John Keller
@jwkeller
Bkgrd: Space scientist (retired) WIND POLAR IMAGE DSCOVR/Triana VISIONS I&II LRO Interests: Climate change, science and tech, Democrat, learning Python
It seems that investors decided that standing in front of an oncoming freight train may not be such a great idea after all. SpaceX down nearly 13%
Investors who also like standing in front of an oncoming train bid up SpaceX today for a gain of 10%. The lockup period for insider selling begins August 6.
Google map makes it clear that the migrants who swam to Ceuta would not have been able to swim to Spain's mainland
Indices that unwisely decided to accelerate inclusion of SpaceX has already cost investors billions according to this analysis by Claude.
Breaking: in order to finally win the war in Iran Donald Trump has decided to join the Iranian side.
Came across this hickory horned devil aka regal moth on a walk this morning. This guy was about 5 inches length and I’ll admit to jumping when I first saw him out of the corner of my eye
Had Caitlyn (then Bruce) Jenner competed in the 76 Woman's pentathlon These are the equivalent events although the hurdles are not directly comparable 110 m for the men vs. 100 for women, also higher. Not a fair comparison since the East German gold winner was part of their doping program
You can now buy SpaceX for less than the IPO price. Time to load up and show how much smarter you are than the geniuses who bought at $135 or higher
One possible cause of the peeling is groundwater seeping up from below as the pool is only a few feet above the tidal basin and Potomac River. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Trump is several inches taller than Xi but it’s hard to tell when Trump is bowing down to the Chinese leader. Image cropped from www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w...
We all know that the real purpose of social media is to post images of your cat
A small grove of ginkgoes planted by my in-laws twenty some years ago. Fortunately they’re slow growers and haven’t matured. I confess to being a sexist when it comes to ginkgoes.
The tree trunk to the right is also a cherry tree with white flowers which peaked a couple of weeks earlier with foliage obscured.
From my colleague Prasun Mahanti "From a grainy Soviet photo to the first human encounter in Artemis II, Vavilov Crater's 58-year journey into view unfolded." www.linkedin.com/posts/pmahan...
Yes that’s what it says but at least temporarily the VP would take over. I think if that happened the votes would be there to remove him permanently
Since the start of Trump's illegal war interest rates have jumped over 10% as reflected in the 10 year treasuries. Mortgage rates have followed.