Mark Panning

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Planetary seismologist in Pasadena. Project Scientist for InSight (sigh) and PI for Farside Seismic Suite. Somewhat nerdy. Opinions are, of course, my own. he/him

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New papers about impact rates from InSight data. One led by Ingrid Daubar looks at those measured by InSight and confirmed by orbital observations, while the other led by Geraldine Zenhäusern and Natalia Wojcicka interprets an entire class of seismic events as impacts. www.brown.edu/news/2024-06...

Analysis of NASA InSight data suggests Mars hit by meteoroids more often than thoughtwww.brown.edu A new study led by a Brown researcher reveals the frequency of space rocks pummeling Mars is higher than previously estimated and detects two of the largest impacts ever seen by scientists on the Red ...

This is just a friendly reminder that I hate the phrase "this is just a friendly reminder".

SpaceX launch remnants. 🛰️

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GUESS WHO IS SENDING BACK DATA FROM ALL FOUR OF ITS OPERATIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS?? Voyager 1 we love you

Despite working with gifted engineers and having every design step reviewed by a million people, nearly every step in the process of building something to fly to space goes wrong, and involves constantly adjusting. Also, some (or every) part of every space mission will not work as planned…

ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.

Happy Father’s Day to those who celebrate!

Thanks... I guess?

I love Griffith Park. And I enjoy the namesake’s name is the ridiculous Griffith J Griffith. Unfortunately, he also got a lenient <2 year sentence for shooting his wife in the head (she survived but lost an eye), because he was suffering from “alcoholic insanity.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffit...

Griffith J. Griffith - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

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1.2 Kilofives xkcd.com/2946

I’m torn between liking any time seismologists/seismology makes news, and being annoyed when this is just saying seismometers are really amazing instruments that can measure lots of things which have nothing to do with earthquakes. 🧪⚒️

Earthquake readings were strongest when Taylor Swift performed “ … Ready for It?” The crowd during the four-minute performance transmitted about 80 kilowatts of power, which is equivalent to the power that roughly 6,000 car batteries produce, the British Geological Survey said.

Swifties set off earthquake sensors again. These songs made the biggest stir.wapo.st Fans caused the most seismic activity as Taylor Swift sang “... Ready For It?” at the Eras Tour, which produced as much power as 6,000 car batteries make, experts said.

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A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community - Nature Astronomywww.nature.com Anxiety, depression and stress are significantly more present in the planetary science community than in the general US population. More marginalized demographics, such as sexual and gender minorities...

My favorite part of this article, which contains a lot of weird tech bro vision of what human consciousness is stated as absolute fact mixed in with more reasonable concerns about allowing AI to move forward unchecked, is the last correction:

Some absolutely wild strings of sentences assembled in this piece.

For Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, machines are closer to humans than we thinkwww.theglobeandmail.com University of Toronto professor says chatbots experience emotions even though they don’t show them in the same way humans do

If you choose to focus on “core competencies” or eliminate “low-performing” departments, or whatever the corporate speak of the day is, you’re kinda missing the point of being called a “university.”

Removing most or even many of these departments would mean ceasing to function as a university for all intents and purposes. Looking for cost savings by analyzing department “cash flow” is extremely short sighted, there are a lot of interconnected pieces here that are difficult to disentangle.

make a band milder: My Certified Organic Romance

make a band milder: compost

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So sad. Ed Stone, the #Voyager Project Scientist, died 2 days ago. Voyager was the pinnacle in spaceflight that it became because of him. tinyurl.com/bdz7wbfe It was such a joy to recall the mission w/ Ed & others in 2017 on the 40th annvsry of its launch. It was a pleasure flying w/ you Ed. RIP

I never met him although I think I saw him on lab once or twice pre-pandemic. But he seemed pretty awesome, and pretty awesome that he got to spend 50 years as project scientist on a single mission (while of course doing other things like directing the lab and what not).

Obituary for Ed Stone. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ed-ston...

Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL and Voyager Project Scientist, Dieswww.jpl.nasa.gov Known for his steady leadership, consensus building, and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science, Stone left a deep impact on the space community.

Feeling a little sick today with a nasty sore throat and a vague fever and general malaise (a wonderfully Victorian sounding condition), so I’m laying on the couch on my balcony, and the hummingbird has no fear about snacking with me only about ten feet away.

I could go poorly spelled InSight-inspired and do MARS QUAK.

What would your most nerdy knuckle tats say? Mine might be: MORE SALT.

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Hey, guess what? A lot of people are about to learn something very stupidly wrong today. Thanks, Google!

Trump is now ranting about batteries and shark attacks. I dare you to try to make sense of this.

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threadswww.threads.net Trump is now ranting about batteries and shark attacks. I dare you to try to make sense of this.

Went hiking up the trail to Mt Josephine today, although it was sunny enough that I felt I didn’t bring enough water and cut off before the peak. But the flowers and yucca blooms were crazy and the clouds were something else.

But they’re fancy gluten free Oreos with often unnatural colors, and that, my friend, makes all the difference.

Macarons are just fancy Oreos. Discuss.

This is one hell of a thread.

When dealing with pseudoscience, the devil is in the detail - in this case, narrowing down a specific "Lab Leak" hypothesis. In Dr. Chan's @nytimes.com OpEd there is, however, a very specific hypothesis for COVID-19 origin. It's a prime example of conspiracism vs empiricism, so let's dive in. 🧵

I was questioning the definition of “post-grunge” in my daylist when it included Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, and Stone Temple Pilots, but it crossed a line when it included Jane’s Addiction and the Pixies.

I’m beginning to think the Spotify Daylist names are just a meaningless string of words with no connection to the music they’re playing whatsoever.

What if you spot a high-heritage Space Unicorn?

Americans don't know the best road trip game: Horse. Let me explain: . 1. If you see a horse, shout 'Horse!' If you're the first one to see it, you get a point a. A pony counts as a horse b. A full-sized statue of a horse counts as a horse c. Anything else (billboard, zebra, etc) is not a horse

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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀

If the new THE CROW doesn't have an absolutely sickhouse soundtrack; we have given up as a society.

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A perfect fit!

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Why ARE bears friend-shaped? A beary scientific analysis of the meme "If not friend, why friend-shaped?" 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... by @carinleong.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social on Scientific American

Why Are Bears ‘Friend-Shaped’?www.scientificamerican.com Why are bears both adorable and deadly? Scientific American investigates why these apex predators are “friend-shaped”

Sometimes I feel like I'm walking into an Escher print when I walk out my front door.

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It’s June 4, 2024, and today is the 50th anniversary of one of the most important days in Cleveland history. TEN CENT BEER NIGHT. If you don’t know about Ten Cent Beer Night, please please please read this. This is my first thread. It will be long, but it will absolutely 100% be worth it.

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Anyway after the little earthquakes here the last week I got home tonight and decided to listen to tori amos this seems like a reasonable response to an angry earth

Baseball gambling penalties are nonsensical. Michael Kelly bet $100 on major league games while he was a minor leaguer and he’s suspended for a year. Too bad he couldn’t find an interpreter to take the fall for him.