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Breaking: The ATA picked up an unexpected signal… turns out it was Santa, piloting a saucer through the Saturn system. He was navigating the icy fractures of Enceladus to deliver presents to any single-celled residents who might be hiding in its subsurface ocean. 🎅🪐🛸
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Breaking: The ATA picked up an unexpected signal… turns out it was Santa, piloting a saucer through the Saturn system. He was navigating the icy fractures of Enceladus to deliver presents to any single-celled residents who might be hiding in its subsurface ocean. 🎅🪐🛸
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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Man, I'm done with the days getting shorter! I am talking to MANAGEMENT. I will GET RESULTS. If the days get longer here on out, you'll know who to thank.
December 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Man, I'm done with the days getting shorter! I am talking to MANAGEMENT. I will GET RESULTS. If the days get longer here on out, you'll know who to thank.
Another Senate Republican quits as GOP grapples with Trump's tanking popularity
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The rats are jumping ship. Our job is to not let them back on.
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The rats are jumping ship. Our job is to not let them back on.
Another Senate Republican quits as GOP grapples with Trump's tanking popularity
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) became the latest Senate Republican to announce her retirement.In a statement on Friday, Lummis said she would not seek reelection."It's an incredible honor to represent Wyo...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Another Senate Republican quits as GOP grapples with Trump's tanking popularity
www.rawstory.com/lummis-retir...
The rats are jumping ship. Our job is to not let them back on.
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The rats are jumping ship. Our job is to not let them back on.
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I can’t wait!!!!! The books are wonderful
I can’t wait!!!!! The books are wonderful
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Trailer (2026) Hugh Jackman
YouTube video by ONE Media
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December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I can’t wait!!!!! The books are wonderful
I can’t wait!!!!! The books are wonderful
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#Birdoftheday is #Groups, you say? Here's a couple I don't think I've shared before, from earlier in the year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#Birdoftheday is #Groups, you say? Here's a couple I don't think I've shared before, from earlier in the year.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
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Are you a GIS instructor in need of new material? Check out the free Guide to the Geographic Approach, a workflow-based curriculum that teaches applied problem solving & GeoAI. Use a whole module or just grab a video or the snippets on ethics or AI!
www.guidetothegeographicapproach.com
#GISchat
www.guidetothegeographicapproach.com
#GISchat
Guide to the Geographic Approach GIScience Education for the Modern Era UCSB
The Guide to the Geographic Approach establishes a framework for teaching modern GIS concepts & competencies. Created by faculty at UC Santa Barbara and an advisory board of leading GIScience educator...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Are you a GIS instructor in need of new material? Check out the free Guide to the Geographic Approach, a workflow-based curriculum that teaches applied problem solving & GeoAI. Use a whole module or just grab a video or the snippets on ethics or AI!
www.guidetothegeographicapproach.com
#GISchat
www.guidetothegeographicapproach.com
#GISchat
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It's National Say It Now Day!
A day to tell friends and loved ones how important they are to us.
Affirmation Coyote would like to take the opportunity to say that they think you're great.
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A day to tell friends and loved ones how important they are to us.
Affirmation Coyote would like to take the opportunity to say that they think you're great.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
December 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It's National Say It Now Day!
A day to tell friends and loved ones how important they are to us.
Affirmation Coyote would like to take the opportunity to say that they think you're great.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
A day to tell friends and loved ones how important they are to us.
