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Hermeochemist, Interstellar Dust Buster, and Cosmic Organist. Professor @SESEASU asteroid 5992 Opinions are my own. pronouns: he/him/his
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Can Newsom deploy the CA National Guard to protect people from... checks notes ... the National Guard?

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Our global petition to save NASA science closes this Thursday, and we’re just shy of 15,000 signatures! Every name counts, this petition will be hand-delivered to members of Congress. Add yours today, Save NASA Science. planet.ly/petition

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Could LA institute some kind of congestion pricing scheme but just for Fed vehicles? You know, charge something like 1M$ per day to drive an ICE vehicle on city streets or something?

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Every time I hear this song I think of the popcorn scene at the end of Real Genius #GenX

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Delighted and amazed to see a long time friend and colleague on a US coin! Vera was an amazing human and I am so lucky to have known her.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

More people voted for Trump in 2024 in California than in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming combined

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

So knives out Catch the mouse Squash his head Put him in the pot

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Alternate take: no she wasn't and you are a bigoted asshole with bigoted asshole opinions

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I'm sure this is fine

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Last night of daughter's visit and she reminds me that Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes was our long time cribbage accompaniment music. Man, this record still hits me hard. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSYr...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

NASA has had a profound effect on all of our lives as it advances science and technology. It is also a beacon of unity and hope for the entire world, inspiring us to grow as a species as we look to the stars. It is imperative that the US continues this leadership.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Our statement on the full FY2026 NASA budget proposal: www.planetary.org/press-releas...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

*speechless horror* (Guys the NASA Exoplanet Archive is in this box. My job is in this box.)

submitted 11 days ago • 35 comments

Lovely evening to watch a 50 year old Columbo episode on a big screen

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before making a final visit to a distant comet. https://go.nature.com/43JtQ1Q

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Biden is so old

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

My mother's last cogent sentence was to make a snarky joke to the priest giving her last rites (he laughed) if anyone is wondering why I am the way I am sometimes.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Post a character who looks good wet

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is...stark. And upsetting. www.project2025.observer

submitted 23 days ago • 14 comments

Universities are the real world! ASU is a massive economic driver for PHX metropolitan area, AZ & the nation. ASU graduated 21,000 students this year! More than 306,150 ASU grads work in AZ. ASU employs > 21,750 people (around 1/4 are faculty) & contributes $1.78-$2billion in state & local taxes

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Paging everyone working on exoplanet biosignatures

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments