Ed Lu
@astroEdLu
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Finding a million asteroids!
Pale Blue Dot
Joined January 2012
This is nuts.
Despite failing to appear for court twice, the person who killed an Asian senior citizen in San Francisco in broad daylight and assaulted another has been released on bail by progressive @SFSuperiorCourt judge Michael Begert.
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An underrated reason for doing things in Space is the slow and expensive approval process for doing the equivalent thing on the ground.
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The 2025 Limited First Edition Unity Bag has sold out within one week of launch. We are humbled and moved by the overwhelming response and love we have received. The Unity Bag was created as a quiet tribute to Fostering the Future and as a message of hope. It is the greatest
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Future large infrastructure could go to Space because time/cost of getting permits and permissions on Earth may make going to Space paradoxically easier than terrestrial alternative. @Starlink may be an example. Data centers, nuclear power, mining next? @DJSnM @FutureJurvetson
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I believe @NASA can accomplish great things in space that benefit the USA and the world, but only if given the freedom to make tough decisions. In today's political environment this means the administration protecting NASA from the conflicting whims of Congress.
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The recipe for success for @NASA and @rookisaacman : 1) become a priority for the @realDonaldTrump administration 2) make tough decisions 3) cultivate a culture of urgency and expediency 4) fly fly fly numbers 2,3,and 4 only happen if number 1 happens
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Silver is at record prices… This silver mine in Texas just went public in the USA… Stock code is 🇺🇸 BKBMF. So why is Black Bear Minerals our Stock Pick of the Year? Disc: 1,883,118 BKBMF Shares Held
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I believe @NASA can accomplish great things in space that benefit the USA and the world, but only if given the freedom to make tough decisions. In today's political environment this means the administration protecting NASA from the conflicting whims of Congress.
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I'm a little skeptical of the explanation that the A320 autopilot incident was caused by solar activity. I can understand how they could identify a bit flip as being the cause, but then pinning this on solar activity is far from certain. Not all cosmic rays are due to the Sun.
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This year, supporters from around the world helped us reach a major milestone: the launch of the ADAM Platform, making our astrodynamics tools easily accessible to people everywhere. Show your support of open science by making a gift today. #GivingTuesday
https://t.co/FDTNqEGCTK
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The job of the NASA Administrator will be difficult because of the conflicting desires of members of Congress that are mutually exclusive with actually accomplishing things in Space.
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The Cato Institute produces non-partisan research on individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. For nearly 50 years, we've provided evidence-based policy analysis that informs lawmakers, journalists, and citizens across the political spectrum.
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Beer and asteroids are a good combination!
As part of our #AsteroidEducation program, @astroEdLu joined @AoTSeattle to share our work on detecting and tracking #asteroids. This #GivingTuesday, your support will help us continue making #asteroid science and discovery accessible to all. https://t.co/XzClXDVRpp
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I'm happy to have signed this letter (along with many of my compatriot astronauts) in support of @rookisaacman for @NASA administrator. There is much to do at NASA.
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Great visualization. These small asteroids are usually only discovered near close approach to Earth because they are too small and dim to be seen further away.
18 asteroids passed closer than the Moon in November. And every one of them was discovered this month. #Astronomy
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Its ridiculous how much more energy efficient in terms of compute/watt a human brain is vs AI running on GPUs. Your brain uses only about 20W.
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We’ve been quietly working on something for creators. Today, we’re introducing GMI Studio (Beta) — a cloud-native evolution of ComfyUI. It’s built for creators running heavier image, video, and multimodal workflows, without turning setup into the project. If you’ve hit local
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Proposal: Make it a requirement for any university to be accredited to administer an exam like this to all their graduating seniors and to make their results public. It would be a great measure of the quality of the education received at colleges. Bonus: make the test actually
These results from some students admitted to UCSD are crazy! Grade level & percent of students answering correctly in red. And they even gave them donuts after the test :) These students were suppsed to learn this in school. Seriously, we have a MATH problem. It's appalling.
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1 in 8 students in UC San Diego had to take remedial math When you pair this with stories of high performing California kids who were unable to get into *any* UC college, this looks like deep injustice and flat corruption
NEW: UC San Diego has released a new report documenting a “steep decline in the academic preparedness” of its freshmen. The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8. They’ve had to create a second remedial class covering elementary and
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As a former coach (wrestling), I can say that the more you expect of your students the more they deliver. The reverse is also true, low expectation leads to low progress. What is @SFUnified thinking?
I finally got the public records request back. SF Public Schools (@SFUnified) paid $182,000 to a consultant, while already in a deficit, to implement “grading for equity". The advice: make 41% a passing grade, and stop grading homework. Equity achieved.
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I finally got the public records request back. SF Public Schools (@SFUnified) paid $182,000 to a consultant, while already in a deficit, to implement “grading for equity". The advice: make 41% a passing grade, and stop grading homework. Equity achieved.
San Francisco schools is trying its absolute hardest to make sure all middle income families who could move out of the city do so right away “Grading for Equity” is going to be a real disaster and I guess this is a boon for SF private schools and Burlingame housing prices
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Link rot is not a theoretical problem. It affects research, journalism, public records, and software. ARIO exists to keep data online and accessible even when platforms fail.
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happy starship launch day to those who celebrate
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The only time I've ever been instructed to hold in a jet for real was when I asked for it for practice purposes! Of course I never flew an airliner.
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