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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat

What if the moon turned into a black hole? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQgw...

ALL CAPS THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ... GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪 www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Hey, scientists! Let's list the many connections between our areas of research and every day folks ... I'll start. Did you know that the same adaptive optics technology astronomers use to look for planets around other stars is used to provide clear images of the inside of the eye? Link next ...

Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about. Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”

A focus on the futures we will lose if the WH continues to dismantle research across agencies spanning the EPA, DHS, NIH, NSF, USAID, and DoD (via NASA Watch). When: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET Where: Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building nasawatch.com/congress/con...

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

90 minutes from now!

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

If you'll be in DC on Monday, why not join us? And if you can't, please consider taking one of the other actions on your own time.

HONESTY. INTEGRITY. DECENCY. #June14th-ObamaAppreciationDay

WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” @lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet. Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...

President Donald Trump today fleshed out his vision for a previously proposed 56% cut in the $9 billion budget of the National Science Foundation, and it’s not a pretty sight. scim.ag/3HhGa1D

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration? Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Time for our scientific society leadership to take the case to the people by getting on national news and putting op eds in national publications, rather than just sending letters to members of congress who feel no pressure by that whatsoever

🔭 Astronomers! I am in the pre-planning stage of organizing an pod-cast event that will highlight the astronomers themselves, our enthusiasm for the job and its impact on society. I am considering making it a marathon. Email me if you are interested in being a co-host.

When professors experience racism (sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) at work, that’s part of their service load. It takes work to deal with that and still come back and do your job. That’s service to the department. It’s deeply unfair service. But it is service.

Letter From Advisory Groups Regarding NASA Budget nasawatch.com/budget/lette...

House hearing on asteroid threats also takes up budget threats A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about impacts of budget cuts.

The U.S. is facing an unprecedented dismantling of science, research, and higher education. As scientists are fired + research is frozen, so too are all the resources and outcomes that would have benefited society. In their own words, the stories of scientists whose work has been abruptly ended:

He sure did!

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

NASA rocket, lunar station, many science programs face cuts in Trump 2026 budget reut.rs/3GxZMON

Once again begging media reports to get the math right. For example, cutting a $5M five-year grant in year 4 isn't saving $1M, but it is wasting the $4M already spent. Stop letting this administration get away with so many lies.

A new study by economists estimates that a 25% cut in science funding would result in a GDP decline similar in magnitude to the 2008 recession. They also estimate that a 75% cut to government science would trigger a larger GDP decline than in any recession since the Great Depression.

WATCH: “You’re saying you revere a time when their ancestors were in bondage.” In NC, @davidjoy.bsky.social powerfully explains why it’s wrong to remove a “compromise plaque” without public input, and why revering the confederacy is offensive. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DI9vdzA...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Astronomers in the US: I also think we should form some discussion groups on how best to seek private funding for research. With all the free time we have.

Astronomers: Should we consider workshops at the AAS do discuss the protocols for reporting indications of life on other planets?

US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

#exoplanets Does anyone have some extra post-doc funds for a year for a newly minted PhD with expertise in EPRV work?

Best #HandsOff rally sign

The number of working satellites has soared in the past five years to around 11,000, mostly because of constellations of orbiters that provide Internet connectivity around the globe, but it comes with a series of problems. Nature explores the issues and how scientists are reacting. 🔭 🧪

Been seeing a lot of "Trump/Elon are going after NASA science so they can give the work to SpaceX" But just a reminder that science ≠ engineering Science = studying something for the purpose of increasing knowledge Engineering = designing/building/testing something (often enabling science)

Help our friends at the NSF: Seeking scientists based in California who are willing to attest to direct harm caused by NSF firings. If you’re in the science world, please RT this to widen the net— a lawsuit on the unjust mass firings needs these comments. (comment briefly here and I’ll follow up!)

Friendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.

After seeing more than a few dismal responses from universities in the current dismantling of science in the U.S., I want to applaud this email from the chair of my alma mater, the University of Washington Astronomy Dept. 🔭 (Email is too long for alt text, so I will copy-paste in replies)

To Whom It May Concern: My main accomplishments from last week are as follows: 1. I drank a whiskey drink 2. I drank a vodka drink 3. I drank a lager drink, I drank a cider drink 4. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times 5. I sang the songs that remind me of the better times Sincerely,

I went ahead and started an open Google doc listing the Bluesky handles of about 20 higher ed institutions and affiliated entities that I know are here...care to join me and add a few more, #AcademicSky? Let's encourage our schools to leave ☠️ and join 🦋! docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #highered

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

If you work at Goddard, or Space Telescope Science Institute or similar — and work on anything related to space — I want to talk. As The Baltimore Banner continues to cover changes to the fed. workforce, I'm interested in what it means for the future of astronomy. 🛰️ 🔭

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!) democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Great-Granddaughter of National Park Service founder fired by National Park Service www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/grea...

Think space exploration is a "waste of money?" If you use/depend on: - phone camara&smartphone - scratch resistant lenses - wireless earbuds - prosthetics - CAT scans - purified water - memory foam - solar panels - LED lights - fireproof fabrics Then you benefit from its advancements. FUND IT!

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program. Read more on our stance. ⬇️

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP WOMEN. IN. LEADERSHIP. these fragile fucking 🤡 🤡