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Robert Rutledge

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Associate Professor, Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher @astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @rerutled@mastodon.online @rerutled at Threads. he/him

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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 2h
Pretty sure none of Taylor Swift's fans were at her stadium show thinking "I wish I could do this alone, and to music nobody else knows, and with a singer who isn't a person."
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At about the same time, the MacArthur Foundation announced the 20 winners of their "Genius Grant" Fellowships, and - shocker - Sen. Schmitt was not on the list! Here's who was: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
$10 gas in Alaska, because of Trump's Iran war. Corruption, tariffs, inflation and war. Corruption, tariffs, inflation and war. Corruption, tariffs, inflation and war. Corruption, tariffs, inflation and war. Corruption, tariffs, inflation and war. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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$10 for a gallon of gas has red Alaska thinking about a Democratic senator
Mary Peltola hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in a race all about prices, federal aid and Donald Trump.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ohio doesn’t have anyone in the Senate fighting for us – we’re changing that this November.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump: "Hey, do you want to buy some American-made weapons systems? We have the best weapons systems in the world!" Xi: [stares directly into the camera] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If Black voter turnout in Georgia had approached 60%, Kamala Harris would have won the state. There's a lot of noise out there among vibe-based pundits, but that's the number that determines a double-digit Ossoff win versus something smaller and a Democratic governor versus a Republican one.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
RAJU: So you're not planning to help Paxton fundraise at all? CORNYN: Correct R: Why? C: This is the way majority parties become minority parties -- by nominating candidates that are less than appealing to a general electorate R: Does he deserve to be a senator? C: I'll let voters decide that
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On being arrested Sept. 25, 2012 for spray painting over a racist, pro-Israel ad in the New York City subway www.feministgiant.com/p/the-wonder...
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The Wonder Chronicles: 21
On Being a Proud Savage
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Bornday to bell hooks. (Sept. 25, 1952 - Dec. 11, 2021) It was a thrill and honour to meet her in NYC in 2014 after her conversation with Gloria Steinem at the New School
A photo of bell hooks to the left and Mona on the right
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"That’s the thing about daring. It might begin as halting. It leads to delight." -- @monaeltahawy.bsky.social, "Daring to Disturb the Universe". www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-dari...
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Essay: Daring to Disturb the Universe
For International Safe Abortion Day: September 28
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My new essay is on the “illegal” abortion I had 30yrs ago, and the death earlier this month of Italian feminist politician Emma Bonino, whose “illegal” abortion spurred her career. I use inverted commas because I reject the State’s attempt to control my uterus www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-dari...
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Essay: Daring to Disturb the Universe
For International Safe Abortion Day: September 28
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Republicans are the cause of your problems not the solution” is a winning message every election but they’re bringing literal receipts now
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A 60-year-old X-ray technician Zhanna Yaskuld with 38 years of medical experience has been sent to prison in #Belarus for "calls for sanctions" and "assisting extremist activities." She spent her entire life working in medicine. Now, the regime is punishing her for politics.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the grossest guest list of any US State Dinner I have ever seen. It contains not a single Chinese-American representative of arts and culture. It's all Chinese Communist functionaries, and supporters of American fascism. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Guests at state dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping include Elon Musk, Sam Altman
Tech company CEOs dominated the guest list for Thursday’s state dinner.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Epic.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Line me up FIVE Americans thinking Thank GOD we have new dietary guidelines who aren’t in agribusiness or ultra processed foods, good luck. Vote early.
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Trump executive branch continues to routinely ignore the law and judicial orders specifically requiring obedience to the law. prospect.org/2026/09/24/j... This is why we cannot have confidence that the upcoming US election will be either free or fair.
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Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah. Like taking a mormon US Senator out for coffee. "Just try it!" That's the kind of thing President Trump likes to do. Exhibit his pointed disrespect for people.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did anyone else catch the reference to "All The President's Men" in Ted Lasso this week? When Higgins was on the phone investigating share sales, one of the respondents echoed the scene when Bernstein was on the phone with the librarian.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fucking finally. I’ve had two biopsies because of unusual perimonepausal bleeding. Both were benign thankfully. And both WERE SHEER AND UTTER FUCKING TORTURE. The doctor literally sucks out cells from your uterus WITHOUT ANESTHETIC. It is hell. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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UK doctors develop non-invasive test for womb cancer in women bleeding after menopause
Test using urine and vaginal fluid samples raises hopes thousands of lower-risk women could be spared internal ultrasounds and hysteroscopies
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vote early.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/09/2026
Hurricane Polo exploded from a weak tropical storm into a Category 5 dynamo in less than a single day on Tuesday, putting western Mexico on alert.
