Reposted by aparajito🍉Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 11hStill waiting for someone in government to ask how many job losses and university closures will be an acceptable lamb to sacrifice on the altar of cutting immigration? 2234
Reposted by aparajito🍉Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists. 132202552
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 03/10/202687/296 !! 💛 Let’s gooo tiny.cc/divyafundstiny.ccDonate to Divya PersaudHelp support Divya Persaud by donating or sharing with your friends. 023
Reposted by aparajito🍉Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:science.orgNASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of fundingDecision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say 17668412
Reposted by aparajito🍉Ryan Comes @rbcomes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Absolutely devastating for US research and for the thousands of students who will be harmed by this policy. ⚛️🧪 24521
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 13/09/2026Spark Space has done so much for their community, including providing free space for students to study, in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable. They continue on with our help! Help support their work by kicking in $5 or $10, and doing so weekly if you can: chuffed.org/project/spar...chuffed.org🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken… 001
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 28/08/2026She's 17 years old. A child. And she campaigns for herself. No one has become champion for her campaign. No one has made flyers, graphics, stickers. I have Ghazal's link in my calendar to give this 5 once a month. Join me. But consider championing this child's efforts. chuffed.org/project/1212... 22429
Reposted by aparajito🍉lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Top-tip: if anyone wants to give you the kind of "mentorship" that you being unionised would prevent, get a new mentor fast. 14611124
Reposted by aparajito🍉Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 27/08/2026NASA and SpaceX are targeting #NASARoman’s liftoff for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, August 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 🎥 Launch coverage begins at 6:20 a.m. 🔭 nasa.govNASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida - NASACoverage plans are ready for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA's next-generation observatory designed to 113745
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 21/08/2026HEY PSSST IM MATCHING HALF OF THE REMAINDER!!! Go go go!!!! Get this funded for Solaf!!!!! Just about £300 needed!!! I’ll match the rest!!! Give and be doubled 💛 21617
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 20/08/2026OMG someone broke the stagnancy!! Can you match their 25 or my 10 for Wolf and their kid, who are facing extreme and unlawful retaliation?? They need help to stay housed & fed. Anything helps, especially clicking “weekly” or “monthly”: chuffed.org/project/1243...chuffed.orgHelp Single Parent While They Fight Two Year Long Employer Retaliation After Reporting Gender Pay Discrimination While They TryHello, my name is Meave Gallagher, and I'm sponsoring this fundraiser on behalf of my dear friend Wolf and their child, who have suddenly found themselves in dire financial straits. It is so easy to… 11717
Reposted by aparajito🍉Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026From @qwasistellar.bsky.social: Telescopes. Science Funding Cuts. The Commercialization of the night sky and what we can do to change it. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/08/13/the-dying-of-the-light/astrobites.orgThe Dying of the LightTelescopes. Science Funding Cuts. The Commercialization of the night sky and what we can do to change it. 02113
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 02/08/2026I'm here once a day to remind you that all this discourse doesn't make a difference. YOU do. Your attention and care are what help people survive. Umm Omar's father has needed life-saving surgery for over a month. Read that back. He can't keep waiting.. chuffed.org/project/1550...chuffed.orgA Fight for Survival: Help Umm Omar and Her Children in GazaUnder a sky that has forgotten how to be gentle, a tattered canvas tent clings to the earth. Within its fragile walls lives Umm Omar, a 38-year-old mother of six, alongside her husband. Stripped of… 11316
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 29/07/2026I barely hear from Mohamed, as the occupation continues to target internet infrastructure. The last I heard is that he, his siblings, & their disabled parents are boiling in a tent & hearing bombing every day. Help them eat. Give/find their link here: chuffed.org/project/hope... 31320
Reposted by aparajito🍉Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 23/07/2026thewire.in/rights/cockr... “They will do everything they can to break us. We must do everything we can to stop them.”thewire.inCockroach Democracy: Unarmed and DangerousCan all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about. 11212
Reposted by aparajito🍉ESO @eso.org · 22/07/2026That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔 Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels! 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 1/4 511037
Reposted by aparajito🍉Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 16/07/2026This is genuinely horrifying. 16218
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 15/07/2026Three simple asks, and TWO are free. 1 - Help a Palestinian survivor from Gaza continue to survive ongoing racist [redacted] 2 - Send him an encouraging note for his exams: contact@divyampersaud.com 3 - Get in touch with job leads in Italy 347/1334 in two weeks: chuffed.org/project/ahmedf 11313
Reposted by aparajito🍉aparajito🍉 @aparajito.bsky.social · 23/06/2026astronomers: do you use a linux distro? if so, which one?🔭👩💻 001
Reposted by aparajito🍉Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/07/2026There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... 11715561
Reposted by aparajito🍉Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed. 4792141880
Reposted by aparajito🍉Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one). 17720635
Reposted by aparajito🍉Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Day 6 of the United States of Science Challenge 😮💨 9 states remain. FL 59 NY 32 TX 44 GA 28 IL 20 VA 15 MI 20 CT 9 IN 8 Fill some bubbles to help our organization connect scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries and more. $10 donations fill bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2026givebutter.comUnited States of Science 2026By Skype a Scientist 36749
Reposted by aparajito🍉Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I wrote about the irony of Platner and his campaign trying to convince journalists, commentators and voters that they had outsmarted the trappings of traditional masculinity, only to come crashing down as a result of it:thehandbasket.coWe didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfitDespite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed. 692618587
