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Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

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Having my 80th bday in Boulder. Details to follow

"The government shouldn't operate missions, they should purchase science data from missions operated by private companies" is the techbro equivalent of "The government shouldn't help the poor, that should come from churches and charities", and then people don't get help from churches and charities.

"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."

Good morning.

It's been 31 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade - Blog - Dr. Emily L. Hunt Released in 2024, uv is hands-down the best tool for managing Python installations and dependencies. Here's why.

uv makes installing and using Python *so* easy! It works on pretty much any computer and it's lightning fast. 🔭☄️ #astrocode

If you're still using conda, pyenv, or... basically any other tool, then I can *highly* recommend switching:

Protest marchers moving along a road

No Kings march is beginning in Ellsworth, Maine!

I’m on board with this assessment, and it is also striking to me that McCartney has been an A-list celebrity continuously for 60+ years, probably longer than anyone else in history. I believe that every show he has performed in since 1963 has had him or his group as headliners.

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

This is a fucking good question, now isn't it? 🤔

I don't have all the answers here. I wish I had more. But please please remember, a free country doesn't censor media, comedians, and federal workers.

A free country doesn't come for people who are trans, people who don't look like the majority.

This is not normal. Pay fucking attention.

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Wonderful to see! Welcome back Janine - this place has felt weird without you! 🩵

That’s probably enough internet for tonight

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

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"Antifa" is not, never was, and never will be an organization. It's a cause. Declaring "antifa" to be terrorism is making the viewpoint of being against fascism illegal. That includes anyone and everyone who opposes this administration.

Things are about to get very very bad.

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What. The ever-loving. Frak.

Hugs

The executor of his estate has standing

Prayers sent.

Hey, in my three weeks in Glacier I never spent time outside at night where I was more than 10 feet away for a car or building.

Last times I was in DC was for a Good Night Oppy thing. Walked past a charity run on my way to NASM to visit a dusty old friend, and then a spectacular array of kites being flown on the mall walking to the film festival later in the day.

Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.

Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to v...

This is some Handmaid’s Tale bullshit. No talent assclown major thinks this is ok? I feel like I’m just howling into the void with this - but it’s fucking unreal that this clown is SecDef. apnews.com/article/wome...

How much of your work has been scanned? 127 of my papers

The agencies meant to protect us are being stolen from us and used to benefit the pocket books and feed the delirium of the current administration and it makes me sick.

They are putting us all in grave danger.

A picture of a post card designed by Tyler Nordgren

Posters designed by Tyler Nordgren

Been bad at updating on my recent adventures, but I’ll always have time to support fellow artists!

Had the pleasure of meeting @spaceart.bsky.social in Antarctica of all places, the artist behind many posters you may have seen in National Park visitor centres

Half the park is after dark!

I'm absolutely delighted to share that my Hubble Space Telescope proposal has been accepted! We will search for the first UV detection of an aurora outside the solar system on the brown dwarf 2M1047, using simultaneous observations from HST and the VLA.
Stay tuned for some very exciting science! 🔭📡

Dr. Makenzie Lystrup, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, announced that she will leave NASA, effective Friday, Aug. 1. As center director of Goddard since April 2023, Makenzie also was responsible for guiding the direction and management of multiple other NASA field installations including Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation Facility in West Virginia, the White Sands Complex in New Mexico, and the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Texas. Having served in a variety of science and aerospace civilian and government roles in her career, Makenzie contributed to a variety of NASA's priority science missions including successful operations of our James Webb Space Telescope and Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, as well as development of the agency's Roman Space Telescope, and more. As a planetary scientist and astronomer, Makenzie's scientific work has been in using ground- and space-based astronomical observatories to understand the interactions and dynamics of planetary atmospheres and magnetospheres - the relationships between planets and their surrounding space environments. We're grateful to Makenzie for her leadership at NASA Goddard for more than two years including her work to inspire a Golden Age of explorers, scientists, and engineers. Following Makenzie's departure, Cynthia Simmons will serve as acting center director Cynthia is the current deputy center director. She previously served as the Director of the Flight Projects Directorate at Goddard and has extensive experience supporting missions for NASA, DoD and commercial space and science missions. We are confident Cynthia is prepared to guide Goddard through this transition. Before joining the agency, Makenzie served as senior director for Ball's Civil Space Advanced Systems and Business Development, where she managed new business activities for NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and …

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