Lived experience really matters. It might be hard to admit - but things have been broken since long before Trump came along. The status quo wasn’t working – and we need leaders who understand that we can’t just go back to the way things were.

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Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results. So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.

The insurance industry is broken, especially in wildfire-prone states like California that have been hit hard by climate change. Could a community-based risk reduction model be the solution? Proud to have gotten to co-write this story for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social with @megduff.com 🌎🧪

During the Silurian Period, 430 million years ago, equatorial reef systems developed in the seas. The reefs were home to all kinds of invertebrates and among the most plentiful were brachiopods, bryozoans, and gastropods, seen in this specimen in our collection.

This #FossilFriday: a spectacular 3D reconstruction of Waptia fieldensis, an arthropod from the 500 million year old (Cambrian) Burgess Shale, produced by Lars Fields. To learn more, visit doi.org/10.1098/rsos.... 😃

Be still my heart! I recently had the chance to use my friend’s Hyperstar setup and camera. What an incredible light bucket! I can see why these setups are so popular 🤯 Time: 10.5hrs Scope: C9.25 with Hyperstar Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Pro #astrophotography

Today as I protested ICE fascists in Broadview, IL I realized: •93% of people ICE is snatching up have no history of violence •ICE is the source of violence •We need unity & we need messengers—not martyrs Here’s what I mean—with pics & video from today’s protest: www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-prote...

Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of São Paulo with FAPESP, Brazil Project: Late Quaternary Paleoceanography & Heinrich Stadials Eligibility: PhD in Geosciences, marine sediment expertise Deadline: 10 October 2025 🔗 higherjobz.com/postdoctoral... #Postdoc #Geosciences #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs

What do you wish Data Scientists knew about spatial? I'll be at #pydataparis next week to spread the word https://pydata.org/paris2025 #gischat #python #datascience #SpatialDataScience #pydata

They continue to act guilty as hell www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Yes the 34X convicted felon who pardoned 1600 violent insurrectionists, pardoned soldiers convicted of the most horrific war crimes, tried to fire Inspectors General, & won’t investigate open bribery of his own cronies—is definitely indicting James Comey because he cares so much about law and order.

UPDATE: 25 states plus DC have taken actions to protect COVID-19 vaccine access. Two regional public health alliances have formed: The Northeast Public Health Collaborative and the West Coast Health Alliance. There are several midwest and mountain states who have collaboration potential.

Rare golf ball-sized hail in Phoenix area as severe thunderstorms hit the region. This video from Jake Murray in North Scottsdale. #AZwx

You might think the night sky is the paparazzi magnet at Cerro Pachón, but it's actually the viscachas. (Ok, it's both.) These local celebrities are a favorite sighting among observatory scientists — they even bask in the sunset glow just like observers do before the night! 🔭🧪

#Perovskite Borg-like crystals can have complex faces. In fact, perovskite has a wide range of morphologies. Lots of twinning, too! Resistance is Futile. #VoteTheFuture #MinCup25 Vote here: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3... #MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐

NOIRLab image of the week A Bright Bond Between Neighbors Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) noirlab.edu/public/image... 🧪🔭

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows By Susanne P. Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci

"Cathedral" Order prints at samuelxl5.darkroom.com/products/the... #photography #art #NASA #space #SciArt

I'm hiring 1-2 postdocs this year! If you're interested in: GW astrophysics (Binary) Stellar Evolution Stellar dynamics (esp. w/ massive BHs) Galactic dynamics (inc. stellar streams) plz consider applying! You don't need letters initially, just a list of references. 🔭🧪 aas.org/jobregister/...

"You can’t sell your soul to Trump and keep your spine."

Initial conditions: m1=94.3 m2=26.0 m3=64.8 (solar masses) v1x=-3.261 v1y=-6.214 v2x=-0.3 v2y=0.038 v3x=-6.285 v3y=-4.816 (km/s) x1=5.0 y1=6.0 x2=14.0 y2=-16.0 x3=33.0 y3=-1.0 (AU from center) Music: Liebestraum – Liszt

"The goal, it seems, is to cripple the agency with both direct and indirect blows. The result, if the administration succeeds, will be a diminished Forest Service that would be unrecognizable to Gifford Pinchot." - @landdesk.bsky.social on the Forest Service under Trump: www.hcn.org/articles/tru...

