Eric11411
@eric11411.bsky.social
I enjoy science, math, and the service and repair of clocks and watches
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Data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that there is complex organic chemistry happening in the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
It took 17 years to get the result! The finding boosts the case that life could possibly exist inside this little ice-covered world. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
It took 17 years to get the result! The finding boosts the case that life could possibly exist inside this little ice-covered world. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that there is complex organic chemistry happening in the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
It took 17 years to get the result! The finding boosts the case that life could possibly exist inside this little ice-covered world. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
It took 17 years to get the result! The finding boosts the case that life could possibly exist inside this little ice-covered world. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
www.noahpinion.blog
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
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a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
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If the founders wanted the President to have "inherent authority" they wouldn't have spelled out his actual authority in detail in the U.S. Constitution - or created two other branches of government for that matter.
June 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If the founders wanted the President to have "inherent authority" they wouldn't have spelled out his actual authority in detail in the U.S. Constitution - or created two other branches of government for that matter.
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I am furious — incandescently furious — over the attacks on science by Trump and his regime, especially the actions of RFK Jr., which, *as history has plainly show us*, result in deaths upon deaths.
You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...
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You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...
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Standing Up for Science
Why we must defend science, and the text from my national rally speech
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am furious — incandescently furious — over the attacks on science by Trump and his regime, especially the actions of RFK Jr., which, *as history has plainly show us*, result in deaths upon deaths.
You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...
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You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...
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Elon Musk getting in a little snit and threatening to pull the rockets essential to supplying the humans on the International Space Station is why the government should NOT award him critical contracts, like SpaceLink proving Internet access in war/disasters.
June 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk getting in a little snit and threatening to pull the rockets essential to supplying the humans on the International Space Station is why the government should NOT award him critical contracts, like SpaceLink proving Internet access in war/disasters.
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I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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"We can't do what we've been doing for 50 years."
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"We can't do what we've been doing for 50 years."
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
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This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
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From a bored and affluent middle class who wanted another season of reality TV.
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
February 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
From a bored and affluent middle class who wanted another season of reality TV.
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In the space of a few minutes, he left behind Afghan allies who fought terrorists alongside American soldiers and let 1500 domestic terrorists out of jail.
Trump: "So this is January 6. And these are the hostages. Approximately 1,500 for a pardon. Full pardon."
January 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In the space of a few minutes, he left behind Afghan allies who fought terrorists alongside American soldiers and let 1500 domestic terrorists out of jail.
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If I “inadvertently” rendered a Nazi salute, I’d be sick to my stomach.
I’d be devastated about the bedtime conversations I forced Jewish parents to have, trying to reassure frightened kids.
I wouldn’t laugh it off, and if I could laugh it off, it would mean it wasn’t inadvertent at all.
I’d be devastated about the bedtime conversations I forced Jewish parents to have, trying to reassure frightened kids.
I wouldn’t laugh it off, and if I could laugh it off, it would mean it wasn’t inadvertent at all.
January 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If I “inadvertently” rendered a Nazi salute, I’d be sick to my stomach.
I’d be devastated about the bedtime conversations I forced Jewish parents to have, trying to reassure frightened kids.
I wouldn’t laugh it off, and if I could laugh it off, it would mean it wasn’t inadvertent at all.
I’d be devastated about the bedtime conversations I forced Jewish parents to have, trying to reassure frightened kids.
I wouldn’t laugh it off, and if I could laugh it off, it would mean it wasn’t inadvertent at all.
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Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.
January 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.
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America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Hegseth Hearing Was a National Embarrassment
America’s allies and enemies watched as Trump’s pick for the secretary of defense failed to quell concerns about his character and qualifications.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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"There is, unfortunately, no law of nature that says democracy can’t be brought down & wars can’t be started by a bunch of clowns if they have enough support from people, parties, & institutions who enable them. It’s all just a farce – until the goons & buffoons are in power. That’s where we are."
Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness
thomaszimmer.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"There is, unfortunately, no law of nature that says democracy can’t be brought down & wars can’t be started by a bunch of clowns if they have enough support from people, parties, & institutions who enable them. It’s all just a farce – until the goons & buffoons are in power. That’s where we are."
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The Rasputin Effect: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe, Anne Applebaum writes.
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Rasputin Effect: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe, Anne Applebaum writes.
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It’s only a victory for constitutional democracy when both parties recognize the legitimacy of the other side winning elections. Not when one does and the other doesn’t.
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s only a victory for constitutional democracy when both parties recognize the legitimacy of the other side winning elections. Not when one does and the other doesn’t.
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Happening right now (11:53 GMT)! The #Parker solar probe has just passed within 3.8 million miles of the surface of our Sun 🥵 We'll need to wait until Friday before we know if it withstood the heat! 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/mission/park...
science.nasa.gov/mission/park...
Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science
On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun’s upper atmosphere – in 2021. With every orbit, the probe faces brutal heat a...
science.nasa.gov
December 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Happening right now (11:53 GMT)! The #Parker solar probe has just passed within 3.8 million miles of the surface of our Sun 🥵 We'll need to wait until Friday before we know if it withstood the heat! 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/mission/park...
science.nasa.gov/mission/park...
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When I first opposed the populist, economic, forgotten-man arguments (years ago), and then wrote a book about it, I got a lot of pushback because the economic narrative was firmly lodged among both right and left. It was always a red herring.
I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
When I first opposed the populist, economic, forgotten-man arguments (years ago), and then wrote a book about it, I got a lot of pushback because the economic narrative was firmly lodged among both right and left. It was always a red herring.
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Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family apnews.com/article/syri...
Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family
The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.
apnews.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family apnews.com/article/syri...
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Trump breaks laws, lies, flip flops and the entire GOP lines up behind him… and voters reward the GOP with the White House, Senate, House. Biden reverses himself on Hunter — he refuses to sacrifice his son to Trump’s DOJ — and Dems line up to condemn Biden.
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Trump breaks laws, lies, flip flops and the entire GOP lines up behind him… and voters reward the GOP with the White House, Senate, House. Biden reverses himself on Hunter — he refuses to sacrifice his son to Trump’s DOJ — and Dems line up to condemn Biden.
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18. In the 1980s, policymakers dismissed small, independent retailers as unimportant. The lesson of food deserts is that these small businesses are, in fact, pivotal — a keystone species. When they thrive, it changes the whole ecosystem for the better. Please read and share the piece!
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
18. In the 1980s, policymakers dismissed small, independent retailers as unimportant. The lesson of food deserts is that these small businesses are, in fact, pivotal — a keystone species. When they thrive, it changes the whole ecosystem for the better. Please read and share the piece!
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It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
December 1, 2024 at 12:32 PM
It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
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My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Kash Patel Principle
Trump’s choice for FBI director speaks volumes about his real second-term agenda
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:07 AM
My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...