This is the funniest thing youβll see today.
06.10.2025 21:27 β π 55 π 18 π¬ 8 π 5@astrodame.bsky.social
Astronomer, dog feeder, bird watcher, maker of bad, dad jokes. Views expressed are all mine, and not of my employer, family, or voices in my head.
This is the funniest thing youβll see today.
06.10.2025 21:27 β π 55 π 18 π¬ 8 π 5So many things to doβ¦in danger of not getting on with any of it.
06.10.2025 11:59 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Omg! Baby news~these newborns are grandkids of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian (Smithsonian National Zoo)~Pinky had another set of twins~ congrats Bao Bao and the whole fam!π
05.10.2025 18:59 β π 52 π 9 π¬ 11 π 3Mark Kelly: βlf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. Theyβre just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.β
04.10.2025 16:59 β π 17768 π 6180 π¬ 331 π 228"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
03.10.2025 17:18 β π 10073 π 1641 π¬ 104 π 77I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
02.10.2025 23:59 β π 13565 π 5800 π¬ 373 π 285Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.
03.10.2025 00:22 β π 24164 π 6231 π¬ 505 π 270BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzaniaβs Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
02.10.2025 13:37 β π 6101 π 696 π¬ 74 π 27"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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01.10.2025 19:13 β π 83 π 20 π¬ 0 π 1The White House told a federal watchdog office overseeing the Trump administration that it would cut off its congressionally approved funding for the upcoming fiscal year, forcing the agency to close at midnight today. This move was separate from the broader budget
30.09.2025 20:20 β π 1525 π 502 π¬ 27 π 21Worth a read for folks who don't have lines into NASA. It is truly heartbreaking.
30.09.2025 23:29 β π 18 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0Screenshot of the live Guardian blog with the headline "Trump suggests 'dangerous cities' should be used 'as training grounds' for the military and national guard".
Surely, SURELY, suggesting training your military ON YOUR OWN CIVILIANS is a red line? Yes? *taps earpiece* No???
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
NEW β An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicagoβs South Side.
A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...
It's not too late to start masking again
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
βTo us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.β
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
Thereβs a difference between anxiety and preparedness.
Thereβs a difference between health stress and adaptation.
Taking proactive steps to avoid repeat Covid infections is a strength.
Itβs something to be applauded, not psychologized.
Constant reinfections are not sustainable.
Mask up.
An NSF Graduate Research Fellowship helped launch my career - the next generation of scientists deserves the same opportunity, just as Americans deserve the benefits of a well-supported scientific pipeline. But this year's solicitation is MIA.
Please take a minute to speak up for the programπ
281 US children died from the flu in the 2024-25 season. Vaccination saves lives. π
27.09.2025 00:38 β π 82 π 47 π¬ 0 π 1π ππππππππ:
Civilian men are increasingly posing as ICE agents -- wearing plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles, to kidnap, threaten, and sexually assault immigrant women. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Somewhere thereβs a group of thirteen year old boys wondering what it takes to become a Tylenol dealer
25.09.2025 03:19 β π 770 π 54 π¬ 23 π 6We are sensing a theme
25.09.2025 01:24 β π 6427 π 2120 π¬ 562 π 197It's wild that science is out here performing miracles while we have the most anti-science people running our health agency.
24.09.2025 15:48 β π 453 π 66 π¬ 11 π 1Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin β¨ figured out what stars are made of β¨ when she was just 25. ππ§ͺ
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department β at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
This.
24.09.2025 11:27 β π 27 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Thinking about the Monday that surely follows every Sunday evening!
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