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Remind Nick Begich that he works for you, #Alaska. And that at any time he can break with the House GOP leadership and act to stop all of this, hold Elon Musk personally accountable, and #ImpeachTrump.

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Sometimes I wish cancel culture had been real. Just imagine how great it would be if some of these chuckleheads had lost all respect and ability to reach an audience the first time they started saying evil shit.

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Looking forward to seeing how this simulation reconciles with our he awa whiria tidal streams of interstellar objects, which start a bit further out 🔭

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Light from supernova 1987A reached Earth #OTD in 1987. The Hubble space telescope captured this spectacular image for the 30 year anniversary in 2017. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ Credits: NASA, ESA, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), M. Mutchler and R. Avila (STScI)

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Human beings deserve human rights. All of them. Even ones whose governments and/or representative bodies commit atrocities. Even ones who--yes-- commit atrocities themselves. You don't lose your right to human rights, ever. That's why they're called inalienable human rights.

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“apparent violation” Trump et al really love disease & cancer & authoritarianism and hate science, research, the rule or law, & academics. We knew this already of course and even so wow.

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You go to the market and you buy something to eat. It does not even enter your mind that you could be buying something tainted that could kill you. We rely on systems and bureaucracy to keep us safe and we don’t even think about it consciously

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NEW: University of Louisville begins hiring freeze, citing uncertainty around Trump cuts

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As 2024 YR4 Earth impact chances for 2032 plumet, the Lunar possibility is still very much on the table. Current Sentry chances for Earth are 0.28%. Per JPL, the Lunar impact has increased to 1%. While still a very unlikely scenario, it's interesting to consider. JPL blog link in comments. 🔭🧪

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That's not his end game. That's just a key step on his destroying democracy and monarchal rule. No kings is important because they really want a king

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Managers at agencies, you are in a tough spot, but that's why you are a leader. Get official guidance from your agency's Office of General Counsel, signed in writing, before proceeding with any of this malarkey, as well as any of the firings. You don't work for a consultant in the White House.

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So, there’s a lot going on right now but lemme tell you about this great new book on CENTAURS that’s coming out soon! @katvolk.bsky.social , Jordan Steckloff, and I got the proofs this week. Pls repost to spread the word - & boost my spirits More info here store.ioppublishing.org/page/detail/...

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

Elon Musk's attempted coup continues to expand. Yet again, USA: Require that your members of Congress act to stop all this; to hold Musk personally accountable; and to #ImpeachTrump & remove him.

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The Tianwen-2 spacecraft to carry out a sample-return targeting near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa has arrived at Xichang spaceport. Launch date not revealed, but expected around May. english.news.cn/20250220/d95...

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This is the recommended pediatric vaccine schedule. If your child is behind for any reason, or if you aren’t sure of their status, call your pediatrician tomorrow.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Looking to access important public information on earthquakes? Not so fast, you have to wait while fewer employees than ever frantically try to find maps with geographic names that satisfy the whims of the guys taking away your rights.

submitted 23 hours ago • 5 comments

Public universities often receive little state funding. Grants fund research and training of future researchers and practitioners (undergrad/grad students). Access to funding opportunities is important for recruiting incredible faculty that make US universities great. An example from Colorado:

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there are so many things happening right now to federal employees that are illegal under current employment laws

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Want to wake up every morning and have this as your view? Well, now's your chance! Best* telescope in the world! 📡🔭 * according to me, and many others, and you know it is, so let's not argue about this, kthxbai (pic by me)

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Despite being labeled as a terrorist organization, being banned & having at least 258 staff members killed by Israel in over 650 attacks on their buildings since Oct. 2023, UNRWA has vowed to continue its humanitarian work for Palestinians until unable to do so. unicornriot.ninja/2025/unrwa-v...

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Assuming the OPM email is as before: 1. It is unencrypted and unauthenticated 2. Asks you to send "what you did for your job, specifically?" info in plain text, unauthenticated reply with no confirmation where it went An agency might use as a test of who falls for phishing attempts

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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. “We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.” https://propub.li/4370xr2

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Graduate admissions being put on hold because of the chaos...

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“I have to decide...whether to take new students into my lab, and I don’t know if I can afford them,” said Rutgers prof @annikabarber.bsky.social "there are no NIH study sections...there is a six-month funding gap …That is going to close small labs.” @aaup.bsky.social @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social

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The second-largest sea of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan, Ligeia Mare, based on radar data captured 18(!) years ago today. I miss working on Cassini daily, and I daydream of Dragonfly cruising Titan's hazy skies. science.nasa.gov/resource/vas...

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I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency We are facing the demolition of American higher education

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