j
@astrojsse.bsky.social
🪐 Astronomy lover
🚀 Sci-Fi nerd
📚 Bookworm
🎮 Video gamer
🌲 Nature enjoyer
(Frequently political)
🚀 Sci-Fi nerd
📚 Bookworm
🎮 Video gamer
🌲 Nature enjoyer
(Frequently political)
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j
@astrojsse.bsky.social
· Dec 18
This is my friend Rima Abdullateif and her sister Roaa. Them and their family are displaced in Gaza and they desperately need money for food, shelter, winter clothes, and medicine for their mother who has rheumatoid arthritis. (1/3)
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
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"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"I didn't vote for" you did. Sorry. You did. Should have listened to the woke libtards instead of your roided out imaginary friends who told you kids were pooping in kitty litter at school
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Today's Headlines
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's Headlines
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Maybe voting for guy who was a complete disaster last time was a mistake?
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Maybe voting for guy who was a complete disaster last time was a mistake?
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the U.S. government is targeting legal noncitizen scholars, not on the basis of any wrongdoing, but as part of a larger assault against an educated public.
March 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the U.S. government is targeting legal noncitizen scholars, not on the basis of any wrongdoing, but as part of a larger assault against an educated public.
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Periodic reminder that the data from NASA missions, like the Mars rovers, is public domain for anyone to access for free.
All of the images taken by the Mars rovers are available online usually within 24 hours of being transmitted back to Earth.
Science is a public good.
🔭 🧪
All of the images taken by the Mars rovers are available online usually within 24 hours of being transmitted back to Earth.
Science is a public good.
🔭 🧪
Some rocks and sand photographed on Mars a few hours ago, and now on your phone.
February 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Periodic reminder that the data from NASA missions, like the Mars rovers, is public domain for anyone to access for free.
All of the images taken by the Mars rovers are available online usually within 24 hours of being transmitted back to Earth.
Science is a public good.
🔭 🧪
All of the images taken by the Mars rovers are available online usually within 24 hours of being transmitted back to Earth.
Science is a public good.
🔭 🧪
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Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
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Things that count towards officially and usefully measuring public opposition to a policy:
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
February 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Things that count towards officially and usefully measuring public opposition to a policy:
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
-Calling your elected representatives
-Signing petitions/open letters from reputable orgs
Things that do not count:
-Posting on social media about how you wish someone else would do something.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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The “free speech / anti-cancel culture” party now literally firing people for thoughtcrime
"The purging underway suggests that the agency is not just seeking to eliminate DEI but also to remove people who have expressed interest or participated in programs related to it."
First it's your actions, then it's your intentions, and then it'll be your literal existence in this space. Ugh 😡
First it's your actions, then it's your intentions, and then it'll be your literal existence in this space. Ugh 😡
Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI
Dozens of federal employees who didn’t work on diversity or inclusion issues have been placed on administrative leave following Trump's executive order.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The “free speech / anti-cancel culture” party now literally firing people for thoughtcrime
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Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
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February 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Elon Musk's task force has gained access to sensitive Treasury payment systems, sources say
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and…
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it
I recently started volunteering at a couple nature centers in my area- i forgot how fulfilling it is to be out in nature 🌲💕
February 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I recently started volunteering at a couple nature centers in my area- i forgot how fulfilling it is to be out in nature 🌲💕
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same methods, different era
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
same methods, different era
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ANALYSIS OF ASTEROID BENNU SAMPLES SUGGEST THAT THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM HAD WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS FOR LIFE, INCREASING THE CHANCES THAT LIFE COULD HAVE FORMED ON OTHER PLANETS AND MOONS!!!!
THIS IS AMAZINGGGGG 🤩
THIS IS AMAZINGGGGG 🤩
January 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ANALYSIS OF ASTEROID BENNU SAMPLES SUGGEST THAT THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM HAD WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS FOR LIFE, INCREASING THE CHANCES THAT LIFE COULD HAVE FORMED ON OTHER PLANETS AND MOONS!!!!
THIS IS AMAZINGGGGG 🤩
THIS IS AMAZINGGGGG 🤩
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DOOMERISM ISN'T A STRATEGY.
a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
DOOMERISM ISN'T A STRATEGY.
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
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Here's Petro on the critical importance of DEI, just a few years ago. Dark. www.enr.com/articles/529...
KSC Director Janet Petro Reflects on Diversity
As NASA works on a mission to send the first woman and person of color to the moon, ENR Editor-in-Chief Janice Tuchman exchanged emails with Janet Petro, director of the Kennedy Space Center, to explo...
www.enr.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here's Petro on the critical importance of DEI, just a few years ago. Dark. www.enr.com/articles/529...
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Hey um…children of illegal immigrants, please stop posting on TikTok that your parents/family aren’t here legally 🥲
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Hey um…children of illegal immigrants, please stop posting on TikTok that your parents/family aren’t here legally 🥲
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For those who don’t know, Jonathan is *the* person who keeps track of stuff in space, a key part of the information ecosystem for anyone who studies or writes about satellites. He now needs some help to keep doing this. (1/2)
Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
Donate to Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition, organized by Jonathan McDowell
For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration w… Jonathan McDowell needs your support for Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For those who don’t know, Jonathan is *the* person who keeps track of stuff in space, a key part of the information ecosystem for anyone who studies or writes about satellites. He now needs some help to keep doing this. (1/2)
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Many of us are not fighting back because we assume someone else will take care of it, but I'm glad someone is.
January 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Many of us are not fighting back because we assume someone else will take care of it, but I'm glad someone is.
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This was horrifying to read. Yes, it's boilerplate language that they made all the agency heads use, but this whole "turn in your coworkers trying hard to circumvent racism and ablism" vibe is pretty scary on day 2.5 or so.
Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was horrifying to read. Yes, it's boilerplate language that they made all the agency heads use, but this whole "turn in your coworkers trying hard to circumvent racism and ablism" vibe is pretty scary on day 2.5 or so.