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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Things that will happen when he's gone: * we're going to learn about shit he did that's so heinous, it makes the stuff we know about look tame * his many minions will claim to have "always opposed" him and demand sympathy for their suffering at his hands * dancing in the streets, worldwide

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/07/2025

4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

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Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/07/2025

The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX

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NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker

Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/07/2025

I know your R reps are garbage and it feels pointless to call them. But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget. The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters. Find your US rep here: reps.fyi

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

💔 the Senate just passed that awful cruel budget bill, but it’s not over yet. Now it goes back to the House to vote. If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

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Heather Shearer @heather-sea55.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🧪 This is fascinating and the method could be used in other environments. “…this work also emphasizes the importance of specialized, interdisciplinary methods to address the intrinsic limitations of these data, particularly the challenges posed by temporal sparsity.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Observations of the seiche that shook the world - Nature Communications

The Surface Water Ocean Topography mission observed week-long earth-shaking waves formed by landslide-induced tsunamis in an East Greenland fjord. Connecting these observations with seismic data confi...

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Planetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 03/06/2025

Read the full story here: buff.ly/D5O99Z4 🧪 🔭 📸 : NASA / JPL-Caltech / Arizona State University.

A color-coded map of greens, yellows, oranges and reds that reveal topography of the Martian volcano Alba Mons. Text reads: Reading the rivers: To understand Mars’ more recent geologic and hydrologic history, three PSI scientists used the latest high-resolution images and topographic data, along with hydrologic models, to characterize ancient river valleys on the Martian volcano Alba Mons.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now. Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre... 🔭 🧪

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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA

The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency

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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The Weather and Climate Livestream has officially concluded, but our mission continues... Thank you to everyone for tuning in and learning about weather and climate science! Let's #SaveAmericasForecasts together 💯 wclivestream.com/more/

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angelthegrey @angelthegrey.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

As of 9.30p, nothing in the @nytimes.com - Looking forward to more updates on Biden's prostate, though 🧪

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Hurricane Katrina taught us to prepare for the unimaginable in our new climate reality. As part of our series tied to the 20th anniversary of Katrina, we ask: Are we more prepared? We head into "Hurricane Season" on this week’s @bipisci.bsky.social 🧪 🔊 Listen here: buff.ly/RfWr428

Satellite photograph of Hurricane Katrina heading into New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico.

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Kathleen Mandt, PhD @mommascientist.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#NASA funds research that no other agency can do. We work at the crossroads of #Earth and #Planetary science to search for life in the universe #Astrobiology 🧪🔭🪐

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Serendipitous space beauty to start your weekend. NASA's new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon's night side is facing us, but it's beautifully lit by Earthshine. 🧪🔭 science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...

$During commissioning, PUNCH’s NFI instrument captured this image of the new Moon as it passed by the Sun in the sky on April 27, 2025. The new Moon appears full, because it is illuminated by Earthshine (sunlight reflected off Earth). The image helped the PUNCH team confirm that the Moon will not obscure NFI’s view of the corona and solar wind. The dark circle near the bottom is the shadow of NFI’s occulter, which hides the Sun. The occulter, which was not yet fully aligned with the Sun, is surrounded by a narrow bright ring of diffracted light. Around that is a large, hazy circle of stray light glinting off the occulter (the Moon is inside that circle). Outside that is a small, dimmer region of the sky that is less affected by glint.$

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Happy #WorldTurtleDay! Have you ever wondered how turtles breathe inside a rigid box? I made this illustration back when I was teaching Chordate Zoology. It's a subject I find fascinating. 🌿🐢

A digitally illustrated diagram of the cross-section of a turtle showing how the lungs and muscles supporting them are arranged within the shell. The top part of the illustration shows the turtle with the head out of its shell. "In turtles, the ribs have fused with the shell, forming a rigid box. They can’t expand and contract their lungs like most other vertebrates. Instead, in some species, a muscular sling is used to actively move the lungs. The transverse abdominis and pectoralis muscles contract the lungs for exhalation. The oblique abdominis and serratus muscles expand the lungs for inhalation. "

The second part shows the turtle with its head pulled into its shell, "In turtle species who can retract their head and limbs into their shells, breathing can become a bit more difficult. There is much less room for the lungs to expand, but studies have found that some air remains in the lungs and limited breathing can still occur. (after Landberg et al. 2003)"

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 22/05/2025

As someone who has relied on SNAP to put food in the fridge, I'm incredibly proud of the work we're doing at @dataforprogress.org to shine a light on how disastrously unpopular cutting nutrition assistance is

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 22/05/2025

The federal government is trying to kill 150,000 trans people in the United States. I can count the number of cis people talking about this on one hand.

