Noah Shirk

Aerospace Engineering Student at Georgia Tech

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Data mining ISS imagery in an unusual way.

Nathan Bergey, then a visiting scholar at Portland State University in Oregon, plotted on a blank map of Earth, the location of the Space Station at the moment each of more than 1.1 million astronaut photographs were taken. A new vision of Earth’s geography emerged. The continents appear in ghostly outlines, and places of striking beauty are thick with dots. Regions of constant cloud cover and featureless reaches of the mid-ocean are rarely captured.

Parsed in this manner, nothing of the photographic subject remains, only the fact that a human being, driven by something intangible—curiosity, awe, aesthetic delight, perhaps even a moment of homesickness—chose to release a camera’s shutter.
Map assembled in 2013 from 1,129,177 astronaut images from ISS, Expeditions 1-34, see Nathan’s data at: https://t.co/PsW78craSr

[Mega Crit ⚔️ Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! @MegaCrit]

👋 @unity

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

The missile knows when you are sleeping
It knows when you’re awake
It knows this by subtracting when you are sleeping from when you aren’t…

[The Verge @verge]

Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras https://t.co/lHtHmvrjWf

[Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper]

There are only 2 elements in the universe, believing it's more complicated than that because of a few exceptions is ridiculous!

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

@jacob_gasque Probably not the time to buy Quest 2 they just upped the price, and we’re probably not too far off from a set of new VR headsets

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

KS Secretary of State is predicting only 36% turnout for the Aug. 2nd election. Don‘t stand by and let a small minority of voters decide your rights. Remember you don’t have to be registered with a party to vote in the constitutional referendum. Go vote!

[Kansas Secretary of State @KansasSOS]

RELEASE: Secretary of State Scott Schwab Announces Primary Election Voter Turnout Prediction. #ksleg

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

Today, July 12th, is the LAST day to register to vote in the August 2nd Kansas elections which includes both partisan primaries and the proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion rights. Check your registration or register online https://t.co/DRq2jTj9t0.

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

Unless you happen to be in the Southern Hemisphere. In which case, happy Winter Solstice! @GeorgiaTech

[Georgia Tech @GeorgiaTech]

Enjoy the longest day of the year wherever you are, Yellow Jackets ☀️🐝 #SummerSolstice

[Samantha Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha]

In a reboost, engines push the International @Space_Station in the direction of flight. What happens to the ISS? 🤔 #Reboost #MissionMinerva #SpaceTok

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

Come see Urinetown at DramaTech Theatre! The cast is full of talent, creativity, and piss. They’ve been a pleasure to work with, and I can’t wait to see their final product.

[DramaTech Theatre @GTDramaTech]

Hope y'all are having a great break! As we get back, DramaTech is getting ready to bring the wonderful and amazing URINETOWN THE MUSICAL to you!! Come see this AMAZING CAST and mark your calendars for April 8-9, 14-15, and 21-22!

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

@jacob_gasque @BustnKremeDonut @ViscousMilk And that 400,000kg rocket is how much fuel it would need to bring to space. Doesn’t take into account the amount of fuel to get it into the ISS orbit from the surface

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

@jacob_gasque @BustnKremeDonut @ViscousMilk Doing some napkin math on it. To just get the ISS to crash into the moon would take a rocket about the same mass as the ISS (400,000kg). A legit counter idea that some have proposed is to raise the ISS into a resting orbit rather than crash it.

[Noah Shirk @Noah_Shirk]

@jacob_gasque Gotta really strap down whatever you’re tattooing. Wouldn’t want a layer shift

[Wirecutter Union @wirecutterunion]

With @wirecutter/@nytimes management refusing to come to the table to reach a deal, 100% of our unit will be striking from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. The best way you can support us is by boycotting @wirecutter from 11/25-11/29: https://t.co/sLOVFbdbZK

[Matthew Boedy @MatthewBoedy]

The Georgia Board of Regents @BORUSG begins its meeting today @georgiatech where tenure and due process are set to be ended. A rally is planned for this afternoon. In the last few days, 1000s of faculty have protested in many ways. Here are a few: 1/x #savetheUSGsrep #highered

[Caleb Kirksey @caleb_kirksey]

Pretty wild that Tech Square looked like this in 2001

[Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz]

Given case surges, @BORUSG institutes need indoor mask mandates and flexible online options, followed by vaccine requirements.

Kudos to @GeorgiaStateU faculty/students for a public protest against @BORUSG policy.

story by @EScoopStirgus for @ajc:

https://t.co/Di53m2bZZp

[Kelly @kellyjellyo]

Mentalities like this are arising because institutions like @GeorgiaTech are not offering remote learning options for students that get COVID and need to miss class. This is incredibly dangerous for immunocompromised and high-risk students, staff, and faculty

[Jung Choi immigrated 1965 @jung_gt]

@CabreraAngel @GeorgiaTech Please be a real leader, @CabreraAngel and do what you know is right by our students, faculty and their families. Mandate vaccines and indoor masking. Their health and lives must be @GeorgiaTech first priority.