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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

A couple of years ago, I interviewed a leading attorney who represents survivors of sexual misconduct on campus, Iliana Konidaris (whose brother is the awesome 🔭 Nick Konidaris). I learned A LOT:

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How This Lawyer Confronts Sexual Assault on Campus

Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash I first met Olympias Iliana Konidaris at her brother’s wedding, where she gave a great toast that affirmed all of my...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Helpful additional information here: bsky.app/profile/nbed...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So this is real incident, twisted into a false narrative in three ways: (1) intent: the motivation for discarding mail had nothing to w/ the election; (2) exaggerated impact: the discarded ballots aren't enough to affect outcomes; (3) ignored remedies: affected voters could get replacement ballots.

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a nice video from @jetbrains.com about how ai affects learning to code (from a while ago, but still good) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkhh...

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Therapy for the Vibe-Coded Brain

YouTube video by JetBrains Academy

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026

Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026

The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals

A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

The problem: axion dark matter is a fascinating hypothetical, but how do we tell whether our data points to it? One check is looking at imprints axions leave on light in the early universe, which can look different from other dark matter models. Here's a great review of axions by Elisa Ferreira:

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Ultra-light dark matter - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Ultra-light dark matter is a class of dark matter models (DM), where DM is composed by bosons with masses ranging from $$10^{-24}\, \mathrm {eV}< m < \mathrm {eV}$$ 10 - 24 eV < m < eV . These models ...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

NEW SCIENCE ALERT! 🚨🧪🔭⚛️ PRESENTING . . . How to Simulate Axion Dark Matter With Relativistic Effects! I'm excited to share two preprints that went up on the arXiv last night, both with my postdoc Dr. Hoang Nhan Luu. arxiv.org/abs/2609.11055 arxiv.org/abs/2609.11056 WHAT? Let's get into it! 🧵

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A Tale of Two Gauges: Effective Field Theory for Relativistic Behavior of Cosmological Axions

In this work, we present a formalism to model the relativistic behavior of axions. The relativistic behavior of axions is surprisingly difficult to model precisely, as it involves oscillations on time...

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

i post like a person who learned "social media" 10 years ago 😅

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Why Roman? Learn more from Prof @alyssagoodman.bsky.social about why we are launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope #NASARoman using our new interactive projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/why-roman/ #astroedu #astro www.youtube.com/shorts/-4kAL...

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Why Roman? A quick explanation of why NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is so great!

YouTube video by Alyssa Goodman

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Why Roman? Learn more from Prof @alyssagoodman.bsky.social about why we are launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope using our new interactive projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/why-roman/ #astroedu #astro www.youtube.com/shorts/-4kAL...

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Why Roman? A quick explanation of why NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is so great!

YouTube video by Alyssa Goodman

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Interested in why we are launching the Nancy Grace Roman space Telescope (@nancyromansci.bsky.social)! Let @alyssagoodman.bsky.social explain using our new interactive from @cosmicds.bsky.social projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/why-roman/ #astroedu #astronomy

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Alyssa Goodman @alyssagoodman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Why be excited about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launching this Sunday, 8/26?? This new app from @CosmicDataStories at @Harvard explains! (Hints: LOTS of Sky at once, broad wavelength coverage.) Interactive app: projects.cosmicds.cf... Video demo of app: youtube.com/shorts/-...

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CosmicDS @cosmicds.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches on August 30 at 7:26 am EDT! @alyssagoodman.bsky.social narrated a run through a new interactive exploration of why Roman is so important. Explore for yourself here! projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/why-roman/

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I find this an odd take. like, "oh no, maybe the watermark will reduce the quality of AI writing". Good. I guess if you want AI to do your writing this might be a problem (though I don't think it will particularly hurt the quality, such as it was)

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

From @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/

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The Dying of the Light

Telescopes. Science Funding Cuts. The Commercialization of the night sky and what we can do to change it.

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Merry Muses Week, everyone!! In honor of my book, MOTHERS OF INVENTION, coming out this week, I made a fun quiz so you can get to know the muses better. Which of the Greek Muses guide you? qzzr.com/view/ZSAwpvOc

Fashion sketch-style illustrations of the 9 muses

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

the partial eclipse from Boston. ☀️🌗🌎 #astronomy

image of a partial eclipse from Boston. a small bite taken out of an orange sun ☀️🌗🌎

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/10/2023

🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse  🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse  🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 22/07/2026

2/2 If you haven't developed the knowledge and expertise necessary to direct a software tool to do *exactly* what you want it to do, you aren't equipped to assess the quality of whatever an "AI" spits out.

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CosmicDS @cosmicds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

¡Hola! 🇪🇸 ¿Estás listo para el eclipse del 12 de agosto? Utiliza la aplicación Historia de datos del eclipse (Eclipse Data Story) para seguir la trayectoria, consultar el pronóstico del tiempo y ver la cuenta regresiva de la totalidad en tu zona. 😎

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CosmicDS @cosmicds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is mainland Europe’s first total solar eclipse since 1999! Thanks to @alyssagoodman.bsky.social and @astrojthe3.bsky.social along with Patricia Udomprasert and Jonathan Carifio for developing this interactive.

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CosmicDS @cosmicds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Dust off your eclipse glasses, a solar eclipse is coming on Wednesday. Parts of Spain, Iceland & Greenland will experience up to 2 minutes of totality. Interact with the eclipse with our EclipseDS app projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/solar-eclips...

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Cosmic Data Stories: 2026 Solar Eclipse

Watch the August 12, 2026 solar eclipse from anywhere in this interactive map/sky view. Explore data to see your chances of having clear skies on eclipse day!

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Asked 100 Devs @asked100devs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New question is up! You are starting a new project and must pick a JavaScript framework for reasons. Which one do you pick? asked-100-devs.netlify.app

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Asked 100 devs: You are starting a new project and must pick a JavaScript framework for reasons. Which one do you pick?

Answer one question. Help decide the top 5.

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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

From today’s “Letters from an American” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-2-2... Full carousel on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/Dbk9tM-Fn1... #lettersfromanamerican #heathercoxrichardson #protectdemocracy #factsmatter

First slide of an Instagram carousel summarizing Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American, August 2, 2026. A curly-haired dog is pictured in a teal circle on the left. Text reads: "In today's Letters from an American, Heather details the severe degradation of the Department of Justice into a weapon for political retaliation and self-enrichment under Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. She illustrates how systemic prosecutorial misconduct has destroyed the long-standing "presumption of regularity" essential to preserving the rule of law.”

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Vibe coded software is free as in puppy not free as in beer. Even if writing code is now cheap, you still have to maintain it.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Indigenous Australian artist Alma Nungarrayi Granites, Seven Sisters Dreaming, 2016 from tbe Shared Skies Exhibition #WomensArt

Painting of a stylised constellation in dotted technique against a dark blue sky

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 24/07/2026

Two people named here have received Ukrainian state honors from Zelenskyy: Pastor Mark Burns (Order of Merit, 3rd Class) and Rabbi Moshe Azman (Order of Merit, 2nd Class).

Dave Troy & @davetroy •4h
A warning regarding Ukraine developments:
There is an odious group, the "Ukraine Reconstruction Summit" (URS) network, centered on Brock Pierce, Trump "spiritual advisor" Pastor Mark Burns, the AllatRa cult, Rabbi Moshe Azman, Yaakov Flitchkin, and several others.
This group has positioned themselves to profit from Ukraine "post-war" and held a major conference in Washington DC last September.
This is the same network of people who funded the "Don Colossus" gold statue of Trump at his
Doral Club.
Loomer met with Rabbi Azman yesterday. Brock Pierce is building a replica of a "school" building in DC in Anatevka, near Kyiv, with this group. Be very cautious when trying to assess motives and relationships when evaluating this network. It's not about victory for Ukraine — it's about accruing future power.

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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 24/07/2026

The only thing I'll add is: this is not a *stunning* admission, they DGAF. No shame or disclosure seems to worry them or impact their behavior at all. Why bother hiding their corruption?

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Counterpoint: the fact that measles cases are exploding is a sign that parents need to stand up locally and say no MAHA bullshit in our schools. MAHA recognizes itself as a political constituency and ppl advocating for basic common sense now have to do the same.

The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000, a grim sign that the country may be headed toward a new era in which the disease regularly sickens thousands every year.
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there have been 2,318 confirmed cases of measles so far this year. The case count toppled the record set

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as
Vaccination Rates Wane
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.

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John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

and under appreciated little cloud

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

After combining over 20 years of records, astronomers have identified a stellar-mass black hole in the Omega Centauri star cluster🔭! Using a technique known as astrometry, the team was able to identify a star moving around a black hole. Learn more about this discovery here: ow.ly/qxXz50ZnYAN

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

habitability is a wish your heart makes 💖

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Unfettered access to chatbots can harm educational outcomes Using AI while solving problems improves performance by 48% (GPT base). When access to AI was taken away, students actually performed worse than those who never had access (17% reduction in grades) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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CosmicDS @cosmicds.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It's true: AI can predict your next favorite song but can't spell "strawberry." 🍓CosmicDS brought data visualization to Milton Academy, turning huge datasets into graphs with zero coding, from sunspots and exoplanets to shark migration in the Pacific.

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404 Media @404media.co · 12/07/2026

Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it. www.404media.co/henrico-virg...

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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their…

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

"We cannot afford to have a society in which a significant fraction of our best young minds think that cheating is OK,” Serrano said. “That leads to a declining society, to a failed society … We cannot choose to become idiots.”

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.com · 05/07/2026

I stopped collecting sources to make more volumes because I am *tired*. If a person is not convinced, in 2026, that consumer LLM products are bad for people and the planet, then how can we get into the nuances of existing issues with algorithms used to make decisions and other tech reliance?

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SPIE @spie.org · 03/07/2026

Don’t miss these community-focused sessions at #SPIEastro: 💡 Lunch & Learn: Hidden Barriers in Astronomical Instrumentation Career Pathways 🥪 💡 Inclusive Participation in Astronomy Instrumentation 👥 💡 Diversity and Inclusion in Observatory Operations 🔭 Learn more: bit.ly/4gm0wpJ

The image is a promotional graphic for SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Community Events. It lists events on 7 July, 8 July, and 9 July focusing on career pathways, participation in astronomy instrumentation, and diversity in observatory operations, respectively. The background features a blue gradient with abstract geometric shapes at the bottom.

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 25/06/2026

Today in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: 'Zero is a Choice', by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/zero-is-a-... #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

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Zero Is a Choice

What the y-axis decides before you read a single number

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