Kimberly Cartier
@astrokimcartier.bsky.social
Senior Science Reporter for @eos.org at the American Geophysical Union, former astronomer who still loves all things space. Posts reflect my own views. Signal: kstar.20 She/her 🏳️🌈✡️
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In our end-of-year issue, join us for a deep dive into the state of the geoscience profession, an ATLAS-sized look forward at space science, and typically quirky queries on everything from Planet Y to AI. #AGU25
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November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In our end-of-year issue, join us for a deep dive into the state of the geoscience profession, an ATLAS-sized look forward at space science, and typically quirky queries on everything from Planet Y to AI. #AGU25
eos.org/agu-news/whe...
bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
eos.org/agu-news/whe...
bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
Loeb's behavior "is opportunism wrapped in the language of dissent. Real scientific courage lies in following the evidence even into obscurity, not in chasing the headlines once others have done the hard observational work." 🧪👏
"The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb"
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb
How media hype and misunderstanding fuel pseudoscientific fascination Introduction The word “cult” is used here in the sense given by...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Loeb's behavior "is opportunism wrapped in the language of dissent. Real scientific courage lies in following the evidence even into obscurity, not in chasing the headlines once others have done the hard observational work." 🧪👏
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Reminder that the government is still, in fact, shut down and so Johnson's claims about not being able to swear her in during the shutdown have always been a lie.
Congrats to the long-awaited Rep. Grijalva!
Congrats to the long-awaited Rep. Grijalva!
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reminder that the government is still, in fact, shut down and so Johnson's claims about not being able to swear her in during the shutdown have always been a lie.
Congrats to the long-awaited Rep. Grijalva!
Congrats to the long-awaited Rep. Grijalva!
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
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The Planetary Society and members of the Save NASA Science coalition have released a statement congratulating Jared Isaacman on his re-nomination for NASA Administrator:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Statement on the re-nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA…
Members of the Save NASA Science campaign extend sincere congratulations to Jared Isaacman on his nomination to be NASA Administrator.
www.planetary.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Planetary Society and members of the Save NASA Science coalition have released a statement congratulating Jared Isaacman on his re-nomination for NASA Administrator:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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So, the technology developed with stolen material, which puts content creators and developers out of work, is not generating profitable returns? Because it can’t actually replace human creativity and ingenuity? HUH. WEIRD.
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So, the technology developed with stolen material, which puts content creators and developers out of work, is not generating profitable returns? Because it can’t actually replace human creativity and ingenuity? HUH. WEIRD.
Seriously @wired.com?!? You went with this headline when the lede says it's a totally natural comet? This is very bad #scicomm #seti clickbait 😡
Also, fyi, one loud alien conspiracy theorist vs. 100s of astronomers saying its always been a comet is not a "debate." I'm not linking to this piece
Also, fyi, one loud alien conspiracy theorist vs. 100s of astronomers saying its always been a comet is not a "debate." I'm not linking to this piece
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Seriously @wired.com?!? You went with this headline when the lede says it's a totally natural comet? This is very bad #scicomm #seti clickbait 😡
Also, fyi, one loud alien conspiracy theorist vs. 100s of astronomers saying its always been a comet is not a "debate." I'm not linking to this piece
Also, fyi, one loud alien conspiracy theorist vs. 100s of astronomers saying its always been a comet is not a "debate." I'm not linking to this piece
Double, double, toil and trouble; water plumes vent and hydrothermal systems bubble. Cool it with an ocean world’s blood; then the (organic mixture) is firm and good. 🥣🧙♀️
My latest for @eos.org 🧪🔭:
eos.org/articles/spe...
My latest for @eos.org 🧪🔭:
eos.org/articles/spe...
