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astrowriter.bsky.social
Freelance science journalist with a focus on space & astronomy. Mental health expert - as in, I deal with it every day, not that I have a degree. Love to learn. www.astrowriter.com Formerly Nola T Redd she/her
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submitted 12 hours ago • 1064 comments

"The government runs on apathy." "Don’t sit there passively letting the world collapse around you. Get up and do something about it."

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

So now we're paying for migrants to stay in foreign hotels. Tongue-in-cheek given the NYC complaints. "There may be violations of U.S. law.....The fact that they were not given access to counsel, the fact that they were not provided due process."

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson buff.ly/4h2qNq3

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

I like to read #LPSC2025 abstracts as a giant block of pdfs. This allows me to go through and notate the ones I'm interested in. Using @elakdawalla.bsky.social blog post from 2011, I've created files for AM & PM talks. Posters to come soon. Help yourselves. www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/8dnz5...

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Not pro-life

submitted 14 hours ago • 427 comments

Thread-based computer could be knitted into clothes to monitor health O.o The thread has 256 kilobytes of on-board memory, around that of a simple calculator, as well as sensors that can detect temperature, heart rate and body movements. It also has Bluetooth so that various threads can communicate.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Okay I am trying to run wget via Windows (v1.21.4) and am running into security protocols. Husband used his work laptop and could do it. Is there an updated version I'm missing? Trying to get ready for #LPSC2025 Side note: argh I miss the giant single files I can download and go through argh

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Alright, who is going to #LPSC2025 this year?

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

submitted 1 day ago • 1352 comments

Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2511 comments

Looking for a good resource, any suggestions?

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Ancient beach on Mars discovered by China's Mars rover: 'This strengthens the case for past habitability' via @space.com

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

:D

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

So. I had a conversation about how we all need to come together to stop this coup and get our country off the cliff before free fall (which... closing window for sure). I need folks who still identify as Republicans to understand - Republicans are Nazis now. That's it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

To me this story is more about how different parts of American society continue to be driven by hate (often racial) and how so much of Whiteness is predicated on selfishness.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

I can't help but feel like it should flip people out more that our headlines almost daily contain the word Purge now

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments