Nola Taylor Tillman

Nauseating.

Just registered for #EPSC-DPS2025
Am now practicing my Finnish, I'm sure I'll be fluent in 5 weeks. ;) Or at least be able to say 'kiitos' and...hey why are please and thank you the same lol. That makes it easier!

ICE arrested these immigrants in San Francisco and sent them 2,400 miles away—to Hawaii One may be mentally impaired, said a judge who granted him a continuance prior to his arrest.

ICE doesn't even have a detention center in Hawaii. The men have been put in a federal prison there. Very far from home, and presumably their lawyers. Via @missionlocal.org

A permanent resident who has lived in the US for decades has been detained at the border for over a week without any explanation, which is in violation of his Constitutional rights.  

These are not the actions of a healthy democracy – this is outrageous, despicable, and completely disgusting.

Not going to lie, I'd rather have the lobotomy while awake.

Remember in the Matrix when they said that they tried to make paradise but humans rebelled against it? I think they skewed WAAAY too far in the other direction here!

Of course you're not selfish or conceited for seeking validation on your creations. You can write, draw, or whatever, for yourself, have a blast, and still want someone to go "hell yeah, bro." But it's also not any less worthy without a showering of praises. Expressing yourself is always worthwhile.

We’ve seen masked ICE agents randomly approach people who look like me.

That’s racial profiling — and it is unacceptable.

That's why I'm co-sponsoring a bill that would ban ICE agents from wearing masks and require them to display clear identification during immigration raids.

#EarthquakeReport for M8.8 #Earthquake offshore of #Kamchatka #Russia

tied 8th largest magnitude temblor instrumentally recorded
@USGS_Quakes finite fault slip model 8+ meters slip
similar to 1952 M9

learn about tectonics here: earthjay.com?p=12053

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

YouTube video by Mother Jones Gaza Aid Whistleblower Speaks Out Amid Escalating Famine

NEW: A whistleblower reveals what's really happening at US-funded Gaza aid sites.

“It’s abhorrent. If it weren’t so tragic, it would be comedy. It’s not comedy, because it is absolutely tragic.”

This is what I get to translate while discussing Pluto lol.

I often call myself a 'translator' because I 'translate science into English.'
Word of the day is 'debouch'. Perhaps more erudite non-scientists are familiar with it, but it's a new word for me.
FYI: debouch = 1. come forth from a narrow or shut-in place into open country
2. to come forth; emerge

Where can I get this truck

Palantir 👺 is getting cozy at CDC - they've taken over CDC's secure communication network with other health departments

It's called the Epidemic Information Exchange, or Epi-X for short

And now Palantir software hosts it. And Palantir AI is in it 😱

Via @resist.bot

Greetings from the Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory symposium! We’re gathered here to discuss the goals and technical needs of the next major space telescope project - one that will be designed to look for signs of life on #exoplanets. #HWO2025

Hopefully they know that the loudest ones don't represent us all.

I heard it said that Trump cares more about making press releases about making deals than about actually making deals. That completely tracks.

*old man
The old man is tired. It's past his bedtime at 10 in the morning.

I know it's Monday because I just sent a follow-up email to one I sent last Monday, then realized that the person had already responded on Thursday.

Maybe I should return to bed lol.

You are allowed to say, at any point, I can't support this. Even if you did, Even if you were unsure. You can at any point say "this has gone too far." And while the best time to Say that was earlier, The second best time is NOW.

There is a snarky 'think' comment on my lips, but it's Monday and I'm in a positive mood, so I'll just refer to it rather than making it. ;)

Trump Halts Grants, Caps Indirect Costs at the National Science Foundation No reason was given for the freeze, which is said to last “until further notice.”

Just slashing science. They say this will allow more focus on science and less on administrative costs, but that's a lie. Because we'll now have to spend time and effort calculating percentages of larger costs into our proposals as direct costs.
www.chronicle.com/article/trum...

We shouldn't make sure gun-carrying, citizen-killing cops aren't going to continue harming POC, but let's make sure we put consent decrees on colleges where nobody actually got hurt because the admin doesn't like protests.

UGH!

So the Chronicle of Higher Ed is musing about why unis are "powerless" in their fight with trump and fall back on "they are decentralized" and "they just aren't used to fights".

No. It's because we have an administration that is actively *breaking* *the* *law* to try to make unis accept fascism.

The Murder of Melissa Hortman Should’ve Changed Everything A lawmaker was assassinated last month. America seems to have already moved on.

"Her murder should be remembered as a warning: that political violence is not theoretical, and that it does not always announce itself with a press release or a riot. Sometimes it arrives in disguise, rings the doorbell, and pulls the trigger. "

@kaivanshroff.bsky.social

Pluto's recent results I hung out with Pluto's scientists for the dwarf planet's 10th anniversary

Last week's conference on the 10th anniversary of New Horizons' Pluto flyby was...well...out of this world!

Read my newsletter for details.

#Pluto10

Beautiful!