Reposted by Karen MastersProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9358273342
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Before the organizations building AI can teach a superintelligence to treat humanity well, they’ll need to remember how to do it themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comI Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is BrokenThe industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes. 261
Reposted by Karen Mastersjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087073986
Reposted by Karen MastersLuxomancer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#PSA, if any of y'all bought the Hot Hands brand rechargable hand warmers, they are subject to a safety recall 😑 hothands.com/recall-notic...hothands.comRecall Notice-Rechargeable - HotHands 033
Reposted by Karen MastersNPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. n.pr/4y2SrM3n.prJust short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts downBeloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. 17310135
Reposted by Karen MastersCatherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The moon this morning #Astronomy #Astrophotography 211819
Reposted by Karen MastersPaul Kingsley @paulkingsley7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🧪 “The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational 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. 39165
Reposted by Karen MastersStreet Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 01/10/2026📱 “Hands” / Photo Tunnel — By Kerry Wilson in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK 🇬🇧 Under Bridges (8 Photos) streetartutopia.com/2026/10/01/stre… 612533
Reposted by Karen MastersGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160... 7907145
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m off to MIT Haystack Observatory for tomorrow and Friday for a meeting of the NASEM Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF). Looking forward to learning more about current research at Haystack. 🧪🔭📡👩🔬 0100
Reposted by Karen MastersJustin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shane Ross at Virginia Tech created a simulation of what 500k orbital data centers, as proposed by SpaceX, would look like from your home latitude sdross0.github.io/orbital-data...sdross0.github.ioWhat would orbital data centers look like from your sky?500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser. 39266
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I get a Saturday of science in the beautiful Vermont mountains with the 37th annual Keck Northeast Astronomy consortium undergraduate research symposium (1/?) 🔭🧪 3665
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Driving north to Vermont today for our annual Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium undergraduate research conference. 151
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Proud to see this paper come out from UMalaya student Danial Lee - our first from his PhD work: arxiv.org/abs/2609.28030 🔭👩🔬arxiv.orgThe Neutral Hydrogen Gas Content of Star-forming and Quiescent S0 GalaxiesLenticular (or S0) galaxies that remain actively star-forming (SFS0s) are a unique transition population among galaxies. We investigated the HI (21cm) neutral hydrogen content of a sample of lenticula... 150
Reposted by Karen MastersJer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026germainekoh.com/works/fair-w...germainekoh.comGermaine Koh work 03912
Reposted by Karen MastersGalaxy Zoo @galaxyzoo.org · 23/09/2026Announcing the Overlap Zoo project! (on the Galaxy Zoo blog): blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/09/22/a... 🔭blog.galaxyzoo.orgAnnouncing the Overlap Zoo project!We are excited to announce the launch of Overlap Zoo, a new project under the Galaxy Zoo umbrella! Among the several million galaxies classified in previous Galaxy Zoo projects, a small number of t… 12210
Reposted by Karen MastersGalaxy Zoo @galaxyzoo.org · 23/09/2026We're happy to have a new "friend" (project) in the Zooniverse - introducing Overlap Zoo. 022
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hi professional astronomer friends - is the CADC website still the best place to find an overview of future conferences/meetings? (www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/meetings/). And if so, is it working for you - I just get blank pages.... 🔭👩🔬cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.caInternational Astronomy Meetings - Canadian Astronomy Data CentreEnabling the next astronomical discoveries 131
Reposted by Karen MastersHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 22/09/2026For millions, Terry Pratchett opened the door to a lifelong love of reading. The passage below, from Reaper Man, has always struck us as one of his most moving – a humanist meditation on death and legacy that continues to be read at humanist funerals today. #GNUTerryPratchett 834895
Reposted by Karen MastersDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nobody will remember: -Your job -How busy you were -How many hours you worked. People will remember: -Fun shark facts you taught them. Here’s my favorite: Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, eat (probably scavenging) polar bears and reindeer. 19550117
Reposted by Karen MastersAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I feel like this shouldn't be news, because of course class matters in academia. But there is a unique American resistance to taking class seriously if at all that Ive not seen in other parts of the world Ive lived. 15912
Reposted by Karen MastersChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips. 14734235
Reposted by Karen MastersSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 20/09/2026this is so spectacular. 0479
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Got to spend a bit of time with my little neighbours (5 and 2) this afternoon. Came away with a glittery star field tattoo. And watch a new show about “Monster Trucks”. 190
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I visited this with my son’s Cub Scout group a long time ago. The waters in the Solent can be dangerous. This is very sad. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comLifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right actionRNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel 140
