This is like the old days on Twitter. I just saw it now, but this person predicted the reflecting pool debacle a month ago.

I'm relieved to hear Harari's very clear-eyed, rational, non-ideological view abt where Israel/Judaism are right now. He puts both at a turning pt as significant as the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70CE. Methinks Israel has likely done itself the gr8est self-harm in its history by its behavior. 📰📜

Does anyone know: What fraction of the Israeli electorate supports Netanyahu and his actions in Gaza?

This is fake news, right?

Fabulous news! Enceladus wins ... again!! Enceladus (the horse) won the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot 2 days ago. Enceladus (the little icy moon) won 2nd place in the Solar System Decadal Survey sweepstakes 4 years ago. Now we need to get back to Saturn with an Enceladys lander! 📰🧪🛰️

Read & weep. This is academia 👇. If AI has infiltrated seats of learning, that's a good deal worse than just returning made-up information on Google. That's undermining the very purpose of education itself... to teach us how to think, use reason to evaluate, reach conclusions, form opinions, etc. 📰

I mean, this is dialogue straight out of a satire, right?

So female dolphins have good-guy/bad-guy lists, too! A new study suggests female bottlenose dolphins may have a strategy for steering clear of males with a history of pushy mating tactics. 📰🧪🦑

This is an unbelievable story. How is it that all those conditions were not taken into account in deciding whether Letby was guilty?

WHAT?!? 📰

There could be no bigger, better condemnation of the Orange One than one from Mother Nature herself. 📰🧪

In planetary science, those unsolicited letters come from people who think they've found the solution to the origin of the solar sys, universe, u name it. And their solution is invariably founded on vortices & electromagnetism. I say to myself 'Well, at least it's better than crystal energy' 🧪🛰️

Amen. I'd say the same goes for billionaires.

This is truly heartwarming to see. Is it known ... is this mostly Irish or mostly a British crowd?

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? Demagoguery and corruption.

'Every town can have a wind turbine or solar panels.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey folks, my coauthors and I have run across a problem with Excel. When we try to convert an Excel sheet to CSV format, even when the entries are in text, Excel turns it into an integer and does not convert the decimal digits. Any ideas how to fix this?

Hey ... those of you who live in the NE US & those who may be visiting soon ... There is a new musical on Broadway abt Galileo! It sounds wonderful. Tickets are now on sale & range from $64 to $300. And if you go to see it, please post here on BS & let us know how it went. 🧪🔭📰🛰️ ❤️

And I must add... Women are v susceptible to 'imposter syndrome'. But so far, *almost* all imposters I know of have been men & the few women imposters I know all work at one particular NASA center where it is the norm to 'play to the press'. So discouraging 🧪

An example of the dilution of what's considered expertise. Smartphones first made people accidental news contributors. Then they rose to become "video journalists" and now "influencers" because they've monetized it. Talk about stuff with a hand-held mic and vertical video, suddenly you have cred.

I've noticed in the last 5 - 10 yrs planetary scientists with absolutely no track record in astrobiology, have done no research in the field, are now calling themselves astrobiologists. In one case it's an ex-NASA official, in another someone who merely teaches a course in it. Imposters! 🛰️🧪

The dagger in the heart of American science. (Just in case you haven't seen it yet.) 📰🧪🛰️

Just imagine something like this happening on Mars. And it will eventually. Humans should stay in their luminously beautiful home, keep it clean, protect & preserve it & send AI-robots instead, if at all. 🌎 [There is a strong argument to simply leave Mars alone. But that's for another day.] 🛰️ 📰

I remember that scene well. The director was encouraging me to cry. On camera. I couldn't get myself to do it. I was thinking, "I look like crap when I'm crying. Why would I want that to go on camera!?" 🛰️ 🤔

We can't get rid of this administration fast enough.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Watch this!

democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r... Today, Democrats in the House are speaking up directly about the firings of the NSB! “Firing the Board was essentially a middle finger to Congressional intent .... We still await your outreach on this matter.” 🧪

And on top of that, Ursula, his 'escape pod' is a fantasy. If we can't find survival on the Earth, we're certainly not going to find it on Mars. 🛰️🚀🧪

We've finally won the war against woke

This attorney wants help -- mostly big news coverage -- for her client, born in the US and abducted by ICE and moved to Louisiana ... apparently the precursor step to being deported. Any news media out there willing to give this some airplay? 📰

DavidAttenborough is 100 today. In 2000 RichardDawkins held a party. I was the guest of honor. He invited his friends: DouglasAdams, some Lord whose name I can't recall, & Attenborough. Speaking w/ Sir David was pure joy. Happy B'day Sir! You have been the brightest light to shine on this planet🧪📰

The slow death of 'the pub' in the UK is heartbreaking. While I am not a drinker, & in the extreme it's a terribly destructive habit, the pub itself, the community gathering place, is something I've long envied. Nothing like it exists in the US. In the UK, it's been there forever. Now what? 📰 😭

Good message! Put panels in places that don't destroy natural environs. Car parks are a gr8 as are aqueducts. There must be miles & miles of the latter. But mostly they're gr8 for residences, where individuals absorb the cost of repairs when hailstorms, tornadoes, and the like roll through.

Oh, you are really going to like this! (As one of the original Trekkies, I love it. 😂) [Thanks to bsky.app/profile/punt... 📰🚀🧪🛰️👨‍🚀

They should have thought of this a LONG time ago...

Make that 3 great Presidents.

Two fascinating atmospheric phenomena in one picture.

This is very illuminating. I'd like to use this in presentations. Is that ok? How should the credit line be written? Thank you.

This is infuriating. If CA can't pass the billionaires tax, there's no hope for ridding ourselves of inequality. 📰

Hey y'all ... How long do you think it will take America to live this down? A generation? Two? Three? 📰 #USPOL

I have fond memories of a time when, if people said plainly lunatic extremist things, even if they were once in a crappy band and had a rich dad, they were just ignored by the media.

The rule of law was gone the moment SCOTUS declared Trump has immunity for "official acts." Democracy was utterly lost in November 2024. Project 2025 is 53% implemented. VP Harris endlessly warned us, and here we are, astronauts standing slavishly, fearfully, by his side.

To those of you more knowledgeable abt these things than I ... can you tell us if it's even possible for the Dems to execute a blue wave in Nov after what the SCOTUS just did to the Voting Act? 📰 #USPOL #Election2026 #uspolitics [I expect we'll see more of this 👇]

Question: Why is the UK not deep purple? What's up with that?

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

This is a wonderful thing ... for now. But what happens when all sides have the same technology? Will the humans all go on vacation and sip mai-tai's on some beach in the tropics while the robots destroy one another? 📰

In case you missed this ...

What's this about MAGA's loudest sales people suddenly regretting their support of Trump? Hear what Mother Jones has to say about these "phoney outrage artists". #USPOL 📰

As someone who is getting up there, I am quite aware of how fragile existence can be for the elderly/infirm. This piece 👇 spells out the regs that sent elderly poor ppl into the streets (under Reagan's admin of course) & make it illegal for 4+ seniors to share a home w/ a caregiver. Fix it! 📰⚕️