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UCSB History PhD Candidate. I am super into space history (2024/2025 HSS/NASA Aerospace History Fellow) and recently moved abroad. We'll see. Mostly I share things that I find interesting.

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Nefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
wafb.com
New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
ICE observers in Minneapolis have begun receiving visits from FBI agents sent to intimidate them. A close friend-combat vet, mother, no criminal record-who was a volunteer observer during the ICE crisis, had a visit and was threatened for taking photos and videoed, claiming that filming was illegal.
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CleanTechnica @cleantechnica.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Balcony Solar Bill Moving Forward in California cleantechnica.com/2026/06/11/b...
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Balcony Solar Bill Moving Forward in California - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. “Balcony solar” has been one of the more popular stories of the past year. More and more locations are allowing plug-and-play...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/06/2026
British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel
theguardian.com
British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel
Keir Starmer said operation involving UK armed forces operation delivers ‘yet another blow’ to Russia and Putin The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel in the early hours of Sunday, Keir Starmer has confirmed. The Ministry of Defence said Royal Marine commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a six-hour operation – the first UK-led operation of its kind. Continue reading...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A SECOND person died of exposure last winter after DHS dumped them in the middle of nowhere, miles from their home, without notifying their family.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Shalit’s producer recalled seeing him “late in his career, entering a theater for a screening with a look of glee on his face. “My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.” “Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼 #RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
did you guys know they still allowed good news
abcnews.com
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow.
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Bill Shein @billshein.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Label me radical, but I don’t think destroying the night sky and burning an enormous amount aluminum and other materials in the atmosphere should make anyone a trillionaire.
theconversation.com
A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
If SpaceX launches one million new satellites, it will increase atmospheric pollution and risk of falling debris. And we will see more satellites than stars.
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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A small number of far right agitators were overwhelmingly surrounded and forced to flee Brighton today after thousands of antifascists assembled in the city.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...
easternherald.com
The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network
NSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
eating in mexico as a european has gotta be like hearing music for the first time
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
medpagetoday.com
Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted
Research was included in CDC's recent hepatitis B birth vaccination review
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Jeb! D Vance
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Zoom Earth @zoom.earth · 26/05/2026
Stunning clear skies over most of Europe today ☀️
Satellite imagery
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Tiernan Blanchard is in SPOOKY MODE @gaycannibalism.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
hey, fellow brits and europeans in this heat wave! If you're on any of these you're more sensitive to the heat. Make sure you drink water, stay in the shade, and avoid over-exertion.
Medications that can cause heat intolerance

FUROSEMIDE, CHLORTHALIDONE, HYDROCHLORTHIAZIDE, METOPROLOL, ATENOLOL, CARVEDILOL, PROPRANOLOL, CITALOPRAM, ESCITALOPRAM, FLUOXETINE, PAROXETINE, SERTRALINE, DULOXETINE, VENLAFAXINE, LISINOPRIL, LOSARTAN, VALSARTAN, BENZTROPINE, OXYBUTYNIN, TOLTERODINE, DIPHENHYDRAMINE, PSEUDOEPHREDRINE, PHENYLEPHRINE, AMITRIPTYLINE, NORTRIPTYLINE, RISPERIDONE, QUEATIAPINE, HALOPERIDOL, OLANZAPINE, DEXTROAMPHETAMINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, METHYLPHENIDATE, LEVODOPA
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Irony is dead
wcvb.com
Demand rises for handmade flags sewn by Mass. inmates ahead of America’s 250th
As demand grows ahead of the nation’s 250th celebration, inmates across Massachusetts are sewing thousands of American flags by hand.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
MONTREAL: “A total of 12 streets are being pedestrianized this year, encouraging local businesses and bringing outdoor festivities to the heart of the city and to some residential neighnourholds.” Via @cultmtl.com Another year of continent-leading street transformations trading cars for civic life.
cultmtl.com
12 Montreal streets are going pedestrian-only this summer
See the annual schedule for pedestrian streets in Montreal this summer, a seasonal practice that has become part of this city's DNA.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 26/05/2026
Dutch block US takeover of Solvinity as against public interest reut.rs/4uAGyfr
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Dutch block US takeover of Solvinity as against public interest
The Dutch government on Tuesday blocked ‌Kyndryl’s 100 million euro ($113 million) takeover of cloud services provider Solvinity, citing public interest concerns after advice from the agency that screens foreign investments.
