Aaron Baker
@astro-fox.bsky.social
Engineer, astro and aviation photographer.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Loth-mas.
December 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Loth-mas.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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discovering insane edits recently
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
discovering insane edits recently
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Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.
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This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
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The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
September 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
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The Gilded Rage
If we survive this, I hope I live long enough to find out what historians dub this period in US history.
The Great Madness has a certain ring to it.
The Great Madness has a certain ring to it.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
August 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The Gilded Rage
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August 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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i need politicians to be as mad at housing prices as they are about cracker barrel's new logo
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
i need politicians to be as mad at housing prices as they are about cracker barrel's new logo
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Juno is an AMAZING mission. The camera onboard was never supposed to last this long (the radiation around Big J should've zapped it a while back) but it just keeps on ticking. Killing this mission while it's still working and producing great science is a crime.
NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear.
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Say Goodbye to Juno, NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Jupiter
The Juno spacecraft has rewritten the story on Jupiter, the solar system’s undisputed heavyweight
www.scientificamerican.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Juno is an AMAZING mission. The camera onboard was never supposed to last this long (the radiation around Big J should've zapped it a while back) but it just keeps on ticking. Killing this mission while it's still working and producing great science is a crime.
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I really regret getting that history degree
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I really regret getting that history degree
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"Bluesky is dying"
Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.
Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.
two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .
media.tenor.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Bluesky is dying"
Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.
Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.
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Fascinating: a Stereo3D shadow selfie, captured by Curiosity just 11 hours ago.
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye
#Mars July 30, 2025 - Sol 4614
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye
#Mars July 30, 2025 - Sol 4614
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
July 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Fascinating: a Stereo3D shadow selfie, captured by Curiosity just 11 hours ago.
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye
#Mars July 30, 2025 - Sol 4614
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye
#Mars July 30, 2025 - Sol 4614
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
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In my newsletter that came out this morning I wrote about NASA employees filing a declaration of protest against Trump's attacks on science and the agency.
Just a couple of hours later NSF employees did the same thing. The voices are growing louder.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Just a couple of hours later NSF employees did the same thing. The voices are growing louder.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Employees’ protests against Trump science policies spread to NSF
Letter to key House Democrat follows declarations by scientists at NIH, EPA, and NASA
www.science.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In my newsletter that came out this morning I wrote about NASA employees filing a declaration of protest against Trump's attacks on science and the agency.
Just a couple of hours later NSF employees did the same thing. The voices are growing louder.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Just a couple of hours later NSF employees did the same thing. The voices are growing louder.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
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Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s
July 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s
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i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
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I still can't get over the fact that "panels you point at sky and make electricity from sunlight with no fuel is the cheapest source of energy" needed explanation.
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I still can't get over the fact that "panels you point at sky and make electricity from sunlight with no fuel is the cheapest source of energy" needed explanation.
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As currently configured, NASA newest grant opportunity release represents an ****82%**** cut to planetary science research funding.
research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...
research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...
mikewong's astroblog
research.ssl.berkeley.edu
July 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As currently configured, NASA newest grant opportunity release represents an ****82%**** cut to planetary science research funding.
research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...
research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...
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Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
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