Dr. MM
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We need to have as many different perspectives as possible to understand our universe.
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My opinions are mine alone. I don't represent any entity or other person.
He/Him
My opinions are mine alone. I don't represent any entity or other person.
NASA forced the firing of fantastic JPL employee, Neela Rajendra today. And JPL hardly waited more than a few minutes to erase her from their records.
This timeline fucking sucks.
This timeline fucking sucks.
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NASA forced the firing of fantastic JPL employee, Neela Rajendra today. And JPL hardly waited more than a few minutes to erase her from their records.
This timeline fucking sucks.
This timeline fucking sucks.
Because of rising costs and uncertainty regarding some of my contracts, I was unable to finish my office this past winter. So it’s currently in this state. Two weeks ago it was below 20 ºF in my office in the morning. Today the temperature reached 94 ºF. This summer is going to be fun.
April 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Because of rising costs and uncertainty regarding some of my contracts, I was unable to finish my office this past winter. So it’s currently in this state. Two weeks ago it was below 20 ºF in my office in the morning. Today the temperature reached 94 ºF. This summer is going to be fun.
I'm afraid your cost to get a new-to-you used vehicle is going back up after falling for most of the past two years.
It's still low compared to the wildness of post-covid-shutdown, but it's going to start climbing again as these tariff-cum-taxes start hitting.
It's still low compared to the wildness of post-covid-shutdown, but it's going to start climbing again as these tariff-cum-taxes start hitting.
April 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm afraid your cost to get a new-to-you used vehicle is going back up after falling for most of the past two years.
It's still low compared to the wildness of post-covid-shutdown, but it's going to start climbing again as these tariff-cum-taxes start hitting.
It's still low compared to the wildness of post-covid-shutdown, but it's going to start climbing again as these tariff-cum-taxes start hitting.
A quick clip of our small town's Hands Off demonstration. My estimate is that we had about 2500 people. That is confirmation-biased in agreement with some other random person's guess. It was one of the largest I've seen here.
April 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A quick clip of our small town's Hands Off demonstration. My estimate is that we had about 2500 people. That is confirmation-biased in agreement with some other random person's guess. It was one of the largest I've seen here.
A friend of mine had this parasol at our local protest. The town is about 70,000 people, and we had about 2500-3000 people at the protest.
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A friend of mine had this parasol at our local protest. The town is about 70,000 people, and we had about 2500-3000 people at the protest.
My friend and her partner insisted I use the hashtag, #EVHero for this. They called me about 30 minutes from home to ask if I would meet them partway because they'd skipped a charging session and run low on charge. I took the Lightning out to give them a quick bump of energy to get them home.
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My friend and her partner insisted I use the hashtag, #EVHero for this. They called me about 30 minutes from home to ask if I would meet them partway because they'd skipped a charging session and run low on charge. I took the Lightning out to give them a quick bump of energy to get them home.
I haven't seen this out there yet. The NASA administration has created an ideas form for how to make NASA more efficient.
I would say fire the administration.
I reacted the url because I don't know if it's personalized and I don't want the source to be outed.
I would say fire the administration.
I reacted the url because I don't know if it's personalized and I don't want the source to be outed.
![Introducing the Efficiency Ideas Submission Form
At NASA, we take pride in tackling tough challenges, finding smarter ways to work, and ensuring every resource is used to advance our mission. Agencywide, there are opportunities to streamline processes, reduce inefficiencies, and strengthen how we operate. No one knows those opportunities better than you.
To capture insights, we’re launching the Efficiency Ideas submission form – a place to share ideas on how we can improve the way we work. You can submit ideas anonymously or include your contact information if you’d like to be available for follow-up. We encourage you to be specific and succinct so we can identify the most actionable ideas.
To help inform our phase two submission for President Trump’s “Workforce Optimization Initiative,” we encourage submissions by Thursday, April 10. However, the tool will remain open beyond that date as we continue seeking ways to improve our operations.
Submit your efficiency ideas:
https://forms.office.com/g/[REDACTED]
NASA senior leadership will review submissions, prioritizing ideas based on feasibility, cost impact, and alignment with our mission. Some ideas may be assigned to directorates or program offices for further development. We’ll keep you updated on the ideas that move forward.
Your expertise and creativity drive NASA’s success, and I look forward to seeing the solutions you propose. Thank you for your commitment to making this agency stronger.
