Emily J
@emexastris.bsky.social
She/her. Science, politics, cats, Judaism.
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me: Amy Klobuchar is fine and we can push her leftward as governor.
People on this website: YOU JUST WANT THE STATUS QUO WE NEED ZOHRANS NOT AMY. WALZ NOT RUNNING MEANS MAGA WILL WIN.
a lot of you need to take a deep breath and touch fucking grass.
People on this website: YOU JUST WANT THE STATUS QUO WE NEED ZOHRANS NOT AMY. WALZ NOT RUNNING MEANS MAGA WILL WIN.
a lot of you need to take a deep breath and touch fucking grass.
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
me: Amy Klobuchar is fine and we can push her leftward as governor.
People on this website: YOU JUST WANT THE STATUS QUO WE NEED ZOHRANS NOT AMY. WALZ NOT RUNNING MEANS MAGA WILL WIN.
a lot of you need to take a deep breath and touch fucking grass.
People on this website: YOU JUST WANT THE STATUS QUO WE NEED ZOHRANS NOT AMY. WALZ NOT RUNNING MEANS MAGA WILL WIN.
a lot of you need to take a deep breath and touch fucking grass.
Oh yay, the iron supplement that doesn't make me incredibly ill has been discontinued.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Oh yay, the iron supplement that doesn't make me incredibly ill has been discontinued.
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Because I was doing actual work down to the moment I logged out before break I didn't do an end-of-the-year email cleanout and I kinda hate past me for that.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Because I was doing actual work down to the moment I logged out before break I didn't do an end-of-the-year email cleanout and I kinda hate past me for that.
The mission I’ve been working on for >2 years launches Sunday. I've worked on a lot of missions, but this is the first one I’ve been on from launch.
Cue panicked screaming.
Cue panicked screaming.
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The mission I’ve been working on for >2 years launches Sunday. I've worked on a lot of missions, but this is the first one I’ve been on from launch.
Cue panicked screaming.
Cue panicked screaming.
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Hey #AAS247! Super bummed I can't be there in person, but should you need an alternative to doomscrolling that:
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Hey #AAS247! Super bummed I can't be there in person, but should you need an alternative to doomscrolling that:
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
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I'm partial to 'shreds ripped off of whatever piece of paper happens to be near me when I stop reading, regardless of its importance'
what does everyone use for bookmarks now that train tickets are mostly digital?
January 5, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I'm partial to 'shreds ripped off of whatever piece of paper happens to be near me when I stop reading, regardless of its importance'
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A random thought I had whilst trying to fall asleep last night was: all those places building power plants to power genAI, the electricity prices will *never come down*. Because if/when there's a burst bubble, they'll all say "we need to charge more so we can have a return on our investment."
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A random thought I had whilst trying to fall asleep last night was: all those places building power plants to power genAI, the electricity prices will *never come down*. Because if/when there's a burst bubble, they'll all say "we need to charge more so we can have a return on our investment."
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Except for #2's newborn photo, I stopped posting kid pics ages ago.
But given what's going on I just went back and took down all the toddler photos, too.
Eternal reminder that they are punishing women and children for the high crime of existing publicly
But given what's going on I just went back and took down all the toddler photos, too.
Eternal reminder that they are punishing women and children for the high crime of existing publicly
This is a good time to remove your children's faces from the internet if you are responsible for putting them there.
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Except for #2's newborn photo, I stopped posting kid pics ages ago.
But given what's going on I just went back and took down all the toddler photos, too.
Eternal reminder that they are punishing women and children for the high crime of existing publicly
But given what's going on I just went back and took down all the toddler photos, too.
Eternal reminder that they are punishing women and children for the high crime of existing publicly
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🛰️🔭🧪
Third poster in our series: "Space Safety - in action!"
Mission: Ramses
Objective: Intercept and explore the asteroid Apophis as it passes Earth in 2029
Unique feature: Ramses capitalises on a one-in-7000-year scientific opportunity
Launch: 2028
Download at: esa.int/space-safety/in-action
Mission: Ramses
Objective: Intercept and explore the asteroid Apophis as it passes Earth in 2029
Unique feature: Ramses capitalises on a one-in-7000-year scientific opportunity
Launch: 2028
Download at: esa.int/space-safety/in-action
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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It’s really gutting to read such a brief and horrific sentence that sums up what RFK Jr. did to the United States of America in the year 2025.
The United States was the gold standard for science and technology for decades, and there was never any reason that had to end.
Canadian officials are correct, and it’s truly a tragedy.
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 AM
It’s really gutting to read such a brief and horrific sentence that sums up what RFK Jr. did to the United States of America in the year 2025.
A family friend who is highly technologically illiterate has no smart devices of any kind, no cell phone, and uses an AOL account on a laptop. She was phished today. I’m looking for a way to set up 2FA for her. she already changed all the appropriate passwords.
