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Louigi Addario-Berry @louigi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm proud to announce the creation of the Association for Human Mathematics. We aim to protect mathematics as a human endeavour against the threat of AI and to maintain the independence of the mathematical community from corporate interests. www.ahmath.org

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John F Wu @jwuphysics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Important for #astrosky: Overleaf seems to upgraded to TeXLive v2026 in the past few days, and as a result, your aastex v7 / aasjournal v7.1 might be broken. To fix it, go to Overleaf's File > Settings > Compiler > TeX Live version > [select 2025] www.overleaf.com/blog/tex-liv...

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

not us ending virtual group meeting today by saying don't breath the cigarette air outside and don't eat your vegetables 😭 #MichiganLife

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We're back with Part II - A detailed analysis of the starspots on the young solar analog V1298 Tau as viewed with JWST @jwstobserver.bsky.social and LCO led by MSU postdoc Matthew Murphy 🌟 #stellarastro check out the manuscript here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2606.16782 👈 and the big takeaways below!

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Title: "KRONOS II: Solar-like Umbra and Penumbra Properties on the Young Sun V1298 Tau"
First Author: Matthew M. Murphy

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

after a wild ride, I am so so so excited to have the first paper of our JWST KRONOS program out! "KRONOS I: The 1−2.8µm JWST Transmission Spectrum of the 23 Myr V1298 Tau c" led by MSU postdoc Matthew Murphy 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2606.03740 👈 (short summary thread below) #stellarastro #planetsci 🧪

Screenshot of the title and authors of a recent peer-reviewed paper. the title: "KRONOS I: The 1-2.8 micron JWST Transmission Spectrum of the 23 Myr V1298 Tauc" led by Matthew M. Murphy

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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 02/06/2026

Elise Koo reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on how researchers have taken advantage of the unique TOI-3884 system to directly probe a starspot with JWST. aasnova.org/2026/06/02/t... 🔭

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The First Starspot Spectrum Revealed by JWST

Astrobites reports on how researchers have taken advantage of the unique TOI-3884 system to directly probe a starspot with JWST.

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone

Two orange cats and one black and white cat snuggling together on a fluffy gray doggy bed

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Julie Libarkin @holdingupthesky.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#nsf canceled #geoscience postdocs. That’s nifty. Let’s pretend we aren’t messing up the planet and be super sure to stop training people who can help. eos.org/research-and...

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NSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - Eos

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 06/05/2026

Michigan State's Darryl Seligman discusses how interstellar interlopers and dark comets are challenging our understanding of the behavior and properties of comets and asteroids. Today's lecture is part of the weekly 2026 Spring Colloquium talks at STScI.

A person is giving a presentation in a lecture hall with attendees seated in rows. The slide on display discusses 2I/Borisov, a comet, and features an accompanying image of the comet.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/04/2026

Welcome to the new fellows selected to pursue their research in space science at ESA! Their projects span a broad range of topics from investigating the nature of dark matter to learning how Jupiter’s atmosphere works. Discover more about them 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪 ☄️

Graphic with spacey background, a title 'Research Fellows in space science 2026' and photos of the six new Research Fellows in Space Science 2026 with their names: Emma Esparza-Borges, Ekaterina Ilin, Gregor Rihtaršič, Peter Stephenson, Paola I. Tiranti, and Jiří Žák.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

i feel like society moved on from these too quickly

$A solar eclipse, captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon\u2019s far side. The Moon is dark, save for a bright halo of white light surrounding it. The Orion spacecraft is in the leftmost half of the image, mostly shadowed.$ The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis II

The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis II

$A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA$

A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/04/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4cxQWhl

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Trump fires NSF's oversight board

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

astro hive mind - a student in my intro to astro for non-majors class asked about good astronomy documentaries they could watch. does anybody have any recommendations? 🔭 🌟#astronomy

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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Just released: "Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval" - Minority Staff Report Prepared for Members of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, US House of Representatives democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

"Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval" - Minority Staff Report Prepared for Members of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, US House of Representatives - April 2026

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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 17/04/2026

This administration really hates Goddard Space Flight Center. I hope we can save it. 🧪 #planetsci 49197025.hs-sites.com/assessing-th...

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Assessing the Goddard Space Flight Center: Call for Experts

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

a little delayed, but congratulations to MSU grad student Sydney Petz for receiving an NSF GRFP 🥳 astro.natsci.msu.edu/news-events/...

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First Year Graduate Student Sydney Petz Wins NSF GRFP

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 11/04/2026

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me "LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts .... This one is worth it. First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important. #ArtemisII

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch in their orange astronaut suits as they sit inside the side of a helicopter after it has landed

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Anti-war demonstrations occurred all across Israel this evening. US media decided you really didn't need to know about them.

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Is this a new headline or did they just translate from the original German?

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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

the number of times I've been mistaken for an undergrad on campus is now up to 5

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

we were talking about solar flares and solar activity cycles in the intro astro for non-majors class today and somebody asked, "Do solar flares happen more frequently if a star spins faster?" ngl, I was shook by this intuition 💪

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András Gáspár @andrasgaspar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Looking at the AAS jobregister lately, it seemed to me that there are less positions available in all categories than in previous years. Wanting to quantify, I used the wayback machine to check on the number of postings in the January-March window and it is quite depressing.

A Table showing the number of positions posted at AAS job-registed for various categories.

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

really exciting work lead by Catriona Murray! TOI-3884 b is a planet on a polar orbit around an M dwarf. The transit has a persistent starspot crossing event. Using JWST, we measured the properties of the starspot and the Prot of the star 👀 arxiv.org/abs/2603.15414 🔭 #astronomy 🌟 #stellarastro

seven panel figure showing different JWST transits of TOI-3884 b with a persistent spot-crossing event. TOI-3884 b orbits the pole of a small M dwarf star. the shape of the spot-crossing event changes slightly between each transit. each subpanel has a graphical representation of what the spot looks like during each transit.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/02/2026

Some day we'll all regret this & we'll hold hearings & rend garments & pledge "never again" & we'll be just as full of shit as we were last time.

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Read more: bbc.in/4tF8P4x

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Happy "did you know the International Space Station is roughly the size of a football field?" Day to those who celebrate

A picture of the international space station overlaid on a football field. The end zones if the football field say "NASA". the size of the international space station is roughly the size of the football field

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026

NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

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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...

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

starting the week off with a good laugh as Harvard astrophysicist shares his depiction of the aliens "aboard" the certified comet 3I/ATLAS: three-eyed Cornish pixies

A screenshot of a medium blog by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb titled "Imagining 'The Alien'" which features a picture of a clay alien that looks like a Cornish pixie from Harry Potter, featuring two additional tentacles

Additional images of the clay alien sculpture. The top image is the same face down view of the sculpture, featuring an alien that looks like a Cornish pixie from Harry potter with two tentacles. The second photo shows the underside of the alien is bedazzles

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took on college. - Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville - Sports and Entertainment in Greece and Rome (yes, we were entertained) - Hitchcock: Cinema, Gender, Ideology - Underworlds - Advanced experimental physics

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Seems like a good video for his trial

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I’m glad there is an apology for posting Jew-hate on Holocaust Remembrance Day, but this is notably not an apology for the Jew-hate itself, just the timing of it. The article itself, which perpetuates ancient antisemitism, remains unchanged.

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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · 27/01/2026

New job opportunity at @stsci.edu: Senior Astronomical Data Scientist for data analysis tools, working closely with my team and me. This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

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