who shout about 'big-dick energy' are so frightened of living inside their own skin that they then compete with other scared men to crawl into ever constricted & smaller notions of the human experience.
Pitiable in their microscopic anti-thinker energy.
Dangerous wreckers must be shunned.
Pitiable in their microscopic anti-thinker energy.
Dangerous wreckers must be shunned.
I think it's also lost on these people that the concepts of masculinity changed drastically even during this time. Like Eisenhower had massive dandy energy lol. Macarthur too, who had lunch DAILY with his mother at West Point lol
Also getting furious 'the russians' were counted in there lol.
Also getting furious 'the russians' were counted in there lol.
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Those who shout about 'big-dick energy' are so frightened of living inside their own skin that they then compete with other scared men to crawl into ever constricted & smaller notions of the human experience.
Pitiable in their microscopic anti-thinker energy.
Dangerous wreckers must be shunned.
Pitiable in their microscopic anti-thinker energy.
Dangerous wreckers must be shunned.
And here we are.
"Do you think taxes should be raised on billionaires?"
🟢 Yes: 72%
⚫️ No: 15%
⚪️ Unsure: 13%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
🟢 Yes: 72%
⚫️ No: 15%
⚪️ Unsure: 13%
Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
Americans Unite Against Billionaire Influence
Voters across party lines say billionaire power has gone too far and demand higher taxes
usapolling.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And here we are.
Republicans love ICE & CBP.
Republicans want *more* chemical warfare against babies & toddlers.
Republicans love making children cry.
Republicans love hate more than they love the United States of America.
Republicans want *more* chemical warfare against babies & toddlers.
Republicans love making children cry.
Republicans love hate more than they love the United States of America.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Republicans love ICE & CBP.
Republicans want *more* chemical warfare against babies & toddlers.
Republicans love making children cry.
Republicans love hate more than they love the United States of America.
Republicans want *more* chemical warfare against babies & toddlers.
Republicans love making children cry.
Republicans love hate more than they love the United States of America.
Next - bathing is gay.
Real Men can be smelled coming at 50 paces!
Real Men can be smelled coming at 50 paces!
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Next - bathing is gay.
Real Men can be smelled coming at 50 paces!
Real Men can be smelled coming at 50 paces!