Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.combryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 99138554605
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET. 392740668
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this. 32816197
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 1109206577479
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comNPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. n.pr/3SK34ozn.prNASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missionsNASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. 25434187
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“60 Minutes” — once a fearless national treasure — has been largely gutted. Over a year ago, I appeared on “60 Minutes” because I trusted the leaders of CBS to report the news with honesty and bravery. That will be my last appearance on the show. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...democracydocket.comMy open letter to David EllisonYou argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac... 299102032983
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116883321
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/07/2026The U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars. That's since February. That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive. Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war. 16936021418
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency. 010322
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?” 603226017482
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Launch Abort at 6:45 PM EDT (unofficial) First abort after lighting the Raptor engines, scrubbing for the day. Will be looking at the data that caused the abort. There was a quick hold at T-50 seconds, then the count started again. SpaceX is offloading the fuel and will look at the data. 291
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comAll Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 15/04/2026So, it's okay for a cat to run away and hide under the bed when visitors come, but, when I do it, it's "rude" and "antisocial." 611844155
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses 138137354419
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comSarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones 203995688
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/04/2026Well, this is an amazing image 1060956
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 03/04/2026Need help flying your favorite spacecraft? GMAT R2026a is now available for download and use at sourceforge.net/projects/gma... 022
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Nice. Inclusive and accessible. Well done, @standupforscience.net and @cdelawalla.bsky.social! 311225
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 04/03/2026We’re regressing full on to 1960s programming. Waterfall model to develop software on rented time on mainframes, using proprietary programming environments from a handful of monopolistic manufacturers. 17913
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/02/2026oh hey whether you are dealing with snow or laying on the beach, there's a new cartoon for you www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comCartoon: Better things are possibleAs always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ... 45438137
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Hey, if you want your mind absolutely crushed into dust today then read my article at Scientific American about how much energy is released when two supermassive black holes collide. To borrow from Douglas Adams, it's the best bang since the big one. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🧪 🔭scientificamerican.comHow much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard 417541
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 17/01/2026Just a bit of play in the Hubble palette; I haven't tried this color space before (Sulfur - S II - is mapped to red, Hydrogen - H alpha - to green, oxygen - O III - to blue). 000
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 24/12/2025I can see by the clouds in my sky that Santa must have a sleigh full of astro gear this year. 000
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/12/2025Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all): whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...whatever.scalzi.com“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For AnythingI search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea… 641122396
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comInk Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Rewatched some Star Trek tonight. Still wild how a show about warp drives and weird nebulae ends up teaching the cleanest lessons about being human. Every episode says the same thing in its own way: ‘Be curious. Be brave. …Try not to fire phasers unless you really have to.” 2244726605
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 01/12/2025Spent 5 hours imaging the Lobster Claw, and struggling to find an edit I like. Then on a lark I spent 10 minutes on the Orion Nebula (60 10 sec subs, stacked in PixInsight, processed with PI and Affinity). So what do I spend my time on? This: 110
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 10/11/2025Just something I threw together tonight 000
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comAmyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...linkedin.comLinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedInLogin to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career. 77457
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 31/10/2025Remember when Texas Dems broke quorum & in response TX AG Paxton & Gov Abbot demanded their arrest & removal from office? Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of last 100 days, absent since Sept 19, & he still won't swear in Rep-elect Grijalva. Rules for thee but not for me. 542691850
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Emerald Lucille Lovebird 🕊️ tests her EMU before her EVA 👩🚀. She wishes all peace. 🕊️ #TheDailyLovebird 3262
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 26/10/2025My take in Comet Lemmon. 10 30s images, Askar 60F, ASI533MC Pro from Tucson, AZ 000
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 26/10/2025Trials and tribulation of astrophotography. H'ere a video of yesterday's Comet Lemmon attempt, fighting the trees to my west: 100
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 20/10/2025A 🧵: Was looking at the activities list for this week in space over at @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social ( suggest you do too on a weekly basis ) Ther's one event that sadly is invitation only but I see it as a canary in a coal mine. The French Institute of International Relations is ...1/ 171
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 18/10/2025While everyone else is posting about comet Lemmon, here is a short video of my Swan images: 000
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash. 9459175
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comWill Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 14/10/2025 5894269
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 13/10/2025Working a bit on the Eagle nebula while waiting for clear skies in Tucson. 021
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 03/10/2025Final prep is underway for the Space Software Summit next week. If you are using or interested in GMAT or Astrodynamics Workbench, come chat with me or listen to my talk in Boulder! www.spacesoftwaresummit.comspacesoftwaresummit.comSpace Software SummitSpace Software Summit 000
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 12/09/2025Water is falling from the sky. How weird! 000
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 07/08/2025Getting ready to travel to a place I've never been before. Boston. For the Astrodynamics Specialists Conference next week, where I'll talk about these 4: 010
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral “deals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior. 533553930
djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 27/07/2025Found a minute or two to gather a bit of light Friday night. Still learning how best to process things. 000
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comCosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 26/07/2025 115220
Reposted by @djcinsb.thinksysinc.comSPHINCTERPUSS @stanzman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025If you attended church and consider yourself a Christian and your preacher or pastor isn't speaking out passionately against what's happening in this country you're not in a church you're in a cult..shame on all of you for staying silent 27719