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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Canada's basic income for families was found to grow the economy $2 per $1 invested, while creating 450K FT-equivalent jobs. And it was 'overwhelmingly' responsible for reducing child poverty. Keep it going.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 20/07/2026

Perhaps the most important moment in human history. #OnThisDay 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Astonishing to think that 57 years later, Artemis II pushed the frontier of human spaceflight even further. Exploration is in our nature.

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John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. 1/5

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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Bears repeating today…

If you really want a Star Trek future, it’s not just going to space in cool machines.
It’s building a society w respect for all life, sentient & otherwise, applying science wisely, & pursuing principles of justice, fairness & reason.
Let’s build that and ride it to the stars.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

science and space travel are best done by people in love with the science not people in love with profit

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 25/05/2026

There's a situation unfolding in the land of online bookselling that I haven't discussed primarily because I have little information to share. An unknown company is making multi-volume purchases, and when I say multi-, I mean some of us have been getting 500 orders a week. For REALLY random books.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 12/05/2026

Want to significantly reduce suicide rates? Start universal basic income. Decouple survival from employment entirely and enable everyone to truly pursue happiness.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We couldn’t agree more. Queen guitarist/astronomer Brian May and astrophysicist Derek Ward-Thompson talked with us about their new stereoscopic book of galaxies, that combines art and science to give people a 3D perspective of the universe. Listen to the full podcast episode now: buff.ly/LkdXS62

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

😎 This weekend, ESA marks 18 years of Europe’s Columbus laboratory in orbit, and we’ve got a couple of these epic ‘How Columbus Learnt to Fly’ books to give away! Just share this post for a chance to win!👍

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Look familiar?

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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"Spain is willing to offer up to €400 million to attract the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) to the Canary Islands island of La Palma." This could be a huge loss for American scientific prestige - an international #astronomy instrument leaving the U.S. www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/202...

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Diana Morant anuncia que el Gobierno de España ofrece hasta 400 millones de euros para construir en La Palma el Telescopio de Treinta Metros (TMT)

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Investment Executive on one of the best investments Canada can ever make. A guaranteed livable basic income.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 12/05/2025

🔭🚀 We will be present at the 55th edition of International Paris Air Show, taking place on 16-22 June at Le Bourget airport. Here we celebrate 50 years of advancing space for Europe, as well as highlighting our vision for the future, ESA’s Strategy 2040. Find out more ➡️ esa.int/About_Us/Exh...

Public walking around a concrete floor with several white rockets in the background.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The very first clip of COSMOS—this is where it all began. A voyage from the shores of Earth's oceans to the infinite expanses of the Milky Way, Andromeda, and beyond. Thank you, Carl, for taking us on this journey. We remain forever in your debt.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

We could have just had a normal president and a functioning country. I hope that going forward, the “both parties are the same” motto gets laughed out of polite discourse as the cheap cynicism it always was.

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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Gotta say, I struggle on some days to reconcile the fact that millions of Americans actually WANT to live in a country with viruses spreading freely, thousand of people getting kicked out of their jobs, billionaires feasting on the government & people being snatched off the street by secret police.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/04/2025

Looks like the evidence for this weird chemical abundance in an exoplanet atmosphere has gotten stronger with new JWST data: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s... Is it really a sign of life? That’s still not clear; lots of analysis left to do. But it’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out! 🧪 🔭

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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 02/04/2025

Applications for the next DiscoverEU round are now open 🚆 You could win a free 30-day train pass to explore Europe if you are... ✅ Born between 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2007 ✅ Live in the EU or a third country associated to Erasmus+ ⏰ Deadline: 16 April

A young woman with blonde hair, wearing a white t-shirt, sits by the window of a train, smiling as she looks outside at a scenic coastal view. She leans on a black backpack placed on a small table, which is covered with an EU flag. The train interior has blue seats. Overlaying the image is bold white and yellow text that reads: 'APPLY FOR A FREE TRAVEL PASS!' In the bottom right corner, there is a small European Union emblem.

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DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 12/03/2025

About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back

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Damian Marley @asteroidproject.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Carina Nebula with its glorious colours. February 20th 2025 #astrophotography

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2024

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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The Astrosky Ecosystem @astrosky.eco · 13/01/2025

Want to meet others at #AAS245? Check out our starter pack of people & organisations that are there! If you're there and want to join the starter pack, DM this account.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 12/01/2025

The @esa.int Gaia satellite will take its final scientific measurements on Wednesday. 🔭 This will conclude a 12 year series of continuous observations. Larger Gaia data releases are still in progress, but Gaia has already had a HUGE impact on our understanding of the #milkyway. (Image: ESA)

An artist's impression of the Gaia spacecraft.

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

#OTD 19 December 2013, launch of #ESA's Gaia satellite on Soyuz VS06. The mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars. www.esa.int/Science_Expl... #OnThisDay #SpaceHistory

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