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@joshsimon.bsky.social

Astronomer. Opinions my own.

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Congrats, Juna!

10.07.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, everything the House is trying to do is bad. Wasting its time makes it harder to accomplish those things, which is good.

15.05.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign.

We are sick of it. He must go!

10.05.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5696    πŸ” 1258    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 88
Hypatia Catalog Database Website The Hypatia Catalog Database features an interactive table and multiple plotting interfaces that allow easy access and exploration of data within the Hypatia Catalog, a multidimensional, amalgamate da...

I think TRES has observed most northern stars with planets/ planet candidates, but this might be limited to transiting objects. They certainly have thousands of spectra, which are not explicitly public but are generally available on ExoFOP.

Has anyone mentioned Hypatia: www.hypatiacatalog.com?

26.04.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

I know why!

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

08.04.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like kind of a big oversight that the Biden OMB didn't rescind this "no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities" part.

04.04.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please VOTE for Susan Crawford for WI SC on (or before) 4/1.

Polls: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. on 4/1.

Voters need to show acceptable photo ID.

Early voting: NOW until 3/28.

Deadline to request absentee ballot: Thurs, 3/27.

Musk $$$: no place in WI -- or USA -- politics.

27.03.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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26.03.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The end of The Atlantic article reporting a Signal chat discussing the bombing of Yemen.  The paragraph reads: "All along, members of the Signal group were aware of the need for secrecy and operations security. In his text detailing aspects of the forthcoming attack on Houthi targets, Hegseth wrote to the groupβ€”which, at the time, included meβ€”`We are currently clean on OPSEC.'”

The end of The Atlantic article reporting a Signal chat discussing the bombing of Yemen. The paragraph reads: "All along, members of the Signal group were aware of the need for secrecy and operations security. In his text detailing aspects of the forthcoming attack on Houthi targets, Hegseth wrote to the groupβ€”which, at the time, included meβ€”`We are currently clean on OPSEC.'”

I mean, when you hire a Fox News host as Secretary of Defense, you can't really be surprised when he has a Fox News-level understanding of opsec.

24.03.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Legislators who are voting based on death threats rather than what they believe is right need to resign. Let someone with more courage do the job.

Anything else is a violation of their oath of office.

14.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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07.03.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The President of the USADF handled the attempted DOGE takeover exactly correctly. They say they're going to call the US Marshals to force their way into the building? Fine, make them do it. Other agency heads should follow Ward Brehm's lead.

07.03.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#TeslaTakedown in Los Angeles near LAX. Happening now!

02.03.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4357    πŸ” 874    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 35
Author with a NO MUSK COUP sign in North Hollywood

Author with a NO MUSK COUP sign in North Hollywood

Anti-DOGE sign in North Hollywood

Anti-DOGE sign in North Hollywood

Protestors at Tesla in North Hollywood

Protestors at Tesla in North Hollywood

Happy to report 25+ protestors at the Tesla dealer in North Hollywood today cheered on by a steady stream of honking cars.

One guy had a double-sided NO KINGS sign and said he’d been compelled to come out for the first time today after seeing the Zelensky presser.

Say β€˜no’ now. #TeslaTakedown

02.03.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

It's not just Memoli. The article names three HHS officials as well: "Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy" as responsible for the orders. They should all be held in contempt.

02.03.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Schumer: Dems will insist on Trump undoing β€˜bad things’ in spending deal The Senate minority leader doubled down on Hakeem Jeffries’ comments Monday that Democrats would insist on a funding deal that addressed the attempted funding freeze.

I called all my reps and told them not to support any budget deal that would allow Trump to not spend the money. You should too.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

27.02.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why has no judge said to the DOJ attorneys: by close of business today, you have to file sworn statements by government officials with knowledge as to who is running DOGE, list every person, what their position is, what their status is (advisor, employee, SGE, and so on). By close of business today.

25.02.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 19

Any member of Congress who is deciding how to vote because they are afraid of violence against them needs to resign. They cannot serve their constituents or fulfill their oath of office if they are paralyzed by fear.

20.02.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@padilla.senate.gov's voicemail works fine . . .

Sen. Padilla also posts phone numbers for 5 local offices in California, which makes it easy for constituents to contact him.
Please do better on enabling Californians to reach you in an easy and timely manner!

06.02.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@schiff.senate.gov Please listen to your voicemails and/or hire more staffers who can answer the phone. Your constituents want to contact you and can't because your voicemail is consistently full. But your colleagues seem able to handle the calls that they're getting.

06.02.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least one big group of 100 was organized by Indivisible.

06.02.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to @padilla.senate.gov's office today - they said they had about 160 visitors by mid-afternoon, whereas a normal day is zero or one.

06.02.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

3) Having established that laws are being broken and what is at stake, I would state my own authority as a member of Congress to gain full access to the building.

I would then demand, not ask, that LE step aside.

If they don’t, at this point, at least one member of Congress needs to risk arrest.

05.02.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I called @repbradsherman.bsky.social, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, to ask him to go to the Treasury Dept. today and intervene in Musk's takeover.

03.02.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is the Rubin Observatory changing the online bio of its namesake? Stop complying in advance!

31.01.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really sorry to hear this, Mike.

15.01.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Penn is the problem? A lot of our recent issues seem to be originating with their alumni.

11.01.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently one was the Red Cross . . .

#PalisadesFire

11.01.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#PalisadesFire MORE drones reported over Chautauqua Blvd. in the Palisades, as well as over Will Rogers State Park.

Stop it!

11.01.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

#PalisadesFire Scanner reports a backyard fire on Piedra Morada Dr., close to the initial ignition point three days ago.

10.01.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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