Ryan Volz
@thrantastic.bsky.social
Data scientist specializing in radar. Maintainer of radioconda (https://github.com/ryanvolz/radioconda).
Reposted by Ryan Volz
This is our satellite. Bought and paid for with taxpayer dollars, appropriated for this specific mission by the elected Congress. Those who would destroy it on purpose are our enemies.
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This is our satellite. Bought and paid for with taxpayer dollars, appropriated for this specific mission by the elected Congress. Those who would destroy it on purpose are our enemies.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
And I'll go farther than this: Democrats are never going to start winning elections again until they're willing to call a thing just what it is. Texas Democrats should be clear and persistent in saying that public service cuts overseen by non-experts desperate for billionaire tax cuts killed people.
July 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
And I'll go farther than this: Democrats are never going to start winning elections again until they're willing to call a thing just what it is. Texas Democrats should be clear and persistent in saying that public service cuts overseen by non-experts desperate for billionaire tax cuts killed people.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
I have no difficulty saying Trump and Musk caused the deaths of some of the 50+ people who died in the floods in Texas.
And here's why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut—and were told people would die if they did.
Then people died.
And here's why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut—and were told people would die if they did.
Then people died.
July 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I have no difficulty saying Trump and Musk caused the deaths of some of the 50+ people who died in the floods in Texas.
And here's why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut—and were told people would die if they did.
Then people died.
And here's why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut—and were told people would die if they did.
Then people died.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
Reposted by Ryan Volz
If a 33 year old socialist immigrant Muslim can win the Dem mayoral nomination in a landslide in the biggest city in the entire country
Fuck it man, the game is on, get this shit moving and start fighting
Fuck it man, the game is on, get this shit moving and start fighting
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If a 33 year old socialist immigrant Muslim can win the Dem mayoral nomination in a landslide in the biggest city in the entire country
Fuck it man, the game is on, get this shit moving and start fighting
Fuck it man, the game is on, get this shit moving and start fighting
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Cool cool cool. I’m not allowed to have a drink with dinner or buy modest upgrades from cattle car seats on transatlantic flights on federal grants, plus we’re audited every year…but it is somehow absolutely necessary for the head of HUD to kick out NSF to have an executive dining room?
Some of his requests, per NSF staff:
- Dedicated suite for him in the 19th floor
- constructing an Executive Dining Room
- reserved parking space for his 5 cars
- exclusive use of 1 elevator for the Secretary
- hosting the Secretary’s executive assistants in the 18th floor.
- Dedicated suite for him in the 19th floor
- constructing an Executive Dining Room
- reserved parking space for his 5 cars
- exclusive use of 1 elevator for the Secretary
- hosting the Secretary’s executive assistants in the 18th floor.
June 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Cool cool cool. I’m not allowed to have a drink with dinner or buy modest upgrades from cattle car seats on transatlantic flights on federal grants, plus we’re audited every year…but it is somehow absolutely necessary for the head of HUD to kick out NSF to have an executive dining room?
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?
Sen. Padilla thrown to the ground, manhandled, brutally taken down, handcuffed
It's disgusting
Reeks of totalitarianism
Un-American
Not what democracies do
Sen. Padilla was in that building to ask questions of what's going on in California, doing his duty to his constituents
We need answers now
It's disgusting
Reeks of totalitarianism
Un-American
Not what democracies do
Sen. Padilla was in that building to ask questions of what's going on in California, doing his duty to his constituents
We need answers now
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?
Reposted by Ryan Volz
We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Last week, NASA and NSF released their FY26 budget requests. We list the detailed impacts on the astronomical sciences in this blog post, and share how you can take action today.
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last week, NASA and NSF released their FY26 budget requests. We list the detailed impacts on the astronomical sciences in this blog post, and share how you can take action today.
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
Reposted by Ryan Volz
saw a post saying we're not gonna see a human land on mars in our lifetime.
i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why.
getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years.
but:
i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why.
getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years.
but:
June 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
saw a post saying we're not gonna see a human land on mars in our lifetime.
i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why.
getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years.
but:
i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why.
getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years.
but:
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Cutting research at the National Science Foundation by more than half(!) is intentionally sabotaging the future. These are contracts the federal government competitively awards to universities to develop breakthroughs and train graduate students to become future leaders & experts. Future is at risk.
