I can't even....what is there to say? It's consistent with the view that women should be at home and STFU, I guess. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Exiting moment for us at @acsg.bsky.social as we move from "Australian" to "Australasian", with a focus on shaping responsible space governance that contributes to prosperity in the Indo- and Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned more to come in a few weeks!

Remember the €240m contract for Planet Labs from the German government earlier this summer? Now Planet Labs announces that it will invest in and expand its German site in Berlin, where up to 20 satellites per year will be produced in the future. www.handelsblatt.com/technik/raum...

The president of the Australian Medical Association has such an important take on the fact that paracetamol / acetaminophen has no correlation to autism, and the load being carried by pregnant women and by mothers of autistic children as a result of this nonsense www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...

If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.

Breaking News 🚨🚨 Boris Pistorius at BDI Weltraumkongress: Germany will an invest 35 billion Euros in space security in the next five years.

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

This is why I think it's pointless to try to keep the existence of satellites classified spacenews.com/chinese-spac...

~ 1,437 gallons (5,440 liters). ~ 9,631 lbs (4,369 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $8,048 cost of fuel. ~ 15 tons of CO2 emissions.

This story is pretty light on details in terms of what exactly is being planned for the "bodyguard" sats but it bears pointing out that those kind of sats possess co-orbital counterspace capabilities economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science...

As far as I can tell, the US sat - a GSSAP - was the only one to maneuver. GSSAP's job is to inspect other sats - and it's been doing so for a while - so I guess the new thing here is that it was coordinated and with an ally as opposed to an adversary? spacenews.com/u-s-uk-space...

Flinders University has abolished the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Another destructive restructure is about to happen.

I curated a collection of gorgeous images, our planet from above, for this week's Space Citizens Substack. It tells the story of how important EO data is for so many things on Earth, including understanding the relationship between space and our lives on Earth. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

/3 ….among the leadership, the elite. It requires someone to push back against populist scorn for civilization. When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.

Shot, chaser

Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."

What even is this? The script is clearly AI-written, it's lots of words meant to inspire that mean nothing. And it sure ain't a "plan", other than that Tesla is is actually about batteries and robots (duh!). Sustainable abundance or AI takeover in the blandest sense? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anun...

So many big fat question marks about Trump's recent Exec order, that basically says "no more environmental impact assessment of launches". After I saw @crisveijk.bsky.social make sense of it in a short Bsky thread, I invited him to write a guest post spacecitizens.substack.com/p/trumps-bol...

He has no power to do that. I guess y’all forgot to add that part

So, while the Australian Space Agency struggles with the Janus head of being regulator and supporter of the space industry, American Scientists are calling for this kind of centralisation?? I know it's a regulatory labyrinth in the US, but I can't see it working. payloadspace.com/scientists-c...

Oh good, the day after a "Labor Day" holiday, the news hits that NASA employees are banned from unionising. By Executive Order. I feel for you all! www.space.com/space-explor...

To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

American doctor Mimi Syed says she was just denied entry back to Gaza for her third medical mission. She was carrying food, baby formula, and life-saving equipment. She had been to Gaza twice before already. Another doctor denied with her had been before as well.

This is excellent, high-level stuff, bringing expert analysis (and a bit of academic infighting) to a general audience. Check out MEE's Expert Witness series on YouTube if you haven't already.

This week I'm asking you what you want to know about Mr Musk himself, and I'll answer. I don't write about him very often, but with a new Exec Order this week making it even easier for launches and re- entries to be licensed, his name is in the headlines once again. Spacecitizens.substack.com

I don't have a happy pill for war in the headlines, but I do have a take on why it's so important that space does not become a battlefield, for the sake of civilians globally. Read this week's "Space Citizens" substack. And take your time with it. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

📰 @nytimes.com: Netanyahu is Choosing to Starve Gaza 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...

“AI will never tell you that your work is subpar, your thinking shoddy, your analysis naive. Instead, it will suggest “a polish”, a deeper edit, a sense check for grammar and accuracy.” Interesting point about how AI uses encouragement to increase usage.

Warning: these images are fucking violent and distressing

Space-based technologies have changed the character of war for decades, and are likely to play an even greater role in decades to come. Check out the GPS "manpacks" from 1978 compared to GPS precision guided weapons today. Can space tech make war suck less? open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

“Cyber attacks are very cost-efficient.” - Vinicius Guedes G. de Oliveira, PhD candidate @flindersuniversity.bsky.social. Hosted by @cassandrasteer.bsky.social, we unpack the cybersecurity risks facing critical space infrastructure.

"On 12 July, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah received 132 patients suffering from weapon-related injuries "25 individuals were declared dead upon arrival; six more died after" "all responsive individuals reported they were attempting to access food distribution sites"

What will stop a President who refuses to follow court orders? Conventional wisdom suggests that public opinion could – but, based on the evidence, that’s probably not true, writes @carnegiedcg.bsky.social’s Andrew O’Donohue in @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/publ...

Times of Israel reports that the main obstacle to a ceasefire and hostage deal is Israel insisting on its criminal plan to concentrate the entire civilian population into a giant camp. All States must act now to prevent this.

Maxar secures $205 million in satellite imaging deals with governments in Middle East and Africa spacenews.com/maxar-secure...

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

"We want to boost productivity at small businesses in regional areas by leveraging digital technologies and unlock women's potential — an underutilized human resource."

Now you're just somebody who I used to know www.instagram.com/reel/DKvhJaL...

A couple of weeks ago I asked some primary school kids to help me find solutions for space traffic management. Read my Substack about how they totally nailed it. With the recent US decision to cease funding TraCSS, maybe we should just put the kids in charge? spacecitizens.substack.com

people compare the future ICE to a sort of American Gestapo. However, the actual Nazi Gestapo was orders of magnitudes smaller than ICE will be after this bill

At that moment, bursts of gunfire erupt close by, at least 15 shots. “Whoo! Whoo!” one contractor yelps. “I think you hit one,” one says. Then comes a shout: “Hell, yeah, boy!”

This is sufficiently entertaining that it temporarily calms my fears about AI takeover www.facebook.com/reel/1067628... watch these AI robots play soccer.

I know news cycles have moved on, and there are more grave things going on in the world, but I'm still convinced that the end of the Musk-Trump bromance means the beginning of the end of US dominance in space. And that this provides opportunities for other international collaborations.

@marcelias.bsky.social @bechamilton.bsky.social @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @bernadette1975.bsky.social

Question for US constitutional law folks: will the Supreme Court's ruling prohibiting universal injunctions open up the door for Trump to do what he's stated he wants to do and run for a third term? And perhaps "you'll never need elections again"?

For your weekend reading pleasure: "Artemis and the Moon: Part 4", in which I close off my Substack miniseries of Moon musings with a bit of optimism for lunar collaboration. What does multipolarity mean for lunar governance solutions? Please share if you enjoy open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

Want to feel really smart in 4 mins? Watch this from @cyncouette.bsky.social A 4 minute super overview of the promise of polycentric governance for space, and the missing ingredients - why is polycentric governance alone not enough? Why aren't we seeing global convergence on sustainability norms?

On Friday last week I posted that the spat between Musk and Trump marks the beginning of the end for US dominance in space. For better and for worse. But rather than fearing another hegemon filling the gap, I see opportunity for multipolar cooperation spacecitizens.substack.com/p/we-interru...