If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Okay, I've volunteered to be a media contact person for stories about this week's amazing #aurorae. Scientists, what are your favorite fun facts or useful similes? Non-scientists, what questions do you have that I could try to answer? 🔭🧪 Definitely mentioning that you can get an #auroraselfie!

Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.

If all the aurora photos are giving you unbearable FOMO, it may please you to know that there’s a possibility for more lights tonight (Wed. 12 Nov), possibly right after sunset in North America. We’ll see how this next CME (coronal mass ejection) impact plays out!

What to expect: 1) The show continues overnight 2) There’s a chance that tomorrow night’s northern lights show is even better than tonight’s (more below). (Disclaimer: I am not a space weather meteorologist, but the folks below are, and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express)

🚨HEY DENVER, GO LOOK AT THE SKY!!! 🚨 Never seen aurorae this good before. 🤯 They were totally naked-eye around 9:45pm from south Denver, bright red and green. They're coming and going, so if you don't see anything at first, try again later! Pics with an iPhone 13, 3-sec exposures

In actual, functioning democracies, this doesn't take 7 weeks & depend on the politically-motivated whims of the parliamentary chairman.

One of my favorite fellow cosmologists gave a talk on the cosmic web and I cannot recommend @markneyrinck.bsky.social’s work enough! Accessible for everyone! 🧪🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrX3...

I contacted my Representative. Have you contacted yours?

Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent. Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado. One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.

Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now. If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine

Surprised, but thrilled actually. Marriage equality is safe for now.

i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is

DO NOT CAVE!

This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.

Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them. Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in

Hey @bennet.senate.gov and @hickenlooper.senate.gov, PLEASE go get your Dem colleagues who are thinking of caving on the shutdown. You have more leverage NOW than you've ever had against Trump. Use it! NO DEAL WITHOUT ACA FUNDING!!!

If you’ve made your Senate calls, time to start calling Dem Congressional representatives (both D.C. & local numbers) and telling them not to accept anything the Senate sends down that doesn’t include ACA subsidies. Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.

Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care? What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.

Can you call Chuck Schumer right now? No matter where you live, can you take a few minutes and tell Schumer that if Senate Democrats cave you will not support Senate Dems as long as he is leader? www.patreon.com/posts/143215...

@schumer.senate.gov If you cave now and let them reopen the govt without extending the health care subsidies, I will spend every ounce of energy and every penny I have making sure you and your fellow spineless Dems are aggressively primaried and never ever reelected.

#Denver stargazers: come on over for an open house and star party with @denverastro.bsky.social TONIGHT, starting around 5pm! www.denverastro.org/events/open-...

not even the pretense of caring about democracy as a practice

Here’s the first known US #landback type land transfer from a Catholic institution to an #Indigenous nation in the name of reparations It’s an attempt to repair the legacy of colonialism and systemic abuses suffered by kids at federal Indian boarding schools:

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.

BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories). Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union

I’m a SNAP recipient and I’m asking you if you live in any of the following states to call your representative and tell them to HOLD THE DAMN LINE We aren’t going through all of this for them to fold. These are the at risk ones. If one of them is yours, call! /

Ohhh, this cover got me right in the feels. It occurred to me after my last (eternally beloved) cat died that just about *everyone* must be walking around carrying this kind of grief inside them but not talking about it. This book seems like a step toward us all acknowledging that.

Psst! Hey, Senate Dems, now would be a great time to demand concessions from GOP leadership. Don’t end the shutdown unless they fully fund ACA, reverse the shutdown firings, undo some of the DOGE cuts, and have a vote to release the Epstein files. You have leverage after last night. Use it.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

well, well, well....

Sounds like Satan reneged on yet another deal.

#Denver, easy local action to create a more livable city!

An important thread that’s not simply about the University of California. It highlights the misguided administrator-managerial thinking that has become endemic in higher education across the country. Professors are the lifeblood of the academy. Stop treating them like gig workers. 👇👇👇

their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts

#Denver! Come get your Dies Irae in person tonight! Mozart's Requiem with the Colorado Chorale Augustana Lutheran, 7pm www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Double supernova 🤩 🔭 www.eso.org/public/image...

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.