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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Aug 13

I wanted to share a side project I have been working on: CyRK github.com/jrenaud90/CyRK a #Python package that mimics much of the functionality of #SciPy solve_ivp but can perform #ODE integrations 100's x faster. If you are looking for a numerical integrator for your python project, check it out!

A black graph with white text. Y-axis is Average time; X-axis is number of required integration steps. There are several dots showing the performance of CyRK's cysolve_ivp, pysolve_ivp, and nbsolve_ivp functions compared to SciPy's solve_ivp. In all cases CyRK is significantly faster than SciPy. The plot shows the cysolve_ivp method to be the best in all circumstances.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 16d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 18d

Did not realize until right now that one thousand percent humidity was a metric that was possible to achieve

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Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 19d

I'm actually fully saturated with students already, but I'd be happy to host postdoc fellows for the NHFP, the 51 Peg b, NSF AAPF, etc. Please feel free to reach out!

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · 19d

Congrats Sarah!! welcome to the department!

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · Aug 20

Your shot and your chaser

George R.R. Martin > Quotes > Quotable Quote (?)
"I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners.
The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing
designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect."
- George R.R. Martin

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Aug 13

I am losing my mind

Map of houses next to a 18 lane highway surrounded by parking lots and nothing to walk to in LA; houses cost at least $675,000 if not $800k+

Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Aug 7

My doctor's new registration portal has old English as a preferred language option. Excited to discuss my aliments Beowulf style.

A online form that has a drop down selection for preferred language. After typing the letters "e" "n" "g" the recommended options in the list are "English, Old (ca. 450-1100)", "English", "English, Middle (1100-1500)".

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · Aug 5

I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Planetary Science MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026

Crowd sourced list of people who are looking for MS/PhD students to help connect prospective students with advisors so we can do even more fabulous planetary science! (Submitting a response indicates ...

docs.google.com

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Aug 3

Back to the Corgi

Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 31

The people who are going to make #HWO25 happen, and I am there as well!

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · Jul 26

I’m convening a session at a planetary science conference this fall and people keep withdrawing their presentations. So far every one has been withdrawn because of lack of travel support. It’s all folks coming from the US. This administration is killing scientific disciplines in big ways and small

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voiceofobrien.bsky.social @voiceofobrien.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Mighty Nein have arrived!

youtu.be/G7OCKYZjOcY?...

The Mighty Nein - S1 Sneak Peek | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

youtu.be

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CNN @cnn.com · Jul 21

A group of 287 scientists and current and former NASA employees has issued a declaration lambasting budget cuts, grant cancellations and a “culture of organizational silence” that they say could pose a risk to astronauts’ safety.

In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency | CNN

Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave risk to astronauts.

cnn.it

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 21

www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...

Support the NASA Voyager Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Your solidarity with the NASA heroes helps their fight to preserve NASA's vital missions.

www.standupforscience.net

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jul 17

me at the coldplay show

A screenshot from the US version of the TV show The Office. Michael Scott is being gently held from behind by a Holly Flax.

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 17

Wife has a pretty cool job. #wolftrap

Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 16

#Roman is starting to look like a real telescope!

The Roman space telescopes primary mirror apparatus and solar panels are sitting on the floor in a giant clean room at NASA Goddard.

The Roman space telescopes main instrument package and superstructure is surrounded by engineers in bunny suites in a giant clean room. Behind the telescope is a huge wall of filters cleaning the air.

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Kat Volk @katvolk.bsky.social · Jul 11

Yeah, here's the graphical representation of how bad the ROSES consolidation of solar system programs is from research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...

A stacked bar chart showing the money allocated to all of the programs from ROSES24 that were consolidated into the single solar system science program in ROSES25. The ROSES24 stack totals 30+ million dollars while the new program is at 10 million dollars

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Jul 9

For anyone unfamiliar, the ranks of GS-13, GS-14, and GS-15 are equivalent of assistant, associate, and full professor ranks among NASA civil servants. This is the letting go of over 2,000 faculty-level researchers. 🔭🧪

Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · Jul 9

www.politico.com/news/2025/07... Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push - POLITICO 🔭🧪

Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.

www.politico.com

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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · Jul 9

With cuts like these -- 5,000 planned cut staff through 2026, 1414 cut staff at Goddard Space Flight Center alone, where much of NASA Astrophysics is housed -- the United States effectively abandons its decades-old global leadership position in astrophysics.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 9

ALL CAPS

THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...

GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.

www.politico.com

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 7

My hobbies have gone too main stream

Website ticket queue for the Maryland Renaissance Festival. The queue shows that I am in 5270th in line with 4885 people in front of me and over and hour wait to buy tickets.

Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · Jul 4

Cleaning out my old boxes at moms

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Whoa.

That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.

With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.

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