Gave myself 3 hours lead time last Friday. Between traffic to LAX and getting on a bus to the remote terminal, I was at my gate five minutes before boarding.

This is a dance off. If you see this, repost with a dance or be eliminated.

Finley the dog with five tennis balls in his mouth

Every former employee of Palantir that I've met, including a fellow Unitarian at our congregation, knew what it was all about.

Apropos of a conversation over beers, our civilization is running on plant matter that grew 30 million years ago in the Carboniferous period. Civilization is finite.

White people who have never had to fear anything more than their own mediocrity are having a discussion about existential dread.

Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE?...

A Unistellar EVScope2

Tom Waits and Massive Attack announce collaboration The two artists (seldom releasing new material) have revealed themselves a pairing, with “Boots On the Ground" arriving April 16th.

I’m sorry WHAT

This is all true, but tech puts a high barrier to entry, even with junior positions. And there will be fewer positions with AI automation in the near future.

GeoLab-learning-hub/workshops/ssa_workshop_2026/4_cross_correlation.ipynb at main · EarthScope/GeoLab-learning-hub Contribute to EarthScope/GeoLab-learning-hub development by creating an account on GitHub.

I've used eqcorrscan to do something similar to detect volcano tectonic events, though this example is kinda jacked (I'm not a seismologist or a geologist)

github.com/EarthScope/G...

GitHub - spara-earthscope/fk-analysis: Relative location of seismic events using broadband frequency–wavenumber analysis: application to the North Korean Nuclear Test Site Relative location of seismic events using broadband frequency–wavenumber analysis: application to the North Korean Nuclear Test Site - spara-earthscope/fk-analysis

Thanks! My first attempt at turning this into a Jupyter notebook with the help of Claude

github.com/spara-earths...

Is the full dataset available?

Every satellite is loaded with technology, so it’s only right that our largest satellite gets some new tech on board. A future Artemis mission will install seismometers on the moon to learn more about the internal lunar structure, and monitor how the surface behaves during moonquakes and impacts.

WTF? I drive through Roswell regularly and I have yet to see or eat at this marvel. I need to stop bypassing the center of town.

Images from the paper “Relative location of seismic events using broadband frequency-wavenumber analysis: Application to the North Korean Nuclear Test Site” by Steven J. Gibbons in RAS Techniques and Instruments (2026) https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzag023

As of 2026-04-10 “Relative location of seismic events using broadband frequency-wavenumber analysis: Application to the North Korean Nuclear Test Site” is published in final form in @rasjournals.bsky.social RAS Techniques and Instruments (doi.org/10.1093/rast...) Let's take a look ... (1/n)

New CONUS Ground water study and map

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

I remove all the rotopax, recovery boards, and other stuff from my truck when I'm not going to use them

Picture of Earth from Integrity the second Artemis mission

This *is* the face of DEI. A strong family man who is devoted to his daughters & his country, & who achieves on an incredible level. He's an advocate for inclusive policies because he's building a better world for everyone, & it's up to the rest of us to keep up.

There is a long tradition of technologists doing stupid stuff. Back when we had spinning hard drives, people would put On Mani Padme Hum in a text file as a 7200 rpm prayer wheel.

ugh, it's a virus. Started hearing it in my head

Dan Kaminsky may be gone, but his gift never stops giving.

The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web An illustrated diagram exposing the inner layers of the dark and cozy web

Have you heard of the Dark Forest Theory of the Internet?

maggieappleton.com/cozy-web

Dreading a couple of weeks of work travel because I have to fly.

Done! Looking forward to reading it.

do xitter next

The responsibility of senior leadership is to continually foster new leaders to ensure continuity of the organization's goals. Staying until you die is selfish and full of hubris. Just look how fucked the SCOTUS is today. Obama had an opportunity to appoint a judge. This is why we have Barrett.

you are a genius

The horniest Star Trek show has been canceled after its second season. I really hate people.