Christine Pulliam

There is a lot to be shocked about in this country, but I am still truly shocked that no one is talking about how Trump can’t speak without slurring. There is clearly a serious medical situation going on.

Climate change is impacting us right now.

Damn! Well said

YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute Exploring the Structure of the Egg Nebula — Hubble Space Telescope

We also published a beautiful 3D visualization showing how the Egg Nebula formed, created right here @stsci.edu. It's worth the one minute it takes to watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rto1...

NASA's Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star - NASA Science This stunning Hubble image reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust.

In case you missed it, we put out an amazing new Hubble image of the Egg Nebula (release led by our colleagues at #ESAHubble): science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

Kirk in love with the USS Enterprise

Happy Valentine's Day!

Celery is just crunchy water.

Read Bob Altemeyer’s /The Authoritarians/ (2006) last week and learned it’s very hard to change their minds about anything except:

• When they see official forces beating up / killing nonviolent protesters, they rebel a bit;

• When their prejudice causes them to be spurned, they *hate* that.

The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!

So far this weekend, the only things that have gotten me out of the house are feeding birds and looking to see if anything got ripped off our house.

I don’t know about vegan, but when I was in Paris in 2024, I enjoyed: Auberge Bresanne, Bistrot Chez France, and Brasserie Bordelaise. (The last was particularly meat heavy…)

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

If you don't routinely watch the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, I recommend that you look up this week's episode with Sir Ian McKellen. Particularly the last segment where McKellen performs a Shakespeare character. It brought tears to my eyes. It's interesting how little things change in 400 years.

A hut shaped birdfeeder with a dove on the near side and a squirrel on the far side.

A dove and a squirrel decided to share our bird feeder.

TFW you think to yourself “ this has been a week,” and it’s only Tuesday

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Oh no! 😢

This thread is worth a read for the lolz!

Here's some more neat astronomy news for you! It's going to be quiet on my end while NASA focuses on Artemis, so enjoy it while you can.

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

Hubble has a massive, 35-year archive. A team used AI to mine that archive for anomalous objects and found more than 1,300: www.stsci.edu/contents/new...

It's been tough posting about science these past few days, but I keep reading about remarkable new findings. I'll be sharing some shortly; it's important to remember all the goodness and constructive curiosity out there.

Hey Democrats! Want a winning campaign message? How about: I will defund the federal agency that is executing innocent Americans in the street, and hold everyone responsible accountable.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

If Democrats cared about literally anything, this is what their leaders would say.

I’m not sure when I figured it out, but where I am now is exactly what I wanted to be and it makes me very happy to be here.

Furry friends at BARCS are looking for temporary homes during the snowstorm Dozens of people entered the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter on Thursday empty-handed and left with a bag of food, a leash and a dog for the weekend.

Furry friends at BARCS are looking for temporary homes during the snowstorm

As a person with family in Texas, I get this.

You’ll be missed. I hope to visit you in London sometime.

As promised, here's a beautiful new Webb image! I love how organic it looks.

It says a lot about MAGA-ites that they can't understand why a person would stand up and defend their neighbors if there's nothing in it for them.