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Kyle

@scikyle.bsky.social

Dad, scientist, PhD candidate, explorer, aquanaut, nerd

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Pretty good choices!

17.01.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which two, in your opinion?

17.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

31.12.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13123    πŸ” 4274    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 289
Yeah Toast
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Yeah toast
youtu.be/c0NdwzdOLkE?...

26.11.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

30.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10714    πŸ” 1497    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 120

Waiting for guest appearances by Axe Cop and Dr. McNinja

23.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SNAPHU – STEP

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...

13.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"cut here"

27.09.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

25.09.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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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...

23.09.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

23.09.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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

06.09.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

24.08.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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).

23.08.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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?!?

09.08.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck, babe πŸ˜†

09.08.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.08.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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. πŸ§ͺπŸ›°οΈβ„οΈπŸŒ³

eos.org/articles/tra...

30.07.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

β€œIt’s orbiting magic.” β€”Alex Gardner, NASAJPL

eos.org/articles/tra...

30.07.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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!

29.07.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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?

17.07.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

17.07.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

13.07.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#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.

15.05.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

This is amazing, thank you

27.04.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œDo 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.”

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

12.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7
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.

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 πŸ‘‰ esawebb.org/images/plane...

πŸ”­ πŸ§ͺ

10.04.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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Magnifiques aurores filmΓ©es depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit

07.04.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

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

12.03.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 655    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

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