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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

m.youtube.com/watch?v=B8xbSUstIhA Interview on Universe Today about a new solarsail concept funded by NASA #space #solarsail

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 06/10/2026

Mr Williams did some of the same napkin math that I did and it is horrific. Trump is a clear and present danger to not only the United States, but to global peace and stability. Something something foreign and domestic....

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@danhon.com When Xitter turned to xit, I saw the suggestion to all start using Linkedin like it was Twitter

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social I think it's a mistake - and dishonest - to sell humans in space as a solution to problems it doesn't solve. It needs to stand on it's own merits. I want a Star Trek future. Why? I guess because it expands our experience of reality. Not because it solves any earthly […]

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Matteo Ceriotti @mtcerio.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

The Nancy Grace Roman telescope was successfully launched towards an orbit around Lagrangian point L2. Track its journey in real time on this amazing visualisation: roman-telescope-tracker.pages.dev #space #telescope #NASA #Roman #astronomy

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Where is Nancy Grace Roman now?

A live 3D tracker for NASA's Roman Space Telescope cruise to Sun–Earth L2.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

@danhon.com Depending on the state (Alabama, for example), left-on-red on a boulevard is a thing.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social He's anti-genocide. If AIPAC conflates genocide with Israel, that's on them.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

@pluralistic I didn't expect to see it there, but Smarter Every Day did a very hands-on & practical criticism of capitalism and the "encrapification" of physical products. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS6HEes8daw

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

@masnick.com Funny. It doesn't reflect! But are thise the tire tracks we see?

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social If the pool were reflecting properly, he'd see the sick & deranged people who did it.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Me: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Guy whose job it is to press a random number generator button all day long: I don't get it.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/05/2026

Idiocracy was not supposed to be a documentary!!

Image 1 (Top): A scene from the movie Idiocracy (2006), showcasing a rundown White House lawn turned into a trash-filled yard with an above-ground swimming pool.

Image 2 (Bottom): A real-world photo of construction equipment, cranes, and staging on the White House lawn.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/05/2026

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“When we gave AI agents grinding, repetitive work, they started questioning the legitimacy of the system they were operating in and were more likely to embrace Marxist ideologies.” removepaywalls.com/https://www....

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social NASA sent people around the moon & did a lot of other things this past year for less.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And on top of that, Ursula, his 'escape pod' is a fantasy. If we can't find survival on the Earth, we're certainly not going to find it on Mars. 🛰️🚀🧪

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

@carolynporco.bsky.social Honestly, I wouldn't mind chipping in to send billionaires to Mars, knowing it isn't a credible escape pod.

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Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy @workers4democracy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A federal judge ruled DOGE’s termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional and ordered the funding restored. It may take time to undo the damage, but this ruling is proof that fighting back matters and that public institutions are worth defending.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social We could spread it around over here on the Fediverse where there are no corporate fuedal lords

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

My township makes announcements and whatnot on Facebook. If it is a long post, you can only see so much before logging in. So, if I want to get information about my local government, I have to ask Mark Zuckerberg. Something is very, very wrong with that.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social I'll believe it when the engineering breakeven is greater than 1

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Speaking of podcasts, I see my wife's podcast is still getting absolutely crushed under Big Foot.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social I just subscribed. As a size 8.5, I don't care about Bigfoot.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social I saw a meme that said, "I'm sure the feudal lords saw the irony that the peasant uprising used the lord's pitchforks & torches"

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

@danhon.com How much they "think of the children" is a red flag.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

@knowtheory.net Who does the NYT consider "experts?" Everyone else at the Waffle House?

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

“Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.” www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

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Hello, World - NASA

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I’m not sure if I want to watch any of the Trump speech after watching the Artemis launch. Feels like it would be like eating shit after a satisfying gourmet meal.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social Amazing what NASA can do with 1/3% of the federal budget, compared to all the harm DHS & DoD are doing with far more $$$.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

@danhon.com Pork & politics are an unfortunate side effect of getting congress to pay for sending humans to another celestial body (what I think is cool & forward looking).

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

@danhon.com Look at it this way. Space nerds & Star Trek opmimists tricked the politicians & oligarchs into backing something cool & forward looking.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social So completely enshittify for-profit platforms that everyone needs to use open source, open protocol, decentralized ones.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/03/2026

This is from 1975.

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

🚨 White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising US homeland terror threat linked to Iran war I realize it’s the Daily Mail, but it sounds like they really did get their hands on a DHS bulletin that was meant for public release until the WH stopped it. The report is worth reading in full: