Sangeeta Malhotra
@astrodame.bsky.social
Astronomer, dog feeder, bird watcher, maker of bad, dad jokes.
Views expressed are all mine, and not of my employer, family, or voices in my head.
Views expressed are all mine, and not of my employer, family, or voices in my head.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Can we please just not? The number of people that are going to do something terrible "because Jesus told me to" because of syncophantic chat bots is just obviously non-zero. What is wrong with people?!
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Can we please just not? The number of people that are going to do something terrible "because Jesus told me to" because of syncophantic chat bots is just obviously non-zero. What is wrong with people?!
Nancy Grace Roman telescope is out of the thermal vacuum chamber and getting ready to launch in 2026
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nancy Grace Roman telescope is out of the thermal vacuum chamber and getting ready to launch in 2026
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Doggos working had in the evening.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Doggos working had in the evening.
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give a dog a pancake
Look, maybe you give a little dog a small pancake
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
give a dog a pancake
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Did anybody else have an issue after the most recent update to the Schnauzer OS? We had this with a previous model 😜 #dogsofbluesky #schnauzergang #schnauzers
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Did anybody else have an issue after the most recent update to the Schnauzer OS? We had this with a previous model 😜 #dogsofbluesky #schnauzergang #schnauzers
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According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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"Nuremberg defendants were surprisingly normal, opportunists who, as he put it in a 1946 lecture, 'exist in every country of the world, who would willingly climb over the corpses of half of the … public if they could gain control of the other half.'”
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
The Psychiatrist Who Studied Nazi Officials After the War Found Something Shocking. It Didn’t Earn Him Any Fans.
Understanding the minds of monsters is no easy task.
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Nuremberg defendants were surprisingly normal, opportunists who, as he put it in a 1946 lecture, 'exist in every country of the world, who would willingly climb over the corpses of half of the … public if they could gain control of the other half.'”
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Astro PhD applications for Edinburgh are open! Deadlines are:
* 24 Nov: Career Development Scholarship (for students of Black heritage)
* 5 Dec: Bell Burnell Scholarship (for all URM students)
* 5 Jan: all applications
Come to beautiful Scotland! 🏴
Applying is free! 🔭🧪
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
* 24 Nov: Career Development Scholarship (for students of Black heritage)
* 5 Dec: Bell Burnell Scholarship (for all URM students)
* 5 Jan: all applications
Come to beautiful Scotland! 🏴
Applying is free! 🔭🧪
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Astro PhD applications for Edinburgh are open! Deadlines are:
* 24 Nov: Career Development Scholarship (for students of Black heritage)
* 5 Dec: Bell Burnell Scholarship (for all URM students)
* 5 Jan: all applications
Come to beautiful Scotland! 🏴
Applying is free! 🔭🧪
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
* 24 Nov: Career Development Scholarship (for students of Black heritage)
* 5 Dec: Bell Burnell Scholarship (for all URM students)
* 5 Jan: all applications
Come to beautiful Scotland! 🏴
Applying is free! 🔭🧪
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
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This is Rudy. He carried out the perfect heist by remembering the four S's: sleep, sneak, steal, skedaddle. 14/10 (TT: rudyrudyroo)
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is Rudy. He carried out the perfect heist by remembering the four S's: sleep, sneak, steal, skedaddle. 14/10 (TT: rudyrudyroo)
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Astrophysics applications for this scholarship are open and due 24 November!
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Astrophysics applications for this scholarship are open and due 24 November!
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
It’s been a long few weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It’s been a long few weeks.
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Life Hack: Dark-sky reserves, eclipses, and other astronomical events create opportunities for incredible road trips and adventures. Just be sure to tell someone where you're going in case you decide to never come back and live the rest of your life under dark skies!
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Life Hack: Dark-sky reserves, eclipses, and other astronomical events create opportunities for incredible road trips and adventures. Just be sure to tell someone where you're going in case you decide to never come back and live the rest of your life under dark skies!
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happy bday Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
happy bday Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
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The illegitimate SCOTUS is doing everything possible for Trump and letting Americans go hungry. Another Let Them Eat Cake moment.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments. The high court’s decision Tuesday came amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume — thou...
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The illegitimate SCOTUS is doing everything possible for Trump and letting Americans go hungry. Another Let Them Eat Cake moment.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
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I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
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Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
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We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.