yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman

"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"
- Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political

"hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3"
- From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb

Fundamentally the #Mars announcement NASA is making today boils down to: there could have been some chemical reactions in these ancient rocks that could have been mediated by living organisms. The word "could" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there. 🧪

For those interested you can listen to the prelaunch activities as they occurred in real time 56 years ago on the night of 15 July 1969 leading up to the launch of Apollo 11 at 9:32 AM Eastern Time on 16 July, 1969 via "Apollo in Real Time" - apolloinrealtime.org/11/ #Apollo11

NASA science friends, ROSES-25 just dropped.

It's slim pickings. Here are *all* the program being solicited for the next seven months.

Link:

nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...

Are Catholic Trump supporters still interested in reading their own texts?

“He is the adversary who sets himself in opposition to, and exalts himself above, every so-called god or object of worship, and who even seats himself in the temple of God…” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12

Bethany Ehlmann is the new director of CU Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Starts Sept 1. Succeeds Dan Baker who retired last year after 30 yrs of service.
Ehlmann's now at Caltech, leads Keck Inst for Space Studies. www.colorado.edu/researchinno...

White House releases new photos of suspected MS-13 members with tattoos on their hands:

WOW.

Blue Ghost: The first low-resolution image from the Blue Ghost has come in; higher-resolution images are expected later this morning

Via #NASA - Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander will attempt to land in the Mare Crisium, an impact basin that may provide NASA with the first geophysical measurements that are representative of the bulk of the Moon.

Learn more about this upcoming mission: appel.nasa.gov/2025/01/22/c...

There hasn't actually been a serious border security problem between Canada and the US.

Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.

The nihilism, revanchism, and above all conspiratorialism of Trumpist 'though', I argue, goes back to the Bush presidency and its, and let me not mince words, complete failure on all three of its signature policy fronts.

Via #Astrobotic "Scientists recently published their findings from a payload that was aboard Peregrine Mission One! Read more about the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS)'s findings, and congrats to the entire PITMS team! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

Fascism does not work without an army of willing snitches.

Interesting

For those who wish to follow updates from #FireflyAerospace on the unpiloted #BlueGhost1 mission which will make a lunar landing attempt in early March, here's the company's mission page - fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...

Post-inauguration confusion at NASA. The agency updated its website to list Jim Free as acting administrator. But in a statement shortly after the inauguration, the White House announced Janet Petro would serve in that role. From @jfoust.bsky.social .