Reposted by Paul MarksPaul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 13/01/2026My latest at Aerospace America: how moon rock can be converted into breathable air, and more. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/... 001
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/05/2026How we could miss spotting an incoming killer asteroid: space images are being increasingly fogged by megaconstellation satellite trails. 000
Reposted by Paul Marksalina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The YouGov poll of Labour members is quite interesting. Members mood is quite different than the febrile reporting from inside Westminster. Surprisingly good for Starmer, Reeves and the project. No open revolt, no burn it all down yougov.com/en-gb/articl... 203
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Just goes to show, gameplay is independent of snazzy graphics and audio ... Eye Spy, anyone? 000
Reposted by Paul MarksPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The White House is completely silent as BBC confirms a consistent pattern of massive financial spikes occurring just minutes before Donald Trump makes market moving announcements. The administration is facing severe allegations of illegally profiteering off inside knowledge. 13267156
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Remember those micrometeorite impact flashes the #NASA #ArtemisII crew saw on the lunar near-side last week? They won't be good for lunar habs ... but it's AI to the rescue. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/this-ai-pred... 000
Reposted by Paul MarksRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story? 701740875
Reposted by Paul Marksarseblog @arseblog.com · 05/03/2026The video mentioned in the Ian Wright section of today's Arsecast 👇 48310
Reposted by Paul MarksNeil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right? 503171235953
Reposted by Paul MarksRod Hilton @rodhilton.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Anthropic: We lost a contract because we refuse to build Skynet. OpenAI: We'll do it 681570510
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Dutch research teams are developing artificial human hearts based on soft robotics technology - which might be biocompatible, have a natural pulsatile heartbeat and even overcome the infection, clotting and rejection risks of today’s metal artificial hearts. My story: cacm.acm.org/news/can-sof... 010
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 27/02/2026NASA probe Lunar Trailblazer died after pointing its solar panels 180-degrees away from the sun, an NPR FOIA request reveals. Why sign errors bedevil spaceflight: cacm.acm.org/news/in-spac... 010
Reposted by Paul MarksThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/02/2026Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of stafftheguardian.comMorgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staffLongtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters * UK politics live – latest updates Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and longtime aide, has resigned after a bitter row about supposed plots to bring down the PM. McSweeney masterminded Starmer’s path to Downing Street less than five years after Jeremy Corbyn’s devastating defeat in the 2019 election. Continue reading... 3514048
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 13/01/2026My latest at Aerospace America: how moon rock can be converted into breathable air, and more. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/... 001
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Obviously. And authors and writers. Every book says "not for storage in a data retrieval system" or somesuch - and deepnet weights are merely thinly-disguised data. 031
Reposted by Paul MarksAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Hope you all are having a blessed Thursday 565220405201
Reposted by Paul MarksPer Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Turing Award laureate Rich Sutton now critiques pure LLMs—echoing @garymarcus.bsky.social . Time to move beyond science fiction and refocus on scientific rigour. #AI #LLM #Neurosymbolic #RichSutton #GaryMarcus garymarcus.substack.com/p/game-over-...garymarcus.substack.comGame over for pure LLMs. Even Turing Award Winner Rich Sutton has gotten off the bus.One by one, all the big names have turned around. What should we do next? 14218
Reposted by Paul MarksJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Once again, this is not how copyright law works! 192
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The BBC has posted about 50 episodes of its much-missed arts series, Arena, on iPlayer - including this paean to @forduk's most-stolen-car of the 60s, the Ford Cortina. Includes Alexei Sayle on Mastermind - with some terribly tough Cortina questioning. 🥸 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukArena - The Private Life of the Ford CortinaThis programme looks at the history of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen and most misunderstood car. 010
Reposted by Paul MarksJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 02/10/2025 someone check on Gregg’s’ cyber security, we got lucky with M&S 2363
Reposted by Paul MarksHelen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Just to be clear: - Paracetamol does not cause autism. - Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK - We do not have a massive free speech problem here. - Britain is not on the verge of civil war. These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true. 642502622
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 23/09/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/paulma...linkedin.comTRANQUILITY NO MORE: THE LUNAR MODULE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING If I have any kind of church in London it is the Science Museum, where two exhibits in particular always stop me in my geeky tracks. The… |...TRANQUILITY NO MORE: THE LUNAR MODULE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING If I have any kind of church in London it is the Science Museum, where two exhibits in particular always stop me in my geeky tracks. The fi... 011
