dr. nick wagner (he/him)

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

Screenshot of a nasa FB post that says 3:36 4 F17 < NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Ad... ••. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space NASI Administration e • Follow 3h・ Explore with us! Learn more about NASA Force, a new initiative to recruit the nation's top engineers and technologists in support of America's space program. Applications are opening soon: https:// go.nasa.gov/4|ctjOz NASA 626 41 ~ 72

It’s weird how this doesn’t say “oops we accidentally pushed out/incentivized to leave/fired” a lot of engineers and it turns out engineering projects need those.

For comparison: the Japanese offshore seismic network and earthquake early warning system cost like $78 million to put and place and about $2 million a year to maintain.

So much stuff could be done if we stopped deciding we loved killing people more than literally anything else.

cartoon wolf has had enough of hot women

logging on

Moon’s ancient magnetic field may have flickered on and off Billions of years ago, melting rocks deep inside the Moon could have led to bursts of surprisingly strong magnetism

Apollo samples suggest the Moon once produced magnetic fields comparable in strength to Earth’s today. New research finds that the magnetism was fleeting.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qZLfNa

there are phase diagrams everywhere for those with eyes to see them

The “my body is a machine” meme. It reads: my body is a machine that turns unfundable proposal ideas into unfunded proposals

Being an asteroids and small bodies enthusiast in this funding environment like

Solar cycle sunspot number progression showing sun spots peaked in mid 2024 and is trending downward toward a solar minimum in 2031

What phase is the sun currently you ask? They are transitioning out of masc phase and into femme phase at the moment.

What the fuck are we even doing anymore?

Cool story; while you were speaking I was picturing you inside the solar systems largest volcano

Anyway, now that the tariffs were correctly ruled to be illegal, can we go back to discussing the fact that the government is literally building concentration camps?

the president is mad, i'm smoking a big slab of beef rib, all my work deadlines are on time, yeah what the hell. i declare an emergency Big Beer Friday

Again reconsidering the funniest way it could happen

Just once I’d love these guys to come back from Europe and say “Had a great time in Europe” instead of endorsing a Fourth Reich

Britney Schmidt: Following the Ice - Eos An Earth and planetary scientist is most at home in cold places that mimic the worlds of the outer solar system.

Britney Schmidt, an Earth and planetary scientist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., travels to some of Earth’s coldest places to learn about distant icy worlds.

eos.org/features/bri...

at my undergrad the local brewery (Coors, lol) had leftover steam pumped into tunnels beneath campus to heat sidewalks and melt ice during the winter. love seeing "collaborations" like this

May I suggest that we take our science to the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences meeting? The DPS never lost focus on inclusivity and advocacy. If we move there together, we can update and expand the community of science focus. aas.org/meetings/58t...

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes @carlonimbus.bsky.social of @ucs.org. #SaveNCAR eos.org/opinions/wha...

Hate to see a conference I used to really care about have its attendance drop by almost 50% this year, but it really is inspirational to see so many people rejecting LPSC's refusal + removal of all DEI content. If you don't support the community, we won't support you!

People don’t appreciate how much academics are motivated by free food. It doesn’t even have to be good.

peek 😫

itll be fun, just a quick peak at the mantle and core

A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation

In Minneapolis

I'll share this again for 2026 and for any new influx--well over 100 planetary scientists here on Bluesky.

Given <waves hands around> they may not necessarily be posting much about planetary science, but that's how it goes.

If you're a planetary scientist and want to be on the list, DM me!

three men (im not sure who’s on the left but christopher lee is in the middle and peter jackson is on the right). This is during the filming of the lord of the rings. christopher lee is holding the (LOTR fans pls be nice) scrying orb thing, the guy on the left is holding a camera pointing at the orb, and peter jackson has his hands held up framing the orb

cow standing in the surf with text saying “im so sick of terrible people getting away with terrible le things”

david lynch with a microphone saying “okay lets try that again, but this time good”

meme of three cats with pictures of stock and broth on their faces because they’re “the savory liquid brothers”

are mood boards still a thing

I am tired of being ruled by a living internet comments section.

“The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach,” @rossandersen.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/LThKw0kY

A behind-the-scenes shot from Lord of the Rings, with Sauruman (Christopher Lee) holding one of the Palentirs while Peter Jackson and a cameraman set up the shot behind him.

showing the boys a sick rock i found

A disassociating cow standing in water at the beach with text saying "I'm so sick of terrible people getting away with terrible things."

A graph of total number of submitted abstracts by year for the past six years inclusive.

For those of you what like graphs, here's a plot of total (absolute) numbers of abstracts versus year since 2021 to now. (There was no LPSC in 2020 on account of COVID-19, and I can't be bothered to go back to 2019 or beyond because it's late and I'm tired.)