Does anywhere make hardware tokens like the old RSA keys anymore? That generate the 6-digit two-factor codes? Or is everything yubikey-style plugin tokens these days?
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 AM
A family friend who is highly technologically illiterate has no smart devices of any kind, no cell phone, and uses an AOL account on a laptop. She was phished today. I’m looking for a way to set up 2FA for her. she already changed all the appropriate passwords.
Does anywhere make hardware tokens like the old RSA keys anymore? That generate the 6-digit two-factor codes? Or is everything yubikey-style plugin tokens these days?
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Does anywhere make hardware tokens like the old RSA keys anymore? That generate the 6-digit two-factor codes? Or is everything yubikey-style plugin tokens these days?
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You know how the UK is weirdly transphobic? Like, most countries are transphobic, but the UK transphobes are on a different level of kookiness? The past few weeks have taught me that Australia is similar, but for antisemitism. It’s bizarre, I had no idea how bad it was there.
If you want a concrete example of how sharply Australian political discourse (and here the general term is appropriate, as I'm talking about trends) is different re antisemitism from the rest of the anglosphere, especially North America - search the term "Jewish lobby" on this site.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
You know how the UK is weirdly transphobic? Like, most countries are transphobic, but the UK transphobes are on a different level of kookiness? The past few weeks have taught me that Australia is similar, but for antisemitism. It’s bizarre, I had no idea how bad it was there.
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As expected, Twitter is chock full of antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews and/or Israel are behind the attack in Venezuela.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
As expected, Twitter is chock full of antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews and/or Israel are behind the attack in Venezuela.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
Same, which is nice.
Apparently everyone is fighting but also apparently my blocklist caught it all
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Same, which is nice.
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They're murderers. No need to pussyfoot around here any more. They're going to murder thousands of Americans, including babies, the elderly, and the immunocompromised.
Are you fucking kidding me.
In 2026, I will not be suffering a SINGLE FOOL who tries to say this administration’s attack on science and public health has some good will under the hood.
This is directly meant to dismantle vaccination as an intervention.
In 2026, I will not be suffering a SINGLE FOOL who tries to say this administration’s attack on science and public health has some good will under the hood.
This is directly meant to dismantle vaccination as an intervention.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Oz and his boss, RFK Jr., will no longer require physicians to report vaccination rates.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
They're murderers. No need to pussyfoot around here any more. They're going to murder thousands of Americans, including babies, the elderly, and the immunocompromised.
I am very much not looking forward to going back to Real Life tomorrow.
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I am very much not looking forward to going back to Real Life tomorrow.
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Can strongly recommend “do talk on phone” option, however counterintuitive it may feel prior to actual commencement of call
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Can strongly recommend “do talk on phone” option, however counterintuitive it may feel prior to actual commencement of call
Spent two minutes looking at today’s train wreck on this site and I would like to reassert my hypothesis that because there is so much serious stuff going on all the time we have lost the ability to realize not everything is that serious.
I think people are fighting about less serious things in part because there's so much serious stuff going on. Totally understandable.
Here's the trick: You have to remember to take the less serious things *less seriously*.
Here's the trick: You have to remember to take the less serious things *less seriously*.
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Spent two minutes looking at today’s train wreck on this site and I would like to reassert my hypothesis that because there is so much serious stuff going on all the time we have lost the ability to realize not everything is that serious.
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a lot of us put years of our lives into posting on twitter only to watch the entire joint get bought out and turned into a right wing propaganda machine, there is probably some kind of lesson in that
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
a lot of us put years of our lives into posting on twitter only to watch the entire joint get bought out and turned into a right wing propaganda machine, there is probably some kind of lesson in that
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all in all if posting could fix stuff we wouldn't be enduring a second trump term let alone had the first one, pick your battles AND your battlegrounds
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
all in all if posting could fix stuff we wouldn't be enduring a second trump term let alone had the first one, pick your battles AND your battlegrounds
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Ugh, brain, stop doing the thing where you insist you will focus on anything *but* the thing I need to focus on rn
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Ugh, brain, stop doing the thing where you insist you will focus on anything *but* the thing I need to focus on rn
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Potat kindergarten in session with Unca Nutsy
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Potat kindergarten in session with Unca Nutsy
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You wanna be a fucking hero right now? Start treating illegal and heinous shit as illegal and heinous. This man is fucking murdering civilians - and for what? Literally no fucking reason. This is the easiest thing you’ve ever been asked to take a stand on.
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
You wanna be a fucking hero right now? Start treating illegal and heinous shit as illegal and heinous. This man is fucking murdering civilians - and for what? Literally no fucking reason. This is the easiest thing you’ve ever been asked to take a stand on.