Eryn Cangi, PhD

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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Your news media, AI, and personal data all belong to Trump's billionaire allies. Trump and friends cash in while we can't even afford groceries. (around an image of Trump) Conservative media moguls MURDOCHS FOX CHANNELS FOX NEWS NEW YORK POST WALL STREET JOURNAL TUBI ELLISONS CBS NEWS PARAMOUNT+ TIKTOK PLUTO TV SINCLAIRS 185+ LOCAL NEWS AFFILIATES (CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, ABC) THE BALTIMORE SUN MUSK $266 million donated TWITTER/X GROK ALTMAN & BROCKMAN $31 million donated OPEN Al CHAT GPT ZUCKERBERG $3.7 million donated FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM WHATSAPP MESSENGER METAQUEST THREADS BEZOS $2.1 million donated WASHINGTON POST PRIME VIDEO TWITCH WONDERY PICHAI $1.2 million donated GOOGLE YOUTUBE ANDROID GOOGLE PLAY GEMINI BLOGGER COOK $1 million donated APPLE APPLE TV iTUNES APPLE INTELLIGENCE

Starting this Friday, four separate #JWST programmes will be exploring physical processes in Jupiter's atmosphere and ionosphere. We're asking amateur astronomers to help provide context imaging over the next few weeks to understand how the atmosphere is changing with time. #planetaryscience

It’s 2026 right? Why are people posting about who I have to vote for in 2028 or else

Was not expecting this on my lunchtime doomscroll

House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections The bill passed Wednesday is a Trump administration priority aimed at scrutinizing ballot access. But it faces blowback in the Senate.

The SAVE America Act would require Americans to prove their citizenship when registering to vote, mostly through a valid passport or birth certificate. It would also require a valid photo identification before voters can cast ballots, which some states already demand. https://to.pbs.org/4qJLLPq

Relevant reading also for #PlanetaryScience folks

YouTube video by ProPublica Russell Vought: The Shadow President

This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

FDA refuses to review Moderna’s application for mRNA flu vaccine, company says | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said Tuesday, in another setback for the technology tha...

This is where my prediction comes true: the insane opposition to mRNA vaccines, without any scientific basis, is going to start killing people. Tip of the iceberg, and we’re all on the boat. 🧪 ⚕️ #medsky

What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled www.space.com/astronomy/ea...

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

message from MN

it's probably fine

ICE Agents Film Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Facial Recognition Push ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. With a smartphone app, immigration officers can scan faces of people they encounter and q...

The right-wing push against the average citizen masking was never just about COVID19.

Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.

wrong

What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died."

But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.

Trump Is Breaking His Word on Credit Card Regulation Donald Trump has long claimed he wants to lower credit card interest rates. His regulators are intervening in a legal ba

Trump claims he wants to cap credit card interest rates.

But before his announcement, his own regulators filed a legal brief opposing a Colorado law that would do just that.

Don’t believe his fake populism for a second. He will always govern for the rich and powerful — not you.

Did you know that 2/3 of Americans are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming -- but 85% of Americans either underestimate how many others are worried, or don’t know enough to say?

This key misunderstanding tanks our sense of collective efficacy. How do we overcome it? Talk about it!

Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.

She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S

YouTube video by EAI - European Astrobiology Institute EAI Seminars: The Astrobiological Potential of Venus

Attention astrobiology nerds:
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...

Tonight (Jan. 30), the waxing gibbous Moon will be near Jupiter all night. If you have a clear sky, step outside and have a look. The cold air and beauty of the night sky will do you good! SkySafari rendering.

Tonight (Jan. 30), the waxing gibbous Moon will be near Jupiter all night. If you have a clear sky, step outside and have a look. The cold air and beauty of the night sky will do you good! SkySafari rendering. #astronomy

The measure of winning will not be in how we spot their harm but how we take care of each other.

The government and ICE have years of being ahead of the game and everyone who thought this was theorhetical is about to find out exactly how real it is

Our new supermen have only one weakness and it’s whistles

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.

This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Blue crocheted hat with white ears

Red knitted hat with a tassel

In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute. As purveyors of traditional craft, we felt it appropriate to revisit this design. The sample shown was knit in Blue Sky Fibers Skyland for the DK version. All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the immigrant aid agencies who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.

I know a lot of people are noting that they're in generally non political spaces where people are suddenly speaking out against ICE.

The crochet & knit crowd is part of it.

2 of the most popular patterns on ravelry rn are Liams hat (free with suggested donation link) and the red resistance hat

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign.

Gregory Bovino must also be fired.

No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

ICE is trying to buy a warehouse close to where I live, and there's no way you can pretend that's humanitarian conditions. It's a WAREHOUSE. It's not suitable for human occupation. I wish politicians would even remotely address that.