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Hayley Roberts

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📡 Postdoctoral Astrophysicist & Data Scientist at Zooniverse University of Minnesota ✨ astrohayley.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After reviewing this video, I had to double check with our media person if she sped up my speaking at all. No, she had not. 😭
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Not going to delve into the methodology, but this map is big for my every event should be in Minnesota so we can hang out agenda.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Actually we are ramping UP the death squads" is a crazy answer to "how are you going to hold these murderers accountable"
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.
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Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.
Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
most murders are committed by someone the victim knows - a partner, neighbor etc. but in cases where there is no relationship between murderer & victim? the killer is a cop about a third of the time. if you are killed by a stranger, there is a 1 in 3 chance that stranger is a cop.
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Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
They’re five-year-olds! He’s sharing videos of a bunch of happy five-year-olds in order to harm them! It’s inhuman, we must rid ourselves of these men
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So, you know when a project you thought would be a small thing gets out of hand? Congratulations to all @zooniverse.bsky.social volunteers, and thanks to all the incredible team members who’ve worked on the platform all these years. 🔭 🧪
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Zooniverse @zooniverse.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Zooniverse has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 BILLION classifications contributed by volunteers! Want to learn how 1 billion classifications have made a real-world impact? Read our blog post and learn why we’re excited for what’s next: blog.zooniverse.org/2026/06/29/o...
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One BILLION Classifications!
We are SO happy to announce that Zooniverse has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 BILLION classifications contributed by volunteers!To give you a sense of what an extraordinary milestone this i…
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme
Trump at the Libertarian Convention in 2024
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 16/06/2026
What's starting in Minneapolis today is going to be just like the Broadview 6 case. A desperate attempt at a show trial pursued by dumb, vicious prosecutors performing for an audience of one. An attempt to discourage and scare people from fighting back. It's not going to work.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Feds showing up at observer's doors and seizing their devices for doing nothing besides bearing witness to ICE agents terrorizing our community. They think intimidation will succeed, but we've shown time and time again that we aren't afraid of them and they hate it. This is no different.
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning
LLMs impress the writers who do not want to write, the coders who don't want to code, the researchers who don't want to research, and the lawyers that don't want to actually understand case law. Those that desperately tell you how powerful Al is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs' outputs tend to be people with low standards.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
When historians study this era, they will be baffled at how mainstream media fully regurgitated the right-wing myth that democrats are the party with unpopular policies rather than acknowledging the years of spineless behavior during ascendant fascism of the right. This fits right in.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/05/2026
VERY FEW NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE REPORTING THIS OUT CORRECTLY: "The House bill, though, does not restore funding levels to 2026 for all of its major programs. Exploration gets a $1.1 billion increase compared with 2026, but science funding would be cut by $1.25 billion." 🧪🔭⚛️
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House appropriators approve spending bill that keeps NASA budget flat
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a spending bill May 13 that rejects many of the cuts to NASA proposed by the administration.
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Galaxy Zoo @galaxyzoo.org · 12/05/2026
Launching today - a first project with @vrubinobs.bsky.social and @galaxyzoo. Dive in quickly - these galaxies won't last long. 🔭
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A first Galaxy Zoo:Rubin project
We’re delighted to announce the first Galaxy Zoo workflow to include images from the NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, using galaxies drawn from its first Data Preview.  First look image showing the diversity of galaxies we can expect from the Vera C Rubin's LSST survey. The new workflow went live on the site just now, but with only 10,359 subjects it won’t stick around for long, so do jump in and get classifying.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 06/05/2026
ICE creeping around in South Minneapolis. Keep your eyes out and your whistles ready, neighbors
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/05/2026
Right wing domestic terrorism -- by every measure, the overwhelmingly most common kind of domestic terrorism -- cost a legislator her life and the national press did not give a shit. Barely covered it. Read this lovely tribute.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Instrumentation / theory / observational
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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prim @primordial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/04/2026
A number of space science organizations offered support for Isaacman's nomination because he is a proponent of space exploration and claimed he would support science. But now that science is on the chopping block -- and human spaceflight isn't -- he is volunteering to give NASA the DOGE treatment.
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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Huge news for Zooniverse -- 3 million registered volunteers! Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/04/2026
i will never forget how elon musk said absolutely nothing at all about the NASA artemis ii mission except one post making fun of that women who took the photo of the launch in the reflection of her glasses. he hates space
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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
If you’ve been moved & inspired by Artemis, NASA needs your help. Literally during A2, the president proposed cutting NASA science 47%, canceling 54 missions, including many already in-flight. To help stop these cuts, check out @planetarysociety.bsky.social www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
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Save NASA Science Action Hub
Updates and actions on the proposed cuts to NASA science in FY 2027.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
whenever people announce they're taking a break from bluesky, it's usually because they're astronauts experiencing a mandatory communications blackout as they re-enter earth's atmosphere. that's why they always come back in six minutes
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
‘Nominal’ is such a good word.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/04/2026
As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a very odd aspect to the Artemis mission. The astronauts themselves still speak of being proud of the diversity of the crew - the agency, not so much.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Hard to overstate how obvious this was in Minneapolis. They'd roll around the neighborhood in full gear, doing nothing immigration-related at all, wait for angry crowds to gather, and then attack them with tear gas and pepper spray! It was a violent siege and the feds owe us billions in reparations.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/03/2026
This is zuck one month after going on Rogan podcast claiming he would never takedown content based on government requests ever again
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed the eviction moratorium city council put through to help our vulnerable neighbors. We are entering our 4th month of occupation and our community has donated time and money to keeping us safe and housed. Please join us in these efforts if you can, any relief is so welcome
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/03/2026
FWIW absolutely no one I know who has expertise in spaceflight or planetary exploration thinks this is either remotely plausible or a good idea to attempt on such a timeline. The dominant reaction is somewhere on the spectrum between mockery and dismay. Real, important science was cancelled for this
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is an effort to turn the Minnesota rapid responders into criminals. If Democrats make this deal, they will send me, and many others like me who have been out protecting the community, to jail.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The judge ordering this, John Burns, has denied >99% of asylum cases that have come before him. Appointed by Bill Barr. Operation Metro Surge has not ended, and the battle in the courts is just beginning
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
One of the terrible things about the ICE occupation of Minneapolis is that they’ve been doing stuff that is so crazy that people assume it’s some kind of exaggeration, despite being widely documented on video. Following observers home! Lurking outside elementary schools! Black-bagging citizens!
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/01/2026
At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners. They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/01/2026
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting. More accurate terms: - observers - witnesses - volunteers - neighbors - residents - people
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
View from inside was even better
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I love my city
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Downtown Minneapolis right now. Cannot see the end of the crowd in any given direction. -10 degrees and won’t be deterred
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/01/2026
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation. We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Gas now being deployed at Mueller Park on 25th and Bryant Avenue in the Wedge (Minneapolis), maybe a mile away from the below incident. ICE now driving all over Whittier/Uptown and gassing people
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Welcome to Minneapolis. Our neighbors have witnessed too many war crimes at this point. Federal agents even left weapons on the ground.
Bolvino with green gas Green gas in Minneapolis Agents in Minneapolis Weapons left by ice
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