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This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
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May 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
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May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
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Crosswalks across Silicon Valley were hacked this weekend. Pressing the button now triggers a message impersonating Elon Musk—mocking him in the process. Videos have been circulating online all weekend. 😂
April 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Crosswalks across Silicon Valley were hacked this weekend. Pressing the button now triggers a message impersonating Elon Musk—mocking him in the process. Videos have been circulating online all weekend. 😂
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We expect to open our first two instrument doors on Monday. That's a big deal both scientifically, and for the engineers who poured an incredible amount of effort into making sure it goes well. Wish us luck! 🛰️☀️🚀
Why opening doors in space is a big deal | PUNCH mission
This week we're planning on opening doors on two of our four single-instrument spacecraft: the Narrow Field Imager (NFI) and one of the three Wide Field Imagers (WFIs). That's a big deal scientifica...
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April 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We expect to open our first two instrument doors on Monday. That's a big deal both scientifically, and for the engineers who poured an incredible amount of effort into making sure it goes well. Wish us luck! 🛰️☀️🚀
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She is still in custody www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention
Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention while they fight the revocation of her visa.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
She is still in custody www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
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This is the president's proposed NASA budget. 🤬🤯😵
"Among the proposals were: A two-thirds cut to astrophysics... a greater than two-thirds cut to Heliophysics... a greater than 50 percent cut to Earth science... and a 30 percent cut to Planetary science..."
"Among the proposals were: A two-thirds cut to astrophysics... a greater than two-thirds cut to Heliophysics... a greater than 50 percent cut to Earth science... and a 30 percent cut to Planetary science..."
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
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April 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is the president's proposed NASA budget. 🤬🤯😵
"Among the proposals were: A two-thirds cut to astrophysics... a greater than two-thirds cut to Heliophysics... a greater than 50 percent cut to Earth science... and a 30 percent cut to Planetary science..."
"Among the proposals were: A two-thirds cut to astrophysics... a greater than two-thirds cut to Heliophysics... a greater than 50 percent cut to Earth science... and a 30 percent cut to Planetary science..."
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First starfield images are just a few days away! 🛰️🔭☀️🚀
X-band radios... check! Ready for first light next week! | PUNCH mission
Today we tested our X-band radios and they are working fine. That is a huge relief.
We have two separate radios on each of four spacecraft: an S-band transmitter (2-4 GHz, roughly the same band as a...
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April 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
First starfield images are just a few days away! 🛰️🔭☀️🚀
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What it looks like walking out the front door at night in Alaska…
April 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What it looks like walking out the front door at night in Alaska…
The universe is a Swiftie. arxiv.org/pdf/2503.227...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The universe is a Swiftie. arxiv.org/pdf/2503.227...
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PUNCH Nugget #4 - our friend @chrisoutofspace.bsky.social prepared a nice time-variable map showing all the different missions that will be flying through our field of view over the next couple of years. Nice to see a few of the probes Humanity is operating in deep space right now. ☀️🛰️🔭
PUNCH's Orbital Friends | PUNCH mission
PUNCH will jointly observe the Sun with many other missions. Trajectories of the Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe, BepiColombo, STEREO-A and JUICE and the 4 inner planets, spanning April 2025 through December 2029, show collaborative opportunities with PUNCH. There's also an animation (link to...
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March 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
PUNCH Nugget #4 - our friend @chrisoutofspace.bsky.social prepared a nice time-variable map showing all the different missions that will be flying through our field of view over the next couple of years. Nice to see a few of the probes Humanity is operating in deep space right now. ☀️🛰️🔭
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Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
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We just launched a mission account for PUNCH: @punch-mission.bsky.social. That account will be a good source for mission updates and science "nuggets" as they happen. Click through and follow it if you like. 🧪🛰️☀️🔭
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March 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We just launched a mission account for PUNCH: @punch-mission.bsky.social. That account will be a good source for mission updates and science "nuggets" as they happen. Click through and follow it if you like. 🧪🛰️☀️🔭
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It is a fine morning here in Denver though I am still groggy from taking the 5am flight from California. NYT has a great article on SPHEREx and PUNCH. Thanks, Katrina Miller! ☀️🔭🛰️🚀😎
SpaceX Launches NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions (Gift Article)
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It is a fine morning here in Denver though I am still groggy from taking the 5am flight from California. NYT has a great article on SPHEREx and PUNCH. Thanks, Katrina Miller! ☀️🔭🛰️🚀😎
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Just witnessed the launch of #PUNCH and #SPHEREx, the rocket emerging from behind the LA skyline and over the ocean here in Orange County 🚀🛰️🛰️ A super cool view, good luck to the two missions! (and congrats @drzowie.bsky.social ☺️)
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Just witnessed the launch of #PUNCH and #SPHEREx, the rocket emerging from behind the LA skyline and over the ocean here in Orange County 🚀🛰️🛰️ A super cool view, good luck to the two missions! (and congrats @drzowie.bsky.social ☺️)
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March 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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t-56 minutes. SPHEREx/PUNCH launch is starting to get real. Weather at Lompoc, CA looks beautiful. NASA broadcast starts right about now -- tune in to plus.nasa.gov if you want to follow!
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March 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
t-56 minutes. SPHEREx/PUNCH launch is starting to get real. Weather at Lompoc, CA looks beautiful. NASA broadcast starts right about now -- tune in to plus.nasa.gov if you want to follow!
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Update: If you look at a wx app you'll see a large depression W of CA, moving slowly E. The cloud wall is coming over VSFB right now. It is thick enough to trigger concern over "rocket-induced lightning". We're still counting for now, but the wx outlook for tonight is not good for a launch. 🔭☀️🛰️🚀
RN I'm feeling that feeling you get when you're sitting in the control room for a mission you've been working on for a decade, hoping it goes into orbit today, but not entirely sure the weather will allow liftoff. T -4h: so far so good. Starting 7pm PDT, you can follow along on plus.nasa.gov! 🔭☀️🛰️🚀
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March 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Update: If you look at a wx app you'll see a large depression W of CA, moving slowly E. The cloud wall is coming over VSFB right now. It is thick enough to trigger concern over "rocket-induced lightning". We're still counting for now, but the wx outlook for tonight is not good for a launch. 🔭☀️🛰️🚀
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It should go without saying ... all RBF items have been removed and documented! 🛰️
March 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It should go without saying ... all RBF items have been removed and documented! 🛰️
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My first research experience was because of a summer NSF REU. I learned to code (in FORTRAN 77!) as part of the KTeV high energy physics collaboration. It launched my passion for science & my entire career. Devastating to see this valuable program gutted.
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NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
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March 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My first research experience was because of a summer NSF REU. I learned to code (in FORTRAN 77!) as part of the KTeV high energy physics collaboration. It launched my passion for science & my entire career. Devastating to see this valuable program gutted.
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