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Posts by Brian Swift

I posted about spacecraft knots in 2012! Well, I edited a post by knot tyer David Fred:

www.planetary.org/articles/201...

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Western Digital 20TB hard drive with WD20 written on blue painter’s tape label.

Western Digital 20TB hard drive with WD20 written on blue painter’s tape label.

I wonder if next hard drive will be labeled after eponymous lubricant

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If sat phones no-joy, maybe they should try their iPhones.

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Moon and Earth over limb

Moon and Earth over limb

For you Artemis backout viewing. Crop of www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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Bummer if Planet didn't some sweet "checkbook shutter control" $$

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Got banned from uni's plotter for using it as raster device to print Mandelbrots.

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Artemis II Launch from four tracking angles
Artemis II Launch from four tracking angles YouTube video by Simeon Schmauß

I just uploaded a video with all four available tracking views of the Artemis II launch next to each other. #Artemis

youtu.be/ydUeuJvZ97s

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Screenshot of JSC Flickr site

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Great photos from NASA Artemis II mission at JSC Flickr site. (Click individual image download icons for 45MP full-resolution pixel-peeping) www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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SpaceX Launch from Santa Cruz CA
SpaceX Launch from Santa Cruz CA YouTube video by Brian Swift

Tonight's SpaceX Launch seen from Santa Cruz CA youtu.be/NQ9wgzV9JT0

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Little know fact, the crew in the train tail car was composed entirely of owls.

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Dryer drum roller sitting a skew on shaft above piles of fine metal filings

Dryer drum roller sitting a skew on shaft above piles of fine metal filings

Dryer roller with normal rim, and rim that had been worn down into filings.

Dryer roller with normal rim, and rim that had been worn down into filings.

Well, there is your problem.

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So long lunar eclipses until 2028

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Eclipsed moon. Yay.

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Links to Claude's old (5/23) rules-based constitution www.anthropic.com/news/claudes... and new (1/26) principles-based www.anthropic.com/constitution which includes the disputed use cases. "Fascinating" we now explain to software why it should be good. ("Claude's nature" section interesting.)

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Every year I’m so delighted and proud to see “my” art show has continued to live and grow beyond me :) The grads running it always do an awesome job and it’s become a community staple in Tucson! It runs all weekend, go see some #sciart! 🎨🪐

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This is silly. We know there is always a “good twin” and an “evil twin”. The soul obviously went to the good twin.

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SpaceX NROL-105 Launch from Santa Cruz
SpaceX NROL-105 Launch from Santa Cruz YouTube video by Brian Swift

SpaceX NROL-105 Launch from Santa Cruz, California. youtu.be/V-hpd_zAMeA

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Congrats to (52692) @scalzi.com from (4589)

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PJ03 Jupiter Images, Exaggerated Color/Contrast. Full resolution at flic.kr/p/2rQ2PNi

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Jupiter PJ03_120 and PJ03_114 Exaggerated Color/Contrast
Jupiter PJ03_120 and PJ03_114 Exaggerated Color/Contrast YouTube video by Brian Swift

Jupiter images processed from raw data collected by Juno spacecraft on Dec 11 2016 from altitudes 45,305 and 8,733 km. youtube.com/shorts/IS6RH...

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"In every object, its previous forms must live on in some rudimentary way", part II - #1, digital collage
A surreal digital collage showing the lower half of a female model’s face with red lips and hands touching her cheeks. The upper part of her head is replaced by a large image of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission, with swirling cloud patterns. A smaller image of Jupiter’s moon Io overlaps the planet near the center. The background is minimal and light gray, contrasting with the black space above the planet.

source images:  
JUPITER | JNCE_2023174_52C00133_V01
IO | JNCE_2023364_57C00022_V01

model: Dione @dionek.bsky.social 

Credit : #NASA / #SwRI / #MSSS / Jackie Branc © CC BY

#Jupiter

"In every object, its previous forms must live on in some rudimentary way", part II - #1, digital collage A surreal digital collage showing the lower half of a female model’s face with red lips and hands touching her cheeks. The upper part of her head is replaced by a large image of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission, with swirling cloud patterns. A smaller image of Jupiter’s moon Io overlaps the planet near the center. The background is minimal and light gray, contrasting with the black space above the planet. source images: JUPITER | JNCE_2023174_52C00133_V01 IO | JNCE_2023364_57C00022_V01 model: Dione @dionek.bsky.social Credit : #NASA / #SwRI / #MSSS / Jackie Branc © CC BY #Jupiter

1/2🧵🟠🟣⚪ "In every object, its previous forms must live on in some rudimentary way", part II - #1, digital #collage

model: Dione @dionek.bsky.social

The entire project is on my website: tinyurl.com/2vk83fuw

Credit : #NASA / #SwRI / #MSSS / Jackie Branc © CC BY
#Jupiter #Io #Juno

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Screenshot of website emulating a green screen terminal connected to a Unix v4 system

Screenshot of website emulating a green screen terminal connected to a Unix v4 system

Unix v4 circa 1973 available from your browser at unixv4.dev from discuss.systems/@danielcowen...

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Never-mind. Delayed again.

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Vandenberg Space Force Base Update as of 5:42 p.m. Saturday, Dec.27: this launch has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 28 at 6:08 p.m. ———————————————————————— The U.S. Space Force has approved a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with a....

For California folks. Launch now planned for 6:08 PM Sunday (12/28) evening. An hour after sunset, so might get Space-Jellyfish effect. www.facebook.com/SLD30/posts/...

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Scrubbed until Sunday.

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I'll be watching at Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz.

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Vandenberg Space Force Base The U.S. Space Force has approved a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with a return-to-base landing, scheduled to lift off at 6:08 p.m. Pacific Time, Saturday, Dec. 27, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at the...

For folks in California. Launch planned from 6:08 PM Saturday (12/27) evening. An hour after sunset, so might get Space-Jellyfish effect.🚀🪼 www.facebook.com/SLD30/posts/...

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Santa Cruz Boat Parade 2025
Santa Cruz Boat Parade 2025 YouTube video by Brian Swift

Disco at the North Pole youtu.be/Jkur-Wt5LPg

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Downtown Santa Cruz Holiday Parade LIVESTREAM YouTube video by Downtown Santa Cruz

Our local parade live from Santa Cruz CA www.youtube.com/live/cB7m-oS...

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