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Aspiring exoplanet scientist and astrobiologist. 🔭🌌🛸 Vocal proponent for evidence based policy (Scientocracy). 🔬 He/Him
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Andreas Mogensen, a current ESA astronaut and former commander of the ISS during Expedition 70 has choice words for Elon Musk regarding his recent statements about the return plans for Butch and Suni after Starliner CFT. Elon Musk responded by calling him a slur and an idiot.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

“It feels like a betrayal by NASA....It’s inefficient, it’s wasteful, and it’s also just messed up.” This is how scientists inside and outside the agency are feelings about the cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Words by me: 🧪

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

"Science should be apolotical" lmao. At a conference in April a man told me, earnestly and at great length, that the reason scientists are undervalued and underpaid is because women are allowed to do it - if governments mandated women stay in the home, science would thrive again. We were in public!

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta will no longer fact-check social media content on its platforms. Instead, the company will rely on a crowd-sourced system. What does science say about social media fact-checking and community notes?

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

You Must Hide Your Pride At NASA nasawatch.com/personnel-ne... "Sources at NASA Headquarters report that pride symbols are no longer allowed. Employees cannot have pride flags, lapel pins, badge lanyard, TEAMS backgrounds, clothing, laptop stickers - or anything related to pride in their offices."

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders www.science.org/content/arti... #NSF #NASA

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

As one of the many international researchers personally invested & ultra proud of what the US Vera Rubin Observatory has and will achieve this👇 is not OK. My heart is sinking for my amazing 🇺🇸-based colleagues. For decades you've led the way for STEM DEI initiatives - time for Europe to step up. 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I fear there is deep truth here.

submitted 43 days ago • 1487 comments

2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency

submitted 43 days ago • 168 comments