Kyle
@scikyle.bsky.social
Dad, scientist, PhD student, explorer, aquanaut, nerd
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
Preliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
September 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...
I wonder how beavers feel about PhD research about permafrost...
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I wonder how beavers feel about PhD research about permafrost...
Good luck, babe 😆
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Good luck, babe 😆
My friend's book debuts today, available via ebook or paperback! Check it out!
My debut novel, Through Sky and Stars, is available for preorder through @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social!
www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/throug...
#sapphicromance #wlw #lesfic #indieauthor #queerreads #booksky
www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/throug...
#sapphicromance #wlw #lesfic #indieauthor #queerreads #booksky
Through Sky and Stars by Tessa Croft | Bold Strokes Books
Can Val and Nicole’s love cross space and time to change the fate of humanity?
www.boldstrokesbooks.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My friend's book debuts today, available via ebook or paperback! Check it out!
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I am *so* excited to see this mission launch! Earlier this year I spoke with several #NISAR scientists about how this satellite is going to change the game, and it really is going to be a data powerhouse for understanding the Earth system. 🧪🛰️❄️🌳
eos.org/articles/tra...
eos.org/articles/tra...
July 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I am *so* excited to see this mission launch! Earlier this year I spoke with several #NISAR scientists about how this satellite is going to change the game, and it really is going to be a data powerhouse for understanding the Earth system. 🧪🛰️❄️🌳
eos.org/articles/tra...
eos.org/articles/tra...
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Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface.
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
July 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface.
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
I've been waiting for #NISAR to launch for many years... looking forward to what it can provide the world of earth observation!
Have a safe ride uphill!
Have a safe ride uphill!
Twice every 12 days, #NISAR will scan Earth’s surface to track tiny changes in land, ice, biomass, and water. “In my eyes, it's orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, JPL
buff.ly/Xfh85sR
Read more in the July issue of Eos: bit.ly/Eos-Jul2025
buff.ly/Xfh85sR
Read more in the July issue of Eos: bit.ly/Eos-Jul2025
“Transformational” Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Surface Changes - Eos
The mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around the globe.
eos.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I've been waiting for #NISAR to launch for many years... looking forward to what it can provide the world of earth observation!
Have a safe ride uphill!
Have a safe ride uphill!
I remember reading about comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter in the newspaper and seeing clips on the news. (I may still have some of those articles in my scrapbook!) Absolutely wild to see an impact scar on Jupiter the size of the Earth!
Via the #NASASTI Program - This was the press conference from the evening of 16 July, 1994 via the NASA Select System on the first observations from the first impacts of Comet Shoemaker - Levy 9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFap...
Comet Impact Tape 2
YouTube video by NASA STI Program
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I remember reading about comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter in the newspaper and seeing clips on the news. (I may still have some of those articles in my scrapbook!) Absolutely wild to see an impact scar on Jupiter the size of the Earth!
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“Do you know of any challenge in the history of humankind that was successfully overcome that began with pessimism and defeatism?
There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.”
— Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!
There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.”
— Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Do you know of any challenge in the history of humankind that was successfully overcome that began with pessimism and defeatism?
There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.”
— Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!
There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.”
— Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!
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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the engulfment of a planet by its star – thought to be the first observation of its kind!
Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane...
🔭 🧪
Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane...
🔭 🧪
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the engulfment of a planet by its star – thought to be the first observation of its kind!
Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane...
🔭 🧪
Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane...
🔭 🧪
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Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit
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Who do you really trust to carry the next message in a bottle?
And will anyone be left listening when it comes back?
And will anyone be left listening when it comes back?
March 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Who do you really trust to carry the next message in a bottle?
And will anyone be left listening when it comes back?
And will anyone be left listening when it comes back?
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Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
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#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂
Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH
📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO
Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH
📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO
February 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂
Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH
📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO
Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH
📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO
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I've told this story about my early education on fascism before but not on Bluesky.
I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall.
My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵
I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall.
My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵
February 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've told this story about my early education on fascism before but not on Bluesky.
I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall.
My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵
I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall.
My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵
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I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
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Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough
February 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough
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Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.
February 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.
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remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
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A nice piece on PRI and the Museum of the Earth by a current Cornell student who has been touched by PRI's work. See related link in the first comment.
cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...
cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...
GUEST ROOM | A Plea for the Museum of the Earth
The Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research and over two decades of service to the Ithaca and Co...
cornellsun.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A nice piece on PRI and the Museum of the Earth by a current Cornell student who has been touched by PRI's work. See related link in the first comment.
cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...
cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...