Gemma
@gemmakt.bsky.social
She/They 🏳️⚧️| Seattle, WA
Just trying to understand myself and the universe.
Just trying to understand myself and the universe.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
September 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
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And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
Ted Cruz: "I don't want to get between JB Pritzker and the Dominos Pizza line, but I'll tell you what I am willing to get between -- him and his open doors for every human trafficker ... "
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
@amyshirateitel.bsky.social Hi, Amy! I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your videos, especially today's on the atom. Seeing your passion & hard work communicating the value & process of science brings me a lot of joy & hope. Looking forward to the next video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV8...
Our Insane Atomic Journey: How Did We Get Here?
YouTube video by The Vintage Space
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August 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@amyshirateitel.bsky.social Hi, Amy! I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your videos, especially today's on the atom. Seeing your passion & hard work communicating the value & process of science brings me a lot of joy & hope. Looking forward to the next video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUV8...
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Or maybe it’s a shitty tool and you shouldn’t spend money on it.
New: Google execs are "urgently" pushing employees to use more AI tools in their day-to-day as the company tries to get more productivity out of everyone amid growing AI $$ spending. cnb.cx/44RB5X8
Google execs say employees have to 'be more AI-savvy' as competition ramps up
Google has fewer employees than it did in early 2023, and the company is pushing AI in part to boost efficiencies.
cnb.cx
July 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Or maybe it’s a shitty tool and you shouldn’t spend money on it.
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“Before the second Trump era, it would’ve been seen as a ridiculous violation of the First Amendment to have some kind of monitor making sure the media was being nice to the president.”
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July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Before the second Trump era, it would’ve been seen as a ridiculous violation of the First Amendment to have some kind of monitor making sure the media was being nice to the president.”
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“You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations! You and I were long friends: You are now my enemy.”
-B. Franklin.
-B. Franklin.
July 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations! You and I were long friends: You are now my enemy.”
-B. Franklin.
-B. Franklin.
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It’s press “corps”, you illiterate hack.
June 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s press “corps”, you illiterate hack.
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Well that's just fucking great.
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Well that's just fucking great.
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What were they actually gonna do here? Ask every brown-enough person for their papers to go to the fucking baseball game?
This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.
This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.
LA DODGERS just now:
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
June 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What were they actually gonna do here? Ask every brown-enough person for their papers to go to the fucking baseball game?
This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.
This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.
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🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
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This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
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"Science Shattered". I confess that even I was unaware of the statement that opens this piece: "The National Institutes of Health is responsible for more than 80% of the world’s grant investment in biomedical research." 🧪 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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June 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Science Shattered". I confess that even I was unaware of the statement that opens this piece: "The National Institutes of Health is responsible for more than 80% of the world’s grant investment in biomedical research." 🧪 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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So much waste and harm could be avoided if we just treated these as fragile, dangerous tools suited for very specialized use cases, like we do with lasers and circular saws, and not as magic thinking beans
Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds
Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds
‘Pretty devastating’ paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which systems match human intelligence
Apple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems.
Apple claimed in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form of AI – faced a “complete accuracy collapse” when presented with highly complex problems. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So much waste and harm could be avoided if we just treated these as fragile, dangerous tools suited for very specialized use cases, like we do with lasers and circular saws, and not as magic thinking beans
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Watch as this LAPD cop takes deliberate aim at an Australian reporter, then shoots her at close range. I would fire the police chief over this. Inexcusable thuggery.
June 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Watch as this LAPD cop takes deliberate aim at an Australian reporter, then shoots her at close range. I would fire the police chief over this. Inexcusable thuggery.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Trump has federalized at least 2,000 National Guard forces and reportedly plans to deploy troops to Los Angeles over Governor Newsom’s objections. If that happens, it will be the first time since 1965 that a president has sent troops into a state without a state request. 1/19
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump has federalized at least 2,000 National Guard forces and reportedly plans to deploy troops to Los Angeles over Governor Newsom’s objections. If that happens, it will be the first time since 1965 that a president has sent troops into a state without a state request. 1/19
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OK, read this thread. And then, perhaps, like me, you will think: WTAF?
Yes, "Uncertainties over the science budgets for next year, coupled with cancellations of billions of dollars of already hard-won research grants, is [sic] causing an exodus of researchers from the U.S."
And the solution?.../1
Yes, "Uncertainties over the science budgets for next year, coupled with cancellations of billions of dollars of already hard-won research grants, is [sic] causing an exodus of researchers from the U.S."
And the solution?.../1
National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt just began speaking at the annual #StateoftheScience address in Washington, D.C. McNutt is expected to address the challenges researchers are facing in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. 🧵👇
June 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
OK, read this thread. And then, perhaps, like me, you will think: WTAF?
Yes, "Uncertainties over the science budgets for next year, coupled with cancellations of billions of dollars of already hard-won research grants, is [sic] causing an exodus of researchers from the U.S."
And the solution?.../1
Yes, "Uncertainties over the science budgets for next year, coupled with cancellations of billions of dollars of already hard-won research grants, is [sic] causing an exodus of researchers from the U.S."
And the solution?.../1
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Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
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Tech has entirely turned on the customer
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May 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tech has entirely turned on the customer
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This is, as they say, breaching containment. bsky.app/profile/josh...
I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
May 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, as they say, breaching containment. bsky.app/profile/josh...
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President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding.
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
May 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding.
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).