Affirmation Coyote would like to take the opportunity to say that they think you're great.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
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#PPOD: #NASAJuno captures dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter's northern hemisphere during its 18th close flyby of the gas giant. The swirling clouds surround a circular feature within the "Jet N6" region of the jet stream. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / @kevinmgill.bsky.social 🧪 🔭
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#PPOD: #NASAJuno captures dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter's northern hemisphere during its 18th close flyby of the gas giant. The swirling clouds surround a circular feature within the "Jet N6" region of the jet stream. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / @kevinmgill.bsky.social 🧪 🔭
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This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
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From Forest to Fretboard: How Taylor Guitars and Scientists Protect Ebony Trees in Africa
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December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
From Forest to Fretboard: How Taylor Guitars and Scientists Protect Ebony Trees in Africa
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What did we see upon 1st touching bottom, at 10,900+m depth w/in #ChallengerDeep? A BEER BOTTLE! 😫 Further evidence that we MUST as humanity do BETTER by the ocean and for the health of habitats that we ourselves share & ultimately depend on!!! #ThereIsNoPlanetB #DeeperSeaDawn
November 8, 2024 at 3:19 AM
What did we see upon 1st touching bottom, at 10,900+m depth w/in #ChallengerDeep? A BEER BOTTLE! 😫 Further evidence that we MUST as humanity do BETTER by the ocean and for the health of habitats that we ourselves share & ultimately depend on!!! #ThereIsNoPlanetB #DeeperSeaDawn
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#PPOD: These polar dunes on Mars show both carbon dioxide frost (the white colored areas) along with darker material that’s been exposed due to sublimation, and is blown by the wind to form these dark spots. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona 🧪 🔭
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#PPOD: These polar dunes on Mars show both carbon dioxide frost (the white colored areas) along with darker material that’s been exposed due to sublimation, and is blown by the wind to form these dark spots. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona 🧪 🔭
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Here is the key figure from that article. From 2011 to 2025, Monthly electricity generation from fossil gas in Western Australia has dropped from 2155 GWh to 768 GWh. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Here is the key figure from that article. From 2011 to 2025, Monthly electricity generation from fossil gas in Western Australia has dropped from 2155 GWh to 768 GWh. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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You've heard of cloak-and-dagger, but have you heard of dog-and-dagger? 🤔🏺🧪
5,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried together in Swedish bog hint at mysterious Stone Age ritual
Five millennia ago, ancient fishers buried a dog alongside a dagger in a lake bed. Archaeologists are trying to figure out why.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You've heard of cloak-and-dagger, but have you heard of dog-and-dagger? 🤔🏺🧪
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
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Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nancy Kleckner, the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Charles E. Helmstetter Prize Lifetime Achievement Award (PDF) in recognition of her groundbreaking research ...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nancy Kleckner Recognized for Pioneering Work in Chromosome Dynamics 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social
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On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
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#NIH says there are no banned words that would cause a grant to be rejected.
But-
A text analysis tool will be used to scan for words such as "health equity" or "structural racism" that go against "priorities". Merit & impact are secondary.
This will get messy.
🧪 www.notus.org/health-scien...
But-
A text analysis tool will be used to scan for words such as "health equity" or "structural racism" that go against "priorities". Merit & impact are secondary.
This will get messy.
🧪 www.notus.org/health-scien...
NIH Pauses New Funding for Grants That Include ‘Health Equity,’ ‘Structural Racism,’ Pending Review
New guidance to the agency dictates staff must use a “text analysis tool” to identify programs deemed “misaligned” with the administration.
www.notus.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#NIH says there are no banned words that would cause a grant to be rejected.
But-
A text analysis tool will be used to scan for words such as "health equity" or "structural racism" that go against "priorities". Merit & impact are secondary.
This will get messy.
🧪 www.notus.org/health-scien...
But-
A text analysis tool will be used to scan for words such as "health equity" or "structural racism" that go against "priorities". Merit & impact are secondary.
This will get messy.
🧪 www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Controversial take: if you cite a fake paper in your journal article, you should have to retract it.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Controversial take: if you cite a fake paper in your journal article, you should have to retract it.
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And yes, this does imply that you should... read every article you cite.
elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall
ALT: elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall
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December 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
And yes, this does imply that you should... read every article you cite.
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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This Laura Loomer? I sense a double standard.
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This Laura Loomer? I sense a double standard.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Don't sleep on it! Listen to the full podcast here: buff.ly/eYEQtKK
📷 : Bat Conservation International
🧵 4/4
📷 : Bat Conservation International
🧵 4/4
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Don't sleep on it! Listen to the full podcast here: buff.ly/eYEQtKK
📷 : Bat Conservation International
🧵 4/4
📷 : Bat Conservation International
🧵 4/4