Here's a US senator fully endorsing bringing criminal charges against Jerome Powell for the express purpose of getting him to resign from the Fed. The charges would go away once he resigns.

Do his initials begin with J & D?

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Please stop randomly swishing around a laser pointer while giving your talk. #AAS247

Standing out in the street taking my earlier full Moon image, a neighbor, Steve Kite, drove by, stopped and showed me the image that he had just taken with *his* phone. Tucson has incredible Moon rises. As I demonstrated to @bsryden.bsky.social , sometimes it even rises twice in the same night!

Moonrise in Tucson tonight:

The old 36" Lick refractor. At the opposite end of the building is the 1m reflector that I used to get the observations for my PhD thesis.

Sandra and Annika spending Christmas afternoon doing a little image reconstruction on Pluto:

57 years ago today, Apollo 8 crew member Bill Anders took his iconic photo of the Earth rising over the Moon. It is still a fantastic image. Here's a little video of how it was done: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbF...

Just thought I would show off my copy of "Norton's Star Atlas," which I bought from the "Edmund's Scientific" store in the early 70s. Many astronomers from my generation that played with telescopes growing have a copy that's about in the same shapre.

Finished (almost) my model of the Saturn V after a few decades of on and off work. Don't know where I'm going to put it...

Nice picture to go with the article, but there is no NSF building any more. NSF was tossed out it so it could be given over to HHS (who neglected maintenance it their previous building for decades).

this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted

My wife asked if the Trump admin is going to say that they killed calibri in serif defense...

Font wars - I've been dreading this since childhood. I have a huge stockpile of extra 'd's that I don't need that I'm willing to swap for other characters if the Trump goes full bore at banning sans serif fonts: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

I watched my Dad suffer through shingles, so I made sure to get the shots.

A great and legendary science reporter for the NYT has passed away. Can't begin to count how many of his articles I read. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...

Another action-packed adventure as fellow New Horizons team member Rick Binzel pays a visit to the New Horizons Tucson image processing facility.

These anti-vaxxers will kill babies. It feels awful to be that blunt, but the stakes here are *babies dying of preventable diseases*.

I wish astros would stop using the term "unsharp-masking" when they most-likely mean high-pass filtering. USM is an ancient darkroom trick, which is non-linear and makes positive definite images. A true digital USM would be useful in some cases, but would require several steps.

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."

Walk softly and carry a big...

It's been decades since I've lived in South NJ, with Philly just across the river, but the memories are still there. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...

Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way Credit: Lin Zixuan ([email protected]), Tsinghua University apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112... #APOD 🧪🔭

Great! The number 2 position at the CDC is to be filled with an anti-vaxxer. wapo.st/4pvW7C8

Being a space cadet, I have a hobby of fine scale modeling of spacecraft. Tonight I finished the 1st stage of a Saturn V model I've been working on for years. Did the 3rd stage first, then the 2nd. Now there's just some stuff that goes on top of the third stage to do.

Games you can play with your rocket. I've seen this many times, but it still evokes a good WTF! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0UY...

100% !

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...

Where do you even start...

The most insightful discussion I seen on the Loeb and his insertion into the 3I/Atlas apparition: tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

No idea if any of this is true, but as a friend of mine once said, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."

Too good!

I just love this surrealistic illustration of the cosmic optical background that Guy Bilout did a few years ago for a NYT article. Light comes from the dark Universe.

A little essay about DESI on the occasion of visiting the KPNO 4m, where the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is measuring an extremely precise history of the expansion of the Universe. noirlab.edu/public/blog/...

The University of Arizona says, "No!" www.kvoa.com/news/top-sto...

On days like this I miss Santa Cruz. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...

I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said: Somewhere in America A little Hispanic girl Is hiding in an attic And keeping a diary. #NoKings

Chicago!

Tucson on River road.

Tucson this AM

Thanked a friend for data analysis, "By the way, I wanted to say I think you've done a wonderful job. I appreciate the way you've handled this thing." Who knew to reply, "Well, the way I look at it it's my job to do this thing the way you want it done and I’m only too happy to be able to oblige."

100% true.

From the last review of our JWST prop Strengths The path to science is clearly laid out, and the analysis techniques used are state-of-the-art Weaknesses: A more detailed justification would strengthen the need for JWST observations, as well as a more specific description of the path to science

Procrastination takes may forms. Tonight as a service to the astronomical community I offer help with your JWST proposal titles. #JWST 🧪🔭✨

The effort put into understanding 3I/Atlas has been spectacular, imaginative, professional and well-organized. Planetary scientists don't need Avi Loeb put in charge of an international directorate to tell them how to do their jobs.