Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.hockey bear dot space @hockeybear.space · 12/09/2026Liberty Biberty is just a knockoff of Chunky for ITYSL 0173
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 05/09/2026static.klipy.comTim Robinson: I Want That One So BadALT: Tim Robinson: I Want That One So Bad 090
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Google is only useful if you need the most superficial knowledge on a search term. If you need anything more in-depth, you have to wade through AI summaries and past a lot of not-very-relevant links. None of this is new, but this is me posting through enshittification in real time. 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Trying to find a PDF of an older paper online. I tried google scholar first, and hit a complete wall. Tried a regular google search, and did not get anything that actually took me to the paper. Switched to Kagi, a newer, freemium search engine. Literally the first hit was *the* PDF I needed. 120
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 26/08/2026To memorialize Jim Haggerty getting shot in the ass, the Gorton’s Fisherman should wear black for one year. 349754
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 12/08/2026...but what, pray tell, would one receive for said ten dollars? 000
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/08/2026We have very unfortunate news to share today... 😢 I've been an author for this report since 2020, and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary edition last year. 561354620
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The sheer enraging disrespect represented by this mosquito bite on my face 9721
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.PlasmaNerd @plasmanerd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Today was my last day at NASA. It wasn't an easy decision to leave, but it was the right decision for me. open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...open.substack.comRed LinesReflections on leaving NASA, professional integrity, and knowing when it's time to step away. 0132
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A trend I've seen in scientific talks this past few months is speakers including an AI-generated diagram only to say, "This is AI, so don't blame ME if it's wrong! Tee-hee!*" Dude. It's YOUR talk. YOU are responsible for its accuracy. Don't offload your laziness to AI. *tee hee added for emphasis. 010
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 10/07/2026Great to see StormWall getting a bit more traction in the broader press! Here's a gift link to the @mims.bsky.social story.wsj.comA Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone AgeThe plan involves school-bus-size satellites and a whole lot of salt, and it could provide an ionic ‘air bag’ for the Earth. 2216
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The work that @drbwalsh.bsky.social and I did to develop a concept for stopping space weather is now **front page** on the Wall Street Journal. It's been a wild week. 1122
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It is hard to explain how excited I am for this. It's going to be early-2000s AdultSwim if it was wayyyy too online in 2026. 010
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 26/06/2026[raises fists towards sun] DO IT YOU COWARD! 000
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"We’ve got the world’s biggest economy, in my view, not because of real estate developers but because of science," says @captmarkkelly.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/mark... #SciAmYoungScientists: sciam.com/youngscientists @sciam.bsky.socialscientificamerican.comSenator Mark Kelly reveals why science is critical to America’s futureOn steering the path forward for research and innovation 28327
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 08/06/2026media.tenor.comMst3k Mystery GIFALT: Mst3k Mystery GIF 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I should clarify that "not super fast" is <1000 km/s. We're sitting around 700 km/s, which is pretty good overall... 010
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Storm has arrived super late. Not super fast, but strong magnetic field. Bz is jumping up and down. Kp sitting around 6. The timing **sucks** for North America. 120
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 05/06/2026media.tenor.coma cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike .ALT: a cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike . 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Really big error bars on predictions... but it's late. Later means probably slower and weaker. 😔 Holding out hope for something interesting. 010
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Big space weather news! Our work on assessing the feasibility of artificially stopping major space weather events has been published! Science magazine has released a news article on it! #spaceweather #aurora www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgRadical proposal would block solar storms with orbital ‘airbag’Gases released from satellites could slash the threat of severe space weather 245
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Big thanks to the article author, @voosen.me. Writing about space weather is tricky; this is a very well written article that remains accessible without messing up the physics! 👏 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Huge shoutout to the lead of this study, @drbwalsh.bsky.social. I am happy to help bring this work to (virtual) life using the computer models here at @umclasp.bsky.social. 100
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026In a nutshell: It is possible to release a large amount of gas to act as a buffer between the Earth and an extreme space weather storm. It would act as a "storm wall" to break the tsunami of energy coming from the Sun and protect the power grid and more. 100
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The peer-reviewed article is in @agu.org 's Space Weather journal: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comTerrestrial Space Weather Protection Through Human‐Produced Mass‐LoadingMass loading can reduce the size of geomagnetic storms and space weather impacts Modern technology has the ability to provide sufficient mass-loading to reduce the intensity of geomagnetic storms 100
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Big space weather news! Our work on assessing the feasibility of artificially stopping major space weather events has been published! Science magazine has released a news article on it! #spaceweather #aurora www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgRadical proposal would block solar storms with orbital ‘airbag’Gases released from satellites could slash the threat of severe space weather 245
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 30/04/2026We all know how this started.media.tenor.coma baby in a pirate outfit is sitting on a throneALT: a baby in a pirate outfit is sitting on a throne 391
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Saw this announcement earlier today. Tough, tough news. 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Here's the same thing but funnier. 35-ish years of auroral electrojet data as measured on the ground... 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I just downloaded 35 years of SuperMAG electrojet index data for reasons. 100
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.The Onion @theonion.com · 09/04/2026Swollen RFK Jr. Warns Americans Not Eating Enough Bees theonion.com/swollen-rfk-jr-warns-a… 375136882332
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/04/2026true i suppose but i don't think age is the big barrier preventing me from being an astronaut, it's that i'm stupid 3696462
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The Afroman case is so emblematic of the farcical degeneracy of the criminal and civil justice systems. 261187130
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Putting up the @kenwhite.bsky.social signal - WE NEED SERIOUS LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THIS, STAT! 060
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.stefan @stefanthinks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Thanks to technology, bananas are becoming obsolete as pretend phones. The future belongs to the Pop-Tart. 261673335
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.PlasmaNerd @plasmanerd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This is why we need continuity of measurements,overlap and redundancy of measurements across different locations! The answer has real world implications for how we run and train models and understand how storms arrive at Earth from the sun! 011
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I'm not sure why this is- the two spacecraft are surely seeing different parts of the CME, but a 20x difference is humongous! There are degradation factors with ACE and inter-calibration efforts yet to come. 010
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Shocking contrast between the solar wind density values observed by IMAP versus ACE- as much as 20 times higher in the new IMAP versus the very old ACE!!! We know ACE is getting old, but holy smokes that's a staggering difference. 230
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 29/01/20263) NASA wants to try to get science missions into space more quickly, but I don't know what this means yet. This is a goal expressed in multiple venues yet, but we're all still waiting to see how this transpires. 000
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 29/01/20262) We are about to enter a new era in solar wind observations. IMAP's I-ALiRT data goes live next week (!!!) and the SOLAR-1 spacecraft is going live this spring. These are much needed resources for end users, aurora watches, and researchers! 110
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 29/01/20261) Agencies, especially NASA, are ramping up research-to-operations work in space weather in new and thoughtful ways. They are working on new proposal opportunities for R2O and experimenting with ways to support effective R2O2R efforts. 100
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Had a great #AMS2026 on the space weather side. Probably my most productive AMS meeting in some time! Here are my big takeaways: 121
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/01/2026ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE. 7925415713815
Reposted by Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026It can get lower! 893229303644
Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo. @spacecataz1663.bsky.social · 21/01/2026"Ships immediately" My AMS presentation next week is going to be the fashion statement of the century. 000