Calvin Gluck
@calvin.gluck.cc.ap.brid.gy
Interests: #Space #Science #ScienceFiction #STEAM #ClimateChange I mostly post quotes from articles I read.
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Just declined another review request for a journal that publishes closed-access content. It is very easy to say no. Just forward this letter to the editor:
https://signatories.planetary-research.org/no-reviews-for-closed-access-journals
https://signatories.planetary-research.org/no-reviews-for-closed-access-journals
Open letter - No reviews for closed-access journals in planetary science
signatories.planetary-research.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Just declined another review request for a journal that publishes closed-access content. It is very easy to say no. Just forward this letter to the editor:
https://signatories.planetary-research.org/no-reviews-for-closed-access-journals
https://signatories.planetary-research.org/no-reviews-for-closed-access-journals
Back blows are the most effective help for choking!
“We found that back blows cleared the obstruction in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent). Survival to hospital discharge was also highest among those who initially received back […]
“We found that back blows cleared the obstruction in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent). Survival to hospital discharge was also highest among those who initially received back […]
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gluck.cc
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Back blows are the most effective help for choking!
“We found that back blows cleared the obstruction in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent). Survival to hospital discharge was also highest among those who initially received back […]
“We found that back blows cleared the obstruction in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent). Survival to hospital discharge was also highest among those who initially received back […]
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I've mocked up a set of constellation shells consistent with the limited available data on the mega-sat SpaceX orbital data center system and added them to planet4589.org/space/con/co... for a total of 1.7 million proposed satellites worldwide
Jonathan's Space Report | Space Statistics
Jonathan McDowell's new homepage
planet4589.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I've mocked up a set of constellation shells consistent with the limited available data on the mega-sat SpaceX orbital data center system and added them to planet4589.org/space/con/co... for a total of 1.7 million proposed satellites worldwide
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February 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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A lot of HHS higher ups were in the room when he let out a very audible wet fart at around 0:32, and yes I am immature enough to laugh at a fart, and the clowns who are huffing his farts www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
Trump Does Not Take Reporters' Questions After Signing Executive Order In The Oval Office
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
A lot of HHS higher ups were in the room when he let out a very audible wet fart at around 0:32, and yes I am immature enough to laugh at a fart, and the clowns who are huffing his farts www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
[NASA Updates Artemis II Schedule for Wet Dress Rehearsal and Crewed Launch to the Moon]
No earlier than Sunday, February 8 …
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The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen […]
No earlier than Sunday, February 8 …
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The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen […]
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gluck.cc
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
[NASA Updates Artemis II Schedule for Wet Dress Rehearsal and Crewed Launch to the Moon]
No earlier than Sunday, February 8 …
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The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen […]
No earlier than Sunday, February 8 …
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The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen […]
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He is just like a big dog
January 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
He is just like a big dog
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Patch alert! He must have made a New Year’s resolution to swim laps to lose weight. Made it across and back twice. Keep at it, bud.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Patch alert! He must have made a New Year’s resolution to swim laps to lose weight. Made it across and back twice. Keep at it, bud.
[For All Mankind returns March 27 on Apple TV]
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Season five of “For All Mankind” picks up in the years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system […]
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Season five of “For All Mankind” picks up in the years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system […]
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gluck.cc
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
[For All Mankind returns March 27 on Apple TV]
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Season five of “For All Mankind” picks up in the years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system […]
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Season five of “For All Mankind” picks up in the years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system […]
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#aurora was not visible to the naked eye, but the iPhone seems to barely detect it on the #oregoncoast at Devil’s Punchbowl.
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
#aurora was not visible to the naked eye, but the iPhone seems to barely detect it on the #oregoncoast at Devil’s Punchbowl.
