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Mark Scheuern

@mgscheue.bsky.social
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Dog and cat daddy, photographer, modular synth noise maker, physics and math teacher.

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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Except AI is useful, at least when used with some thought applied.
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AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The FCC approves the deployment of the first Reflect Orbital satellite, which will provide sunlight-on-demand to customers, dismissing objections from over 1,600 public comments on potential harm to astronomy and the environment. www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-app... #Astronomy
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FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate
The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, the giant mirror, falls out of its authority since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 18/06/2026
As a physicist I find this hilarious. The angle of the photo is so shallow that it’s almost impossible to see the color of the water; at that angle, in that lighting, the water almost 100% just reflects the sky. So congrats to Dept of Interior for figuring out how to make the water blue, I guess?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/06/2026
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers demanded answers from the Trump administration about why it imposed sweeping restrictions on Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models — and whether rival tech companies should expect similar treatment.
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Lawmakers demand answers on the administration’s Anthropic restrictions
A bipartisan group of House members wants Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to explain why export controls were imposed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The guy who bankrupted casinos decided to improve the Reflecting Pool with our money. Things are going about as well as I expected.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Completely and utterly ridiculous. I cannot wait for this disgusting regime to end. www.anthropic.com/news/fable-m...
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Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
The US government has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There is no reasonable case for having Congressional districts subject to partisan gerrymanders, Supreme Court justices having lifetime appointments, members of Congress being allowed to trade stocks, a dozen other obvious things.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One aspect of the egocratic ethos of our current elites in government and tech is the idea that "advice" is an outdated concept. Why think that I don't already know what is best about everything?
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
And you are OK for mistaking your uninformed opinion for a universal truth. Take care!
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Cars and Coffee at Pasteiner’s, Birmingham Michigan #carsandcoffee #pasteiners
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Then we disagree. I’m OK with that.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’m guessing it has something to do with being able to do useful things with it. That’s definitely the case for me.
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
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Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
And a few more. #nokingsday #nokings3 #nokings #annarbor #annarbormichigan
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A few from #nokingsday in #annarbor #nokings #nokings3 #annarbormichigan
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I know someone who wrote a righteously indignant one star review of TurboTax because he was extremely unhappy the CD was packaged in a cardboard case instead of a plastic jewel case. Zero mention of the actual software. And who buys software on CDs in this century?
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
One common response to Moltbot is something like "We're so cooked." We are pretty cooked. Not because Moltbots will bootstrap us to the Singularity. Just because people readily turn their hard drives and personal info over to programs they don't understand. www.zdnet.com/article/molt...
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The viral AI agent Moltbot is a security mess - 5 red flags you shouldn't ignore (before it's too late)
Handing your computing tasks over to a cute AI crustacean might be tempting - but you should consider these security risks before getting started.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isn’t just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever. Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A lot of people (not Philip Glass) seem to be going with "I'm going to collaborate with the regime, maybe that will help change things." This rarely works, especially when "collaboration" is not how the regime really thinks about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/a...
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Philip Glass Withdraws From Kennedy Center, as Its Symphony Vows to Play On
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bovino, as required for a Trump Administration job, is a shameless liar. What’s scarier than that is perhaps 25 to 35% of the nation are totalitarian-souled bootlickers eager to believe him. How do you make a nation out of people like that?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Gov. Walz to MS NOW: "Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic. "The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I have certainly learned that we live amongst some really horrible people.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood. there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood
With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there's no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Oh, I’m so sorry. Betty was such a beautiful dog.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/01/2026
🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
FBI taking over the "investigation" in Minnesota equals a coverup. The rule of law is dead. Trump's Gestapo will kill with impunity and immunity. This wasn't the United States. It is now. Walz, Ellison push back on FBI takeover of shooting probe www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Live: Walz, Ellison push back on FBI takeover of shooting probe
State investigators said the FBI had ‘reversed course’ on a joint investigation. Meanwhile, protesters gathered at the Whipple Federal Building after thousands attended vigils to remember Renee Nicole...
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good was 37. She was murdered by an ICE agent in the street in broad daylight. What really happened to her will not be forgotten, minimized, or ignored.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The fact that he not only got away with it but got re-elected is a stunning indictment of our government, media, educational system, and society.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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Chris Brockett @chrisbrockett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another institution capriciously demolished. Another sad day in America.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 02/01/2026
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Computer scientist Yann LeCun: ‘Intelligence really is about learning’
[FREE TO READ] The AI pioneer on stepping down from Meta, the limits of large language models — and the launch of his new start-up
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
We laugh, but I do wonder about the extent to which this syndrome has degraded all sorts of writing. Thanks to the internet, writers are constantly exposed to all sorts of silly and thoughtless responses, and worry too much about how to avoid provoking them. You can’t!
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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Bora Gurel, MD, Ph.D @boragurel.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! May you all be with/find a person who GETS you 🥰 #science #stirlingengine #christmas 🧪
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Oh, I almost forgot about this gem. michiganadvance.com/2024/06/15/m...
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Michigan GOP congressional candidate blames fake MLK endorsement video on campaign volunteer • Michigan Advance
A video featuring the identified voice of Martin Luther King Jr. saying he had “another dream” that Republican congressional candidate Anthony Hudson would win his election to Michigan’s 8th District ...
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Absolutely everything is a rant. His videos are hilarious. And I forgot, he does want to harvest radio waves for energy. All we have to do is repeal the inverse square law. Though I’m not sure what powers the radio transmitters.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
His energy policy seems to consist of hating every single form of energy production.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
His performance in the primaries for a Michigan House seat was less than stellar. He’s mostly known for losing his temper.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This guy is running for governor of Michigan. I seem to have upset him by asking him a question about his energy policy.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Every accusation is a confession. Conservative groups release a proposal to destroy academic research and shape universities into indoctrination centers, with strict ideological gatekeeping.
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Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
WTF? My first and I hope last encounter with OnTrac
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