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grb090423

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Interests: cosmology, astronomy, the sciences in general, wildlife.
Rusty polyglot. Slowly learning Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic).
I informally tweet ESA news when I can.
GRB090423 was the furthest Gamma Ray Burst known to us back when I started on social media.
Both avatar and header images were taken by me.
I rarely boost images that don't have Alt Text.
I boost The Vagina Museum posts; please don't be offended... it's good to learn.
I always check your TL - If no posts, I don't follow back.

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sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

grb090423,
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@sundogplanets

Blimey! 😯😯

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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Wanted to try the too good to go from the Polish place for ages. Very fun (one of the donuts is missing, I ate it on the way)! There is definitely some truly weird stuff in here, not sure what to do with the fish in the glass 😳

grb090423,
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@vicgrinberg

Mmm, looking at all this is making my stomach rumble.

Maybe have the fish as a cold lunchtime snack, with salad potatoes and veg 🤔

grb090423,
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@vicgrinberg

Excellent! Yummy is always good 🤗

Yes... having tried to offer words of encouragement, I'm not actually sure I'd want to try the fish 😂

sundogplanets, to random
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Got the electronet out and set up, and now all the 4 legged animals are out on grass for the first time this year! They are sooooo happy. (And the llama doesn't seem to have any thoughts of escape, so that's great).

A herd of over a dozen white goats with a couple of brown and black goats sprinkled in. They are 100% concentrating on eating. They are in a bright green grassy area, with a tall wooden fence, tall spruce trees, and a large old yellow barn in the background. There are lovely poofy clouds in a bright blue sky above.

grb090423,
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@sundogplanets

This is so good to see 🤗

zl2tod, to random
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Bloody hell.
I'm disappointed that this solar wind impact from a succession on Coronal Mass Ejections spat out by the Sun will happen in the middle of the day here in New Zealandso I won't see the aurora at it's peak.
On the other hand I'm pleased that the other side of the planet will wear it. Sorry you lot.

grb090423,
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@zl2tod

That's us, UK.

grb090423, to random
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Happy Europe day 🇪🇺

There is much to celebrate ✨✨✨

Ridding ourselves of fascism is a huge (and ongoing) reason.

glynmoody, to random
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UK toddler has restored in world first therapy trial - https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/09/uk-toddler-has-hearing-restored-in-world-first-gene-therapy-trial "Opal Sandy can hear almost perfectly after groundbreaking surgery that took just 16 minutes" hopeful stuff...

grb090423,
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@glynmoody

This is a lovely read.

grb090423,
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@glynmoody

Indeed.

Let's hope it becomes available to everyone 👍

ricardojmv, to random Portuguese
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Bom dia! :blobgoodmorning:

grb090423,
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@ricardojmv

🌞☕

elizabethtasker, to random
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I apparently put this seat hotspot on sideways (a function that lets your avatar "sit" in a chair).

But also. Mood.

grb090423,
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@elizabethtasker

LOVE this! 👏😁

knud, to random German
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If 30ml of ink printer ink cost 15€, why does this 20 cubic meter truck not have a police escort?

grb090423,
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@knud

Excellent question!

sundogplanets, to random
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Good morning from baby goat land

grb090423,
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@sundogplanets

You can tell how small they are when you realise it's your guard dog standing by them 🤗

Also how cute the tiny horse is in the distance 💕

grb090423, to random
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Where space weather starts.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/05/Where_space_weather_starts

grb090423, to random
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Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Aline Decadi.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/05/Space_Team_Europe_for_Ariane_6_Aline_Decadi

grb090423, to random
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I love the name Cube Cat Four!

Ariane 6 launches 3Cat-4: reflecting on Earth.

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_launches_3Cat-4_reflecting_on_Earth

AuldFoggerty, to random
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"Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

grb090423,
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@AuldFoggerty

People here read things like "mass migration" and only picture people from Africa, the Middle East and further afield, coming to Europe.

What people here aren't yet considering is how soon they themselves could be forced to collect as much as they can carry, and leave their homes to find higher ground.


grincheux, to lacabine French
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Ça compte pour un ?

grb090423,
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@grincheux

😋

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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I had a feeling that I’d see my first of the year today & I was right 🙂

A new species for me too – a male hairy hawker (Brachytron pratense) sunbathing in the grass 😻

Initially similar to other hawkers, like the migrant (Aeshna mixta) which I see a lot of, the hairy hawker flies much earlier in the year & is, well, hairy 🤷‍♂️🙂

Anyone know what the pink blob is under the anal appendages?

🐉🪰

🇳🇱
📷
🐜

grb090423,
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@markmccaughrean

What a fluffy beauty!

(I have no idea what the pink blob is but my guess would be something like a sperm sack, all ready to go.)

markmccaughrean, to random
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Just as a reminder, it is to escape the capricious whims, machinations, & ambitions of hugely wealthy crypto/fintech/bitcoin obsessed tech bros that we are on Mastodon rather than on the sites they own.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/07/jack-dorsey-quits-bluesky-board-urges-users-stay-elon-musk-x-twitter

grb090423,
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@markmccaughrean

Indeed. Stuff 'em all!

cnes, to random French
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Vous êtes nombreux à nous rejoindre suite à l'appel de @amoroso, merci beaucoup ! L'occasion de refaire une courte 🥳

Bienvenue sur le compte de l'Agence spatiale française 🇫🇷 Vous trouverez ici notre actualité, des infos sur les grandes missions spatiales, de la vulgarisation scientifique, un peu de veille et des liens pour aller plus loin 🚀

Thanks to @amoroso you're now 1337 following us. We do mostly speak le funny language, but please stay for the memes!

grb090423,
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@cnes @amoroso

LOVE this! 😍

grb090423,
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@amoroso

:blobaww:

sundogplanets, to random
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As another crewed launch is about to happen, it's a good time to re-share this essay I wrote a couple months ago about how I just really can't get excited about rocket launches anymore.

https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653

grb090423,
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@sundogplanets

This! (Entire article tbh) Absolutely this!

"I am worried by the complete shift to the move-fast-and-break-things attitude that comes from the tech sector instead of government scientific agencies. I am put off by the colonialist language and billionaire-worship of private corporations. I am increasingly furious at the nonexistent public education and lack of transparency offered by these companies. "

blogdiva, to random
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IN OTHER NEWS... am done with 🥳 🎉 🎈 now it's physical and immunotherapy until next Spring, so let's say it with the chest...

🗣️ FUCK CANCER!!!

grb090423,
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@blogdiva

Excellent news! ✨✨✨

So pleased for you 👍🤗

TheJen, to random
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It is so fucking insidious how Facebook in particular has tricked business owners into thinking a Facebook page or Instagram is a proper substitution for an actual website. There is a crochet designer I love, but she is ONLY on Meta products, which means I CANNOT SEE YOU BECAUSE I DO NOT GO THERE.

Fucking leaving money on the damned table because you refuse to make an actual site.

Bad business, that.

grb090423,
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@TheJen

So much this!

amoroso, (edited ) to space
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These unofficial Mastodon accounts of space agencies are bots that merely share news items the agencies publish elsewhere, yet the accounts have quite a lot of followers:

  • NASA: @nasa 71K followers
  • ESA: @esa 1.4K followers

There's an unfulfilled demand for public institutions to communicate on open and independent platforms.

grb090423,
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@amoroso @nasa @esa

Absolutely!

I've emailed both agencies in question but have received no reply.

JAXA, ISRO, CSA, ASI, and so many other space agencies would have a dedicated following on here - that isn't made up of bots - if they'd only open accounts (and preferably their own instance).

I've had this conversation with others about this too. It's quite frustrating.

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