Embrace the Challenge,
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April 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I haven't seen this out there yet. The NASA administration has created an ideas form for how to make NASA more efficient.
I would say fire the administration.
I reacted the url because I don't know if it's personalized and I don't want the source to be outed.
I would say fire the administration.
I reacted the url because I don't know if it's personalized and I don't want the source to be outed.
Holy fuck. It's not just the sea of red, it's the magnitudes.
Health insurance and consumer staples are up, of course, because investors know they can charge whatever they like and people have to pay.
I'm afraid to look at my 401(k) value. Hope we can survive this with enough of it intact.
Health insurance and consumer staples are up, of course, because investors know they can charge whatever they like and people have to pay.
I'm afraid to look at my 401(k) value. Hope we can survive this with enough of it intact.
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Holy fuck. It's not just the sea of red, it's the magnitudes.
Health insurance and consumer staples are up, of course, because investors know they can charge whatever they like and people have to pay.
I'm afraid to look at my 401(k) value. Hope we can survive this with enough of it intact.
Health insurance and consumer staples are up, of course, because investors know they can charge whatever they like and people have to pay.
I'm afraid to look at my 401(k) value. Hope we can survive this with enough of it intact.
The administration is entirely incompetent. And yet, we lost our country to them. Money can buy a lot. It can't buy competence, but it can buy a whole lot of politicians.
![A screenshot of a post on social media.
By Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com):
Wow. Just Wow. How Trump set the tariff rates. This is blithering, staggering, mind-boggling, jaw-cracking, gums-bleeding stupidity.
By @James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki):
Just figured out where these fake tariffs rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.
So we have $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
By @James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki):
Replying to @JamesSurowiecki:
It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.
[Illegible tables follow showing tariffs rates being applied by the Trump Administration.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqfimhq66n3cogrdijrcselz/bafkreihw4hbboidhkbaw6thexhogkunyuvofzykbavnvp4guurtjmuvw5m@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The administration is entirely incompetent. And yet, we lost our country to them. Money can buy a lot. It can't buy competence, but it can buy a whole lot of politicians.
And yet he was more intelligent and exhibited a better grasp of democracy and humanity in the 25th hour than any republican of the recent era (since about 1972, IMO).
April 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
And yet he was more intelligent and exhibited a better grasp of democracy and humanity in the 25th hour than any republican of the recent era (since about 1972, IMO).
It's slowing down my connection, but whatever.
Cory Booker is doing what should have been done from the beginning. At least we're making progress.
Also a hearty F-U to anyone who whines that this isn't enough. Go elsewhere with your perfectionism. That helped enabl the disaster we're facing.
Cory Booker is doing what should have been done from the beginning. At least we're making progress.
Also a hearty F-U to anyone who whines that this isn't enough. Go elsewhere with your perfectionism. That helped enabl the disaster we're facing.
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's slowing down my connection, but whatever.
Cory Booker is doing what should have been done from the beginning. At least we're making progress.
Also a hearty F-U to anyone who whines that this isn't enough. Go elsewhere with your perfectionism. That helped enabl the disaster we're facing.
Cory Booker is doing what should have been done from the beginning. At least we're making progress.
Also a hearty F-U to anyone who whines that this isn't enough. Go elsewhere with your perfectionism. That helped enabl the disaster we're facing.
Whelp, isn't this fun?
USAID's infiltrators cancelled everything good coming from the agency, so NASA's SERVIR program has been canceled.
USAID's infiltrators cancelled everything good coming from the agency, so NASA's SERVIR program has been canceled.
March 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Whelp, isn't this fun?
USAID's infiltrators cancelled everything good coming from the agency, so NASA's SERVIR program has been canceled.
USAID's infiltrators cancelled everything good coming from the agency, so NASA's SERVIR program has been canceled.
Visited one of the most beautiful places on Earth: Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
March 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Visited one of the most beautiful places on Earth: Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
Some burrowing animal chewed the trunk of my young cherry tree off of its roots.
March 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Some burrowing animal chewed the trunk of my young cherry tree off of its roots.
By the way, this is a map of our travels. Some trips are missing because I forgot to put them in when we got home.
March 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
By the way, this is a map of our travels. Some trips are missing because I forgot to put them in when we got home.
Is it cost?
Compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an EV & a similarly-capable (often otherwise identical) ICE car, the TCO is less for the EV after three to five years of ownership. In this set of simulations, 95% of the time the EV is cheaper. Especially if you can charge at home.
Compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an EV & a similarly-capable (often otherwise identical) ICE car, the TCO is less for the EV after three to five years of ownership. In this set of simulations, 95% of the time the EV is cheaper. Especially if you can charge at home.
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Is it cost?
Compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an EV & a similarly-capable (often otherwise identical) ICE car, the TCO is less for the EV after three to five years of ownership. In this set of simulations, 95% of the time the EV is cheaper. Especially if you can charge at home.
Compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an EV & a similarly-capable (often otherwise identical) ICE car, the TCO is less for the EV after three to five years of ownership. In this set of simulations, 95% of the time the EV is cheaper. Especially if you can charge at home.
If you live in the US, you likely live within 50 miles of a fast charger. You very likely don't drive any routes that put you farther than 100 miles from a fast charger. And there's only a tiny portion of the northern parts of the midwest that only have one fast charger within 200 miles.
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you live in the US, you likely live within 50 miles of a fast charger. You very likely don't drive any routes that put you farther than 100 miles from a fast charger. And there's only a tiny portion of the northern parts of the midwest that only have one fast charger within 200 miles.
We get ~255 cm snow "normally" on the mountain. This year we're about 125 cm < normal. We got a decent snow last night.
I usually "plow" our 1/4 mile driveway with our tractor. That takes 1-2 hours.
I put a plow on the Lightning yesterday. Took 20 minutes. "You can't drive an EV in the snow." HaHaHa
I usually "plow" our 1/4 mile driveway with our tractor. That takes 1-2 hours.
I put a plow on the Lightning yesterday. Took 20 minutes. "You can't drive an EV in the snow." HaHaHa
March 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We get ~255 cm snow "normally" on the mountain. This year we're about 125 cm < normal. We got a decent snow last night.
I usually "plow" our 1/4 mile driveway with our tractor. That takes 1-2 hours.
I put a plow on the Lightning yesterday. Took 20 minutes. "You can't drive an EV in the snow." HaHaHa
I usually "plow" our 1/4 mile driveway with our tractor. That takes 1-2 hours.
I put a plow on the Lightning yesterday. Took 20 minutes. "You can't drive an EV in the snow." HaHaHa
And prepending vs appending is also different, both without the fucking ai summary.
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And prepending vs appending is also different, both without the fucking ai summary.
Searching for "constitutional amendment" vs "constitutional amendment -ai"
March 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Searching for "constitutional amendment" vs "constitutional amendment -ai"
Doing a search for "what the actual" vs "what the actual -ai" gives slightly different results.
March 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Doing a search for "what the actual" vs "what the actual -ai" gives slightly different results.
I wasn't vaccinated (hippy antivax parents). I had measles and complications. It was horrible. My parents were also anti-hospital so I didn't even get basic care. I don't know how I survived--DO NOT USE ME AS YOUR FUCKING ANECDOTE.
Get your fucking vaccine.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Get your fucking vaccine.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
March 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I wasn't vaccinated (hippy antivax parents). I had measles and complications. It was horrible. My parents were also anti-hospital so I didn't even get basic care. I don't know how I survived--DO NOT USE ME AS YOUR FUCKING ANECDOTE.
Get your fucking vaccine.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Get your fucking vaccine.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The House’s weird-ass budget bill included this gem, which basically has redefined the rest of the year to be a single day.
I say we work our 8 hours and call it a day.
I say we work our 8 hours and call it a day.
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The House’s weird-ass budget bill included this gem, which basically has redefined the rest of the year to be a single day.
I say we work our 8 hours and call it a day.
I say we work our 8 hours and call it a day.
This flag hangs on the exterior wall of our home. Yesterday someone came out to do some work. Before introducing themselves, they said, “Thanks for the flag. We don’t often get to see good things like that out here.”
The “little” things matter a lot to people.
Do more good more publicly.
The “little” things matter a lot to people.
Do more good more publicly.
March 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This flag hangs on the exterior wall of our home. Yesterday someone came out to do some work. Before introducing themselves, they said, “Thanks for the flag. We don’t often get to see good things like that out here.”
The “little” things matter a lot to people.
Do more good more publicly.
The “little” things matter a lot to people.
Do more good more publicly.