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Hey, let's outlive these ghouls ok? Let's witness their demise together

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/s...

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Karen Romano Young @karenromanoyoung.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I just thought I'd tell you that the first dragonflies emerged from the pond today.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 19/05/2025

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

And while we're at it lets build a more Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive science. Some of us are actively thinking about this. Thank you to @holdenthorp.bsky.social #science #lgbtqSTEM #Blackinstem #womeninstem Beginning the discussion of a way forward open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...

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Beginning the discussion of a way forward

Roundup of recent events in the crisis for American science, and the emergence of new voices on where we stand and where we could go

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I will always repost the exploding whale in Oregon story. Read up in comments for other (gross) story of a beached whale in Oregon

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/05/2025

The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.

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Sarah Cosgriff 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 @acescicomm.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

STEM for Queer Youth is a project I do in collaboration with @prideinstem.bsky.social (who fund the project) which involves LGBTQ+ scientists visiting a LGBTQ+ youth group in Wiltshire. We are looking for more scientists to visit! More about the project here: prideinstem.org/2025/04/21/s...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

They can take away our DEI offices and grants, but they can't stop us from infusing DEI into every single thing we do. Which is what we need to have genuine equity, inclusion, and justice. scienceforeveryone.science/p/what-theyv...

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What they've taken and what they can never take away

Gains in equity and access can happen without DEI-targeted funding.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/04/2025

As @justinworland.com reminds us, "Francis paid special attention to the disproportionate impact of climate change on the world’s poorest and critiqued the economic structures that make this a reality."

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Remembering Pope Francis's Climate Legacy

Pope Francis served as a voice of moral clarity, speaking and writing about the social consequences of human influence on the planet.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/04/2025

"Once and for all, let us put an end to the irresponsible derision that would present this issue as something purely ecological, “green”, romantic, frequently subject to ridicule by economic interests. Let us finally admit that it is a human and social problem on any number of levels." Read more:

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"Laudate Deum": Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023) | Francis

Laudate Deum: Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis, 4 October 2023

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/04/2025

Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us. In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵

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Live updates: Pope Francis dies at 88

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered to poor people with a message of mercy, has died. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal and indiffer...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

What a great piece by @arstechnica.com: "This moment calls out for moral clarity and resolve. It asks universities to take their mission in society seriously and to resist being co-opted by government forces." arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

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Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.

Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025

Thousands of people rallied at hundreds of events across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, federal job cuts and other issues. nyti.ms/3EyqNkh

A crowd of protesters holding cardboard signs. One says "RESIST IF NOT NOW WHEN?" Photo by Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 19/04/2025

40 hours until the Lucy spacecraft encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson! 2 million km away still, and according to whereislucy.space the asteroid is still less than a pixel across in L'LORRI data (Lucy Long Range Reconnaissance Imager). And, yeah, I keep looking at the data, and it is true.

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NASA Lucy mission trajectory interactive graphic of orbit. Information and countdown to the Jupiter Trojan asteroid fly-by.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law

A screenshot of a tweet by the official White House account.

Text: “Fixed it for you, @NYTimes.
Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen - he's NOT coming back.”

There is also a screenshot of the front page of the NyT with a large headline and photo about Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. They have edited the headline with red ink handwriting to say “ Senator meets with deported ms-13 illegal alien in El Salvador who’s never coming back.”

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We said, “Never again!” The question is…did we really mean it, or were we just puffing up our chests to sound like people we wanted to believe we were, but knew deep inside…we…were not? The test that will reveal the answer is before us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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