Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMatt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 17/09/2026it is possible to mathematically prove exactly what is most offensive about this image 5345
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We have had constitutional amendments before. We were extremely close to passing the Equal Rights Amendment. Is there any concerted effort around a Right to Privacy amendment? Surveillance tech (Flock, Palentir, etc), AI scraping of personal communications, bathroom policing are begging for it. 030
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Trump swag has been decreasing at NYC tourist shops, but what I find most baffling is their failure to capitalize on Mamdani and the graphical branding of his campaign. 020
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Just passed a Certain Kind of Man filming his righteous take that the aristocrats in the French Revolution were wrongly targeted, since they were the real wealth and job creators. I am not making this up. It came out of his actual mouth as he huffily tossed his expensive hair. 1140
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Output of the 10% of my brain not thinking about work: 1. Jimothy is a girl. 2. Jimothy’s mom would absolutely fuck someone up for calling her baby weird. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My mamma don’t like you, and she likes everyone. 070
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Good thing England brought him up from central accounting. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This referee seems like he would absolutely turn the car right around if you don’t stop hitting your brother. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Harry Kane looks like he was destined to process forms wearing an ill-fitting suit, but was accidentally good at football. 270
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Blessings to the person who referred to Haaland as “Norwegian megafauna”. 102931509
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I cannot handle trying to keep up with both the World Cup and a schism. 161
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026For Father’s Day, my dad in Somalia teaching physics while Aden Adde, the country’s first democratically elected president looks on. 1120
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonRebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Want to do something special to commemorate this 250 anniversary year? Help @nycrecords.bsky.social preserve the full story of our American history! Extra points for signing up on Juneteenth. Hope to see you there! Sign up link in first comment 1103
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonHeidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭dashboards.planetary.orgFederal Grant Rule Comparison 016386
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I have often been critical of the leadership @aaas.org but they just took action on the new OMB rules that will politicize science, speaking out and notifying members. I hope all take the time to follow their advice, contact Congress, and most important, post a comment www.aaas.org/news/aaas-st... 0228122
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 31/05/2026BY SUBMITTING A GROUP COMMENT, YOU CAN BE MORE OF A HEAVY HITTER. "The Comment of 19 PIs whose labs have 497 patents related to the treatment of disease" IS FUCKING LITIGATION GOLD. 🧵 19225
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026What we are talking about here goes beyond science — this is the dismantling of the American administrative state as we know it. This is maybe the biggest change in American governance since the New Deal. It is hard to overstate that THIS IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL. 🧪🔭⚛️ 7187111
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonEmily Higgs Kopin @ehkopin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026remember when Google offered unlimited digital storage to colleges and universities and then when adoption reached the right levels rescinded that promise, capped everything, and started pricing those services without the subsidies? idk man just something I think about a lot 10802308
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonBlack In Astro @blackinastro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Our Undergraduate and Graduate Research Showcase is back! Cash prizes to be won: 1st place - $1000.00 2nd place - $750.00 3rd place - $500.00 Register to present your research using the links in the thread below! #BlackSpaceWeek2026 #BlackInAstro 179
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This succulent pet bed may be the best $30 purchase I’ve made in years. I just look at it and laugh and laugh and laugh. @darthbluesky.bsky.social 41659
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I am not ready to face the level of cringe in this to dare watching it, but Frank is a lovely interviewer, and there is backstory about why I haven’t shut up about Arp systems for 30 years. 2238
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Shout out to the aggressive autocorrect that changed “chat with” to “shag with” on a work email. 3230
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonLaura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 18/04/2026This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report... 121351593
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship. 56149675272
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 07/04/2026My mother: You’re responsible with what you post online, right? Always respectful? Me, about to post my definitive ranking of "most cancellable impact basins:" Yeah, absolutely 3764
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#astromethods #astrocoding #astrocode ☄️🔭 041
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Please spread the word! In addition to becoming an important part of the MESA project, the person in this role would have opportunities to collaborate on scientific software across CCA, which has a vibrant, interactive community of scientists and code developers. 11420
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Something I’m genuinely curious about: can academic research financially afford to go all-in on AI? We used to have to pass the hat to cover buying a new laser printer. 3252
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonAlex Ji @alexji.bsky.social · 12/03/2026🔭 Storytime! This paper consumed my soul for a month and it turns out that you have to look at your 2D spectroscopic data. Thread... ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024OJAp... 2366
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Two decades ago, billionaire spending accounted for just 0.3 percent of federal campaign contributions. Now the 300 families we examined are giving an average of $10 million each — equivalent to the combined voice of roughly 100,000 typical donors. 2/7 210830
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Because “looking at images, not catalogs” is a dying pastime, the paper includes a tutorial on -how- to interpret images of galaxies. Qualitative information alone can get you a surprisingly long way towards a reasonable model, if you’re thinking through the links between morphology and physics. 67717
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026In LA, I had a neighbor with a dog named “Ted” and a boyfriend named “Rusty”. Also, I am not good with names. 120
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonRoberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 06/03/2026To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... If you’re Canadian please sign it. If you’re not, please share ❤️ourcommons.caPetition e-7195 - Petitions 13918897
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonAdrian Price-Whelan @adrian.pw · 02/03/2026Applications are open for our visiting grad student pre-doctoral program at the CCA @flatironinstitute.org ! More info here: www.simonsfoundation.org/2023-flatiro...simonsfoundation.org2026 Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program How to Apply2026 Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program How to Apply on Simons Foundation 11718
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMaia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.orgtcpipeline.orgTrans Continental PipelineQueer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado 178858495
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive 135170575212
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Thinking more about this, which is exactly right. I think this is a huge opportunity for public university faculty organizing. Active education campaigns. Shared tools for analyzing and projecting impacts of funding models. Recruiting & training at least one budget advocate per department. 060
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Faculty have essentially two choices: (1) learn in painstaking detail how resources flow through your institution and how budgets work or (2) complain as you are cut to the bone and then broken. You’d be shocked at how many administrators and faculty do not understand their budget model. 419844
Reposted by Julianne Dalcanton50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15/02/2026NYC: Next weekend (2/20 - 2/22), Hands Off NYC is holding tons of community events across the city where you can help hand out resources (e.g., whistles, KYR info) and support mutual aid groups—all designed to protect your neighbors from ICE. Sign up to host or attend at HandsOffNYC.com/community. 8328128
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonHands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Come make anti-ICE signs and banners with us by signing up at HandsOffNYC.com/build. 421149
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonBill Keel @ngc3314.bsky.social · 15/02/2026"reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or to understand something. Nothing can compare with that experience...Reward of the old scientist is the sense of having seen a vague sketch grow into a masterly landscape." 2146
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonLaura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Astronomer Eric Wilcots to become interim chancellor of UW-Madison! 🔭 0241
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/02/2026Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous 106204685191
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonEmily Hunt @emily.space · 07/02/2026Extremely good analogy. The endgame for AI companies is that everyone becomes dependent on their tech, and has to keep paying $2000 / year to write software. High-quality software is not actually necessary to achieve that goal. 26124