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Hurricane Polo Updates: Category 5 Storm Near Mexico Keeps Getting Stronger
The storm is expected to stay mainly offshore as it moves north along the western coast of Mexico this week. It’s one of the strongest ever in that region.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You’re committing fraud if you don’t submit a medical claim.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“This country has never elected a female president. Why are we pretending that this is not a factor?” Ocasio-Cortez said with a laugh. “That doesn’t make it impossible, but to act as though it’s not a factor in anything ever is really a form of, like, denialism” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.
In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NYC subway right now
Ad that reads “The care your grandma and mom fought for.” Planned Parenthood
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The best public servants - the politicians we want - are ones you never hear about. But your water and air are clean, food is safe, healthcare is available, education is ongoing, employment abundant, prices stable, and you get to spend time with hobbies, friends, and family.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"No God, No Boss, No Husband": Intro to Anarchist Feminism(s) My new online course is open for registration www.eventbrite.com/e/no-god-no-...
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"No God, No Boss, No Husband”: Intro to Anarchist Feminism(s)
An introduction to the activists, thinkers, and agitators who bring together anarchism and feminism to liberate women from all oppressions.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have you gotten your $5,000 check yet? Are you taking the government beef?
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The first thing the Commander of "AI Force" will do is fire all the people, and fire up the data centers of Virginia.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need our journalistic watchdogs to have “access” to Trump Everyone in the press room should walk out in protest … and source up.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: Todd Blanche, continuing his Herculean efforts to avoid having to turnover unredacted files to me, has filed a Notice of Appeal of Order compelling him to provide to the court unredacted handwritten FBI notes & to translate foreign-language documents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Notice of Appeal to DC Circuit – #44 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE OF APPEAL TO DC CIRCUIT COURT as to 43 Memorandum & Opinion by TODD W. BLANCHE. Fee Status: No Fee Paid. (Block, Andrew) (Entered: 09/17/2026)
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mortgage rates are through the roof, gas prices spiking, diesel fuel at its highest prices ever with food prices to follow. Trump is building a Triumphal Arch to himself, demolishing the Kennedy Center, and golfing in Ireland with Natalie Harp.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The unifying theory of Reconstructionism is retributive anti-corruption (targeted at the Trump Admin, his enablers, & billionaires) & easy-to-explain transformational change (things you can fit in a slogan that make the average person’s life materially better)
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/09/2026
Scientists said they have detected an unexpected and prolonged increase in seismic activity at North Korea’s sprawling Punggye-ri nuclear test site since the country’s final and most powerful test in 2017. cnn.it/4xAYZRV
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember the absolute garbage people who fell hook, line and sinker for Assadists propaganda on this, and attacked those of us who called that out - Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Austin Tice: Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Canada is never going to depend on the US again, ever.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jay-Z is an errand boy for other billionaires. What this Macklemore situation has shown is how the NFL billionaires colluded against Kaepernick
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 16/09/2026
I am suing the NIH. As part of a class action with the ACLU and 16 other plaintiffs, we are challenging the thousands of unlawful grant terminations in an effort to get them all reinstated. Whatever happens, at the very least, no one can say I sat back and watched while they destroyed science.
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump drove his companies into bankruptcy six times. With Trump as Chairman of the Board, the Kennedy Center would make seven. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Kennedy Center closes as Trump threatens to stop repairs over naming fight
In a chaotic day, leaders closed down the main building hours after a judge blocked another attempt to return President Trump’s name to the center.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“No God, No Boss, No Husband:” Into to Anarchist Feminism(s) Tickets for my new online course have gone on sale to previous course attendees. They’ll be available to FEMINIST GIANT subseribers on Thursday and soon after to the public. The course begins Oct. 6
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Yorkers are demanding that Icon Parking kick ICE vehicles out of its garages. Stand with immigrant New Yorkers. End all contracts with ICE. ❌🧊 #IceOutOfNewYork
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The older I get, the more personal my writing becomes. I don’t owe the world my pain. I owe myself a recounting. I don’t owe the world access to me. I owe myself a refusal to be silent. Here's the first essay I wrote about my abortions (with link to Arabic translation) substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Essay: Abortion is Normal
For Safe Abortion Day
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars. Corruption, tariffs and wars.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
4% of the global oil supply is now offline, for at least a month.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Robert Rutledge @rerutled.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Arbitrary and capricious tariffs make winners and losers subject to his whim and fancy.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Shame on you!" chant breaks out as Roger Marshall makes excuses for his medical debt collection practices experts called "extreme" and "unbelievably aggressive."
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