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This is a deeper dive than my brief NewScientist op-ed into the RAeS conference on the dangerous idea of cockpit AI replacing airliner copilots. Kicked into the long grass for now, unions worry the cost-cutting idea will be back. 011
Reposted by Paul MarksThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/05/2025So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hydetheguardian.comSo long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina HydeJudging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 50446107
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Another destructive (i.e. no recovery) rocket test imminent: booster and second stage will be ditched in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean respectively. Two holds so far. 010
Reposted by Paul MarksSpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Musk’s Possible Role in Meink, Isaacman Nominations Continues to Raise Concerns spacepolicyonline.com/news/musks-p... 064
Reposted by Paul MarksCentre for Society, Technology and Values @uofwaterloo @cstv-uw.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Airlines plan to replace copilots with #AI pilots in future, aiming to reduce costs but perhaps raising unacceptable risks in unusual situations, explains @paulmarks12.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... #aviation #automation #safetynewscientist.comWhy pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AIA cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it's a risk too far, argu... 001
Reposted by Paul Marksbryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025@computerweekly.bsky.social has learned of serious security and data protection issues surrounding One Login, the UK government's flagship digital identity system 🧵(1/4) www.computerweekly.com/news/3666225...computerweekly.comGovernment faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID | Computer WeeklyThe Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” an... 22117
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 11/04/2025@uk.theconversation.com Your error is still in the story: there is no parachute on the Mars sample return capsule. 010
Reposted by Paul MarksBen Lamb @bennyfactor.bsky.social · 09/04/2025pursuing economic policies that were outdated as of 4 months before the declaration of independence was written is really really something isn't it 011
Reposted by Paul MarksPaul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Wrong: there's no parachute on the return capsule. It's coming in too fast, on an interplanetary ballistic trajectory. NASA can only pray the capsule is not breached by space debris, or its (terminal velocity) ground impact - potentially releasing biohazards we cannot combat in our atmosphere. 001
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Wrong: there's no parachute on the return capsule. It's coming in too fast, on an interplanetary ballistic trajectory. NASA can only pray the capsule is not breached by space debris, or its (terminal velocity) ground impact - potentially releasing biohazards we cannot combat in our atmosphere. 001
Reposted by Paul MarksGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I should also include the footnote index to the above. 043
Reposted by Paul MarksGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025If you read the actual letter attached to this Axios report, it doesn't only go after Elon Musk, but it calls Jared Issacman, the nominee for the NASA Administrator position into question as well. Mr. Issacman faces his confirmation hearing this week. Here's an excerpt: 2134
Reposted by Paul MarksGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Via @axios.com - Exclusive: US House Democrats probe Elon Musk's conflicts of interest with #NASA www.axios.com/2025/04/07/h...axios.comExclusive: House Democrats probe Elon Musk's conflicts of interest with NASASpaceX is one of NASA's largest private sector contractors. 1429
Reposted by Paul MarksSatan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is high art 526263157516
Reposted by Paul MarksPat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A sign from protests in the US this weekend 👏 083
Reposted by Paul MarksJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Farewell Gaia! Incredibly successful mission, that has utterly transformed our knowledge of our home galaxy. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...cam.ac.ukFarewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an endThe European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down, after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets 1134355
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Irreproducible results in #critical #infrastructure #cybersecurity research could help attackers sabotage #substations, power plants, water systems, food supplies, manufacturing and oil & gas facilities. cacm.acm.org/news/securit... .cacm.acm.orgSecurity Research Gaps Leave Critical Infrastructure Open to Cyberattack – Communications of the ACM 000
Reposted by Paul MarksNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/03/2025NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey 15796445449
Reposted by Paul MarksBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.” 1224335449397
Reposted by Paul MarksMike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The irony of the Trump being so anti-immigrant. In fact, the US became wealthy on immigrant inventors. It’s time Europe replicated this. Source: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e... 1186
Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 02/03/2025You couldn't make it up: the DOGEbags are such morons. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...nytimes.comDOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already DeadElon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site. 000