Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)

No More Snacks, Exercise, Or Visitors at Goddard And Wallops This is really starting to get petty Sean and Brian

Via @nasawatch.bsky.social - Me: I'm annoyed no end. I would hear people who came down for the Pony Swim in Chincoteague say "We came to see the Ponies and found NASA!" The community may mobilize against this. PS-That area is "Trump Country" They're hurting thier own. nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...

Keith’s note: There is already a plan to more or less abandon half of Goddard’s buildings. Proposals are due by 1 September on the plan to shut down (maybe commercialize) all of the GSFC buildings West of Goddard Road – which includes Bldg 1 (where the cafeteria/exchange is). Now NASA is closing the place where people eat lunch and putting a halt to the public’s ability to visit GSFC and WFF. This is really starting to get petty, Sean. People are already demoralized. The following NASA Goddard/Wallops message was re-forwarded tonight by GESTA: “Colleagues, GESTA has just received the following notification from management. We believe all GESTA members, and in fact all Goddard employees, union or not, should be aware of this immediately. Original notice from GSFC management is as follows: This is formal notice regarding several upcoming facility closures at Goddard and Wallops effective October 1, 2025. Management has assessed these closures and is providing this notice to support timely and transparent communication. GESTA wants to ensure you are informed of happenings around Center so that you can help assess the impacts of such closure implementations as soon as possible.”: Cafeteria (GB/WFF) Vending Services (GB) Motor Pool Services (GB/WFF) Recreation Center (GB) Rocket Club (WFF) Visitor Center (GB/WFF) Dormitory Facilities Bldg F-4

Yes, WFF visitor center will close:

Great Crested Flycatcher American Crow o Eastern Bluebird o Carolina Chickadee o Red-shouldered Hawk o House Wren

Tufted Titmouse o Northern Cardinal o House Sparrow Acadian Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Carolina Wren o

Tuesday morning #TenMinMerlin. (I missed yesterday)

So much winning

Sea Level Mis-information from DOE Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the &#8…

Is sea level around the US accelerating? If you actually do the analysis, instead of just repeating talking points from decades ago, the answer is yes.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...

Red-eyed Vireo White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Chickadee o American Crow o Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Acadian Flycatcher

American Goldfinch o House Finch o Red-shouldered Hawk o YOUR BIRD OF THE DAY! Tufted Titmouse • Northern Cardinal o Carolina Wren o Chipping Sparrow o

Sunday morning #TenMinMerlin

Eastern Wood-Pewee Red-eyed Vireo Eastern Towhee White-breasted Nuthatch Tufted Titmouse o House Sparrow

Blue Jay Northern Cardinal o American Goldfinch o Carolina Wren • Acadian Flycatcher Carolina Chickadee o

Saturday morning #TenMinMerlin

3 months ago!

If you don't measure it, it isn't happening!

(Ban breathalyzers, and drunk driving goes away!)

Despite my local pumps showing $3.20/gal, Trump tells me that it's below $1.99/gal. So I'm good!

Slip out the back, Jack
Drop off the key, Lee

I'm guessing that after Trump fires the people who calculate inflation, that inflation number will drop as well!

American Goldfinch o Chipping Sparrow o Carolina Wren o Eastern Towhee Tufted Titmouse o Carolina Chickadee o

A quiet rainy Friday morning #TenMinMerlin

I avoided a sure red herring, but it turned out to not be a red herring!

He seems to think a letter he sends with no negotiation is a "deal".

I'm looking forward to receiving my $10,000 per month when I send him a letter saying that he and I now have a deal to that effect.

Zena Cardman - NASA Zena Cardman was selected by NASA as a member of the 2017 “Turtles” Astronaut Class. The Virginia native holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and a

The mission commander is from my current home town of Williamsburg VA!
www.nasa.gov/people/zena-...

How about a bill that says if he takes it it's an emolument and he goes to jail (directly to jail, do not pass GO, do not collect $200)

Is there an online version of this? (I'm imagining something zoomable like skyviewer.app/explorer for the Vera Rubin images)

I'd like to see a clear, concise definition of "woke"

Based purely on votes cast in 2024 for congressional seats, GOP got 58.4% of the votes while Dem got 40.4% ("other" got 1.1%).

If congressional seats were distributed proportional to votes cast, this would result in 15-16 Dem seats and 22-23 GOP seats.

(Data results.texas-election.com/races)

American Goldfinch o Brown Thrasher Eastern Bluebird o Acadian Flycatcher Carolina Chickadee o Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay Chipping Sparrow o American Crow o Red-shouldered Hawk o Northern Cardinal o Carolina Wren o

Thursday morning #TenMinMerlin

Oops. That was Wednesday!

I believe you're right, but a look at average electricity prices shows similar trends.

Found here: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU00...

The fact that you can "shut up and calculate" to get scattering cross-sections for collisions at the LHC is of cold comfort when we're trying to understand the origin of the universe or what happens inside a black hole. (9/n)