PlasmaNerd
@plasmanerd.bsky.social
A Space Weather/Heliophysics researcher, enjoying the scientific nomadic life, and always hunting for more Aurora experiences.
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#ArtAdventCalendar #Day3b
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day3b
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar, from when I’d just gotten my medium format camera and was totally falling in love with #FilmPhotography
Random shot in Koreatown in Toronto, and Kodak tri-x with my Mamiya C220
Random shot in Koreatown in Toronto, and Kodak tri-x with my Mamiya C220
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar, from when I’d just gotten my medium format camera and was totally falling in love with #FilmPhotography
Random shot in Koreatown in Toronto, and Kodak tri-x with my Mamiya C220
Random shot in Koreatown in Toronto, and Kodak tri-x with my Mamiya C220
December 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Think weather forecast from the 1960s...
There are slight possibilities for geomagnetic storming on Dec 7 and Dec 8 according to NOAA SWPC. Please note that the timing of these G1 periods are never 100% accurate and are more like best guesses.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Think weather forecast from the 1960s...
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day6
Two of Belgium's statues & I feel like how they are presented is a deeper commentary on how men and women, or in this case, boys and girls are perceived and treated in society. One gets dressed in regalia & they other is locked away behind bars off in a side street/alleyway
Two of Belgium's statues & I feel like how they are presented is a deeper commentary on how men and women, or in this case, boys and girls are perceived and treated in society. One gets dressed in regalia & they other is locked away behind bars off in a side street/alleyway
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day6
Two of Belgium's statues & I feel like how they are presented is a deeper commentary on how men and women, or in this case, boys and girls are perceived and treated in society. One gets dressed in regalia & they other is locked away behind bars off in a side street/alleyway
Two of Belgium's statues & I feel like how they are presented is a deeper commentary on how men and women, or in this case, boys and girls are perceived and treated in society. One gets dressed in regalia & they other is locked away behind bars off in a side street/alleyway
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This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
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Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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‼️ROSES-25 #heliophysics UPDATE‼️
tldr;
New interagency (non-NASA) agreements (IAA) process can take a year. IAA must be approved prior to submission. LWS Step-1 is due Jan 21, so time is short. #NASA may reject proposals b/c of delayed approvals.
tldr;
New interagency (non-NASA) agreements (IAA) process can take a year. IAA must be approved prior to submission. LWS Step-1 is due Jan 21, so time is short. #NASA may reject proposals b/c of delayed approvals.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
‼️ROSES-25 #heliophysics UPDATE‼️
tldr;
New interagency (non-NASA) agreements (IAA) process can take a year. IAA must be approved prior to submission. LWS Step-1 is due Jan 21, so time is short. #NASA may reject proposals b/c of delayed approvals.
tldr;
New interagency (non-NASA) agreements (IAA) process can take a year. IAA must be approved prior to submission. LWS Step-1 is due Jan 21, so time is short. #NASA may reject proposals b/c of delayed approvals.
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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📢Another bit of news for #NASA #Goddard folks.
Multiple contacts report that #GSFC library is closing down, keeping only ~10% of the books and artifacts. No plan for the other 90%? Originally scheduled to shutdown on Dec 9 -- now delayed (new date unknown)
@roguenasa.altgov.info #SaveLibraries
Multiple contacts report that #GSFC library is closing down, keeping only ~10% of the books and artifacts. No plan for the other 90%? Originally scheduled to shutdown on Dec 9 -- now delayed (new date unknown)
@roguenasa.altgov.info #SaveLibraries
NASA is closing its Libraries, including at HQ and multiple centers, "with at least 5 librarians losing their positions:"
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
📢Another bit of news for #NASA #Goddard folks.
Multiple contacts report that #GSFC library is closing down, keeping only ~10% of the books and artifacts. No plan for the other 90%? Originally scheduled to shutdown on Dec 9 -- now delayed (new date unknown)
@roguenasa.altgov.info #SaveLibraries
Multiple contacts report that #GSFC library is closing down, keeping only ~10% of the books and artifacts. No plan for the other 90%? Originally scheduled to shutdown on Dec 9 -- now delayed (new date unknown)
@roguenasa.altgov.info #SaveLibraries
How do we know it wasn’t Ron playing the first time saying he was Ray, and now he’s playing again?
Jeopardy tonight had Ron, identical twin brother of a former champ named Ray. @kenjennings.bsky.social asked how we know for sure it's not Ray playing again under a fake name. Ron pointed out Ray in the audience. But how do we know the brothers haven't pulled a Parent Trap?
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
How do we know it wasn’t Ron playing the first time saying he was Ray, and now he’s playing again?
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I hope @agu.org is going to speak to #AGU25 attendee safety, and acknowledge the potential increased threat to some attendees based on what some morally corrupt, bigoted CPB/ICE agent thinks about how they look or where they're from.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
Allow people to cancel & refund their registration $.
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day3b
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day3b
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
Okay, I know this is the second one today, but I just finished editing it and I really like it... I know it might be too busy, but still.
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This piece really resonates with me and my exact story — I don’t come from a science background, but decided to chase my passion. It took a lot of hard work (basically restarting from scratch) but previous experience across industries gave me the right tools to persist through challenges.
"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This piece really resonates with me and my exact story — I don’t come from a science background, but decided to chase my passion. It took a lot of hard work (basically restarting from scratch) but previous experience across industries gave me the right tools to persist through challenges.
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"Take My Hand" #mural of Harriette Tubman, in Dorset Maryland - Michael Rosato #artist
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Take My Hand" #mural of Harriette Tubman, in Dorset Maryland - Michael Rosato #artist
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
There continues to be a lot of conversation on how astronomers and researchers must “deal” with the existing and incoming pollution caused by satellite constellations.
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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This article is an extremely well presented discussion about the current funding challenges for science and medicine in the US. Highly recommend.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
#FundScience #publicpolicy
@altnih4science.bsky.social
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.altgov.info
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
#FundScience #publicpolicy
@altnih4science.bsky.social
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.altgov.info
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This article is an extremely well presented discussion about the current funding challenges for science and medicine in the US. Highly recommend.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
#FundScience #publicpolicy
@altnih4science.bsky.social
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.altgov.info
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
#FundScience #publicpolicy
@altnih4science.bsky.social
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.altgov.info
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@lofgren.house.gov, ranking member of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee, sent a follow-on letter to #NASA about the audit of Goddard's planned closures/relocations. It contains the schedule for “consolidation” activities at the main #gsfc campus.
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@lofgren.house.gov, ranking member of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee, sent a follow-on letter to #NASA about the audit of Goddard's planned closures/relocations. It contains the schedule for “consolidation” activities at the main #gsfc campus.
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
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Thank you, @lofgren.house.gov , for your continued support of #NASA and NASA science!!!
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@lofgren.house.gov, ranking member of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee, sent a follow-on letter to #NASA about the audit of Goddard's planned closures/relocations. It contains the schedule for “consolidation” activities at the main #gsfc campus.
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
lofgren.house.gov/media/press-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thank you, @lofgren.house.gov , for your continued support of #NASA and NASA science!!!
@roguenasa.altgov.info
@roguenasa.altgov.info
Took a look back at a recent (by some definition) paper, translated the title from science -ees to English and talked about why the work is important: both to a space physicist and to the general public.
open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...
open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...
Precipitation from the Radiation Belts
A look at a one of my co-authored papers on microbursts and why you might care... at least in a round about way.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Took a look back at a recent (by some definition) paper, translated the title from science -ees to English and talked about why the work is important: both to a space physicist and to the general public.
open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...
open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...