Professor of astrophysics / planetary science / meteoritics at Arizona State University.https://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mlcvub4vls2tNew HR diagram mnemonic dropped: Very Bad Computer Program Gives Me Misinformation [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcvub4vls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mkttjjso6s2kTop 15 TV shows ever, gut instinct only, you say? Arrested Development 🍌 Community 🫟 Star Trek (TOS) 🖖 The Expanse 🚀 Moonlighting 🌙 MacGyver Sledgehammer Life on Earth with David Attenborough 🧬 Cosmos (OG) 🪐 Big Bang Theory ⚛️ Sherlock 🔎 Scrubs 👩‍⚕️ Schitt’s Creek The Good Place Futurama [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkttjjso6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mipajgtd3s24I sat and I thought till my thinker was sore: If Venus is like Earth with mantle and core and similar size, yet in life is so poor, maybe, just maybe, “Earthlike” means something more… [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipajgtd3s24https://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mii2zxyc3s27If you aren’t following Martin Longman, you need to. I’ve appreciated his brilliant political insights for two decades. How Democrats can win rural voters, etc. I feel for him and other thinkers, though. What brilliant thing is there to say? Everything is just maximally cruel and stupid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mii2zxyc3s27https://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mihs4dg7mk2oI was born 1970. I have 50+ years of memories. None include humans leaving low-Earth orbit. But I remember too well the 1986 Challenger launch on the TVs in school. I find I cannot even process the launch I just saw. It’s too surreal. Any other GenXers feel the same?01 Apr 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihs4dg7mk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3mifilexdfc2eYep. Magical thinking, just like with covid and everything else. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifilexdfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/deschscoveries.bsky.social/post/3micaulge7c2vWhen I moved here in 2003, the average number of 110+ days per year was “12-18”. In the last 7 years we’ve had two with > 50. Phoenix warmed as the urban heat island expanded but that stalled in the 80s/90s. The warming since then is all climate change. We need every solution on the table now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:6thbwp2exdiyifcnkswgemph/app.bsky.feed.post/3micaulge7c2v