Grigory Heaton
@g-heaton.bsky.social
Physics grad student @ Caltech working on cosmic infrared background research. I mainly post about wildlife/nature photography and birding here | Pasadena, California | All photos are my own! (I will block anyone who uses gen AI images and you should too)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker evidence:
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ivory-billed Woodpecker evidence:
techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/l...
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids | TechCrunch
The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," such as "black people are dumber than white people."
techcrunch.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/l...
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.
Very rare Bar-tailed Godwit at the Ballona saltmarsh near the LAX airport! This is the first one in southern california since I started birding, and they typically cross the entire Pacific from Russia to Australia and NZ in one shot. This one instead encountered an Accidentes billboard 🪶
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very rare Bar-tailed Godwit at the Ballona saltmarsh near the LAX airport! This is the first one in southern california since I started birding, and they typically cross the entire Pacific from Russia to Australia and NZ in one shot. This one instead encountered an Accidentes billboard 🪶
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The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷
First Milky Way photo of the season! Northern tip of Catalina Island, offshore from Los Angeles 📷🔭
July 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
First Milky Way photo of the season! Northern tip of Catalina Island, offshore from Los Angeles 📷🔭
URGENT
July 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
URGENT
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ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
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July 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷
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This season, the Palos Verdes Peninsula saw two successful Peregrine Falcon nests, each producing three fledglings. Awesome to see this species thriving here!
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
July 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This season, the Palos Verdes Peninsula saw two successful Peregrine Falcon nests, each producing three fledglings. Awesome to see this species thriving here!
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
#birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography
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Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎
Great Blue Heron with a bad hair day 🪶
June 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Great Blue Heron with a bad hair day 🪶
Public land sales have been removed from the budget bill!!! This is fantastic news for conservation and anyone who enjoys the outdoors in the US, and also proof that calling/emailing your reps absolutely works in large numbers
worksfornature.org/article/publ...
worksfornature.org/article/publ...
Public Land Sale Provision Gets Axed
The Senate rule keeper has nixed a Republican provision to sell upwards of 3 million acres of public lands. The Parliamentarian ruled that the measure falls outside what is allowable...
worksfornature.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Public land sales have been removed from the budget bill!!! This is fantastic news for conservation and anyone who enjoys the outdoors in the US, and also proof that calling/emailing your reps absolutely works in large numbers
worksfornature.org/article/publ...
worksfornature.org/article/publ...
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Millions of acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the Senate budget reconciliation package (as of 6-14). This would be the largest public lands sell-off in US history, and would bypass traditional safeguards such as public hearings & environmental reviews. 1/x
map: tinyurl.com/Lands4SaleMap
map: tinyurl.com/Lands4SaleMap
June 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Millions of acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the Senate budget reconciliation package (as of 6-14). This would be the largest public lands sell-off in US history, and would bypass traditional safeguards such as public hearings & environmental reviews. 1/x
map: tinyurl.com/Lands4SaleMap
map: tinyurl.com/Lands4SaleMap
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Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷
Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷
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The Trona pinnacles, >150ft high and deep in the Mojave desert, are all that's left of ancient underwater springs when this entire valley was under 100s of feet of water during the last ice age. A popular filming spot - if you've watched something that needs an alien planet, you may have seen these
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The Trona pinnacles, >150ft high and deep in the Mojave desert, are all that's left of ancient underwater springs when this entire valley was under 100s of feet of water during the last ice age. A popular filming spot - if you've watched something that needs an alien planet, you may have seen these
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This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill
shorturl.at/6Uerk
shorturl.at/6Uerk
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill
shorturl.at/6Uerk
shorturl.at/6Uerk
This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill
shorturl.at/6Uerk
shorturl.at/6Uerk
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill
shorturl.at/6Uerk
shorturl.at/6Uerk