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Welcome to the party pal! @jhmblvd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is beyond believe that ICE agents who have murdered Americans are still allowed to pepper spray a Senator. When do we say enough? My god America this agency has attacked one blue city after the next. They have shot innocent people in cold blood with no accountability. ICE is out of control.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Sorry, I'm no rocket scientist, but how is a test flight where one of three engine FAILS "mostly successful"? 2/3 = a win? NASA wants to do business with a "mostly successful," one-third failed contractor. Sounds like bullshit to me. And it's my tax dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/s...
nytimes.com
SpaceX Completes Mostly Successful Starship Rocket Flight
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 26/05/2026
ECB says private-credit fuelled AI boom poses risk to financial system
ft.com
ECB says private-credit fuelled AI boom poses risk to financial system
Central bank warns that investors could be exposed to losses if the technology does not meet its potential
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/05/2026
Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging
wp.me
Welsh researchers create biodegradable plastic from seaweed
Mark Mansfield Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say the ...
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 26/05/2026
Nine countries pull out of Ukraine ammunition coalition
ft.com
Nine countries pull out of Ukraine ammunition coalition
Czech-led initiative aimed at supplying Kyiv with millions of shells has halved since December, says president
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🌈 Krissy In Color 🌈 @krissyincolor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
THE LIGHTNING BUGS ARE OUT
static.klipy.com
Firefly Lights Up and Flies Away
ALT: Firefly Lights Up and Flies Away
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Good morning with good news: Australia's main grid may reach its goal of 82% renewable electricity by 2030, as a result of a big boom in rooftop solar and home batteries. 11.2 GWh of home battery storage has been installed in 10 months thru April! reneweconomy.com.au/blows-your-m... #energysky
reneweconomy.com.au
"Blows your mind:" Regulator says boom in home batteries and PV puts 82 pct renewables within reach
Regulator says surge in home battery and rooftop PV installations puts the 82 pct renewables target back in reach because it reduces the burden on large scale projects.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
forbes.com
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
motherjones.com
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 19/02/2026
🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨 NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space. The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled!
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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A *2,000* acre data center right next to the Manassas National Battlefield. I hate this shit so much.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A downside of working so hard at having a public persona of being a greedy, annoying asshole is that’s how juries will see you.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am SO glad he's taking that Reagan quote on directly. One of the more harmful lines and philosophies in US politics. Government is us. It is what we the people choose to do with our collective resources. It can be a force for good if we want it to be.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 23/04/2026
New NATO members Sweden and Finland taking on a central role in the alliance’s enhanced deterrence and defense in Northern Europe: “For the first time in its history, Sweden is set to serve as a Framework Nation within NATO, taking command of FLF Finland this summer”
mynewsdesk.com
Sweden to take command of NATO Forward Land Force Finland
“NATO’s Forward Land Forces [FLF] in Finland is the Alliance’s foremost line of defense in the north,” says Swedish Colonel Daniel Rydberg, who will take...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..." www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...
scientificamerican.com
Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/04/2026
While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break
planetary.org
Your Guide to NASA's Budget
How big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as…
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 21/01/2026
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/01/2026
US set to quit World Health Organization reut.rs/3LMTKwy
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US set to quit World Health Organization
The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires Washington to pay the U.N. health agency $260 million in fees that it owes.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 20/01/2026
By the time New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill finished her inaugural address, she'd already signed two executive orders on energy. @zeitlin.bsky.social has the details: heatmap.news/sparks/new-j...
heatmap.news
New Jersey’s New Governor Froze Electricity Prices During Her First Speech
Mikie Sherrill used her inaugural address to sign two executive orders on energy.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 09/01/2026
We should be ashamed and embarrassed to be a society in which people will willingingly, actively, point a loaded gun in the face of a fellow citizen. A free society should be one where government employees don't put a gun to your face when you're exercising a core tenet of said society: free speech
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
ANDING ROCK
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
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Fort Yates, ND 58538
CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
NSF announced today it is moving a half-mile down the street to be neighbors of the US Patent Office in Alexandria, Va. Here's our earlier story on the possibility. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
NSF could be moving down the street
Government sets requirements for new space that sound like nearby patent office campus
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Read about the life of Sharon Camp, the woman who turned hard-to-obtain emergency contraception into over-the-counter Plan B, and forever bless the women who get things done! 🎁 link
nytimes.com
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Lying awake wondering if squandering last Tuesday's victories is a feature not a bug for Senate Dems. Are they pitching themselves "this will reduce excitement by 18% and then we won't get more Mamdanis"?
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NujabWes @bloghawk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
photo of the First President of Tanzania - Julius Nyerere - with the quote, "The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them."
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks to @lindstorian.bsky.social for reminding me of this perfect gif.
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie says i 'm so sick of congress
Alt: Josh Lyman, from the West Wing, says 'I'm so sick of Congress I could vomit.'
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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
If you are in Rome in the next two months, there is an exhibition at Palazzo Venezia about the history of Italian railways since Unification, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the creation of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato in 1905. vive.cultura.gov.it/it/le-ferrov...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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