Speedy Flyby Adds New Organics to Enceladus’s “Primordial Soup” - Eos
A new analysis of old Cassini data has also verified past detections of complex organics in Saturn’s E ring, strengthening the chemical ties between the ring and its progenitor.
eos.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Double, double, toil and trouble; water plumes vent and hydrothermal systems bubble. Cool it with an ocean world’s blood; then the (organic mixture) is firm and good. 🥣🧙♀️
My latest for @eos.org 🧪🔭:
eos.org/articles/spe...
My latest for @eos.org 🧪🔭:
eos.org/articles/spe...
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Under this partition, Israel controls all of the arable farmland in the Gaza territory.
⭕️ NEW: Gaza Faces Partition Risk — Reuters
There are growing fears of a de facto partition of Gaza as Trump’s ceasefire plan falters, the news agency reported on Tuesday. Six European officials reportedly told the outlet that reconstruction appears likely to be confined to the Israel-controlled...
There are growing fears of a de facto partition of Gaza as Trump’s ceasefire plan falters, the news agency reported on Tuesday. Six European officials reportedly told the outlet that reconstruction appears likely to be confined to the Israel-controlled...
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Under this partition, Israel controls all of the arable farmland in the Gaza territory.
Hey, hey, remember when Ukraine *also* stopped sharing intelligence with Trump because it knew he would just tell Putin about it?
But sure, we're "the most respected, trusted country in the world" 🙄
Also, maybe stop all the murder on the high seas? Just a thought.
But sure, we're "the most respected, trusted country in the world" 🙄
Also, maybe stop all the murder on the high seas? Just a thought.
UK stops sharing some intel with US over concerns about legality of US military strikes on alleged drug boats, sources tell CNN. https://cnn.it/47VvbVi
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey, hey, remember when Ukraine *also* stopped sharing intelligence with Trump because it knew he would just tell Putin about it?
But sure, we're "the most respected, trusted country in the world" 🙄
Also, maybe stop all the murder on the high seas? Just a thought.
But sure, we're "the most respected, trusted country in the world" 🙄
Also, maybe stop all the murder on the high seas? Just a thought.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
Attendees
Find mentors, explore education and career opportunities and network with and learn from fellow students with varied backgrounds and perspectives in physics.
www.aps.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
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I heard about this at the Physics and Astronomy Conference. Undergraduates are rightly upset and so am I.
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
Attendees
Find mentors, explore education and career opportunities and network with and learn from fellow students with varied backgrounds and perspectives in physics.
www.aps.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I heard about this at the Physics and Astronomy Conference. Undergraduates are rightly upset and so am I.
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
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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!
Dem leadership to voters: Do you want healthcare or to know who is taking your healthcare away?
Voters: Umm, actual healthcare, obviously.
"Leadership": *already walked away* Hmm, sorry, what, can't hear you...
Voters: Umm, actual healthcare, obviously.
"Leadership": *already walked away* Hmm, sorry, what, can't hear you...
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Dem leadership to voters: Do you want healthcare or to know who is taking your healthcare away?
Voters: Umm, actual healthcare, obviously.
"Leadership": *already walked away* Hmm, sorry, what, can't hear you...
Voters: Umm, actual healthcare, obviously.
"Leadership": *already walked away* Hmm, sorry, what, can't hear you...
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Dem leadership couldn't even give us *one week* of hope before they reminded us how spineless they are, could they?
Cowards. Idiots.
Millions have suffered for 40 days during this shutdown, and for what? A promise of a healthcare vote sometime soon? Millions will lose healthcare. Some will die.
Cowards. Idiots.
Millions have suffered for 40 days during this shutdown, and for what? A promise of a healthcare vote sometime soon? Millions will lose healthcare. Some will die.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Dem leadership couldn't even give us *one week* of hope before they reminded us how spineless they are, could they?
Cowards. Idiots.
Millions have suffered for 40 days during this shutdown, and for what? A promise of a healthcare vote sometime soon? Millions will lose healthcare. Some will die.
Cowards. Idiots.
Millions have suffered for 40 days during this shutdown, and for what? A promise of a healthcare vote sometime soon? Millions will lose healthcare. Some will die.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