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According to the US Space Force TIP (Target Impact Prediction) the Starlink 35956 satellite, which suffered an internal failure on Dec 18 and generated as-yet-uncataloged debris, has reentered over N Queensland and Papua New Guinea at about 0713 UTC Jan 17
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 AM
According to the US Space Force TIP (Target Impact Prediction) the Starlink 35956 satellite, which suffered an internal failure on Dec 18 and generated as-yet-uncataloged debris, has reentered over N Queensland and Papua New Guinea at about 0713 UTC Jan 17
[CO2 damage to the ocean nearly doubles the economic impact]
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… researchers calculated an additional $46.2 per ton of #carbondioxide -- amounting to a total of $97.2 per ton of carbon dioxide, a 91% increase, according to the study
… implying nearly $2 trillion in ocean-related damages in one […]
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… researchers calculated an additional $46.2 per ton of #carbondioxide -- amounting to a total of $97.2 per ton of carbon dioxide, a 91% increase, according to the study
… implying nearly $2 trillion in ocean-related damages in one […]
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gluck.cc
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 AM
[CO2 damage to the ocean nearly doubles the economic impact]
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… researchers calculated an additional $46.2 per ton of #carbondioxide -- amounting to a total of $97.2 per ton of carbon dioxide, a 91% increase, according to the study
… implying nearly $2 trillion in ocean-related damages in one […]
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… researchers calculated an additional $46.2 per ton of #carbondioxide -- amounting to a total of $97.2 per ton of carbon dioxide, a 91% increase, according to the study
… implying nearly $2 trillion in ocean-related damages in one […]
[Seaweed farms are better at carbon capture than thought]
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using a model that simulated the cycles of carbon in ocean sediment, they explored how this process would play out beneath a patch of #seaweed #aquaculture.
Their model found that increased biomass from seaweed farms was indeed linked […]
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using a model that simulated the cycles of carbon in ocean sediment, they explored how this process would play out beneath a patch of #seaweed #aquaculture.
Their model found that increased biomass from seaweed farms was indeed linked […]
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gluck.cc
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
[Seaweed farms are better at carbon capture than thought]
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using a model that simulated the cycles of carbon in ocean sediment, they explored how this process would play out beneath a patch of #seaweed #aquaculture.
Their model found that increased biomass from seaweed farms was indeed linked […]
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using a model that simulated the cycles of carbon in ocean sediment, they explored how this process would play out beneath a patch of #seaweed #aquaculture.
Their model found that increased biomass from seaweed farms was indeed linked […]
[Satellites show dozens of U.S. dams are sinking. More could be at risk. | WaPo Paywall]
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Using radar from satellites to survey hydropower dams in 13 states and Puerto Rico, he and his colleagues detected subtle shifts in the height of all 41 structures they studied.
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The team’s findings […]
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Using radar from satellites to survey hydropower dams in 13 states and Puerto Rico, he and his colleagues detected subtle shifts in the height of all 41 structures they studied.
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The team’s findings […]
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gluck.cc
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
[Satellites show dozens of U.S. dams are sinking. More could be at risk. | WaPo Paywall]
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Using radar from satellites to survey hydropower dams in 13 states and Puerto Rico, he and his colleagues detected subtle shifts in the height of all 41 structures they studied.
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The team’s findings […]
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Using radar from satellites to survey hydropower dams in 13 states and Puerto Rico, he and his colleagues detected subtle shifts in the height of all 41 structures they studied.
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The team’s findings […]
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[Oregon Winter Whale Watch Week Dec. 27-31]
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… hundreds – if not thousands – will gather at high vantage points across Oregon's coastline from Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
It's then that #oregon State Parks will host Winter #whalewatchweek along the region, as trained […]
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… hundreds – if not thousands – will gather at high vantage points across Oregon's coastline from Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
It's then that #oregon State Parks will host Winter #whalewatchweek along the region, as trained […]
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gluck.cc
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
[Oregon Winter Whale Watch Week Dec. 27-31]
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… hundreds – if not thousands – will gather at high vantage points across Oregon's coastline from Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
It's then that #oregon State Parks will host Winter #whalewatchweek along the region, as trained […]
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… hundreds – if not thousands – will gather at high vantage points across Oregon's coastline from Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
It's then that #oregon State Parks will host Winter #whalewatchweek along the region, as trained […]
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Observations from Chile suggest that Japan's H3 survived the first orbit and reentered at second perigee, circa 0400 UTC, somewhere over S America along the track shown here
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Observations from Chile suggest that Japan's H3 survived the first orbit and reentered at second perigee, circa 0400 UTC, somewhere over S America along the track shown here
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I am going to assume for now that the Space Force elset is accurate, and guess that H3/QZS reentered at first perigee over the S Atlantic at around 0250 UTC.
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I am going to assume for now that the Space Force elset is accurate, and guess that H3/QZS reentered at first perigee over the S Atlantic at around 0250 UTC.
[Add your name to the DarkSky International open letter opposing Reflect Orbital’s proposed orbital illumination system]
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Orbital illumination systems represent an unprecedented environmental intervention.
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DarkSky urges our community to sign the open letter to #reflectorbital and its […]
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Orbital illumination systems represent an unprecedented environmental intervention.
