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🌌 @NASA ISS Research #SciComm & #SciWri
✍️ Science Writer and Space Enthusiast
🎓 tamu '19👍 txadpr '21🤘 jhu '25
❗typos & opinions r mine, not my employer's
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Trajectory Maneuvers | The SciComm Space | Andrea Lloyd | Substack
A flight path is the prescribed route a moving object, like a spacecraft, follows as time passes. Sometimes, a trajectory maneuver is needed to correct the course and achieve the intended destination...
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This week's #scicomm job blast is out! There's a fresh list of space industry opportunities, including internships.
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April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This week's #scicomm job blast is out! There's a fresh list of space industry opportunities, including internships.
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An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
Reposted by Andrea Lloyd | Science Storyteller
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
An autism registry sounds a lot like a particular residence used to systemically kill 6M Jews, 3.3M soviet POWs, 2M Poles, 250k gypsies, 100k people with disabilities, 15k queers, and more.....
Source: holocausteducation.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Source: holocausteducation.org.uk/wp-content/u...
April 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An autism registry sounds a lot like a particular residence used to systemically kill 6M Jews, 3.3M soviet POWs, 2M Poles, 250k gypsies, 100k people with disabilities, 15k queers, and more.....
Source: holocausteducation.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Source: holocausteducation.org.uk/wp-content/u...
See also: Newton "inventing" gravity.
Autism was first described in the literature in the 1930s. Broader definitions and increased screening led to more diagnoses in the 1990s and continues today.
Autism was first described in the literature in the 1930s. Broader definitions and increased screening led to more diagnoses in the 1990s and continues today.
April 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
See also: Newton "inventing" gravity.
Autism was first described in the literature in the 1930s. Broader definitions and increased screening led to more diagnoses in the 1990s and continues today.
Autism was first described in the literature in the 1930s. Broader definitions and increased screening led to more diagnoses in the 1990s and continues today.
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The forgotten history of the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) spacecraft and one engineer's brave attempt to keep NASA space station planning alive during Apollo. Kennedy's Moon Speech messed up everything.
From No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏🌖👩🚀
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/11/spac...
From No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏🌖👩🚀
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/11/spac...
Space Station Resupply: The 1963 Plan to Turn the Apollo Spacecraft Into a Space Freighter
The story of spaceflight told through missions and programs that did not happen - that is, the great majority of them.
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The forgotten history of the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) spacecraft and one engineer's brave attempt to keep NASA space station planning alive during Apollo. Kennedy's Moon Speech messed up everything.
From No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏🌖👩🚀
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/11/spac...
From No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏🌖👩🚀
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/11/spac...
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When one of my old boss's buddies was credibly accused of harassment and assault while doing Antarctic fieldwork, he told us (his students) that Antarctica "turns men into animals" and thus his buddy can't be held responsible.
Counterpoint: No?? No it doesn't???
Counterpoint: No?? No it doesn't???
A couple of weeks ago, reports emerged of violence at an Antarctic research station among a crew from South Africa. What does the incident mean for future #Mars exploration and how to make sure future astronauts don't murder each other? #Antarctica
www.supercluster.com/editorial/do...
www.supercluster.com/editorial/do...
Does Violence at a Remote Antarctica Station Spell Doom for Mars Missions?
Near the northern coast of Antarctica’s Norway-controlled Queen Maud Land, a heavily secluded polar research station sits perched near the edge of the plunging Vesleskarvet cliff, a crisis among the s...
www.supercluster.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When one of my old boss's buddies was credibly accused of harassment and assault while doing Antarctic fieldwork, he told us (his students) that Antarctica "turns men into animals" and thus his buddy can't be held responsible.
Counterpoint: No?? No it doesn't???
Counterpoint: No?? No it doesn't???
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London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
Embroidery complete! The Lunar Orbit Rendezvous sketch made by John Huobolt.
April 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Embroidery complete! The Lunar Orbit Rendezvous sketch made by John Huobolt.
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I know it's hard to notice the absence of something, but the fact that there was no NASA press release for this JWST result is so damning.
I think it's very telling that neither NASA nor ESA contributed in publicizing this result.
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I know it's hard to notice the absence of something, but the fact that there was no NASA press release for this JWST result is so damning.
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It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
April 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever.
The kids are alright
Just saw a group of school children booing a passing Tesla, and it wasn’t even a cyber truck
April 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The kids are alright
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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
The new Twisters II movie should either advocate for better funding for NOAA and NWS...
or show a world where we've stripped that funding and are now dealing with the consequences of no information.
or show a world where we've stripped that funding and are now dealing with the consequences of no information.
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The new Twisters II movie should either advocate for better funding for NOAA and NWS...
or show a world where we've stripped that funding and are now dealing with the consequences of no information.
or show a world where we've stripped that funding and are now dealing with the consequences of no information.
Reposted by Andrea Lloyd | Science Storyteller
Another example of the administration’s evident lack of concern for public safety.
