Phil Naranjo
@philnaranjo.bsky.social
He/Him. Product Management Director @ Tableau | Building AI-driven insights to make data intuitive. 🤖📊 Space enthusiast, orbital mechanics nerd, and radio astronomy fan 📡. Passionate about cooking, gardening, and exploring the American Pacific Northwest 🏔️
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Phil Naranjo
@philnaranjo.bsky.social
· Jun 30
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Working on AI for Tableau Pulse Discover has been a journey - full of surprises, challenges, and real insights about how people actually use data. The limits of AI for analytics. I wrote a bit about that here:
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It’s time to stop teaching the biggest lie about Hawking radiation
Have you ever heard that #Hawking radiation works by "pair popping" of particles and antiparticles out of the quantum vacuum?
Let's debunk the biggest lie about black hole evaporation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Have you ever heard that #Hawking radiation works by "pair popping" of particles and antiparticles out of the quantum vacuum?
Let's debunk the biggest lie about black hole evaporation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
It's time to stop teaching the biggest lie about Hawking radiation
It's not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of reality.
bigthink.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It’s time to stop teaching the biggest lie about Hawking radiation
Have you ever heard that #Hawking radiation works by "pair popping" of particles and antiparticles out of the quantum vacuum?
Let's debunk the biggest lie about black hole evaporation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Have you ever heard that #Hawking radiation works by "pair popping" of particles and antiparticles out of the quantum vacuum?
Let's debunk the biggest lie about black hole evaporation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
“…Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one telescope project, but four. Each of these new telescopes brings a novel capability online; however, the most intriguing new instrument is a space-based telescope named Lazuli.”
Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
“This is a very significant contribution to the astronomical community."
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
“…Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one telescope project, but four. Each of these new telescopes brings a novel capability online; however, the most intriguing new instrument is a space-based telescope named Lazuli.”
Japanese advertising icon from the late 1970s / very early 1980s, created to promote high-end consumer audio equipment.
テクノロボ コンボイ
Tekuno Robo Konboi
“Technorobo Comboy”
テクノロボ コンボイ
Tekuno Robo Konboi
“Technorobo Comboy”
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Japanese advertising icon from the late 1970s / very early 1980s, created to promote high-end consumer audio equipment.
テクノロボ コンボイ
Tekuno Robo Konboi
“Technorobo Comboy”
テクノロボ コンボイ
Tekuno Robo Konboi
“Technorobo Comboy”
Reposted by Phil Naranjo
The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history
Astronomers Have Discovered the Pleiades’ Secret Stellar Family
The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history
www.scientificamerican.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history
…Not surprising but I think this research argues that real technosignatures may be fleeting, narrow, and time-dependent, more like sparks than beacons. Intelligence’s presence is transient, not announce itself forever. #3iatlas #seti #astronomy
Most sensitive radio observations to date find no evidence of technosignature from 3I/ATLAS
Since the interstellar object (ISO) 3I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it may somehow contain evidence of techno...
phys.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
…Not surprising but I think this research argues that real technosignatures may be fleeting, narrow, and time-dependent, more like sparks than beacons. Intelligence’s presence is transient, not announce itself forever. #3iatlas #seti #astronomy
Low Earth Orbit has become a tightly packed ecosystem.
Satellites pass one another every few seconds, surviving through constant, fuel-burning corrections. New research suggests that if steering failed, a major collision could occur in under 3 days. It could lead to a catastrophic chain reaction.
Satellites pass one another every few seconds, surviving through constant, fuel-burning corrections. New research suggests that if steering failed, a major collision could occur in under 3 days. It could lead to a catastrophic chain reaction.
An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
arxiv.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Low Earth Orbit has become a tightly packed ecosystem.
Satellites pass one another every few seconds, surviving through constant, fuel-burning corrections. New research suggests that if steering failed, a major collision could occur in under 3 days. It could lead to a catastrophic chain reaction.
Satellites pass one another every few seconds, surviving through constant, fuel-burning corrections. New research suggests that if steering failed, a major collision could occur in under 3 days. It could lead to a catastrophic chain reaction.
