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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What was your first computer growing up?

Advertisement for APF Imagination Machine early personal computer

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ISS transit of Sun today 9/22/0226 at 3:11 PDT from Guadalupe River Park, San Jose California.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Google Earth based timelapse of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art site

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Marine Layer Moon Santa Cruz California #observethemoon

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

From "THE PREPARATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER 2nd Ed 1957" ia903205.us.archive.org/14/items/pro...

Programming cannot be taught in the abstract, or learned without
practice, and any book on programming must use the order code of some
particular machine, real or hypothetical. Fortunately, the order code of
the EDSAC lends itself well to the purposes of a book on programming,
being fairly straightforward and relatively easily memorized. Moreover,
the EDSAC is a single-address binary machine, and a recent survey by
M. H. Weik (for reference see Bibliography) shows that, of the types of
machine currently in use, about 50% use single-address order codes and
about 60% work in the binary scale. The order code of the EDSAC con-
tains a few of the minor inconsistencies and complications invariably
found in the order codes of real machines; the order codes of hypothetical
machines especially designed for teaching may be free of these inconsist-
encies and complications, but are inevitably somewhat artificial in con-
sequence. One advantage of using the order code of an established
machine is that it is possible to draw on experience of programming and
of the teaching of programming. The first two chapters of Part 1 of this
edition are based on courses of programming given in this laboratory over

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Just a reminder of the advantages of MOS circuits over ferrite-core memories (from CDC CYBER 170 COMPUTER SYSTEM SYSTEMS HARDWARE HANDBOOK bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/cdc/cybe... )

MOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
The MOS integrated circuits are silicone microcircuits with capacitive characteristics that
make them suitable as high density storage devices. Manufacturing techniques and operat-
ing characteristics of the MOS circuits give them a number of advantages over the ferrite-
core memories. These advantages apply also to ECL circuits in comparison to discrete
components.
• Lower cost
Faster operation, on a system basis
• Lower power requirements
• Higher reliability
• Higher densities, as low as one-seventh the space of core memories

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Woodies on the Wharf Departure Parade Video (Intended for HDR monitors) youtu.be/woMuEI1bxRY

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Woodies on the Wharf 2026

YouTube video by Brian Swift

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Fun afternoon at Woodies on the Wharf flic.kr/ps/Pp8XL

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Birthday Baller Baseball at Ernie Raimondi Park in Oakland California with Scrappy the rally opossum

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lemurdillo @lemurdillo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Happy pride Santa Cruz!

Sticker at a pride parade: GOD MADE YOU FABULOUS (fabulous in rainbow colors)
Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

So much positive energy at today's Santa Cruz Pride Parade youtu.be/pMt6E8tbuZ4

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Santa Cruz Pride 2026-06-07

YouTube video by Brian Swift

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

From today’s visit to Monkeyflower Ranch in Salinas California.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In the event of a nuclear apocalypse, apparently humanity's last words will be "Bro, Bro, Oh my gosh, Dude, check it out" with accompanying mushroom cloud cell phone video.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It is great to see the scale of Dragonfly here. All of the animations of the mission don't easily show off how huge this drone is. I can't wait for it to fly in Titan's atmosphere.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I wonder if next hard drive will be labeled after eponymous lubricant

Western Digital 20TB hard drive with WD20 written on blue painter’s tape label.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If sat phones no-joy, maybe they should try their iPhones.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

For you Artemis backout viewing. Crop of www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I just uploaded a video with all four available tracking views of the Artemis II launch next to each other. #Artemis youtu.be/ydUeuJvZ97s

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Artemis II Launch from four tracking angles

YouTube video by Simeon Schmauß

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Great photos from NASA Artemis II mission at JSC Flickr site. (Click individual image download icons for 45MP full-resolution pixel-peeping) www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Little know fact, the crew in the train tail car was composed entirely of owls.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Well, there is your problem.

Dryer drum roller sitting a skew on shaft above piles of fine metal filings

Dryer roller with normal rim, and rim that had been worn down into filings.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Links to Claude's old (5/23) rules-based constitution www.anthropic.com/news/claudes... and new (1/26) principles-based www.anthropic.com/constitution which includes the disputed use cases. "Fascinating" we now explain to software why it should be good. ("Claude's nature" section interesting.)

anthropic.com

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Jamie L. Molaro @spacejammie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Every year I’m so delighted and proud to see “my” art show has continued to live and grow beyond me :) The grads running it always do an awesome job and it’s become a community staple in Tucson! It runs all weekend, go see some #sciart! 🎨🪐

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Congrats to (52692) @scalzi.com from (4589)

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

PJ03 Jupiter Images, Exaggerated Color/Contrast. Full resolution at flic.kr/p/2rQ2PNi

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Jupiter images processed from raw data collected by Juno spacecraft on Dec 11 2016 from altitudes 45,305 and 8,733 km. youtube.com/shorts/IS6RH...

