Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesSarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As an undergrad (not particularly interested in engineering) I had a tutor who worked in adaptive optics. He talked about AO and all the technology going into new telescopes like VLT, and my little brain went WE CAN DO WHAT 💡🪞 and things, as they say, escalated quickly. 1332
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 22524811197
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026Stretch your brain muscles with this bundle of programming-themed puzzle games! Pay what you want and benefit EFF, too. www.humblebundle.com/games/progr... 05421
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May with @azluminaria.org)propublica.orgThis Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was... 19697308
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesNPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. n.pr/4ycseLJn.prUnder Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers showStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. 6213153
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesAAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy @aascsma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We have a new minigrants program for early-career astronomers for professional expenses (e.g., travel, grad app fees) that can't be covered through other funds. The deadline is Oct 9! The app asks professional goals, description of financial need, & an itemized list of expenses. Please share! 🔭 069
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesLynn Carter @lynncarter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Finally a very detailed article describing the destruction and chaos at NASA Goddard. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.orgNASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missionsNASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. 12417
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesErica @erohealthcomms.com · 19/09/2026The House of Representatives has worked 45 hours and 16 minutes in September. The Senate has worked 18 hours, 17 minutes, and 6 seconds. They would not qualify for SNAP or Medicaid based on their own imposed work requirements. And yet we continue to pay their $174K salary.congress.gov 112354
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026SHOUT-OUT to all proud members of the MAGA-Resistance Movement in their defense of the Kennedy Center. It will NEVER have the Orange Felon's name on it, just as it will continue to be the Gulf of MEXICO, Lake ONTARIO & the Department of DEFENSE. #AccountabilityIn45Days 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 277115732618
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesJonathan Fortney @jjfplanet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026*8* postdoctoral positions in atmospheric physics, from the Earth to Exoplanets: aas.org/jobregister/... This is part of the Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, led by Prof. @astrocaroline.bsky.social!aas.orgPostdoctoral Researchers — Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres | American Astronomical SocietyThe Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, is seeking 8 postdoctoral researchers to develop new approaches to understanding clouds ac... 13326
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesBrandt Gaches @brandt-gaches.space · 18/09/2026*Job hire announcement*: I'm hiring a postdoc in my group! The postdoc will work on a project to use molecular dynamics to build the first atomistic view of the chemistry of icy grains following heavy-ion impact. Ad: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste... Deadline: Nov 15, 2026 Start: Mar 1, 2027uni-due.deStellenausschreibung 033
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism" 193197737
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A teenager tries to get his parents back together 120
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”. 282115162168
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 487109606252
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesAdam Yahya Rayes @rayesreports.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Local police have handed migrants to the Trump admin in hundreds of cases. In dozens of communities, deportations can begin with trivial issues: cracked windshields, jaywalking, tinted windows A @michiganpublic.bsky.social & @outliermedia.org investigation: www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus... 077
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is wild. In late 2025, federal and state officials kept a Mexican woman in custody for almost a month by repeatedly rebooking her just before her 72-hour time limit ran out. www.propublica.org/article/immi... 28663336
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.nsf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 6139169
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesRuss McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation. 521300905
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesLeo C. Stein @duetosymmetry.com · 26/08/2026Tim Curry and Dolly Parton both demonstrated how gender is a social construct. RIP legends 121658
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesAstronomy Picture of the Day (unofficial bot) @fanapod.baldanders.info · 25/08/2026#apod 2026-08-25 Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses Image Credit: Tim Martin Web page: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260825.html 0165
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesCenter for Space Environmentalism @space-environment.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"The public must write their senators and representatives calling for regulation of commercial space activity. We must vote for candidates who rigorously scrutinize claims of safety and public benefit by companies seeking to launch satellite constellations." www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...houstonchronicle.comIn 10 years, satellites will erase the stars. Save the night sky now.The awe-inducing power of the night sky belongs to every human, and it is being stolen from us. 1189
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law" 8980420
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesNPR @npr.org · 20/08/2026From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year. n.pr/4gauXivn.prRecord cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health systemFrom state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year. 718671
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 16/08/2026describe your music taste with only three artists. no genres allowed. Bent Knee Björk Grimes 030
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 15/08/2026They deserve better. We all deserve better. We have the tools to live without gun violence. This is a choice we make over and over again. This is the cost. Our children, and choosing fear. 1275
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 15/08/2026I need you to understand that as I send my Gen Z kid to college this year - her school experience started with Sandy Hook. Every time she changes school we discuss navigating school shootings. There was a school shooting when she was in her first year at high school. This is our children's normal. 28624
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/08/2026There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.theatlantic.comBlack Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as GoodAfrican American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform... 162201677
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 351562633
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesNPR @npr.org · 10/08/2026Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much. n.pr/3UmXwR2n.prSome disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop themMedicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much. 21433153
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesNPR @npr.org · 08/08/2026That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security. n.pr/4qabWjCn.prPrivate prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climbThat revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security. 28252153
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This seems like the equivalent of “yeah I’m going to need you to come in Saturday” for parents 030
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesAstrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026From Kaz Gary: Today’s bite explores how we may need a cosmic duster to see life on other worlds. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/07/28/hwo-exozodi/astrobites.orgDust Deal with ItToday's bite explores how we may need a cosmic duster to see life on other worlds. 081
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/07/2026A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.bit.lyA flex in corporate America, AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ fades as workplaces look to cut tech spendingA corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity. 1111741
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesBrooke Simmons @vrooje.net · 23/07/2026To those at the #NAM2026 plenary hearing things like “and that’s when I knew we were going to win [over other survey teams]”, know that you can do brilliant science in a collaborative and mutually encouraging way, rather than treating everyone else as a competitor. We decide/set our culture. 🔭 2355
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesJohn Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Great interview with Laura Grego of @ucs.org - she gets into Elon Musk and space colonialism, which is 100% a conversation we should be having www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skiesElon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to? 1239
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It’s rare to see an article with so many supportive comments and other active military members and veterans sharing similar stories to this one. www.military.com/air-force-gu...military.comAir Force Guardsman Allegedly Fired by Employer Due to Being Deployed: LawsuitChristopher Jones, a cybersecurity engineer, claims that his former employer terminated him weeks before deployment, skirting federal USERRA laws. 000
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesBen Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...bostonglobe.comTrump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston GlobeThe new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September. 12939541521
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Clara Ester, a civil rights activist who was one of the last remaining witnesses to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, has diedapnews.comClara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78. 482189780
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 18/07/2026A reminder that adoption is frequently a colonial tool of genocide. And that part of understanding reproductive justice is understanding that people withhold birth control and health care to create a stream of adoptable babies. 16530
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Many areas including NY, WI and MI have extremely poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. While public health agencies advise people to stay indoors and avoid strenuous activity, farm workers are out working in these conditions. 1/ 8702327
Reposted by Prof Lía CorralesNPR @npr.org · 16/07/2026An ACLU report looks at the widespread use of force in immigration enforcement in the first year of President Trump's return to office. Recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine have brought renewed scrutiny to the agency's tactics. n.pr/4w6xy2bn.prThe use of force has become a 'default tool' for ICE officers, a new report findsAn ACLU report looks at the widespread use of force in immigration enforcement in the first year of President Trump's return to office. Recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine have brought renewed scrutiny to the agency's tactics. 25328138
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 16/07/2026You always have the best and most interesting software recommendations! How do you find out about this stuff? 120
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Deadly fact: The smaller the particle, the easier it is to get across cellular barriers and do damage. PM2.5 (particulate matter < 2.5 micron) is fhe most hazardous. ISM dust is ~< 0.1 micron, and not something I would like to breathe in in real life. 041
Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Good thing we have that stockpile of N95s from the pandemic, right? …. RIGHT?!? 010