astrobassist
@astrobassist.bsky.social
professor of physics and astronomy, researcher of learning and teaching, plunker of bass strings
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An attack on one, is an attack on all.
🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!
Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒
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October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
An attack on one, is an attack on all.
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Rest & Resist today with our Action Menu!
Sign the petition to impeach & remove RFK Jr. ✍️
Register for our Fight for Science rally on 10.17 🧪
Sign your support for federal workers 💪
Pick one or all three - what matters is choosing to take action!
🔗 LINKS IN BIO!
Sign the petition to impeach & remove RFK Jr. ✍️
Register for our Fight for Science rally on 10.17 🧪
Sign your support for federal workers 💪
Pick one or all three - what matters is choosing to take action!
🔗 LINKS IN BIO!
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Rest & Resist today with our Action Menu!
Sign the petition to impeach & remove RFK Jr. ✍️
Register for our Fight for Science rally on 10.17 🧪
Sign your support for federal workers 💪
Pick one or all three - what matters is choosing to take action!
🔗 LINKS IN BIO!
Sign the petition to impeach & remove RFK Jr. ✍️
Register for our Fight for Science rally on 10.17 🧪
Sign your support for federal workers 💪
Pick one or all three - what matters is choosing to take action!
🔗 LINKS IN BIO!
historically unpopular president with historically unpopular policies, i dont anyone gets to call him a “populist” anymore, right?
Trump's approval rating is now -16%. If you're dissatisfied, you're not alone.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
www.economist.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
historically unpopular president with historically unpopular policies, i dont anyone gets to call him a “populist” anymore, right?
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yay kimmel is back but can we talk about how Nexstar is merging with Tegna and possibly Sinclair to take over 80% of US TV market, more than double the FCC’s 39% cap which is why they’re trying to appease the FCC in the first place. tinyurl.com/nextar-tegna...
Nexstar to Buy Tegna for $6.2 Billion, Creating a 265-Station Local Giant
Regulatory review now determines the deal's fate following recent shifts in FCC ownership rules.
ground.news
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
yay kimmel is back but can we talk about how Nexstar is merging with Tegna and possibly Sinclair to take over 80% of US TV market, more than double the FCC’s 39% cap which is why they’re trying to appease the FCC in the first place. tinyurl.com/nextar-tegna...
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This is a HUGE problem. If we ever get a sane President or a functional Congress again, fixing this needs to be pretty high on the “to do” list. Because the media in the hands of a few - with cross ownership - has been a disaster!
September 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is a HUGE problem. If we ever get a sane President or a functional Congress again, fixing this needs to be pretty high on the “to do” list. Because the media in the hands of a few - with cross ownership - has been a disaster!
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NSF budget director in email:
"we are immediately focused on pulling the funds back to ensure there are no further commitments or obligations"
Targets NSF programs using funding leftover from 2024.
"we are immediately focused on pulling the funds back to ensure there are no further commitments or obligations"
Targets NSF programs using funding leftover from 2024.
NEW: The White House is quietly ordering agencies to freeze billions of dollars in additional funding for the EPA, Interior, Ag, National Science Foundation and more as part of a strategy to make cuts to education, climate, etc permanent and weaken role of Congress. www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power
The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.eenews.net
June 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NSF budget director in email:
"we are immediately focused on pulling the funds back to ensure there are no further commitments or obligations"
Targets NSF programs using funding leftover from 2024.
"we are immediately focused on pulling the funds back to ensure there are no further commitments or obligations"
Targets NSF programs using funding leftover from 2024.
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Pride is in full bloom.
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pride is in full bloom.
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Loyalty tests have officially arrived in the federal hiring process. The Trump administration just unveiled a so-called “Merit Hiring Plan”, which includes a quiz asking job applicants to name their favorite Trump policy or executive order.
June 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Loyalty tests have officially arrived in the federal hiring process. The Trump administration just unveiled a so-called “Merit Hiring Plan”, which includes a quiz asking job applicants to name their favorite Trump policy or executive order.
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NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped.
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
NSF initiates more layoffs amid major agency shake-up
The agency will also reassign all remote employees to in-person work at its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters.
www.eenews.net
May 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped.
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
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Yes! Exactly what’s needed to #SaveNSF include letters like these that use stories of **local** impact to call on specific reps in Congress.
Letter: I use funding from the NSF for my research at the University of Utah. Trump’s deep budget cuts would devastate science.
Letter: I use funding from the NSF for my research at the University of Utah. Trump’s deep budget cuts would devastate science.
Letter: I use funding from the NSF for my research at the University of Utah. Trump’s deep budget cuts would devastate science.
www.sltrib.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Yes! Exactly what’s needed to #SaveNSF include letters like these that use stories of **local** impact to call on specific reps in Congress.
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Huge tonight: ‼️
A coalition led by @democracyforward.org files a massive lawsuit asserting DOGE actions are illegal and unconstitutional.
"When the President takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution."
A coalition led by @democracyforward.org files a massive lawsuit asserting DOGE actions are illegal and unconstitutional.
"When the President takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution."
April 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Huge tonight: ‼️
A coalition led by @democracyforward.org files a massive lawsuit asserting DOGE actions are illegal and unconstitutional.
"When the President takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution."
A coalition led by @democracyforward.org files a massive lawsuit asserting DOGE actions are illegal and unconstitutional.
"When the President takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution."
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🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
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If only there were a lesson in there for him about due process…
April 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If only there were a lesson in there for him about due process…
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Elected and appointed officials in America are actually questioning the merits of Due Process. Just needs pointing out where we are. Shocking.
April 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Elected and appointed officials in America are actually questioning the merits of Due Process. Just needs pointing out where we are. Shocking.
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US Constitution Amendment 6: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law ...
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
US Constitution Amendment 6: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law ...
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Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline
"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.
ncnewsline.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
wtf
This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
April 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
wtf
I’m surprised it took this long but no less disgusted and disappointed
The Trump administration is recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at NOAA.
April 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I’m surprised it took this long but no less disgusted and disappointed
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Childhood lead exposure can cause serious developmental delays, hearing loss, and behavioral problems.
The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure.
RFK Jr. cut the program.
What's more un-American than that?
#StandUpForScience
The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure.
RFK Jr. cut the program.
What's more un-American than that?
#StandUpForScience
RFK Jr. is an unprecedented threat to US health.
He just completely eliminated the CDC lead poisoning group and all teams that respond to help address local radiological and nuclear threats and all capacity for natural disasters response.
Mind numbing insanity.
www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
He just completely eliminated the CDC lead poisoning group and all teams that respond to help address local radiological and nuclear threats and all capacity for natural disasters response.
Mind numbing insanity.
www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Childhood lead exposure can cause serious developmental delays, hearing loss, and behavioral problems.
The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure.
RFK Jr. cut the program.
What's more un-American than that?
#StandUpForScience
The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure.
RFK Jr. cut the program.
What's more un-American than that?
#StandUpForScience