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Just beginning the big birb migration to new skies. She/Her
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If the Trump/Musk administration defunds the NASA Mars Curiosity ChemCam team, would that be "owning the LIBS"? #Mars #NASA #Curiosity #Please-don't-hate-me-I'm-just-coping.

It is the darkest of all possible humor that Disney is publicly rolling back their DEI initiatives and removing content warnings from older, racially-insensitive work on the same week that they are releasing a new MCU movie with a Black man as Captain America.

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

Pretty much how they spin it!

This is so good.

Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now

Tanya Harrison will be the closing speaker for the #TEDx #UTSC event this Saturday, February 8. The theme is "Imagine" and @tanyaofmars.bsky.social will be talking about the history of our imagined views of #Mars, why it has held humanity's attention, and why we keep exploring. tinyurl.com/khkj59u6

Trudreau's speech was the most Canadian thing ever. Taking 13 minutes to tell Americans politely in both English and French just how badly they done fucked up.

Academics: Are you *proud* of your PhD thesis, or do you regard it as "oh gods thank goodness that is done but please no one read it"? #academicchatter #PhD #academia

Enceladus has an ocean pH between 9-11.

A private space company has spacesuits sponsored by Prada.

Attending the 13th ELSI (Earth and Life Sciences Institute) International Symposium 2025. Not sure how much I can say about the first talk, but NASA is developing some really cool eel-like and shrimp-like auto-subs for exploring ocean worlds. #planetarysci #space

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Organic geochemist: transfer the contents of the cup into another cup.

I'll be at my poster from 2:30 -4:30 today, and probably also during coffee breaks too. 😄 #EPSC2024

Please stop bombing Palestine.

It's a small thing, but the Other Website changing its logo from a cute lil' bird to a big X might be the end point for me.

Here's a fun tip: Venus is the easiest planet to spot in the sky, during morning or evening. Look towards the direction of the sunrise, or sunset, and the brightest "star" you see is Venus! It's that easy. :)

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