Reposted by Karen Masterssarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present 322230395
Reposted by Karen MastersDr. Kristina Hill ☠️ 🏳️🌈 thinks this is a bad timeline @kzhill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What could go wrong?? Just because our whole planet is in “Surprise Mode” 🌍 … it’ll be fine. (Irrepressible twitching begins in earnest…) 021
Reposted by Karen MastersScott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · 16/09/2026I am just *thrilled* scientists are using AI to make slides for their research talks. It's now so easy to make overstuffed, incomprehensible slides that are totally ineffective as visual aids. Anybody who tries to communicate clearly with simple visuals is going to look even better by comparison. 1232
Reposted by Karen MastersMarlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Good morning! Here are your 3 minutes of peace & calm from Cape Cod National Seashore. #OceanDevotion 715625
Reposted by Karen MastersRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632601548
Reposted by Karen MastersPeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Space Warps Needs You! The Space Warps Euclid project is entering the closing stages, but there is still about a week in which you can help with refining the final sample.telescoper.blogSpace Warps Needs You!The Space Warps Euclid project is entering the closing stages, but there is still about a week in which you can help with refining the final sample. 155
Reposted by Karen MastersLinnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026You know how you can tell this never happened? Because political figures from this time are still trying to prevent Mayor Mamdani from attending 9/11 memorials. Only true if "All Americans" excludes Muslims and anyone not moved to cheer for bloodthirsty vengeance and paranoid surveillance #uspoli 2427
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I keep my own (private) refereeing diary. I have done this since 2006, almost exactly 20 years ago. Apparently I have refereed 51 papers in that time - my most common journal to referee for being MNRAS (18 papers refereed). 👩🔬🔭 0180
Reposted by Karen MastersAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...justgiving.comHelp raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 14278201
Reposted by Karen MastersMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135252193
Reposted by Karen MastersCrumplings 🐌 @crumplings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Another large humpback sculpture - this time in a more whimsical colour scheme I've wanted to try for a while! Handmade from coarse paper mache, painted with acrylics, mounted on a wood & metal stand. 721861
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The nomination deadline is coming up fast for @franklininstitute.bsky.social NextGen Award for 2028, which will be for Physics & Astronomy. Details for how to nominate excellent early career scientists: fi.edu/en/awards/no... 👩🔬🔭fi.eduThe Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award - NominationsThe Franklin Institute invites you to nominate candidates for the Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award, presented to an early-career investigator for a transformative discovery, development, innovation, or... 061
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We're still learning how to use our new Celestron Origin telescope, but I am impressed at the deep sky images it can capture, even on a pretty cloudy evening in our light polluted skies. This is the lagoon nebula from last night. 🔭👩🔬 4698
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Exciting - my first "major" contributions to OpenStax Astronomy just got published (I am in conversation about joining the Senior Contributing Author team). I mostly contributed captions for some new JWST images and content about new results from JWST: openstax.org/details/book... (Ch28). 🔭👩🔬openstax.orgOpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No CatchOpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects! 0191
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Fun to discover this morning Astronomers Library now available in Polish. Publishers link to the book: www.quarto.com/books/978071... 🔭👩🔬 0130
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We actually started last week at @haverfordcollege.bsky.social but today felt like the first day of school as both my kids now back at school/college also. Started my day with some reading outside in the sunshine. Nice view. 1170
Reposted by Karen MastersSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So we want to livestream the rally tomorrow from the Save The Academy instagram account, but the accounts needs 1000 followers to allow livestreaming. Please please please can everyone go follow this instagram account? www.instagram.com/savetheacade...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 4208165
Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Labor day catch up of some urgent work tasks (don't worry not all day!) and just had the distinct pleasure of refereeing a really excellent paper. Almost no comments. That's rare! 1100
Reposted by Karen MastersStefan @stefan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Hello - could anyone who knows me vote for the moon rock? It’d make a NASA nerd very happy. Although this wasn’t found on my favourite mission (Apollo 12) it was found by their backup crew (Apollo 15). Vote!!! 042
Reposted by Karen Masters👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026People! HOW is a MOON ROCK losing to the ‘treacherous’ mineral?!?! Wake up and vote #Anorthite!!! Send #Sphalerite home to contemplate its treachery—IN DEFEAT!!! #MinCup26 02712
Reposted by Karen MastersAyana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026ICYMI: Season 5 of the What If We Get It Right? podcast has an incredible new co-host! I’m teaming up with OG climate legend @billmckibben.bsky.social to cover everything you need to know about environmental issues leading up to Election Day. Subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 1308
Reposted by Karen MastersMichael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWorld’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particleIt’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say 331144276