Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis • Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director • Planetary Bastard • he/him/Sir
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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Open this photo up and look for the small, white dot just left of centre.
It looks like Venus, shining brightly in the twilight sky.
But it's us.
It's Earth.
From Mars.
It looks like Venus, shining brightly in the twilight sky.
But it's us.
It's Earth.
From Mars.
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This is a dust devil... on Mars.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is a dust devil... on Mars.
This is a dust devil... on Mars.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is a dust devil... on Mars.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
The high court turned down a petition from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who objected on religious grounds to issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
Literally watching this scene *right now*
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally watching this scene *right now*
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Yep, Wednesday PM attempt, per Blue Origin PR
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yep, Wednesday PM attempt, per Blue Origin PR
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
Scrub for NG-2 and ESCAPADE launch.
Cumulative cloud rule.
Next opportunity for launch is tomorrow, Monday 10 November 2025 at 2:40 pm Eastern.
Cumulative cloud rule.
Next opportunity for launch is tomorrow, Monday 10 November 2025 at 2:40 pm Eastern.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Scrub for NG-2 and ESCAPADE launch.
Cumulative cloud rule.
Next opportunity for launch is tomorrow, Monday 10 November 2025 at 2:40 pm Eastern.
Cumulative cloud rule.
Next opportunity for launch is tomorrow, Monday 10 November 2025 at 2:40 pm Eastern.
Dramatic vista at LC-39 where Blue Origin's New Glenn-2 rocket, with NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission, is awaiting the right conditions for launch.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dramatic vista at LC-39 where Blue Origin's New Glenn-2 rocket, with NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission, is awaiting the right conditions for launch.
Thinking of my pals who are down at the Cape today for the launch of the ESCAPADE dual-spacecraft mission to Mars!
ESCAPADE, one of NASA's SIMPLEx-2 mission selections, was originally slated to launch with the Psyche mission. It's now going up on Blue Origin's New Glenn 2 (NG-2) flight.
ESCAPADE, one of NASA's SIMPLEx-2 mission selections, was originally slated to launch with the Psyche mission. It's now going up on Blue Origin's New Glenn 2 (NG-2) flight.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thinking of my pals who are down at the Cape today for the launch of the ESCAPADE dual-spacecraft mission to Mars!
ESCAPADE, one of NASA's SIMPLEx-2 mission selections, was originally slated to launch with the Psyche mission. It's now going up on Blue Origin's New Glenn 2 (NG-2) flight.
ESCAPADE, one of NASA's SIMPLEx-2 mission selections, was originally slated to launch with the Psyche mission. It's now going up on Blue Origin's New Glenn 2 (NG-2) flight.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Once you're above the clouds on Venus, the sky is blue.
Just like home.
Just like home.
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Once you're above the clouds on Venus, the sky is blue.
Just like home.
Just like home.
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Once you're above the clouds on Venus, the sky is blue.
Just like home.
Just like home.
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Once you're above the clouds on Venus, the sky is blue.
Just like home.
Just like home.
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Talent is equally distributed. Opportunity is not.
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Talent is equally distributed. Opportunity is not.
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This is a simply stunning image.
🔭 Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a simply stunning image.
This is a simply stunning image.
🔭 Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a simply stunning image.
Some rocks on Mars, photographed Thursday.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Some rocks on Mars, photographed Thursday.
Not seeing the downside here tbh
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Not seeing the downside here tbh