I was reading that in 1952, at #Cambridge, a PhD student built OXO, a tic-tac-toe game on the EDSAC computer. It played perfectly, using early symbolic #AI logic to reason about future moves. A game but also but one of the first machines to think ahead.
1952 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum
www.computerhistory.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I was reading that in 1952, at #Cambridge, a PhD student built OXO, a tic-tac-toe game on the EDSAC computer. It played perfectly, using early symbolic #AI logic to reason about future moves. A game but also but one of the first machines to think ahead.
The poet Albertino Mussato was crowned with a laurel wreath in 1315, reviving the ancient title of poet-laureate and earning the right to teach poetry at the University of Padua, a turning point for humanism & the university system. Mussato won a public poetry competition.
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The poet Albertino Mussato was crowned with a laurel wreath in 1315, reviving the ancient title of poet-laureate and earning the right to teach poetry at the University of Padua, a turning point for humanism & the university system. Mussato won a public poetry competition.
“…but one of her specialities is best described as geomythology, a term coined in 1968 by Indiana University geologist Dorothy Vitaliano, who was interested in classical legends about Atlantis and other civilizations that were lost due to natural disasters.”
A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science
Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...
arstechnica.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“…but one of her specialities is best described as geomythology, a term coined in 1968 by Indiana University geologist Dorothy Vitaliano, who was interested in classical legends about Atlantis and other civilizations that were lost due to natural disasters.”
‘…Gamwell sees echoes of Mitchell’s dark stars, for instance, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A Descent Into the Maelstrom,” particularly the evocative 1919 illustration by Harry Clarke.’
Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
Art and science converge in Lynn Gamwell's book, Conjuring the Void: The Art of Black Holes...
arstechnica.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
‘…Gamwell sees echoes of Mitchell’s dark stars, for instance, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A Descent Into the Maelstrom,” particularly the evocative 1919 illustration by Harry Clarke.’
The poster wall near #Seattle’s Pike Place has been layered for 20+ years like a quiet archive of wheatpaste, flyers, and fragments. Scraped, reborn, never meant to last. #streetart
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The poster wall near #Seattle’s Pike Place has been layered for 20+ years like a quiet archive of wheatpaste, flyers, and fragments. Scraped, reborn, never meant to last. #streetart
Tonight I reread The White Cat and the Monk to my newly-13-year-olds, curled up together, again. An ancient, anonymous Irish monk made human thru love for his cat, across 1,000 years. Brushwork is luminous, echoing Insular manuscript art & lettering. A kids book to cherish, return to. #booksky
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Tonight I reread The White Cat and the Monk to my newly-13-year-olds, curled up together, again. An ancient, anonymous Irish monk made human thru love for his cat, across 1,000 years. Brushwork is luminous, echoing Insular manuscript art & lettering. A kids book to cherish, return to. #booksky
Ziggy Stardust watching over the tree tonight. Bowie in his alien-glam moment, as seen through Mick Rock’s iconic eye. 📸 🌟
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Ziggy Stardust watching over the tree tonight. Bowie in his alien-glam moment, as seen through Mick Rock’s iconic eye. 📸 🌟
Not really a space novel, it’s Frank Herbert locking five humans in a failing starship, forcing intelligence to invent itself. Long before #AI hype cycle, he treated artificial consciousness as something that emerges under pressure, tangled with ego, ethics, & godhood. #booksky
December 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
During the 50s, the US secretly used the moon to eavesdrop on Soviet radar signals - its surface, a vast signal reflector. The project was cloaked under various civilian scientific endeavors.
The U S ELINT System That Used the Moon as a Mirror — To Spy on Soviet Signals
YouTube video by ColdWar Stories
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
During the 50s, the US secretly used the moon to eavesdrop on Soviet radar signals - its surface, a vast signal reflector. The project was cloaked under various civilian scientific endeavors.
The festive lobby of #Seattle’s elegant Fairmont Olympic Hotel 🎄 A must for locals looking to carve out a little #Christmas splendor. Cozy library nooks, a speakeasy, luminous brasserie, gilded bar, the bustle of cosmopolitan guests coming and going. #2025
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The festive lobby of #Seattle’s elegant Fairmont Olympic Hotel 🎄 A must for locals looking to carve out a little #Christmas splendor. Cozy library nooks, a speakeasy, luminous brasserie, gilded bar, the bustle of cosmopolitan guests coming and going. #2025
In the 1950s, the Soviet Union used Kapustin Yar for nuclear high-altitude tests that revealed how detonations space could generate powerful EMPs capable of disrupting electrical & communication infrastructure over vast areas. Nuclear weapons could cripple modern society without direct destruction.