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Jupiter PJ03_120 and PJ03_114 Exaggerated Color/Contrast

YouTube video by Brian Swift

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Jackie Branc @jackiebranc.com · 30/12/2025

1/2🧵🟠🟣⚪ "In every object, its previous forms must live on in some rudimentary way", part II - #1, digital #collage model: Dione @dionek.bsky.social The entire project is on my website: tinyurl.com/2vk83fuw Credit : #NASA / #SwRI / #MSSS / Jackie Branc © CC BY #Jupiter #Io #Juno

"In every object, its previous forms must live on in some rudimentary way", part II - #1, digital collage
A surreal digital collage showing the lower half of a female model’s face with red lips and hands touching her cheeks. The upper part of her head is replaced by a large image of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission, with swirling cloud patterns. A smaller image of Jupiter’s moon Io overlaps the planet near the center. The background is minimal and light gray, contrasting with the black space above the planet.

source images:
JUPITER | JNCE_2023174_52C00133_V01
IO | JNCE_2023364_57C00022_V01

model: Dione @dionek.bsky.social

Credit : #NASA / #SwRI / #MSSS / Jackie Branc © CC BY

#Jupiter

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Unix v4 circa 1973 available from your browser at unixv4.dev from discuss.systems/@danielcowen...

Screenshot of website emulating a green screen terminal connected to a Unix v4 system

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Holger Isenberg @areoinfo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The global color Mars map from China's Tianwen-1 MoRIC (medium res camera) is back online! On clpds.bao.ac.cn/service/#/ma... as 46 GB TIFF behind icon on the right side. Scientific article about this map, the only complete Mars color map since the Viking Orbiters: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Wasn't expecting Kpop Demon Hunters Chili at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's chili cook-off today.

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AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

An intriguing hi-res photograph of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite with its 12m antenna fully unfurled in space. The pic was taken on Aug 21 by one of the earth observation satellites in the Vantor (formerly Maxar) Constellation. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #PlanetSci

1. The NISAR image taken by one of the WorldView Legion satellites
2. Same image with vector info showing orientation of NISAR relative to its imaging targets.
Source: Vantor

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Good turnout for #NoKings march in Santa Cruz California.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Shooting through a little marine layer to #observethemoon from Santa Cruz California.

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

“Missed it by that much”

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Planetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 23/09/2025

Also, join Candy for a discussion on JunoCam on the PSI-produced show CosmoQuest After Hours. This one is titled "JunoCam: Seeing Jupiter through the eyes of multitudes" and it airs Friday, Sept. 26 at 11am MST/2pm EDT. 🔭 🧪 buff.ly/onL2FqK

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Xenomythology with Jason Batt

In this episode of CosmoQuest After Hours, we introduce you to Dr Candy Hansen, a Senior Scientist at the co-leader of the JunoCam investigation payload on t...

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Tour of the Texas dark skies telescope ranch starfront.space www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktd...

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A Tour of Starfront Observatories!

YouTube video by Bray Falls

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Congrats to JPL radar peeps and everyone responsible for REASON instrument and creation of radargram captured during Europa Clipper March 1 Mars flyby. Strip image at photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2... REASON (open access) paper at link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Brian Swift @bswift.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

+1 to Anthropic for naming their agentic AI infra Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) which non-coincidentally also stands for Master-Control-Program, the protagonist in Tron. EOL

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

A rule of thumb for tsunamis is that in open ocean, they move at similar speeds to commercial airliners. If you're ever curious how long it would take for a tsunami to get from one place to another, look up the duration of a similar-length flight.

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Judy Schmidt @geckzilla.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Apep. JWST. It's weird. Just look at it. From GO 5842: What lies beyond the inner spiral of Apep? Principal Investigator: Yinuo Han flic.kr/p/2riELBn

A nebula with a bright star at its center. The nebula has three distinct layers, and the pattern in the layers repeats in a way that implies there are more layers outside the image boundaries, though they would be faint. The shape of the nebula is something like nesting yin yangs, with the center smallest one bright and dense, shining, smooth and golden. The middle one is orange and textured like a sherpa blanket. The largest, outer shell is fainter, and red like an ember. Its texture has softened along with its dissipation into space. There are some small stars speckled around the image, and one annoyingly bright, spiky one that's got too many colors because of the way the light spreads from point sources through the telescope's optics. A pale haze of grayish cloud also covers the scene, but it is sheer and translucent.

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