Max Poletto
@maxp.net
Generalist computer systems builder, climate nerd. Enjoy cycling, rowing, mountaineering. He/him.
Even by Astronomy Picture of the Day standards, this photo of "fire rainbow" is a stunner. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26080...
APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
We lose a legend. I loved his quote that bicycles are the “perfect means for ‘right living.’”
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4w agoRIP to a real one. Charlie Cunningham was a pioneer of modern mountain biking and a co-founder of Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) who “viewed bicycles as a means of combining technology and nature in a friendly symbiosis that the automobile could never match.”
If OMB's proposed "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance" goes into effect, it will be the end of US science in its world-leading post-WW2 form. This is a very good explainer. Contact your senator/rep. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
elizabethginexi.substack.com
I'm pretty pessimistic but didn't foresee that it would only take 16 months for the US to fall into Lysenkoism.
Science Magazine@science.org · 2mo agoThe White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s
Funny things still happen over at the bad place This guy put a prompt in his LinkedIn and now AI recruiters are writing him in Old English and calling him "my lord"
This is amazing: byte.tsundoku.io The first issue I recognize is October 1978. Zooming around in this is like a time machine.
Byte - a visual archive
byte.tsundoku.io
I wrote a few lines about my development setup (which - by accident, not by design - mitigates a good number of risks associated with vibecoding. Not all of them, but many.) addxorrol.blogspot.com/2026/03/slig...
Slightly safer vibecoding by adopting old hacker habits
I have seen a lot of public discussion around supply-chain attacks on the Python ecosystem, prompt injection risks when using coding agents,...
addxorrol.blogspot.com
NASA now serves climate disinformation to elementary school kids. www.nasa.gov/learning-res...
What Is Climate Change? (Grades K-4) - NASA
Climate change is a change in the usual weather found in a place. This could be a change in how much rain a place usually gets in a year.
nasa.gov
I'm probably a dinosaur but this resonates with my experience and current practice. newsletter.humanwhocodes.com/posts/single...
Single-tasking in the age of AI
newsletter.humanwhocodes.com
MY GOD even the Project Maven DoD sponsor is against the US deploying autonomous LLMs to kill people. I... cannot even
STOP LAUNCHING CRAP WE DON'T NEED OR WANT It's staggeringly depressing how blithely they plan to ruin everything. Everything. I went to a dark site last week so I could say goodbye to the sky. Took a little hand-held photo and guess what? A satellite trail appeared. Just stop!
rowan kaiser@rowan.monster · 5mo agogenuinely in awe of how audaciously stupid this plan is
Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
I suppose par for the course for a woman who once shot her dog. She makes me nauseous.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoNoem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
Bellingcat analysis of the murder
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 6mo agoFederal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
Very clear (and distressing) video of what happened this morning in Minneapolis. ICE attacked and then murdered the victim after he tried to help someone else whom they were knocking down. Maybe now we can stop wondering what American fascism would look like.
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 6mo agoUPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
The GOP is consistent. When they said state’s rights they meant “white supremacy“ and when they said “tyranny” they were mad about federal interference with white supremacy. ICE is white supremacist, so they support it. They aren’t hypocritical on this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoPritzker: "The GOP is nowhere to be found. They're the ones that scream and yell about 'federal tyranny' about interference with states' rights. And now, their president is violating states' rights and attacking our states and Republicans are nowhere to be found to talk about it."
A really good post about the politics and policies of decarbonization, by @hausfath.bsky.social. Also check out the rest of the @theclimatebrink.skystack.xyz blog. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/keep-it-in...
Keep it in the ground?
When the politics of affordability meet the needs of climate mitigation
theclimatebrink.com
Good video analysis by the NYT of the Minneapolis murder. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
nytimes.com
Today my pastor of several years was detained by ICE at the lawful demonstration where ICE officers murdered Renee Good. Three times they taunted and asked him if he's afraid yet. They let him go because he's white, saying, "Well you're white and it wouldn't be any fun." This is his story:
Feeling an unhealthy combination of anger and powerlessness.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 7mo agoCut and dry murder. Arrest the officer right now.
