Updating talk slides so you all get to be horrified along with me at the current Starlink numbers.
There are now 7,652 Starlink satellites in orbit (>500 more than there were in February, when I last updated these particular slides).
2-3 Starlinks per day are burning up in the atmosphere. That's a lot of weird metal in the atmosphere (and undoubtedly lots of random bits getting to the ground too).
Starlink is a stupidly wasteful and dangerous way to use orbit.
"We need to build a better world around values that we share. So we're going to build that ourselves." Triangle Mutual Aid • Hurricane Helene Response https://www.patreon.com/posts/triangle-mutual-128014766
Something I learned today as my wife was being prescribed antivenom: Wake County has the highest per capita copperhead bite rate in the country! And she was the fifth at the hospital this week.
For a long time I thought it was ‘dirty deeds and a thunder jeep’
I wrote about trying to get worldwide as a Technician for $300 or less!
Solar Cycle 25, QSL: using mysterious solar properties to save money in an expensive hobby.
https://medium.com/@k3loe/solar-cycle-25-qsl-8b4a556ef2c4
#SolarCycle25 #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #NewHam #HTX100 #Digirig #10meters #SpaceWeather #affordability
Tough week to work at the #NSF. More terminated awards, upcoming reductions, new processing procedures, and a budget request that cuts our budget by over 55%.
But please believe me when I say that everyone at the agency is doing everything they can to keep funding and advancing #science and #STEMeducation. It's just really slow and very difficult right now.
Happy to share a vision with @beckett for building mutual aid communications infrastructure in the Triangle! #KeepHamMysterious #TalkIntoTheVoid
Well, you yankees would be mispronouncing it anyway, so I’ll just take comfort in the knowledge that all your timings lack substance and precision. @An0n @monkeyborg (I’m kidding)
"Many thanks to Coby Schal, Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State, for taking the time to talk to me about cockroaches."
@dalias @plaguepoems Isn’t this also a bit of the Hannah Arendt thing where consistent policy is not a feature of fascism?
OK sure the tariffs will jumpstart a new golden era of American manufacturing and prompt a wave of new factories...that will only employ robots and bosses.
In honor of trans day of visibility, I'm posting this pride flag that was created by NASA, but recently deleted from their website: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14627.
@monkeyborg This has been really bugging me since I saw the results and I would like to revise my vote to Data driving K.I.T.T. because I did not initially remember who either were but now that I do, I understand that spider-man winning this vote is the equivalent of super-hero-driver wish-cycling. We want him to win, but know that he could never against Data in K.I.T.T.
Are you the kind of coach that still wears a suit to the basketball tournament or are you all about the athleisure wear?
Attending an academic #conference that’s new to me, in a field that's still pretty new to me, makes me wistful for the golden era of academic twitter. At least in #librarian land, you could always find a pretty good simultaneous, often critical, backchannel. Made it easier to get the context on things and connect with like-minded attendees. Conference apps don't seem to be filling that void.
Anyone on the fediverse at #Compact25? https://events.compact.org/compact25
Hey #Durham check out this presentation on Carolina Cryptids. Tue. 4/8 6:30pm at the South regional library.
Registration required: https://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/13375064
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