Britt Scharringhausen
@brashtech.bsky.social
Born to love 🪐, forced to live on 🌎. Professor of physics, knitter of things, drawer of earnest pictures, planetary astronomer.
Goal: Spiral back into control.
My opinions are my own, and not my employer's.
Goal: Spiral back into control.
My opinions are my own, and not my employer's.
NYT reports a "rift" between House Ds and 8 "defectors" who were definitely NOT chosen by leadership because they are retiring or not up for reelection next cycle. Dems are SO MAD at exactly 8 ppl; outsiders are mad at Schumer but WHY, he voted no!? it is a mystery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NYT reports a "rift" between House Ds and 8 "defectors" who were definitely NOT chosen by leadership because they are retiring or not up for reelection next cycle. Dems are SO MAD at exactly 8 ppl; outsiders are mad at Schumer but WHY, he voted no!? it is a mystery.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Your daily fortune:
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Your daily fortune:
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
If you see this, post your bird art.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you see this, post your bird art.
Ohhh noooo I was wrong about what this word means. MW saving my GenX self from embarrassment.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ohhh noooo I was wrong about what this word means. MW saving my GenX self from embarrassment.
Repatriating precious art to enslaved peoples' ancestors! More of this, please!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Repatriating precious art to enslaved peoples' ancestors! More of this, please!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
CDT goin hard today.
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
CDT goin hard today.
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Looking to start a PhD in Physics & Astronomy in 2026? The team @physicsuol.bsky.social have announced their STFC-funded projects on offer next year, spanning astrophysics, planetary science, and space instrumentation. Deadline: Jan 18th, contact us to learn more!
le.ac.uk/study/resear...
le.ac.uk/study/resear...
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Looking to start a PhD in Physics & Astronomy in 2026? The team @physicsuol.bsky.social have announced their STFC-funded projects on offer next year, spanning astrophysics, planetary science, and space instrumentation. Deadline: Jan 18th, contact us to learn more!
le.ac.uk/study/resear...
le.ac.uk/study/resear...
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
You have until November 13 to get you an Aeropress and some ground coffee, kids. DON'T CROSS THE PICKET LINE.
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You have until November 13 to get you an Aeropress and some ground coffee, kids. DON'T CROSS THE PICKET LINE.
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Again, these maps have got to be causing a massive panic in any state where they're considering gerrymandering.
“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.”
@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Again, these maps have got to be causing a massive panic in any state where they're considering gerrymandering.
It’s possible I’ve learned some things about #drawing since I did the first version of this. May #Godzilla be with you. #Art #AutodeskSketchbook
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
It’s possible I’ve learned some things about #drawing since I did the first version of this. May #Godzilla be with you. #Art #AutodeskSketchbook
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Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
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The name is Mamdani #MayorMamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thinking fondly of the time that Dick Cheney came to speak on our campus and the student clubs put together a counter-event & fundraiser for @raicestexas.bsky.social that was festive and defiant and chock-a-block with dick jokes.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thinking fondly of the time that Dick Cheney came to speak on our campus and the student clubs put together a counter-event & fundraiser for @raicestexas.bsky.social that was festive and defiant and chock-a-block with dick jokes.
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Making color-color photometry plots of Crayola crayons, as one does.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Making color-color photometry plots of Crayola crayons, as one does.
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Maryly Van Leer Peck US academic, 1 of 1st women graduates of School of Engineering @ Vanderbilt Uni, 1st woman w' degree in chemical engineering there. 1st woman to earn MS & PhD in engineering @ University of Florida. Memb Soc of Women Engineers. d. #OTD 3 Nov 2011 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryly_...
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Maryly Van Leer Peck US academic, 1 of 1st women graduates of School of Engineering @ Vanderbilt Uni, 1st woman w' degree in chemical engineering there. 1st woman to earn MS & PhD in engineering @ University of Florida. Memb Soc of Women Engineers. d. #OTD 3 Nov 2011 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryly_...
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Making waves:
You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
🧪
You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini)
🧪
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
No words ... No words...
A baseball-hater's equivalent to the Superb Owl.
😉 I have been overhearing a lot of people talking about "the world Ceres" but not seeing any images here, so here's Ceres, which has dual citizenship as a dwarf planet and the largest asteroid. 🔭 1/4
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A baseball-hater's equivalent to the Superb Owl.
Current brainfeels: Only accepting sensory input in the form of small, brightly colored, candy-shaped objects on glowing screens.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Current brainfeels: Only accepting sensory input in the form of small, brightly colored, candy-shaped objects on glowing screens.
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All political ads should feature the candidate petting a cat
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All political ads should feature the candidate petting a cat
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"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...