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Peter Vogel
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Teacher ICT/Physics (ret.). Tech journalist. Meteorology/Ham Radio/Astronomy/Cybersecurity/ADS-B/AI/ Prime Minister's/Premier's SciTech awards. CERN/HST. VE7AFV #OSINT
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · Dec 1
Two pairs of stunning shots from $35 home satellite ground station (Raspberry Pi, TV rabbit ears antenna) this morning. From passes by NOAAs 18 and 19, east of Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1h
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18. As received and processed with my own @Nooelec-based ground station here in Vancouver, via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Near the satellite's solar noon, 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT.

Note the atmospheric river directed at SW BC / N WA State.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1h
A different look at the atmospheric river event setting up for overnight Thursday into Friday. Here's a Channel 13 Enhanced Infrared shot, Vancouver upper right, Hawaii centre bottom, and a wispy connection between two distinct segments. Received and processed with my own ground station.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 4h
Yet another view of today's atmospheric river set to impact Metro Vancouver overnight and into tomorrow.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 4h
Everywhere but Vancouver! Closeup of the atmospheric river event drifting slowly SW. Shot from METEOR M N2-4, as captured with my own ground station via 137 MHz radio signal.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 4h
GOES-18 crop, as received and processed with my own ground station in Vancouver. Today's atmonpheric river event has mostly skirted north of the Metro area. Let's see what tonight brings as this AR drifts SE.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 7h
Terrific to interview @kc3cdu.bsky.social Timothy Clark on his use of AI tools for photography by a blind person. Yes, you read that correctly.

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A blind photographer's vision through faith and technology
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 7h
Tim @kc3cdu.bsky.social, the e-version of the column / interview has appeared and it will be in the physical paper for the Monday issue.

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 11h
Ten utilities to enhance your Windows 10/11 experience.
www.makeuseof.com/windows-util...
These Windows utilities go on every machine I set up
Windows feels incomplete without these tools.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 11h
Using WinGet to batch install applications.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Use WinGet to install and manage applications
The WinGet command line tool enables developers to discover, install, upgrade, remove and configure applications on Windows computers.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 11h
Atmospheric river conditions expected for Metro Vancouver later today.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 18h
Bands of rain coming ashore for northern Vancouver Island and the Central Coast overnight.

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 19h
Well said!
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 20h
Yes, there are still parts of North America with wildfire activity and smoky skies. Here's the projection for Thursday morning, October 23.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 20h
Amazing to see this view from another world. Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.
View from Mars showing windswept terrain and water-eroded rock formations.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 21h
Working on time sync for the Raspberry Pi.

Think this works.

sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd
sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd

and test with this:

timedatectl

Not sure if this survives reboots.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18. As received and processed with my own @Nooelec-based ground station here in Vancouver, via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Near the satellite's solar noon, 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM PDT.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Taking aim at BC. Presently directed at the north central coast and Haida Gwaii, but drifting southward. Crop from 2030 UTC / 1:30 PM full disk shot taken by GOES-18. Received and processed with my own ground station in Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
2005 Beech King Air operated by a contractor for the Canadian military?

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Market brushes off threat of ChatGPT's ATLAS browser to Google/Alphabet.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Indeed. Here's the story I wrote on it at the time. In 2022 actually.

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
Canada launches 30-Day National Sprint Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy.

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Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 1d
About that big AWS service outage...

www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...
The massive AWS outage that broke half the internet is finally over - here's what happened
Maybe we rely on Amazon Web Services a little too much. Thousands of sites, apps, and services went dark Monday morning. Here's why.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
METEOR MN2-4 at 3:30 PM this afternoon. Spot the stratovolcanoes Baker and Rainier. As received and processed from 137 MHz radio signal here in Vancouver.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
Spotting AI-generated videos.

caniphish.com/blog/how-to-...
9 Techniques To Spot AI-Generated Videos
Discover 9 practical techniques to spot AI-generated videos, featuring real examples of AI-generated content to help you recognize unnatural expressions, distorted hands, impossible physics, and more.
caniphish.com
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 2d
Well, yes, there are 7 images, but other than the first, of grass, they are all of a patch of blue sky. At first I thought it wasn't switching, but that's because 6 of the 7 are of the same piece of sky.
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