Steady Light - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nF8kVq

Meet the history-making astronauts headed for the Moon. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

HiPOD: A Recipe for Martian Scallops A layer of clean ice lies just below the surface in this image. As the ice ablates away in some spots the surface dust collapses into the hole that’s left. These holes grow into the scallops visible here as more and more ice is lost. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_06...

New seismology experiment: Researchers map magma beneath Laacher See, Eifel DE Research paper: essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.... Source: erdbebennews.de/2025/09/laac... #geosciences #volcanism #eifel

Maps can inspire discovery – or fuel division. Prof James Cheshire’s Library of Lost Maps explores both sides. Hear his talk at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Monday Night Lecture, 6 Oct. Book now: tinyurl.com/ucl-llm #UCLGeography #MapsMatter #LibraryOfLostMaps

#PPOD: Toward the middle of 2012, a long-standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space, producing an energetic coronal mass ejection. The filament had been held up for days by the Sun's ever-changing magnetic field, and the timing of the eruption was unexpected. Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO 🧪 🔭

A wonderful north arrow that is made of drafting instruments.

NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11

Get a kick out of gravitational waves? Yes you can! #astronomy #news

“Everyone should read it”: Nature reviews Human Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Putin-Orban-Trump style of propaganda doesn't really try to convince people that lies are true, they attack truth itself with "a firehose of falsehood" or "flood the zone with shit" to frustrate and confuse. Get regular people to go "how can I know, it's not clear, and there's so much yelling."

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is 2.5 Mly distant. M31 is larger than the Milky Way and is heading right for us at ~ 120 km/sec impacting in ~4.5 billion years. This is a wide field (3.4 x 5.3 deg) HaRGB photo taken with a my SVBony SV555 astrograph. Skies: Bortle 3-4 09/04/25 #astronomy #astrophotography

A pinned collection of map projects, starting with "Lost Streams of Washington, DC," and "From Bay to Mountains," the Chesapeake Bay region's railroads, past and present.

«Og høsten kommer tidsnok» 🍁🍂 Nydalen, Oslo 2025-09-24

Beautiful double erruption in 304A observed by GOES/SUVI and Solar Orbiter over the east-limb (slightly later) in the low-latency data.

Jupiter - April 3 1997 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/22xemwx

WCK is taking a major step forward in Gaza - we’re building 2 new large-capacity kitchens that will nearly double daily meal production. More kitchen capacity is critical to move us closer to serving one million hot meals to families every day. (1/3)

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

President Trump and the Republican Party have really lost the plot on lowering costs. Trump is too busy cutting taxes for billionaires, slapping on tariffs, getting rich off crypto, and seizing power to care about you. This is Trump’s economy – not yours.

Piercing xkcd.com/3145/

As always lovley to be back to the Department of the geosciences of @universidadgranada.bsky.social to discuss ongoing Project in Sierra Nevada palaelimnology and Plan some Future Fossil adventures

11 PhD Positions and 1 Postdoc in Environmental Sciences at the Universities of Kassel and Giessen, Germany Germany’s Universities of Kassel and Giessen invite applications for 11 PhD positions and 1 Postdoc role in environmental engineering and geosciences. Join the international ADAPT project…

Un-colorgraded thumbnail from a shot today w/ Xavier and new instrument package - A collab with scientists and a company in Norway. An uncrewed surface vehicle caple of manual or autonomous missions. Uses a pair of RAMSES Hyperspectral Radiometers one sky facing, the other in water with airgap. 🧪

Hello? Media? The news story isn't that an escalator stopped working at the UN. The news is Trump gave a batshit insane, lie-filled, egocentric, incoherent speech there in front of the world's leaders.