Kyle

Interesting. I've definitely run snaphu on Windows before, and not in a WSL context. (Ironically, I've never had much success getting ISCE up and running correctly.)

step.esa.int/main/snap-su...

"cut here"

NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface Preliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver.

Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...

Arctic Beavers Advance North and Accelerate Permafrost Thaw - Eos As beavers build dams in new areas, they impound water, warming permafrost adjacent to their ponds.

It seems like the beavers are maybe not big fans of permafrost
eos.org/articles/arc...

I wonder how beavers feel about PhD research about permafrost...

I recommend saving a local copy of both the old and new versions.

Agreed. State and national level censoring and firewalls may be impractical for stopping 100% of all "undesirable" traffic... but it doesn't need to. It just has to stop *enough* to slow and stigmatize the free flow of info. Someone finding a workaround does not mean everyone does.

I think that depends on how the stories from the data are told, in conjunction with the incentives the leaders face for action (or inaction).

two cartoon characters are talking about who is driving and how can that be Alt: GIF from Clerks: The Animated Series, in which two cartoon characters are surprised that a bear is driving a car

Bear is driving! How can that be?!?

Good luck, babe 😆

My friend's book debuts today, available via ebook or paperback! Check it out!

I am *so* excited to see this mission launch! Earlier this year I spoke with several #NISAR scientists about how this satellite is going to change the game, and it really is going to be a data powerhouse for understanding the Earth system. 🧪🛰️❄️🌳

eos.org/articles/tra...

Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface.

“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL

eos.org/articles/tra...

I've been waiting for #NISAR to launch for many years... looking forward to what it can provide the world of earth observation!

Have a safe ride uphill!

a cartoon of a man talking on a phone with the words we got movie sign Alt: A man and two robot puppets on a shaking space station with flickering lights with the words we got movie sign. This is Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo from MST3k.

Will the protagonist have to keep their sanity with the help of their robot friends?

I remember reading about comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter in the newspaper and seeing clips on the news. (I may still have some of those articles in my scrapbook!) Absolutely wild to see an impact scar on Jupiter the size of the Earth!

I thought about posting about exactly this yesterday.

Most EV guidance is "just charge at home/work." If that doesn't work, advice goes downhill quickly into "join your HOA board and change the policy" or "buy a different house" territory. Between family, work, and school... not practical for me.

#asteroid #Apophis, at naked-eye brightness (mag 3.1) races across Barcelona's night sky on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2029 as it comes closer to Earth than our geosynchronous satellites.

This is amazing, thank you

“Do you know of any challenge in the history of humankind that was successfully overcome that began with pessimism and defeatism?

There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.”

— Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!

A four panel illustration. Panel 1 shows a host star, which looks like an orange globe with flares coming out on various sides. There is a blue line with arrows forming a spiral around the star. At 2 o’clock in the outer spiral, furthest away from the star, there is a blue planet. Panel 2 shows the same star and lines, but the planet is now at 7 o’clock and closer to the star. It is a little stretched out toward the star. Panel 3 shows the same star and lines, but the planet is fully engulfed by the star, with big flares coming out where the planet and star collided. Panel 4 shows the aftermath, with a very transparent cloud of blue dust spread out from the star. A dark orange horizontal ring of material circles the host star.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the engulfment of a planet by its star – thought to be the first observation of its kind!

Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane...

🔭 🧪

Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit

Who do you really trust to carry the next message in a bottle?
And will anyone be left listening when it comes back?

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions

Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.

"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

I haven't been on much recently and just found out. My condolences, Gene. Hope you're well.

A close-up view of a large observatory telescope dome under a brilliant night sky filled with stars. The dome is partially open, with soft orange lighting illuminating the exterior. Distant mountains are silhouetted against the horizon.

#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂

Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH

📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO

I've told this story about my early education on fascism before but not on Bluesky.

I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall.

My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.