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Eric Lopez

@astroericl.bsky.social
680 followers 318 following 610 posts

Exoplaneteer, waver of hands, knower of trivia, person trying to avoid howling into the void. Opinions are my own. He/him

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Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still server issues. Now Laura Watkins (head of science policy at STScI) is saying new deadline tomorrow, Oct. 1st at 5pm EDT for all proposers.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Normative appeals to civility and harmony, when applied indiscriminately, can obscure the moral distinction between domination and resistance—condemning confrontational opposition even in contexts where democratic survival or basic human dignity is at stake."
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This company just radiates predator energy
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ll bite. Breaking Bad was a fine and totally forgettable show. Veep should easily be top three. 30 Rock is too low. The Wire should be No. 1.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026
Exactly. I’ve been saying this since I started the tracker last year, and it’s why I don’t call them deportations. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...
I am using the term "third-country removals" instead of "third-country deportations" here, because the latter is a legal process in which a migrant is resettled in a safe third country. What is actually happening, in nearly all cases, more closely resembles chain refoulement, rendition, or kidnapping - and may violate U.S. and
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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 20/09/2026
the difference between fine art and illustration is nothing more than the economic class of the artist making it and that of their patrons.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
im sorry mr secretary but the houthis have refused your challenge of a push up contest to end all push up contests
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
good morning mr secretary, heres your daily report on your coworkers erections that you asked for, also we had to push back the iran strategy session to make time for your laser tag outing with podcasters
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Spooky Blaylock 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic advisers are like when an NBA GM that's on the hot seat makes a bunch of very short-sighted win-now moves. They're not actually thinking about what's best for the team, they're just trying to spin as many plates as they can before ppl catch on that they're expendable.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swine-dark sea ... Mediterranean black pigs swim at a beach on the private island of Atokos, in the lonian Sea off the west coast of Greece. The island, which is uninhabited by humans, is owned by a shipping magnate
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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Eric Lopez @astroericl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I for one would really like it if cabinet secretaries would stop competing to see who can kill the most kids
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
god this is good
flight of the concords scene with murray, brit and jemaine. 

"How's this, then? Ed Sheeran, beloved by all, left without an opening band at present. Enter you two."

"What if we want a free Palestine, Murray?"

"I reckon you'll get lots of things for free when you're proper rockstars. This might be your ticket."
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-says-recession-u…
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A lot of Dems could take a lesson from this and openly acknowledge that their opponents are bigots. The resistance (mostly from establishment centrists) to stating plainly what's happening instead of using weasel words for the sake of civility is what makes voters think we're spineless.
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Eric Lopez @astroericl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My favorite kind of fall!
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 10/09/2026
REACHER: I need help with my iPhone SUPPORT: regular iPhone or duo? REACHER: how can I tell SUPPORT: if it folds it’s the duo *extremely loud crunching noise* REACHER: it’s the duo
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
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Friendly Pumpkin @pumpkinpal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This looks like he died and there was a revolution about it. "You watch the skies, big Z, we'll guillotine 'em on the ground"
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big bleat from badsville @djepelgesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time
a picture from the NY Post titled "	today’s leftists are possessed by the spirit of France’s 18th-century guillotine-loving revolutionaries" (way too long) that shows Mamdani (the specter haunting Europe) smiling in the sky as a bunch of French people goof around
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Eric Lopez @astroericl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Satire is dead. Satire remains dead. And this stupid motherfucker has killed it.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The eagle is also smoking a cigarette.
Text image with a checkered background. The text reads, "We ran out of AI prompt credits, but imagine this is a picture of a bald eagle holding a golden sign that says 'Low Prices & Prosperity'." At the bottom, there is an "INFOWARS" logo.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
oh you wanna make a telehealth appointment in your network? no problem! just pick a time, fill out these forms, take a pic your ID + insurance card, enter all that manually, then hop on the video call just to realize it’s actually on ANOTHER platform which will ask you to pick a times, fill out thes
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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Being in your late 30s:
Oscar Isaac in the final star wars film saying, edited:

Somehow Heartburn Returned
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Robin Sevakis @jadedsketch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
Wile E Coyote in an office, pointing to a sign he's holding that reads "WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS"
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/09/2026
I saw that first pic and had to improve/ruin it
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There was a 57% decrease in the number of research grants given by the US National Science Foundation last year to astronomy and astrophysics - and a 51% decrease in the funding. This is a collapse. aas.org/posts/news/2...
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NSF Astronomical Sciences Grants Reduced by Over 50% in Fiscal Year 2026
An analysis of new awards suggests that as of 26 August 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued 57% fewer awards in the astronomical sciences in the current fiscal year compared to the ...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you.
Milo Yiannopoulos: "I didn't really understand the physical reality of how institutionalized the brutality is in America. The manner in which they arrest you, they put you in manacles, everybody is arrested like an MS 13 gang member. 
It was physically degrading. It was frightening. I don't think I've ever been frightened like that before. I was weeping like an old woman for an hour. I wouldn't wish it on anyone."
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 31/08/2026
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/08/2026
Star Wars was about how empires are bad and war is sad, actually
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Mark Janello @markjanello.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You fuckers made me do it. The Racist Academicals Patter Song.
[RACIST ACADEMICAL]
I am the very model of a racist academical,
With footnotes and citations to make bigotry seem credible,

I traffic in ideas that have long since been discredited,
Like human races being real and IQ is inherited!

I’ll sign an open letter that legitimates my bigotry,
My gender ideology is thuggery and piggery,

If criticized it’s academic freedom I will hide behind,
My high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!

[CHORUS OF CHUDS]
His high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton is the rare celebrity where every new revelation makes you admire her more, not less
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey, there's good news: Pandora is doing science! Pandora is an exoplanet mission to observe ~20 transiting planets in optical/IR simultaneously, to mitigate the impact of stellar variability on planet atmospheres. The NASA Exoplanet Archive will host the data! science.nasa.gov/missions/pan...
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NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars - NASA Science
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique
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Eric Lopez @astroericl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
tfw you’re in a food coma so good you’ve gotta have a 20 minute conversation with Scott Jennings from CNN just to prove you’re still alive
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Abolish ICE and salt the earth where it was allowed to grow
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DHS taunts detained Padres coach in fiery social media post
"NOBODY is above the law, and he will remain in ICE custody pending removal."
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JewInACanoe.bsky.social 🎗️ @jewinacanoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
new tribunal for woke 2 just dropped
me and Hasan politely clapping at the college dems
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/08/2026
"Why do the kids hate the filterless sociopaths who are destroying the environment and the economy and who monologue like James Bond villains?"
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nah, Trump’s been doing crimes for a while now
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hello: actual co-organizer of No Kings here: these texts are not from anyone who actually organizes No Kings. Please trust that we hate them just as much as you do
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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
it is categorically insane that a very large portion of the WH press evaluates the White House like they're evaluating their wait staff at a fucking restaurant
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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ok but two things: 1. the bar isn't "helpful", its "truthful"; offering a bunch of lies with a smile isn't actually the goal here 2. people are pissed because the WH press insists on defending an ally of American fascism, not because they think you were lying about her being helpful
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
These people are not Democrats and should not be listened to or treated like them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
i burst out laughing

Kirsten Swanson
@KirstenKSTP
Lindell will not concede. Claims there are anomalies in the numbers that his teams will be looking into overnight. 
@KSTP
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