Tommy Owens
@tommyowens.bsky.social
[ R E D A C T E D ] Opinions are my own. Unrepentant Thalassophile.
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My existential dread is getting in the way of my free-floating anxiety.
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My existential dread is getting in the way of my free-floating anxiety.
I saw a quote from the NASA Press Secretary in the Baltimore Sun calling these reports lies. The rot goes all the way to Headquarters.
Goddard Space Center staff say they're 'constantly being attacked' by the White House
The Goddard Space Center is one NASA's crown jewels of science. But in recent months, staff say they've been in the White House's crosshairs, subjected to a campaign of chaos and reorganization.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I saw a quote from the NASA Press Secretary in the Baltimore Sun calling these reports lies. The rot goes all the way to Headquarters.
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Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
Poster I had in my childhood bedroom. I was a weird kid. I was thinking of creating one for the current administration, but none would have an apprehended banner.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Poster I had in my childhood bedroom. I was a weird kid. I was thinking of creating one for the current administration, but none would have an apprehended banner.
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Start your timers.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Start your timers.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
I don’t know which word or phrase among gens alpha and beta it will be - maybe sus, maybe gyatt - but at least one will be the title of a movie within 5 years.
60% chance it’s a mediocre romcom, 40% it’s a mediocre horror flick.
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No, no, you don't understand. Epstein, who was in his 60s, didn't like 8-year-old girls, he liked 15-year-old girls who could pass for younger. See? it's all a big misunderstanding...
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
Pet hate. "Fazed" is not the same as "phased".
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And nonplussed is not the same as unfazed.
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wonder how many engineers will be defenestrated in the coming weeks.
The damage is done. The labs are gutted.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
'This all must end now.' NASA lab closures at Goddard Space Flight Center under Congressional scrutiny
A congressional letter is putting NASA on blast.
www.space.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The damage is done. The labs are gutted.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
The senior scientists have been pushed out.
Telling them to stop now is too little, too late.
Officially at G4 intensity. This storm could do some damage.
G4 (Severe) Storm Levels Reached! | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
www.swpc.noaa.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Officially at G4 intensity. This storm could do some damage.
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New study shows that #ocean dynamics, driven by #wind stress, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast #Pacific marine #heatwaves via poleward warm water advection, while surface heat fluxes explain their decay. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Importance of ocean dynamics in the onset and persistence of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast Pacific marine heatwaves - Nature Communications
The study shows that gyre-scale ocean dynamics, driven by wind stress curl anomaly, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast Pacific marine heatwaves via poleward warm water advection,...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New study shows that #ocean dynamics, driven by #wind stress, were the main cause of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast #Pacific marine #heatwaves via poleward warm water advection, while surface heat fluxes explain their decay. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory just days after the country provided an overwhelming vote of confidence.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory just days after the country provided an overwhelming vote of confidence.
This sent me to Google. I've never seen one before. Nice moire on the dorsal fin.
Caristiidae (manefish) from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 571 part 5 #mappinggalapagosvents #MarineLife
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This sent me to Google. I've never seen one before. Nice moire on the dorsal fin.
So, about that sink in the Southern Ocean...
We underestimated Southern Ocean outgassing by 40% around Antarctica >40°S
"Substantially underestimated winter CO2 sources of the Southern Ocean"; www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Substantially underestimated winter CO2 sources of the Southern Ocean"; www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So, about that sink in the Southern Ocean...
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Just want to point out on the video RFK JR ran the second the event started.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just want to point out on the video RFK JR ran the second the event started.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
So the best we can say, making an assumption based on his initial velocity and likelihood of a distance needed to stop and catch one's breath, is that he stood some several hundred yards away from the moment of crisis.
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If I only I had written a scene where a “macho” officer on the witness stand is sobbing while describing the trauma of having the flat side of a hoagie - thrown from 2 feet away - hit him in his bulletproof protected chest.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If I only I had written a scene where a “macho” officer on the witness stand is sobbing while describing the trauma of having the flat side of a hoagie - thrown from 2 feet away - hit him in his bulletproof protected chest.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
I mean, that’s comedy gold right there.
The joint is jumpin'
A swingin’ seafloor hotspot! 🎶
This #Ecosde2Cañones footage fr the Patagonian shelf break is an excellent example of collective foraging behavior. Fish & other creatures navigate deep-sea currents to access an area rich w/nutrients — these vital energy hubs at the interface of shelf & open Ocean.
This #Ecosde2Cañones footage fr the Patagonian shelf break is an excellent example of collective foraging behavior. Fish & other creatures navigate deep-sea currents to access an area rich w/nutrients — these vital energy hubs at the interface of shelf & open Ocean.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The joint is jumpin'
MAY BE? They are!
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
MAY BE? They are!
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
Ever wonder why they call them gargoyles?
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
Why Gars Deserve a Week of Their Own | Great Lakes Now
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
This just landed in my feed on YouTube.
My first thought was "I wonder if you know about this?"
20 seconds later I had my answer...
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A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather
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There are so very, very many things that irk me in the Jurassic movies (80% due to script writers, 19% directors). One consistent flaw is herbivore = not dangerous.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There are so very, very many things that irk me in the Jurassic movies (80% due to script writers, 19% directors). One consistent flaw is herbivore = not dangerous.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Maybe, for starters, take the scriptwriters on a playdate with some wild rhinos.
Wow!
Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
This must have been taken over Washington DC
This must have been taken over Washington DC
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wow!