In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth." www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...

“The Alabama solution in Alabama could become – I mean, in many cases, it already is the American solution.”

“with a grin” (Steven’s reporting in this thread and the gift linked article is the most detailed I’ve seen.)

ALERT: Baby Formula 13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more. Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

In my years working in public interest communications, I learned reporters often have the story they plan to tell already formed in their minds before they contact “sources” and will use—and even shape—what is told to them in the service of that narrative. Peter Coviello testifies to that process:

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

Did you know that as part of the FAA cutbacks, they are eliminating daytime launches? If New Glenn doesn't launch Sunday, it is unclear when it can launch. The ESCAPADE mission waits on board. Screen cap from Duffy's twitter. Full order here: www.faa.gov/newsroom/FAA...

“Although no budget has been approved by Congress, and the Senate and House versions don’t make such drastic cuts to the broadly popular agency, many former and current employees say NASA’s leadership has appeared to be operating as if the president’s proposal is in effect.“

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

As a millennial woman, my powers of ruination are doubled mwahahaha 😈

Stay weird, deep sea. We love you that way ❤️

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Hi friends, enemies, and casually contemptuous acquaintances! I'm looking for an astronomer/planetary scientist who studies late-stage evolution in planetary systems around low-mass stars. In particular, examining the question of whether Sun-like stars nom their planets up, Cookie Monster-style. 🧪🔭

They're also ignoring the spike in Islamophobic incidents. It's like an Ouroboros of hate.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.

Go little fishes, swim free!

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

Do you have whiplash about Isaacman? Yeah, me too. I wrote a thread walking you though the saga thus far to help make sense of it: 🧪🔭

We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.

“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”

Resurfacing this in case anyone wants to get in on it. I will also accept odds for "appointed ambassador to a faraway country"

Last November I woke up after the election with a feeling of dread. Those fears have largely been realized. Today, I woke up with a feeling of hope (I missed that feeling). Will those hopes manifest change? I'm excited to find out. 💙

I wonder what Isaacman had to promise to get the nom back. I'll be interested to see how his second confirmation hearing differs from his first 🙃

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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer. It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.

....that sounds nice.

POLITICS MATTER TO YOUNG PEOPLE YOU LOSERS. Teen Vogue has been a constant light in the darkness of political reporting. This sucks.

This is a real shame. Their coverage of how Trump 2.0 has been affecting Gen Z and younger gens has been really great this year. This makes me sad.

I wrote a textbook! I hope you like it. store.ioppublishing.org/page/detail/...

#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet. www.space.com/space-explor...

Glad to see this story covered by the press. I've heard from colleagues that Goddard labs are being moved/closed during the government shutdown while employees are unable to receive notification/e-mail/warnings. There's fear that they'll return after the shutdown & labs will be gone. 🔭

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

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An incredible loss to climate journalism

I’m sure we’re not unique but an interesting thing about planetary/astro is we are regularly asked to do presentations in elementary schools while also being expected to be able to present to our peers. It’s a good skill set to develop!

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app? What?

Remember, if you see someone stealing groceries...no you didn't.

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Maybe we should ask Argentina for some of our money back

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

🎶 how low... can you go! how low...can you go!🎶

A 2025 “State of the Climate” report shows Earth’s vital signs are crashing, requiring humanity to “rethink the way we live,” says @williamripple.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...

A federal judge has ruled that the government pause plans to lay off thousands of employees, including at USGS, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. eos.org/research-and...

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes