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Planetary scientist, equestrian, and cat herder. Cat posts at: https://bsky.app/profile/katskitties.bsky.social

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I find it unfair that my back injury left me with some amount of permanent numbness along the outside of my right foot but that it still hurts unbelievably when I stub my little toe. Why couldn’t that stupid little thing stay numb?

10.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry. It’s exactly things like that that I think are sooo hard

10.03.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We had one of each during my childhood! (Yamaha Zooma and a Yamaha electric piano)

10.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to emphasize that AXIS's demise largely arose from Goddard being forced to align with FY26 president's budget request (PBR) which zeroed the Probe program. Goddard lost SO MUCH following the PBR, even though the Congressional budget kept that funding! Remember that as FY27 PBR comes soon. πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

09.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Too much work to do!

09.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently there are *two* stretches of I-10 that they’re putting at 1 lane each way at night right now. It was horrible and even the truckers were surprised (one had to use the shoulder to stop without hitting me). They should have had more warning by way of lights/police

09.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did manage to go back to sleep when I woke up at 6:30.

09.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry πŸ’”

09.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. 3 and a bit hours. Ugh

09.03.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Aaaand a second traffic jam. My drive time is going to end up at 3+ hours for what’s usually an hour 40 minutes

09.03.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes. A 40+ minute traffic jam on the part of I-10 with no alternative route is exactly what I wanted after a flight delay

09.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh. Sorry.

06.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. The waiting sucks. But at least it shows they’re doing stuff finally

05.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully soon! (And hopefully some positive news!) At least they’re getting things rolling before the next deadline

05.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Heads up: updates in nspires for the s-cubed proposals submitted in September started flowing this morning (in waves, not every proposal I’m on has had an update yet)

05.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨🚨🚨Warning: most of the US changes our clocks by an hour on Sunday … starting a few weeks of telecon scheduling confusion (clocks in Europe move on Mar 29)🚨🚨🚨

05.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

No asteroid impact into the Moon?

05.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s even worse! I think he wants her to cuddle with him! He sometimes goes for the shoulder rub/head butt all β€œhey best buddy” and just fails to grasp that she will never be interested. She hisses at him for being within 6 feet 😹

05.03.2026 05:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a slow process! And sometimes some cats never get used to being picked up. Thankfully Ash seems on board with the idea. Just still getting used to it

05.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He seemed to enjoy how well it let me scritch his neck once he was in position. Been practicing holding in lap and then holding against chest for a while!

05.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Though he doesn’t use them like he should. Poor bubs is not a fighter. Roxie bloodied his ear again two days ago. Sigh. But no nail trimming for him! (Practicing touching toes though!)

05.03.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The inside of my right forearm which has a long but shallow red scratch

The inside of my right forearm which has a long but shallow red scratch

Been working on teaching my favorite formerly feral outside cat about being held like a baby (belly up, cradled; G&E love it) and I need to do that with long sleeves on πŸ˜‚. He absolutely didn’t mean/want to scratch me, he just has very sharp claws and the flip maneuver confused him a bit

05.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

lol, I just avoid using the laptop much at home

05.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will a couple freeze for next week? I won’t be able to eat them before I leave (I have managed to have just the right amount of food left but don’t want to add any)

04.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope they will be at the festival of books. I kind of want more of their sticker sheets but it’s more fun to browse in person

04.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Kittea Teabag Vinyl Sticker This cozy brew is perfect for nights curled up by the fire, tucked in with a blanket, getting head scratches… Oh! Did we mention this is a kit-tea?? 🍡 🐒 Includes one (1) vinyl sticker🐒 Sticker is roug...

Having a rough week and it’s going to get tougher as it continues. So I decided to browse Turtle’s Soup and bought myself some new kitty stickers (this was just the first one I saw, I ordered 7 or 8. No idea where I’ll stick them. But they will make me smile) turtlessoup.com/products/kit...

04.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Those kinds of things are exhausting. But sometimes it’s hard to stop watching the train wreck….(even when we know we should walk away)

04.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Any kind of Cheerios (name brand required) or Frosted Flakes (generic are fine) are my top two choices. But I honestly love most cereals

03.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

There are over 600 comments submitted on Reflect Orbital's filing at the FCC!! That's amazing, especially given how hard the FCC has made the submission process.

If you want to submit your own comment (on this or SpaceX's million sat filing), there's still a few more days to do that, and […]

02.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah. Ugh. I switched the system over a couple days ago but this evening was the first time it actually kicked in. I am not ready for warmer temperatures

02.03.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0