Tommy Owens
@tommyowens.bsky.social
[ R E D A C T E D ] Opinions are my own. Unrepentant Thalassophile.
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
Pet hate. "Fazed" is not the same as "phased".
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.
The damage is done. The labs are gutted.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
'This all must end now.' NASA lab closures at Goddard Space Flight Center under Congressional scrutiny
A congressional letter is putting NASA on blast.
www.space.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The damage is done. The labs are gutted.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
Officially at G4 intensity. This storm could do some damage.
G4 (Severe) Storm Levels Reached! | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
www.swpc.noaa.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Officially at G4 intensity. This storm could do some damage.
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New study shows that #ocean dynamics, driven by #wind stress, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast #Pacific marine #heatwaves via poleward warm water advection, while surface heat fluxes explain their decay. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Importance of ocean dynamics in the onset and persistence of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast Pacific marine heatwaves - Nature Communications
The study shows that gyre-scale ocean dynamics, driven by wind stress curl anomaly, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast Pacific marine heatwaves via poleward warm water advection,...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New study shows that #ocean dynamics, driven by #wind stress, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast #Pacific marine #heatwaves via poleward warm water advection, while surface heat fluxes explain their decay. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory just days after the country provided an overwhelming vote of confidence.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory just days after the country provided an overwhelming vote of confidence.
This sent me to Google. I've never seen one before. Nice moire on the dorsal fin.
Caristiidae (manefish) from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 571 part 5 #mappinggalapagosvents #MarineLife
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This sent me to Google. I've never seen one before. Nice moire on the dorsal fin.
So, about that sink in the Southern Ocean...
We underestimated Southern Ocean outgassing by 40% around Antarctica >40°S
"Substantially underestimated winter CO2 sources of the Southern Ocean"; www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Substantially underestimated winter CO2 sources of the Southern Ocean"; www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So, about that sink in the Southern Ocean...
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Just want to point out on the video RFK JR ran the second the event started.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just want to point out on the video RFK JR ran the second the event started.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
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If I only I had written a scene where a “macho” officer on the witness stand is sobbing while describing the trauma of having the flat side of a hoagie - thrown from 2 feet away - hit him in his bulletproof protected chest.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If I only I had written a scene where a “macho” officer on the witness stand is sobbing while describing the trauma of having the flat side of a hoagie - thrown from 2 feet away - hit him in his bulletproof protected chest.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
The joint is jumpin'
A swingin’ seafloor hotspot! 🎶
This #Ecosde2Cañones footage fr the Patagonian shelf break is an excellent example of collective foraging behavior. Fish & other creatures navigate deep-sea currents to access an area rich w/nutrients — these vital energy hubs at the interface of shelf & open Ocean.
This #Ecosde2Cañones footage fr the Patagonian shelf break is an excellent example of collective foraging behavior. Fish & other creatures navigate deep-sea currents to access an area rich w/nutrients — these vital energy hubs at the interface of shelf & open Ocean.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The joint is jumpin'
MAY BE? They are!
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
MAY BE? They are!
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
Why Gars Deserve a Week of Their Own | Great Lakes Now
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
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A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather
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There are so very, very many things that irk me in the Jurassic movies (80% due to script writers, 19% directors). One consistent flaw is herbivore = not dangerous.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There are so very, very many things that irk me in the Jurassic movies (80% due to script writers, 19% directors). One consistent flaw is herbivore = not dangerous.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Wow!
Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
This must have been taken over Washington DC
This must have been taken over Washington DC
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wow!
This quote from the article sums up the situation at GSFC:
"I feel like the people I work with, myself included, have just been demoralized, exhausted, terrified, frustrated and angry, for months and months on end with no pause whatsoever."
"I feel like the people I work with, myself included, have just been demoralized, exhausted, terrified, frustrated and angry, for months and months on end with no pause whatsoever."
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This quote from the article sums up the situation at GSFC:
"I feel like the people I work with, myself included, have just been demoralized, exhausted, terrified, frustrated and angry, for months and months on end with no pause whatsoever."
"I feel like the people I work with, myself included, have just been demoralized, exhausted, terrified, frustrated and angry, for months and months on end with no pause whatsoever."
Thought one of my oaks fell earlier. Turns out it was an earthquake. It's always something 🌎
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thought one of my oaks fell earlier. Turns out it was an earthquake. It's always something 🌎
The golden hour 🌅. So a mast year for Holly?
Looks like my holly, jolly Christmas will be a lot more hollier this year.
I took these during the last few minutes of daylight, which washed out the greens a bit.
🌱📷📸
I took these during the last few minutes of daylight, which washed out the greens a bit.
🌱📷📸
October 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The golden hour 🌅. So a mast year for Holly?
Hurricane Melissa is undergoing rapid intensification and is likely to reach Cat 5 strength as she slowly closes in on Jamaica and Haiti. Not a good scenario.
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Hurricane Melissa is undergoing rapid intensification and is likely to reach Cat 5 strength as she slowly closes in on Jamaica and Haiti. Not a good scenario.
Had a great radio contact, this morning, with Flight Engineer Mike Fincke (KE5AIT) aboard the ISS. The students from Larissa, Greece were able to ask the astronaut all twenty of their planned questions. #ARISS #NASA #ISS
An absolutely incredible image of the International Space Station taken by a *satellite* also in orbit by heospace.com & blacksky.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM