Ross
@rossengineer.bsky.social
Former future astronaut | Xitter refugee, same handle | bio pinned | opinions my own | science, politics, stray thoughts, some swearing | no porn, crypto, scams, plz | he/him | pathologically unable to do things that make no fucking sense | YMMV, LLAP 🖖✌️
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Ross
@rossengineer.bsky.social
· Jul 17
Bio in comments, sporadically appended -
One of the things I do miss most about browsing in libraries.
The accidental exposure to something radically new or more fascinating than originally thought.
The accidental exposure to something radically new or more fascinating than originally thought.
The best part of libraries was going into the stacks to find one book and then getting distracted by 11 other books that looked more interesting than the one you were looking for
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
One of the things I do miss most about browsing in libraries.
The accidental exposure to something radically new or more fascinating than originally thought.
The accidental exposure to something radically new or more fascinating than originally thought.
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Delta Flight 5087 slid off the runway at Des Moines International Airport; all passengers were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
H/t: @intelpointalert.bsky.social
H/t: @intelpointalert.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Delta Flight 5087 slid off the runway at Des Moines International Airport; all passengers were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
H/t: @intelpointalert.bsky.social
H/t: @intelpointalert.bsky.social
If I were a comic book character, this would be my ideal Lair.
I want a building that is happy to be there.
I want a building that is happy to be there.
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If I were a comic book character, this would be my ideal Lair.
I want a building that is happy to be there.
I want a building that is happy to be there.
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Hi y'all - let's show up for this couple. They're going through a lot for any time, and extra awful around the holidays as everyone around you is celebrating.
They have no PayPal, her daughter has CashApp ONLY.
Do we have 8 moots with CashApp who could swing $50 apiece [or any other combination thereof]? This couple has been through so much, and can't catch a break.
CashApp $Maripoza2005. Let me know so I can track progress.
Do we have 8 moots with CashApp who could swing $50 apiece [or any other combination thereof]? This couple has been through so much, and can't catch a break.
CashApp $Maripoza2005. Let me know so I can track progress.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Hi y'all - let's show up for this couple. They're going through a lot for any time, and extra awful around the holidays as everyone around you is celebrating.
It's dangerous to go alone... take this
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It's dangerous to go alone... take this
Trump cares not.
ETTD, including the National Guard.
ETTD, including the National Guard.
A U.S. soldier was executed on the streets of the U.S. capital, yet the flags remain at full-staff.
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
But when a hate-peddling podcaster was killed, the flags were lowered to half-staff within hours—and stayed that way for days.
WTH?
Tonight...
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Trump cares not.
ETTD, including the National Guard.
ETTD, including the National Guard.
This is the fundamental rubric underlying my own - every action he takes is best understood as a mafia Don of all Dons in his POTUS 'role', except he's too dumb & lazy to pull it off competently.
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is the fundamental rubric underlying my own - every action he takes is best understood as a mafia Don of all Dons in his POTUS 'role', except he's too dumb & lazy to pull it off competently.
Geology is an amazing time machine.
Every answer leads to new questions, & we learn more about deep time.
Every answer leads to new questions, & we learn more about deep time.
Cobble-sized rocks fill hard sandstone conglomerate that makes up the Carmelo Formation near Monterey, CA. This was once a deep underwater canyon that collected river rocks that came down from the ancestral Sierra Nevadas.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Geology is an amazing time machine.
Every answer leads to new questions, & we learn more about deep time.
Every answer leads to new questions, & we learn more about deep time.
The bland, it's...it's overwhelming.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The bland, it's...it's overwhelming.
Driving Under The Influence, but the influence is just stupidity.
ICE agent launches car 15 feet up in the air—crashes into second floor of building.
The agent had "signs of impairment"—his 3-Series BMW car stuck and hanging out of the building.
A woman passenger was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
ICE confirmed employment status.
The agent had "signs of impairment"—his 3-Series BMW car stuck and hanging out of the building.
A woman passenger was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
ICE confirmed employment status.
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Driving Under The Influence, but the influence is just stupidity.
Oh cool, a public enemies list.
Not at all chilling.
Not at all chilling.
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Oh cool, a public enemies list.
Not at all chilling.
Not at all chilling.
No lies in headlines, please.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No lies in headlines, please.
This is really cool - looking forward to further research here.
Mind the Gap! Three tectonic plates meet at the Chile Triple Junction, and a gap called a slab window lies beneath. New research narrows down exactly where this gap begins.
eos.org/research-spo...
Read more in our year-end issue: bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
eos.org/research-spo...
Read more in our year-end issue: bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
Finding the Gap: Seismology Offers Slab Window Insights - Eos
Studying slow tremors has helped researchers home in on the youngest part of the Chile Triple Junction’s gap between subducting plates, which offers a window to the mantle.
eos.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is really cool - looking forward to further research here.
Aw hell.
@rossengineer.bsky.social has swears! They've used 327 profanities in their last 4,255 posts.
🥇 "shit" (77 times)
🥈 "fuck" (34 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (32 times)
🥇 "shit" (77 times)
🥈 "fuck" (34 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (32 times)
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Aw hell.
Remember this ad, and I remember wanting it.
My two favorite activities as a teenager was building wind tunnels in my parent's backyard & hiking / camping in the mountains of Colorado.
A calculator that you can get a campfire going was uniquely suited to my lifestyle at that time.
My two favorite activities as a teenager was building wind tunnels in my parent's backyard & hiking / camping in the mountains of Colorado.
