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Astrodynamics Workbench and GMAT System Architect. Physicist. Freedom lover. Anywhere in the solar system - I can get you there!

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we 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.
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this.
Research [25] shows that people [26] enjoy the feeling of winning games [3,5,19]. Enjoying things can lead to longer life expectancy [2], higher economic productivity [9,22,33-40,302] and improve mental health [9]. Yet many games still include losing players [67,4]. A recent study showed that less than half of the players in a Chess [1] match win on average [42]. We have developed an LLM-driven co-creative [66], user-led [11], mixed-initiative [80] assistant for Chess [2], through which players can redefine the rules of Chess [3] using generative AI prompting such that they are the winner of Chess [4]. A study (n=3) showed that 100\% of people felt better, healthier and more self-actualised after using our tool, showing that this may be the way forward for games and human culture more broadly in the future.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
NASA 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/3SK34oz
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NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
NASA 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.
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Marc 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...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You 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...
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/07/2026
The 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.
The Curiosity rover on Mars. At about $2.6 billion, it buys you about ten days of Iran war.
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @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?”
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Launch 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.
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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So, 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."
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I 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
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/04/2026
Well, this is an amazing image
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 03/04/2026
Need help flying your favorite spacecraft? GMAT R2026a is now available for download and use at sourceforge.net/projects/gma...
The GMAT 2026a splash screen, listing contributors to the project and this release.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Nice. Inclusive and accessible. Well done, @standupforscience.net and @cdelawalla.bsky.social!
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 04/03/2026
We’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.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
oh hey whether you are dealing with snow or laying on the beach, there's a new cartoon for you www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Cartoon: Better things are possible
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hey, 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-... 🧪 🔭
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How much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?
The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 08/02/2026
Nice job, 'Heels!
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 17/01/2026
Just 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).
Narrow band picture of the Tadpole nebula
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 24/12/2025
I can see by the clouds in my sky that Santa must have a sleigh full of astro gear this year.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/12/2025
Today 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...
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“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I 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…
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Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Rewatched 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.”
Star Trek like ship in space
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 01/12/2025
Spent 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:
Processed picture of the Orion Nebula
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 24/11/2025
Thank you for your service!
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 19/11/2025
5 Hours on the Pleiades
Stacked image of the Pleiades star cluster taken in Tucson
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 13/11/2025
Nice job, Blue Origin!
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 10/11/2025
Just something I threw together tonight
Picture of the "Witch's Broom" part of the Veil nebula. (Askar 60F, ZWO ASI533MC Pro camera, 4 hours of stacked data)
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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 31/10/2025
Remember 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.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Emerald Lucille Lovebird 🕊️ tests her EMU before her EVA 👩‍🚀. She wishes all peace. 🕊️ #TheDailyLovebird
The face of a peach-faced pied lovebird set within the helmet of an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) or spacesuit.
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 26/10/2025
Last night's moon:
Picture of the crescent Moon from 10/25/2025
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 26/10/2025
My take in Comet Lemmon. 10 30s images, Askar 60F, ASI533MC Pro from Tucson, AZ
Stacked image of comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 26/10/2025
Trials and tribulation of astrophotography. H'ere a video of yesterday's Comet Lemmon attempt, fighting the trees to my west:
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A 🧵: 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/
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 18/10/2025
While everyone else is posting about comet Lemmon, here is a short video of my Swan images:
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.
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Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will
plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on
your people and on all your officials."
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 13/10/2025
Working a bit on the Eagle nebula while waiting for clear skies in Tucson.
Photo of the Eagle nebula taken from Tucson
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 03/10/2025
Final 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.com
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Space Software Summit
Space Software Summit
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Trisha KansasGal @kansasgal71.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 12/09/2025
Water is falling from the sky. How weird!
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 07/08/2025
Getting 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:
Graphic of four spacecraft flying past the Moon, as modeled in Astrodynamics Workbench
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The 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.
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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 27/07/2025
Found a minute or two to gather a bit of light Friday night. Still learning how best to process things.
Backyard picture of the crescent nebula. 60 3 minute frames stacked together.
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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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SPHINCTERPUSS @stanzman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
If 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
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