Barak Nelson
@barakn.bsky.social
Degrees in microbiology and physics with emphasis in astronomy, photographer, navel gazer, baby whisperer
Dill will be the only fireworks I fire off today. Happy 4th!
July 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Dill will be the only fireworks I fire off today. Happy 4th!
Spring!
A California Tortoiseshell rests on an aspen tree.
A California Tortoiseshell rests on an aspen tree.
April 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Spring!
A California Tortoiseshell rests on an aspen tree.
A California Tortoiseshell rests on an aspen tree.
Reposted by Barak Nelson
A handy Bloomberg chart on Trump's options on replacing the tariffs just struck down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A handy Bloomberg chart on Trump's options on replacing the tariffs just struck down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Somewhere on the outskirts of Diverse International Community Builders. Where are you ? bluesky-map.theo.io
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Somewhere on the outskirts of Diverse International Community Builders. Where are you ? bluesky-map.theo.io
How about a crowdfunding account... not to help with rent but to pay for the cost of moving some of these mobile homes to cheaper environs. The owner would be encouraged to negotiate lower prices to avoid losing even more renters.
Mobile homes are often considered “affordable housing.” But what happens when the rent for the land underneath them spikes?
Rent hikes hammer residents of Helena trailer court
The cost of rent for the land under the homes at Golden Estates Mobile Home Park has nearly doubled in one year of new ownership.
montanafreepress.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
How about a crowdfunding account... not to help with rent but to pay for the cost of moving some of these mobile homes to cheaper environs. The owner would be encouraged to negotiate lower prices to avoid losing even more renters.
A local university is not getting their survey filled in because the adult with the next birthday doesn't like to do paperwork, and the adult with the last birthday is too ethical to break the rules. Isn't the birthday request a silly way to lose a set of data points? #EconSky
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 AM
A local university is not getting their survey filled in because the adult with the next birthday doesn't like to do paperwork, and the adult with the last birthday is too ethical to break the rules. Isn't the birthday request a silly way to lose a set of data points? #EconSky
How did this not get a #heliophysics tag?
Ever wondered what powers a solar flare? 💥
Solar Orbiter is finally giving us answers to this long-standing mystery.
The mission caught a 'magnetic avalanche' on the surface of the Sun just before a flare was released.
🔭🧪1/3
Solar Orbiter is finally giving us answers to this long-standing mystery.
The mission caught a 'magnetic avalanche' on the surface of the Sun just before a flare was released.
🔭🧪1/3
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
How did this not get a #heliophysics tag?
I've seen a secondary arc at lower latitude in several SWPC forecasts over the last day. Is this a known physical phenomenon or a coding glitch? #heliophysics
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I've seen a secondary arc at lower latitude in several SWPC forecasts over the last day. Is this a known physical phenomenon or a coding glitch? #heliophysics
Both of these graphs purport to show an unemployment rate. Only the lower one is a rate of change of a value per unit time. Perhaps these could be given different names? #econsky
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Both of these graphs purport to show an unemployment rate. Only the lower one is a rate of change of a value per unit time. Perhaps these could be given different names? #econsky
Rosette frost pattern on windshield
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rosette frost pattern on windshield
"Look out the window," she said. "I know you're going to like it."
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"Look out the window," she said. "I know you're going to like it."
I'm looking at the SWPC site and not seeing the Kp 5-6 or G-1 or G-2 storms that some in the #heliophysics feed are forecasting for Sept. 13-14. ☀️
September 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I'm looking at the SWPC site and not seeing the Kp 5-6 or G-1 or G-2 storms that some in the #heliophysics feed are forecasting for Sept. 13-14. ☀️
Hundreds of birds in the local yrees excitedly chatting about their imminent Central American vacations
September 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hundreds of birds in the local yrees excitedly chatting about their imminent Central American vacations
Ugghh.... trickle down economics disguised as "bottom up incentives." Tax corporate profits and private income at the high rates of the mid-1900s, you know, the ones that forced companies to invest a lot in R&D and become the innovation capital of the world.
Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
August 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ugghh.... trickle down economics disguised as "bottom up incentives." Tax corporate profits and private income at the high rates of the mid-1900s, you know, the ones that forced companies to invest a lot in R&D and become the innovation capital of the world.
Slow-moving thunderstorms in Montana are unusual but becoming more common, thanks to stranding in heat domes induced by climate change 🧪
July 31, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Slow-moving thunderstorms in Montana are unusual but becoming more common, thanks to stranding in heat domes induced by climate change 🧪
Goals, or lack thereof
July 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Goals, or lack thereof
Was looking at @markiev.bsky.social 's huge string of posts and comments labeled "Rude" by @moderation.bsky.app and none are rude by my standards. Seems like Bsky should be quicker to identify users who are stalkers that serially report their victims' posts.
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Was looking at @markiev.bsky.social 's huge string of posts and comments labeled "Rude" by @moderation.bsky.app and none are rude by my standards. Seems like Bsky should be quicker to identify users who are stalkers that serially report their victims' posts.
Leo is a better name, otherwise we'd be expecting golf jokes from Bob Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Leo is a better name, otherwise we'd be expecting golf jokes from Bob Pope.
Even aircraft that aren't flying aren't safe from this administration.
May 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Even aircraft that aren't flying aren't safe from this administration.
So maybe firing the people protecting us from murder hornets wasn't such a great idea after all.
bsky.app/profile/npr....
bsky.app/profile/npr....
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.
After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So maybe firing the people protecting us from murder hornets wasn't such a great idea after all.
bsky.app/profile/npr....
bsky.app/profile/npr....
Is a shrimp cocktail the only solid cocktail, and if so, what makes it so special?
April 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Is a shrimp cocktail the only solid cocktail, and if so, what makes it so special?
Sorry, Arkansans, but somehow this is your fault. You didn't buy enough red hats, signed Bibles, his and her cypto, or gold shoes. Or maybe you're just not close enough to Florida. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Sarah Sanders begs Trump to reconsider rejection of Arkansas’ disaster fund request
The Arkansas governor and former Trump White House press secretary’s request for federal support was rejected
www.independent.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sorry, Arkansans, but somehow this is your fault. You didn't buy enough red hats, signed Bibles, his and her cypto, or gold shoes. Or maybe you're just not close enough to Florida. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...