The Sacramento weather service office just sent an email detailing product changes amid "critically reduced staffing"
Highlights:
Phone lines no longer answered
Reduced staffing from 6pm to 6am
Forecast discussions issued only 1x/day
Limited social media posting
Advisories mainly issued by day shift
Highlights:
Phone lines no longer answered
Reduced staffing from 6pm to 6am
Forecast discussions issued only 1x/day
Limited social media posting
Advisories mainly issued by day shift
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Another example of the administration’s evident lack of concern for public safety.
If enacted, the cuts would "take us back to the 1950s in terms of our scientific footing and the American people," says Craig McLean, a former director of NOAA's office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the agency's research arm. www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If enacted, the cuts would "take us back to the 1950s in terms of our scientific footing and the American people," says Craig McLean, a former director of NOAA's office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the agency's research arm. www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
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The erasing continues.
Erase them and disappear them.
They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it.
They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.
Erase them and disappear them.
They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it.
They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.
Air Force deletes pages on first female Thunderbirds pilot amid DEI purge
The U.S. Air Force has taken down content honoring trailblazing female pilots, including the first woman to fly with the elite air squadron.
www.newsweek.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The erasing continues.
Erase them and disappear them.
They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it.
They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.
Erase them and disappear them.
They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it.
They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.
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I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
April 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
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Just got paywalled by a journal article from ... checks distance back in time .... from 1976.
A paywall on knowledge that is half a century old lmao
(I was able to access it through my institution, just highlighting the ridiculousness of that whole concept)
A paywall on knowledge that is half a century old lmao
(I was able to access it through my institution, just highlighting the ridiculousness of that whole concept)
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just got paywalled by a journal article from ... checks distance back in time .... from 1976.
A paywall on knowledge that is half a century old lmao
(I was able to access it through my institution, just highlighting the ridiculousness of that whole concept)
A paywall on knowledge that is half a century old lmao
(I was able to access it through my institution, just highlighting the ridiculousness of that whole concept)
With access to good science--whether it's because of internet, language, educators, etc.--people will die. It's happened before, it's happening now, it'll happen again.
Apparently the government has decided that weather information only matters for people that can read English and has not renewed a contract it had in place to help broaden the audience. While this is a newer tool, it is one that many people passionately worked on to broaden weather intel for all.
April 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
With access to good science--whether it's because of internet, language, educators, etc.--people will die. It's happened before, it's happening now, it'll happen again.
Where's my shark ASMR???
Sharks were thought to be universally silent, but this houndshark appears to make metallic clicking sounds.
Sharks aren’t silent after all
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet
www.newscientist.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Where's my shark ASMR???
In surprising news, two Americans do their jobs. 😅
In all seriousness, I'm glad the astronauts are getting some spotlight, but can we talk about the 9.5 months of science they conducted to benefit humanity instead of the space vehicle that broke last summer?
In all seriousness, I'm glad the astronauts are getting some spotlight, but can we talk about the 9.5 months of science they conducted to benefit humanity instead of the space vehicle that broke last summer?
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two NASA astronauts who unexpectedly spent nine-and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station, said at a news conference that they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft again.
nyti.ms/3E1Cpfo
nyti.ms/3E1Cpfo
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In surprising news, two Americans do their jobs. 😅
In all seriousness, I'm glad the astronauts are getting some spotlight, but can we talk about the 9.5 months of science they conducted to benefit humanity instead of the space vehicle that broke last summer?
In all seriousness, I'm glad the astronauts are getting some spotlight, but can we talk about the 9.5 months of science they conducted to benefit humanity instead of the space vehicle that broke last summer?
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Disturbing to have official NASA statements that are flat out lies, and well known to be lies. The plan to return Willmore and Williams right about now was in place since mid 2024. At most, Trump leaned on NASA to speed it up a few days by skipping usual handover tasks.
March 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Disturbing to have official NASA statements that are flat out lies, and well known to be lies. The plan to return Willmore and Williams right about now was in place since mid 2024. At most, Trump leaned on NASA to speed it up a few days by skipping usual handover tasks.
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Trajectory Maneuvers | The SciComm Space | Andrea Lloyd | Substack
A flight path is the prescribed route a moving object, like a spacecraft, follows as time passes. Sometimes, a trajectory maneuver is needed to correct the course and achieve the intended destination...
thescicommspace.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're looking for a #scicommjob in the space sector, consider subscribing for my weekly job blast! Released (most) every Monday.
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Dr. Pepper fuels my work and a lot of other NASA Houston folks. We survive on it at 2am when coordinating with the humans living above us.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Dr Pepper should sponsor humanity's relationship with heavenly bodies.
See if you can figure out what this ad from 1984 is selling before the reveal…
March 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dr. Pepper fuels my work and a lot of other NASA Houston folks. We survive on it at 2am when coordinating with the humans living above us.