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Cutting research at the National Science Foundation by more than half(!) is intentionally sabotaging the future. These are contracts the federal government competitively awards to universities to develop breakthroughs and train graduate students to become future leaders & experts. Future is at risk.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
I realize that as a retired professor I have a responsibility to say more on this than I have.
International students are essential to the fiscal bottom line of almost every university. This is an unambiguous attempt to destroy Harvard—permanently.
And he won’t stop with Harvard. This is madness.
International students are essential to the fiscal bottom line of almost every university. This is an unambiguous attempt to destroy Harvard—permanently.
And he won’t stop with Harvard. This is madness.
May 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I realize that as a retired professor I have a responsibility to say more on this than I have.
International students are essential to the fiscal bottom line of almost every university. This is an unambiguous attempt to destroy Harvard—permanently.
And he won’t stop with Harvard. This is madness.
International students are essential to the fiscal bottom line of almost every university. This is an unambiguous attempt to destroy Harvard—permanently.
And he won’t stop with Harvard. This is madness.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Ryan Volz
It's #NEWSDR time again (already)!
The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year!
Register by May 22 to attend:
newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year!
Register by May 22 to attend:
newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
May 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's #NEWSDR time again (already)!
The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year!
Register by May 22 to attend:
newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
The New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio is May 29-30 @wpiedu.bsky.social (WPI): newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
Haystack researchers Ryan Volz & Kazu Akiyama will give invite talks this year!
Register by May 22 to attend:
newsdr.org/workshops/ne...
Reposted by Ryan Volz
This is absolutely devastating.
ACAB. Regardless of what it says on their vests. Fascists, one and all.
ACAB. Regardless of what it says on their vests. Fascists, one and all.
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is absolutely devastating.
ACAB. Regardless of what it says on their vests. Fascists, one and all.
ACAB. Regardless of what it says on their vests. Fascists, one and all.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that Trump has broken and that will need fixing: presswatchers.org/2025/05/we-n... Are you with me?
We need a way to aggregate what Donald Trump is doing to this country | Press Watch
I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that are broken and will need fixing
presswatchers.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that Trump has broken and that will need fixing: presswatchers.org/2025/05/we-n... Are you with me?
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined.
May 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
US ground-based astronomy has been largely funded by NSF, including EHT, as well as NRAO that operates world-leading radio telescopes. This will cut ~70%+ of the budget for the infrastructure, including buildings, equipment, and administrators, causing catastrophic damage to basic science research.
NEW: Starting May 5, NSF will implement an across-the-board 15% indirect cost rate (mirroring policies at DOE, NIH)
Also, NSF staff expect 341 additional terminations today, bringing the total number of terminations to ~1,380.
Also, NSF staff expect 341 additional terminations today, bringing the total number of terminations to ~1,380.
May 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
US ground-based astronomy has been largely funded by NSF, including EHT, as well as NRAO that operates world-leading radio telescopes. This will cut ~70%+ of the budget for the infrastructure, including buildings, equipment, and administrators, causing catastrophic damage to basic science research.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
I’m pretty sure all the astronomers already heard this bad news, but idk how many other folks know about this proposal—NASA science would be absolutely GUTTED if this passed. US astronomy & astrophysics would be dead. We can’t let this happen—tell your reps, & your friends!
🔭
🔭
NASA’s science programs are facing what experts are calling an “extinction-level event” under Trump’s proposed budget.
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block.
eos.org/research-and...
April 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m pretty sure all the astronomers already heard this bad news, but idk how many other folks know about this proposal—NASA science would be absolutely GUTTED if this passed. US astronomy & astrophysics would be dead. We can’t let this happen—tell your reps, & your friends!
🔭
🔭
Reposted by Ryan Volz
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
BREAKING
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Reposted by Ryan Volz
HAPPY TAX DAY!
How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits.
🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS.
Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay
How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits.
🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS.
Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay
April 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
HAPPY TAX DAY!
How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits.
🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS.
Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay
How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits.
🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS.
Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay