NSF Grad Research Fellowship awardees were announced, & the total awards are back up to 2,599 this year after only 1,500 (1000 initially+500 later) last year! Congrats to all awardees, including 3 OSU astro undergrads and 6 UCSC Lamat REU participants!! 🎈🎉🔭🧪 www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

NASA FINESST announced, due July 14! Does not include astro or planetary science yet, but it says "NOTICE: Applicants to Astro ^ Planetary may not be able to create proposals on the day of release but please be patient while we get everything set up for you." 🔭 nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...

Physics bachelors programs at Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio U, and Wright State will be eliminated! ⚛️🧪🔭

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Emeshyon Wilkins mattered Police said he pointed a gun at them. Body cam footage shows police shooting him in the back of the head as he ran away from them apnews.com/article/body...

The Glover Family.

OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Software Development Project Manager to support the Data Management Division: https://bit.ly/4tCw3qW

😃: I got to go on CBC TV last night via Zoom to talk about Artemis II 😭: The Zoom connection was SO BAD the segment is basically unwatchable. (I had no idea it was bad at the time and no one said anything during the setup! Not sure how to prevent this in the future but ugh.)

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

Drawing Sammie from Sinners #art

I have made so many resources for allies to learn how to champion families, and why that’s important. Here's a new one, chock full of fundraising ideas and examples. We are failing. We need to do better. tr.ee/2Y0nQs9ESH

The mass death of Black people is “messy”?

The whole-Earth-at-night photo from the #Artemis II mission was brighter than many expected. That was mostly due to camera settings; here’s another pic taken just before with diff settings. Digital photography is always subjective—even before processing! (HT @swapnakrishna.com @jasonc0.bsky.social)

"In growing numbers, [people are] flying to the Midwest to find a place to live. In the past couple of years, the region has become a popular place to relocate; three of the country’s five fastest-growing metro areas are there."

Happy Monday everyone. What happens when you stop petting 😊

MADRID (AP) - Spain says it has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war. @apnews.com

On this day in Horror/Fantasy History, BEETLEJUICE was released in 1988.

Police break 17 year old kid's leg—requiring emergency surgery. Beat him repeatedly with baton while he was already detained by 3 other officers. "Grab his ass," witnesses heard him yell—before running over and winding up with batons. Kid was protesting ICE on 'No Kings Day' in Los Angeles, CA.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon spokesman says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices after ruling in New York Times suit.

I'm really proud of myself and how I'm organizing everything. I was struggling with ADHD. But once I made a tiny bit of progress on my research that made my confidence go up. Other great things are happening, so I'm doing my best to get everything in order.

The amount of skepticism I have for this spacecraft is colossal. There's no mention of SR1 anywhere on NASA's site. Some news of advances in nuclear propulsion are on the site but nothing indicating they're ready to build such a rocket. Having one built and ready to go in less than 2 years? Huh.

BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com. Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

My PhD advisor, Professor Yuk Yung, has passed away. The suddenness of this - I had only become aware of his illness a week ago - is shocking and it’s surreal that he’s gone. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

People as far south as Nebraska could see the aurora, forecasters predict.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juliana Stratton wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Illinois primary election.

geologists:

This is dope.

Burger King ran multiple 'nostalgia' ads during the Oscars, which probably cost a couple million bucks. In-N-Out just got the best ad ever—an Oscar-winning Michael B. Jordan eating and posing at its restaurant—for free.

Election Day is HERE, Illinois. Polls close at 7pm. iwillvote.com/il

The only stake I have in tonight's Oscars rests on Delroy Lindo. He has a career of excellent work. I'd like to see him rewarded.

"No to war... and free Palestine" Javier Bardem

Viewers noticed Ryan Coogler appears to have a guitar and treble clef braided in his hair at the #Oscars

Our final speaker is Natalia Oliveros Gómez!

Natalia Oliveros Gómez is a 3rd year PhD student at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social, telling us about atmospheres of other worlds at @aot-baltimore.bsky.social 🔭 🌈

TSA lines at airports nationwide are about to get a whole lot worse

lol he jumped on the bandwagon and is now unilaterally deciding what we all should do?

GOOD MORNING! Catch me and my girl Norah Mulinda TODAY on @bloomberg.com Businessweek Radio LIVE from NYC at 4:40 PM-ish EST rocking a 'fro and yapping about why Black women and WOC matter to our economy. We finna break the record for most afros on Bloomberg TV lol.

I'm watching evil lives here while I'm finishing up editing some of my plots. Why are we talking to the killers?????? 😒 See this redemption arc is pissing me off!

Kayla J. Smith, Mark S. Marley: The Influence of Clouds and Deuterium-Burning on Brown Dwarf Habitable Zones https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09068 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.09068 https://arxiv.org/html/2603.09068

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 My mentee!!

I'm really proud of myself today. I got some things accomplished. I hope my research results come out nice. 😭😭

Here's the origin story of herpetologist Dr. Earyn McGee, Coordinator of Conservation at the Los Angeles Zoo. Her #FindThatLizard social media campaign educates and inspires a global audience about herpetology. Link: sciall.org/wp-content/u... 🧪 #herpetology #WomenInSTEM 🧵6/7

Here's the origin story of experimental particle physicist Dr. Jessica Esquivel—proudly queer, Black, Latina, and neurodivergent, and a vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM. Link: sciall.org/wp-content/u... 🧪🎢⚛️ #WomenInSTEM 🧵2/7

For #WomensHistoryMonth and #InternationalWomensDay, let us celebrate six outstanding women in science through their origin stories — as told in comic book form by the talented artist Juanele (@juaneletamal.bsky.social). Follow along to links to their stories!🧪🎢⚛️🪐🔭 #WomenInSTEM 🧵1/7

A woman reportedly fired several shots into the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna while the pop star was inside, the LA Times reports No injuries were reported in the incident, authorities said

A Palestinian psychologist has partnered with me to get YOUR support for this important initiative: mental health workshops and recovery kits for kids in Gaza who were detained in Israeli prisons. We have three weeks left! Help with supplies & more: chuffed.org/project/hmg

#CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE apnews.com/article/suic...

Hello! One month from today I’m releasing my new book about our majestic universe, which thinks with poetry, quantum physics, relativity, Zhou kingdom philosophy, galaxies, particles, Akan aphorisms, Black feminism, Star Trek, Alice in Wonderland. AND it’s for all readers. 📚💙 Please preorder it! 🧵