Reposted by aparajito🍉Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The enshittification of humanity continues apace. 16019
Reposted by aparajito🍉Rubin LSST:UK @lsstuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"Restructuring research funding as a choice between discovery and application gets the economics wrong, the evidence wrong and the people wrong." Prof. Hiranya Peiris pushes back on the proposed funding cuts to UK particle physics and astronomy in a powerful way. 🔭 ⚛️ 🧪 rdcu.be/friwMrdcu.beDiscovery is not the opposite of applicationNature Reviews Physics - Restructuring research funding as a choice between discovery and application gets the economics wrong, the evidence wrong and the people wrong. 173
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Once launched, they can't be unlaunched. Aloft they will extinguish the stars. When they fall and burn in the atmosphere they will destroy the ozone. 🧪 🔭 49048
Reposted by aparajito🍉Helen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is **precisely** why they’re banning social media for kids. It’s the main feature, not a flaw to them! 😣 422569
Reposted by aparajito🍉Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/06/2026My god, they aren't targeting trans people just to get at other people. They are targeting trans people to target trans people. And they are targeting other people. We don't just exist as a warning for the rest of you, fuck me. 152515574
Reposted by aparajito🍉Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🔊Cease your doomscrolling & start sky-surfing across @vrubinobs.bsky.social new "ocean of stars"! Behind all those sparkles are magical swirling galaxies & I've been having such a lovely time zooming in on them. I think you should too (slow to load but worth the wait) 🤗 🔭 🧪 👉 skyviewer.app/explorer 16028
Reposted by aparajito🍉Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026*taps microphone* Is this thing on?? I AM LOOKING FOR SCIENCE HISTORIANS. IF THAT IS YOU PLEASE WAVE AT ME OR YELL LOUDLY IN MY DIRECTION! (It's for a wee little side project) 13188180
Reposted by aparajito🍉Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/06/2026As a science communicator I often emphasize that stories are more impactful than facts. But stories have to be true. Spreading misinformation isn’t activism. AI imagery is only half the issue. That’s the challenge with content farms; some of what they post is right. But it’s not enough to keep them. 212213
Reposted by aparajito🍉Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 27/06/2026Here is where everyone should file a comment against what is effectively an OMB power grab. Wildly distorts the balance of powers. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...regulations.govRegulations.gov 02524
aparajito🍉 @aparajito.bsky.social · 23/06/2026astronomers: do you use a linux distro? if so, which one?🔭👩💻 001
Reposted by aparajito🍉mudminno.bsky.social @mudminno.bsky.social · 11/04/2026“It drives me insane,” she said. “Cis people, whether they’re gay or not, are going about their lives like it’s not that big of a deal–like it’s just another political issue, when people are going to die from this…” 08330
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 03/04/2026I'll keep trying...because we still have a duty to Palestinians, and internet is a core way for the world to know what's happening in Gaza. Help Crips for eSIMs continue to connect thousands of people a day to internet! Just a five sponsors one eSIM for a month! Make it monthly! bit.ly/esimsUKbit.lyDonate to Crips for eSIMs for Gaza (UK) 01720
Reposted by aparajito🍉Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 01/04/2026"It’s Official: China Tops U.S. in R&D Spending" by @matthourihan.bsky.social www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea... 185
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 01/04/2026Write to the government. Then do something with your body to make this stop. palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposedeathp...palestinecampaign.eaction.org.ukWrite to the Foreign Secretary: Oppose Israel's new death penalty law 11311
Reposted by aparajito🍉Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/03/2026Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting was demonized and harassed because JK Rowling claimed she was male. Her boxing career was disrupted for over a year. Now, she's been cleared to compete as female after further "sex eligibility reviews." This is going to happen again. www.reuters.com/sports/olymp...reuters.comOlympic boxer Lin Yu-ting cleared to compete after sex eligibility reviewOlympic champion Lin Yu-ting has been cleared to return to international competition after World Boxing completed a review of her sex-eligibility status, opening the door for her to fight at the Asia... 6234251034
Reposted by aparajito🍉Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 24/03/2026Gotta sleep + stop posting through pain SO please know that if we exceed this goal, funds will definitely go to good use. Some of our wildcards are price changes due to the war (lunches, transportation). We also *dream* of having an on-call therapist for 6 months. chuffed.org/project/hmgchuffed.orgHeal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detentionPalestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza init... 11210
Reposted by aparajito🍉shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/03/2026this is an especially funny list of things to cite as negatives of communism at this particular moment in time 271771227
Reposted by aparajito🍉Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 13/03/2026So the Lok Sabha in India introduced "The Transgender Persons Amendment Act", which basically rolls back protections for trans people, on the basis that you can't identify into a protected class. It seems to allege that only intersex and "non-consensually transitioned" people deserve protections. 429877
Reposted by aparajito🍉Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2026Zionists have worked so hard to convince everyone that “Jewish = Zionist/Israel supporter“ and have done this while co-signing violence and as anti-Zionist Jews have long said, that propaganda makes Jews less safe on top of justifying the Israel’s violence against Palestinians and other Arabs 81101266
Reposted by aparajito🍉Micah @rincewind.run · 12/03/2026congratulations to FIFA on their incredible choice of recipient for the first FIFA peace prize 203769630
Reposted by aparajito🍉Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 10/03/2026“This is what Israel & its American patron cannot tolerate: Palestinians who remember. Palestinians who will not perform gratitude for the small mercies such as aid corridors & fragile ceasefires…We are the living refutation of their narrative. Our very existence, loud & unapologetic, is the crime.” 09341