A calculator that you can get a campfire going was uniquely suited to my lifestyle at that time.
Casio QL-10 (1981)
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Remember this ad, and I remember wanting it.
My two favorite activities as a teenager was building wind tunnels in my parent's backyard & hiking / camping in the mountains of Colorado.
A calculator that you can get a campfire going was uniquely suited to my lifestyle at that time.
My two favorite activities as a teenager was building wind tunnels in my parent's backyard & hiking / camping in the mountains of Colorado.
A calculator that you can get a campfire going was uniquely suited to my lifestyle at that time.
So, @profanity.accountant , how do I stack up in the swearing space?
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So, @profanity.accountant , how do I stack up in the swearing space?
Buy parts & go fix my neighbors' tractors for free.
Be able to support my adult children thru their college years.
Save up a few months to get my teeth repaired to finally end the pain.
Randomly stuff Benjamins into the mailboxes of people going thru hard times.
Be able to support my adult children thru their college years.
Save up a few months to get my teeth repaired to finally end the pain.
Randomly stuff Benjamins into the mailboxes of people going thru hard times.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buy parts & go fix my neighbors' tractors for free.
Be able to support my adult children thru their college years.
Save up a few months to get my teeth repaired to finally end the pain.
Randomly stuff Benjamins into the mailboxes of people going thru hard times.
Be able to support my adult children thru their college years.
Save up a few months to get my teeth repaired to finally end the pain.
Randomly stuff Benjamins into the mailboxes of people going thru hard times.
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We need all good people in the Volunteer State to vote
for the Constitution by voting for Aftyn Behn
for the Constitution by voting for Aftyn Behn
The real Election Day is Tuesday, December 2, 2025. We’re closely monitoring this election and will keep you updated with any further warnings.
Democrats investigating flyers with wrong Tennessee special election date
Rachel Campbell, chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, raised concerns about "fraudulent dates being circulated."
www.newsweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We need all good people in the Volunteer State to vote
for the Constitution by voting for Aftyn Behn
for the Constitution by voting for Aftyn Behn
And now, the shakedown.
The USS Gerald Ford CSG & other USN assets in the region are the muscle.
The implied threat is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
The USS Gerald Ford CSG & other USN assets in the region are the muscle.
The implied threat is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Nicolas Maduro and his associates have reached out to the White House through a number of channels, and there are ongoing discussions about what communication between the two countries might look like, multiple administration officials said. - CNN
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And now, the shakedown.
The USS Gerald Ford CSG & other USN assets in the region are the muscle.
The implied threat is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
The USS Gerald Ford CSG & other USN assets in the region are the muscle.
The implied threat is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Loved this man's work.
Very illuminating dialog that tells the invisible substories inherent to life.
He will be missed.
Very illuminating dialog that tells the invisible substories inherent to life.
He will be missed.
RIP to Tom Stoppard, who was a generational talent whose work never missed saying something incredibly important about the human condition.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Loved this man's work.
Very illuminating dialog that tells the invisible substories inherent to life.
He will be missed.
Very illuminating dialog that tells the invisible substories inherent to life.
He will be missed.
Hegseth For Prison 2026!
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hegseth For Prison 2026!
Great primer for modern earthquake measurements.
Did you know that scientist don’t really use the Richter scale anymore? The most common magnitude scale used these days is called the “Moment Magnitude” scale. Here’s more info 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great primer for modern earthquake measurements.
Ridiculous.
No.
No.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Whitkopf proposed that Ukraine request a 10-year tariff exemption instead of Tomahawk missiles.
The U.S. special envoy stated that a tariff suspension would provide additional stimulus to Ukraine’s economy.
The U.S. special envoy stated that a tariff suspension would provide additional stimulus to Ukraine’s economy.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ridiculous.
No.
No.
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The Channel Islands fox crash was a whole-ecosystem trophic cascade: invasive fennel sheltered feral pigs, attracting golden eagles after DDT wiped out bald eagles. Golden eagles preyed on foxes, pushing them toward extinction. Removing fennel and pigs led to one of the fastest ESA delistings.🦊
And let's not overlook the ever-adorable Channel Islands Fox -- now recovered to a fairly healthy population on Santa Rosa Island and several of the Channel Islands NP.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Channel Islands fox crash was a whole-ecosystem trophic cascade: invasive fennel sheltered feral pigs, attracting golden eagles after DDT wiped out bald eagles. Golden eagles preyed on foxes, pushing them toward extinction. Removing fennel and pigs led to one of the fastest ESA delistings.🦊
The MAGA policy of "We enjoy ruining the lives of our own people" requires serious electoral backlash.
This must be our guiding principle from now on.
Keep beating them at the ballot box until Republicans start loving our country again instead of trashing it.
This must be our guiding principle from now on.
Keep beating them at the ballot box until Republicans start loving our country again instead of trashing it.
This is the cruelty of MAGA and Trump supporters. It should never be forgotten.
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
ICE deports Austin college student, en route to surprise her family for holiday
19-year-old Any Lucia Lopez Belloza dreamed of helping her father start a tailor shop when she graduated from college. This Thanksgiving, ICE deported her as she flew home to surprise her family.
www.statesman.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The MAGA policy of "We enjoy ruining the lives of our own people" requires serious electoral backlash.
This must be our guiding principle from now on.
Keep beating them at the ballot box until Republicans start loving our country again instead of trashing it.
This must be our guiding principle from now on.
Keep beating them at the ballot box until Republicans start loving our country again instead of trashing it.