Douglas Long
@minimillian.bsky.social
Staff Scientist @ STScI
All posts are my own. (Seriously, who else would want to take credit for this nonsense?)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9211
All posts are my own. (Seriously, who else would want to take credit for this nonsense?)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9211
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
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“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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STScI has three goals: 1) to excel in the science operations of NASA's current and future astrophysics missions; 2) to advance astronomical research, archives, and tools for scientific discovery; and 3) to make astronomical information accessible to all: https://www.stsci.edu/ 🔭 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
STScI has three goals: 1) to excel in the science operations of NASA's current and future astrophysics missions; 2) to advance astronomical research, archives, and tools for scientific discovery; and 3) to make astronomical information accessible to all: https://www.stsci.edu/ 🔭 🧪
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NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
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This science visualization presents the dramatic landscape of two nebulas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The video, based on images by Hubble, takes viewers on a close-up tour of the nebulas' three-dimensional structures, as envisioned by scientists and artists. 🔭 🧪
Cosmic Reef: NGC 2014 & NGC 2020
This science visualization presents the dramatic landscape of two nebulas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The video, based on images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, takes viewers on a close-up tour of the nebulas' three-dimensional structures, as envis...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This science visualization presents the dramatic landscape of two nebulas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The video, based on images by Hubble, takes viewers on a close-up tour of the nebulas' three-dimensional structures, as envisioned by scientists and artists. 🔭 🧪
I’m away with the family today, but it feels like a good day to repost this.
With apologies to @proptermalone.bsky.social and @cheriepriest.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m away with the family today, but it feels like a good day to repost this.
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The JWST Users' Committee (JSTUC) will host a Community Forum on Oct 27th at 12 pm Eastern Time - community members are encouraged to submit questions and feedback. Details here 🔭 >> www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
A Second Special JSTUC Community Forum JWebbinar Is Scheduled
www.stsci.edu
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The JWST Users' Committee (JSTUC) will host a Community Forum on Oct 27th at 12 pm Eastern Time - community members are encouraged to submit questions and feedback. Details here 🔭 >> www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
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That's not how "kids" talk. That's not how "boys" talk. That's not how "gamers" talk. That is how fucking racists talk.
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That's not how "kids" talk. That's not how "boys" talk. That's not how "gamers" talk. That is how fucking racists talk.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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If i were an interstellar comet I'd file a 50 AU restraining order.
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If i were an interstellar comet I'd file a 50 AU restraining order.
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To be clear, they will 'make the proof' that Tylenol causes autism by controlling who does the studies and who reports the results.
They have built a mechanism to 'make the proof' for whatever they want so say. About protestors, about elections, about immigrants.
We have to keep speaking truth.
They have built a mechanism to 'make the proof' for whatever they want so say. About protestors, about elections, about immigrants.
We have to keep speaking truth.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
To be clear, they will 'make the proof' that Tylenol causes autism by controlling who does the studies and who reports the results.
They have built a mechanism to 'make the proof' for whatever they want so say. About protestors, about elections, about immigrants.
We have to keep speaking truth.
They have built a mechanism to 'make the proof' for whatever they want so say. About protestors, about elections, about immigrants.
We have to keep speaking truth.
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"Why is antagonizing the existing bluesky userbase harmful to bluesky inc's goals?
It feels odd to even have to answer this question"
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It feels odd to even have to answer this question"
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Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals
As your new Head of Comms I advise you to please stop posting this shit.
azhdarchid.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Why is antagonizing the existing bluesky userbase harmful to bluesky inc's goals?
It feels odd to even have to answer this question"
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
It feels odd to even have to answer this question"
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
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It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
I was an undergrad in 1995, just about to declare a major in astronomy. This really felt like the world changed overnight, although I still didn’t suspect the role it would play in my career over the next 30 years.
The epic hunt for a planet just like Earth
Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining life.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I was an undergrad in 1995, just about to declare a major in astronomy. This really felt like the world changed overnight, although I still didn’t suspect the role it would play in my career over the next 30 years.
I called him a mean name today, too.
Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
October 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I called him a mean name today, too.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
This was great!
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This was great!
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Point of view: It’s March 2, 1930, and you are a fairly liberal German. That being the case, you buy your go-to Sunday paper, „Vossische Zeitung“. On page 5, you find a note on the funeral of the young Nazi Horst Wessel, who had died a few weeks after being shot. [A #Vossische1933f prequel.] 1/
September 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Point of view: It’s March 2, 1930, and you are a fairly liberal German. That being the case, you buy your go-to Sunday paper, „Vossische Zeitung“. On page 5, you find a note on the funeral of the young Nazi Horst Wessel, who had died a few weeks after being shot. [A #Vossische1933f prequel.] 1/
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who was President from 1 Jan 20 until 20 Jan 21 continues to be the defining political question of our time
Trump was still President when he was banned from Twitter and Facebook
It says something about Trump’s all-out war on free speech that the New York Times couldn’t find a more credible person than “presidential historian” Craig Shirley to defend it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...
September 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
who was President from 1 Jan 20 until 20 Jan 21 continues to be the defining political question of our time
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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