Keely Finkelstein

Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Late night, totally worth it! #verde

Back by popular demand. 📸

The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH.

GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC.

Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.

Grant pro here. It is way more expansive than even this. Tons of small businesses are subs or subs of subs of federal grants and contacts. The largest grantor of discretionary funds in the nation, by far, is DOT. Grants pay for food, education, health care, cops, crops, utilities improvements, etc.

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

Learning about ripple gratings with @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social astronomer Hanshin Lee at our K12 EXES teacher meeting today.

periodic table of the elements color-coded by origin in the solar system. Learning more at this conference about how much of orange should be turned green

Updated periodic table with origin of elements in the Solar System (for boron and lithium at least)

This, by a UT professor who teaches Middle East journalism, is good.

Softball players viewing partial solar eclipse

Softball & eclipse viewing! @astrosteven.bsky.social

Finally getting around to watching the Netflix JWST “Unknown Cosmic Time Machine” show. And our new family member, Vinny, is a big fan! #CatsInSpace

I need to finish regular Justified, but excited for even more Timothy Olyphant! (Much better than that other circus).

Cheers to 15 years @astrosteven.bsky.social !! Always my adventuring partner! Happy Anniversary to us! 💕🍾🥾

Let's support Emily, and librarians everywhere who are standing up and speaking out.

Keely & Steven in front of Blair Athol Distillery in Pitlochry, Scotland.

Finally checking this site out / getting in, while traveling across the pond. @astrosteven.bsky.social