Robert Bratton
@robbratton.bsky.social
I am interested in science and nature. I am a software engineer. My current projects include home automation with Home Assistant.
Congress must protect NASA funding www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
Congress must protect NASA funding
The deadline for Congress to pass full-year appropriations is fast approaching. Congress will likely pass a stopgap measure called a Continuing Resolution (CR). Under a CR, agencies like NASA are typi...
www.congressweb.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Congress must protect NASA funding www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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Just released ESPHome 2025.5 includes the latest iteration of our voice assistant that can work fully local.
All devices we ever used are now onboarded using the voice wizard and offer on device wake word selection, announcements, initiate conversations with users, and improved media playing!
All devices we ever used are now onboarded using the voice wizard and offer on device wake word selection, announcements, initiate conversations with users, and improved media playing!
May 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just released ESPHome 2025.5 includes the latest iteration of our voice assistant that can work fully local.
All devices we ever used are now onboarded using the voice wizard and offer on device wake word selection, announcements, initiate conversations with users, and improved media playing!
All devices we ever used are now onboarded using the voice wizard and offer on device wake word selection, announcements, initiate conversations with users, and improved media playing!
From the butterfly sanctuary near Niagara Falls, Canada and USA #butterfly
May 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
From the butterfly sanctuary near Niagara Falls, Canada and USA #butterfly
May 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bike ride at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, USA
May 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bike ride at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sharing for Friday #scape Day. This 720nm infrared photo depicts a serene landscape with luminous white trees and a soft lavender sky. Rolling hills and grassy areas create a tranquil scene, enhancing the dreamlike quality via an ethereal color palette.
#photography #landscape #eastcoastkin #ir
#photography #landscape #eastcoastkin #ir
May 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sharing for Friday #scape Day. This 720nm infrared photo depicts a serene landscape with luminous white trees and a soft lavender sky. Rolling hills and grassy areas create a tranquil scene, enhancing the dreamlike quality via an ethereal color palette.
#photography #landscape #eastcoastkin #ir
#photography #landscape #eastcoastkin #ir
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“Are you okay, ma’am?”
“I think I swallowed my router.”
“Here, take my seat.”
“I think I swallowed my router.”
“Here, take my seat.”
May 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Are you okay, ma’am?”
“I think I swallowed my router.”
“Here, take my seat.”
“I think I swallowed my router.”
“Here, take my seat.”
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Reposted by Robert Bratton
The entire point.
May 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The entire point.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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I'm obsessed with this li'l hungry bub.
May 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm obsessed with this li'l hungry bub.
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This proposed budget will have devastating effects across all sectors. Remember that $$ for research is what helps us find new cures and keep people healthy. It drives our amazing technological advances and the entire economy that revolves around it.
Let your senators know this is a bad call! 🧪
Let your senators know this is a bad call! 🧪
May 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This proposed budget will have devastating effects across all sectors. Remember that $$ for research is what helps us find new cures and keep people healthy. It drives our amazing technological advances and the entire economy that revolves around it.
Let your senators know this is a bad call! 🧪
Let your senators know this is a bad call! 🧪
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TODAY’S BEAUTIFUL NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 3507 🌌
May 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
TODAY’S BEAUTIFUL NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 3507 🌌
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A once-mighty #NASA astrophysics fleet—revolutionizing our view of the cosmos—is now being dismantled before our eyes.
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A once-mighty #NASA astrophysics fleet—revolutionizing our view of the cosmos—is now being dismantled before our eyes.
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
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May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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These legos are incredibly realistic 😂
May 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
These legos are incredibly realistic 😂
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Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
Bloodbath is right.
Bloodbath is right.
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
Bloodbath is right.
Bloodbath is right.
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