Kapustin Yar: Russia's Area 51
YouTube video by Megaprojects
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In the 1950s, the Soviet Union used Kapustin Yar for nuclear high-altitude tests that revealed how detonations space could generate powerful EMPs capable of disrupting electrical & communication infrastructure over vast areas. Nuclear weapons could cripple modern society without direct destruction.
Reposted by Phil Naranjo
THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS THIS WEEKEND: Exactly 3 years ago, Juan Carlos Casado photographed a slow rain of Geminids over the Teide volcano in the Canary Islands spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS THIS WEEKEND: Exactly 3 years ago, Juan Carlos Casado photographed a slow rain of Geminids over the Teide volcano in the Canary Islands spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
Reposted by Phil Naranjo
Great article about NASA's next planetary defense mission. Planetary defense has a lot of interlocking parts, and all the DARTs we can build won't help if we don't have the Rubin Observatories and NEO Surveyors (and their predecessors and successors) to find problem objects before they find us.
NEW: When she worked at NASA’s JPL, Amy Mainzer used to rack up high scores on the 1979 Atari game ASTEROIDS. Very apt, now she’s in charge of a space mission that will save the world from killer asteroids.
Planet Protector, my new feature for @science.org, is live. www.science.org/content/arti...
Planet Protector, my new feature for @science.org, is live. www.science.org/content/arti...
NASA telescope will hunt down ‘city killer’ asteroids
With an infrared eye, NEO Surveyor will target dangerous space rocks glowing in the dark
www.science.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great article about NASA's next planetary defense mission. Planetary defense has a lot of interlocking parts, and all the DARTs we can build won't help if we don't have the Rubin Observatories and NEO Surveyors (and their predecessors and successors) to find problem objects before they find us.
#Christmas 🎄 Art Walk on the first Thursday of December at #Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Galleries flung open to the cold night, music echoing off old brick, and Seattle’s oldest neighborhood feeling like a winter festival.
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#Christmas 🎄 Art Walk on the first Thursday of December at #Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Galleries flung open to the cold night, music echoing off old brick, and Seattle’s oldest neighborhood feeling like a winter festival.
Meditating on #deeptime and the length of human institutions. Founded in 1096, Oxford was teaching logic and theology while Aotearoa (New Zealand) was still thousands of miles of untouched forest, volcano, glacier, and sea. The Māori arrival cutting into a pristine horizon centuries later.
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Meditating on #deeptime and the length of human institutions. Founded in 1096, Oxford was teaching logic and theology while Aotearoa (New Zealand) was still thousands of miles of untouched forest, volcano, glacier, and sea. The Māori arrival cutting into a pristine horizon centuries later.
Eight spacecraft with tight timelines, threading into one orbital “Grand Central.”
A First: All Docking Ports Used for Eight Spacecraft | International Space Station
Friends of NASA is an independent NGO dedicated to building international support for peaceful space exploration, commerce, science and STEM education
www.friendsofnasa.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Eight spacecraft with tight timelines, threading into one orbital “Grand Central.”
Thank you @davidguettamusic.bsky.social. Loved the honesty and perspective on the art, the value fans expect from festivals. Personally, I love novelty - give me the undiscovered underground. 🔊 🎧 💿
David Guetta Answers DJ Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thank you @davidguettamusic.bsky.social. Loved the honesty and perspective on the art, the value fans expect from festivals. Personally, I love novelty - give me the undiscovered underground. 🔊 🎧 💿
The Connection Machine, designed in the mid-1980s by Danny Hillis at Thinking Machines Corporation. It was an early massively parallel supercomputer with up to 65,536 processors working together.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Connection Machine, designed in the mid-1980s by Danny Hillis at Thinking Machines Corporation. It was an early massively parallel supercomputer with up to 65,536 processors working together.