pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If astronomy hadn’t stolen me, particle physics was next in line. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Man I just love neutrinos. They’re funny little guys. 100
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Those who have calculated the neutrino flux from SN1987a stand up. 100
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Max Scherzer going on short rest to catch Verlander's strikeout total -- and nearly damn well doing it -- is some all time inner circle king petty shit, and I mean that in the most complimentary way imaginable. You gotta tip your cap to a true psycho, and Max Scherzer is an all-time baseball psycho. 19668124
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/09/2026You, a fall person: Ohmygosh I love fall!! Pumpkins! Cozy sweaters! Hot tea and cider! Pumpkins! Pumpkin Spice Lattes! The changing colors of leaves!!!! Me, a spring and summer person: :: pulls hoddie tight over head :: beware: the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is nigh 3743280
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Please God let's not now say "well, Steve Bannon has a point". Remember! He's a fraud, liar, and fascist. He ran Cambridge Analytica and Trump's first campaign; cultivated white supremacists (including Stephen Miller); filled our media with conspiracies; tried to build a global fascist movement. 1/ 918839
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wish it was easier to bike from there to Tyson’s and around, but at least I can do a mixed modal commute to work so thank you! 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Once you stop trying to convince yourself that all of your policy preferences are secretely really popular if explained in the right way, you will be released from samsara 13962144
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My favorite bumper sticker I’ve ever seen was at Green Bank Telescope that read “First Pluto, next Rhode Island?” which I wholeheartedly approve of. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!" 1386374915
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialMike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A Naked Gun game where the Angels right fielder tries to assassinate the queen of England 610421
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If you do this with people who responsibly disclose their AI use it's not going to have the impact on your media/information diet that you think. you're going to be effectively selecting for people more likely to lie to you. 1429516
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Me seeing the HST setstatic.klipy.comSpongebob 'I Need It' MemeALT: Spongebob 'I Need It' Meme 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 28/07/2026These are all excellent reasons for wanting Betelgeuse to go boom, but I've now become more appreciative of Orion the constellation, and how this would ruin it. BUT -- I still want science and the cosmic fireworks. So ... a solution: LET'S SACRIFICE ETA CARINA. ⭐💥 NO ONE CARES ABOUT ETA CARINA. 1116518
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Am I actually getting better at running or is it just the cool temperatures? Check back next month to know. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialCAHSR's Strongest Soldier @emoscientist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Congress can barely pass laws because of the two houses and the filibuster. If you want to build a bus lane that requires coordination of 10 different agencies. So nobody does anything, and the public loses faith in government and clamors for a strongman 37411
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer 4130191011
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Found out the guy who insulted my presentation in a big meeting does this to everyone and this oddly makes me feel better to earn the badge of insulted from him. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Going to national parks in other countries makes one really appreciate NPS and all the rangers do. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We used to joke at journal club that if it was in Nature it’d be wrong in a few years. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 09/07/2026because they consume and benefit from local government services, that's how taxes work 2157946
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The one time I went to the Capitol Fourth they had designated spots for when it started to storm. It was not chaotic at all and something every event in DC should prepare for. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Nothing better than a fourth watching soccer and playing Smash. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026And we were called doomsayers saying we wouldn’t go to DC today. 010
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The fireworks show not letting people in four hours before is going to be a disaster. 000
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Still by far the scariest weather event I’ve ever experienced. Don’t miss selling fireworks in that heat either. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialAlex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 24/06/2026A wonderful letter to the editor in today's Strib: www.startribune.com/readers-writ... 414836
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Nothing like feeling like death during the run portion of a triathlon for me to enjoy running again. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialErik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The great axiom of the second Trump term will be "Had he just done nothing, everything would be so much better." nod to @asharangappa.bsky.social 2642968
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/06/2026I am sure that all the astronauts in the newly announced Artemis crew are eminently qualified and I don't in any way wish to detract from their accomplishments but I think it would have been a nice progression if the crews of each of the five Artemis missions included more women than the one before. 371806170
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Wish I had half the confidence as 6 month ago me signing up for this race tomorrow. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Someone asked me the other day, “If Trump can just do whatever he wants, then a Democratic president can too. why is Medicare for All impossible? Why are reparations impossible? Why is anything off the table?” 25750591295
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 11/05/2026mel brooks never told a lie but he has yet to say anything more true than thismedia.tenor.coma person in a black costume says " now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb "GIF by Tenor. 725350
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 29/04/2026As a Pluto scientist, it's wild to "make Pluto a planet again" while decimating the careers of those of us that study it! The idea of dominance in space and planetary science supersedes the actual practice of planetary science. 11547127
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/04/2026“Everybody needs to turn down the rhetoric.” -supporters of a guy who threatened to destroy an entire civilization of 90 million people 111110142573
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 10/03/2026It's bizarre to me how many people in the comments here seem to think that automation is going to translate into more freedom for the working class. When has that ever panned out? How much leisure time do you have, after years of these "innovations"? We are Charlie Brown trying to kick the football 50606135
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialSarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Nice new (peer-reviewed) analysis of the impact of satellite constellations on ground-based astronomical observations. By Olivier Hainault from @eso.org 🔭https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09427arxiv.orgLarge or bright satellite constellations: Effects on observations, including on the background sky brightnessThis study evaluates the effect of proposed constellations -- ranging from current deployments to mega-constellations and very bright reflector concepts -- on direct trail losses, diffuse background, ... 04921
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/04/2026The "duped voter" narrative is a comforting myth. If only we had better messaging. The reality is tens of millions of voters looked at a platform of mass deportation, ethnic cleansing, state violence, and the dismantling of civil rights, clearly understood it, and said, "Yes, that is what I want." 733576810
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026NASA I’m begging you. Make Rise available to buy. I will buy enough to fund the next Moon landing. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026Reid Wiseman on #Artemis II: "We have Earth out window 4 and Moon out window 3... the Moon is about 3-4 times the size of the Earth and it is almost full, and the Earth is just a small crescent out there... it's magnificent... such a majestic view out here" Mission Control: "Amaze, amaze, amaze!" 333380589
pikabuddy.bsky.social @pikabuddy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Nothing can make me regret leaving the field like a NASA museum. 000
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2026Artemis II lifts off 601147172824
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialLaura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026All the news today caused the major outlets to forget that we are taking the first human flight to the moon tomorrow in >50 years! I think about all the wonder & inspiration that came from the Apollo and Voyager missions & how we are missing that now bc of all the terrible things happening. 🔭🚀 22571182
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026 82884455
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Wild what you can get away with in articles about cycling. This is objectively false! A city with less driving and more biking is far safer for pedestrians. Hate cyclists all you want but that’s an empirical fact 531685192
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026It would've been reckless and inexcusable to cause generational damage by illegally defunding USAID, NIH, HHS, Dept of Edu, and so on just to reduce the deficit... ... but spending and the deficit are both higher than '22, '23, '24. It was all just harm for harm's sake. The cruelty was the point. 3426981104
Reposted by @pikabuddy.bsky.socialRo Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 19/03/2026$200 billion would pay for free college for every American, $10 day childcare, 1000 new trade schools, the 40% federal share of special needs education and a lot more. What are we even doing here? MAGA is now Iran first? 35472186
