Insight had some power troubles over the holidays, but is back to normal (though power-limited) operations

I'm utterly fascinated by the near rectilinear space-filling curve this ... bubble? ... has formed inside this crystal! reddit.com/r/geology/comm…

Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Leshin for her selection as the new director of JPL!! She's the first woman to hold the position.

Superbowl party was fun, even if the statuary remained rather judgey despite our supplications.

I made a big new video discussing, deconstructing, and reassembling my orrey! It took surprisingly long to get the time-lapse portions right! youtu.be/taRTuuDca3c

#ScienceDaddy back at DLR (German space agency) Berlin after ~5 years! This time as technical liaison for VEM instrument on Venus mission VERITAS. Representing @nasajpl and #LGBTQSTEM!

Serendipity! Without any planning whatsoever, I find one of my dearest friends is in Berlin the exact same week as I am! Love you so much Dirk Caber! It's so good to see you happy!

Neptune is green with beard envy

I miss working in a lab! Look at all these TOYS!! #ScienceDaddy

Inside this steel box, my colleagues at DLR - English heat rock samples to Venus surface temperatures to record infrared emission spectra. This catalog will be used to interpret measurements from the VERITAS VEM instrument.

"My Dad Wrote a Porno" in concert and in full leather! #BelindasDirty30

Glee Team! #BelindasDirty30

Cryo-verga (is that a thing?) happening over San Francisco peak right now.

The Saga of the Mole on NASA InSight has finally been published - nearly two years after our last attempt to dig. The article is up if you want to read about everything that happened (Section 5) and what we learned. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Recovery may be possible, but would only be a temporary reprieve. But damn, 4 years was a good run!

I'm leaving soon. ScienceDaddy. Bsky. Social