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DarkSky urges our community to sign the open letter to #reflectorbital and its […]
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gluck.cc
December 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
[Add your name to the DarkSky International open letter opposing Reflect Orbital’s proposed orbital illumination system]
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Orbital illumination systems represent an unprecedented environmental intervention.
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DarkSky urges our community to sign the open letter to #reflectorbital and its […]
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Orbital illumination systems represent an unprecedented environmental intervention.
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DarkSky urges our community to sign the open letter to #reflectorbital and its […]
[Water taxis use infrared goggles to avoid debris caused by floods]
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"The debris in the water has a different heat signature than the water itself,” … “So, with the infrared goggles, the lookout can spot different types of debris and then tell the captain ..."
The boats have light bars on […]
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"The debris in the water has a different heat signature than the water itself,” … “So, with the infrared goggles, the lookout can spot different types of debris and then tell the captain ..."
The boats have light bars on […]
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gluck.cc
December 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
[Water taxis use infrared goggles to avoid debris caused by floods]
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"The debris in the water has a different heat signature than the water itself,” … “So, with the infrared goggles, the lookout can spot different types of debris and then tell the captain ..."
The boats have light bars on […]
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"The debris in the water has a different heat signature than the water itself,” … “So, with the infrared goggles, the lookout can spot different types of debris and then tell the captain ..."
The boats have light bars on […]
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NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade.
From @AssociatedPress: "Launched in 2013, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind once reaching the red planet the following year."
https://flip.it/o8TKLX
#mars […]
From @AssociatedPress: "Launched in 2013, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind once reaching the red planet the following year."
https://flip.it/o8TKLX
#mars […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade.
From @AssociatedPress: "Launched in 2013, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind once reaching the red planet the following year."
https://flip.it/o8TKLX
#mars […]
From @AssociatedPress: "Launched in 2013, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind once reaching the red planet the following year."
https://flip.it/o8TKLX
#mars […]
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Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
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The term "blimp" was coined on this day in 1915. It's an onomatopoeic word whose coinage can be traced to when Royal Naval Air Service Lt. A. D. Cunningham playfully flicked a finger against the envelope of SS 12 at the Capel air station, then mimicked the sound it made.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The term "blimp" was coined on this day in 1915. It's an onomatopoeic word whose coinage can be traced to when Royal Naval Air Service Lt. A. D. Cunningham playfully flicked a finger against the envelope of SS 12 at the Capel air station, then mimicked the sound it made.
[Neal Stephenson Hypothesis about AI slop in review of his books]
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A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z …
Some of my books are listed.
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“…most of these books don’t have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence).”
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Some of my endings have been controversial for a long time […]
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A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z …
Some of my books are listed.
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“…most of these books don’t have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence).”
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Some of my endings have been controversial for a long time […]
Original post on gluck.cc
gluck.cc
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
[Neal Stephenson Hypothesis about AI slop in review of his books]
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A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z …
Some of my books are listed.
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“…most of these books don’t have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence).”
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Some of my endings have been controversial for a long time […]
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A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z …
Some of my books are listed.
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“…most of these books don’t have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence).”
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Some of my endings have been controversial for a long time […]
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[The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI]
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“Areas where I used to feel confident in my own skills and abilities—like writing concise, thorough, balanced emails—have now become areas where I consistently reach out to AI for feedback,” he wrote in a recent blog post. “The 2015 version of me […]
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“Areas where I used to feel confident in my own skills and abilities—like writing concise, thorough, balanced emails—have now become areas where I consistently reach out to AI for feedback,” he wrote in a recent blog post. “The 2015 version of me […]
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gluck.cc
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
[The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI]
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“Areas where I used to feel confident in my own skills and abilities—like writing concise, thorough, balanced emails—have now become areas where I consistently reach out to AI for feedback,” he wrote in a recent blog post. “The 2015 version of me […]
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“Areas where I used to feel confident in my own skills and abilities—like writing concise, thorough, balanced emails—have now become areas where I consistently reach out to AI for feedback,” he wrote in a recent blog post. “The 2015 version of me […]
[Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections From Wildlife Trade | NYTtime Paywall]
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Last week, the world’s leading wildlife trade agreement increased protections for more than 70 species of #sharks and #rays. The move is a first for protecting #shark and #ray species from #wildlife trade at the […]
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Last week, the world’s leading wildlife trade agreement increased protections for more than 70 species of #sharks and #rays. The move is a first for protecting #shark and #ray species from #wildlife trade at the […]
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gluck.cc
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM