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PhD in Planetary Science Likes all rocks, but especially Moon rocks Views are my own she/her
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Clara Jeffery
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Science is good. We should fund it.
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Chase Million
5 days ago
I will waste no time reminding everyone that the President has again proposed an extinction-level budget for NASA. 47% cut to science. And even though Congress sets budgets, NASA will---like last year---start planning as though this were the real budget. Stupid. Pointless. Destructive. Insulting.
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The Planetary Society urges Congress to reject historic cuts to NASA,…
A statement in response to the release of the FY 2027 top-line budget request for NASA, which would cut the agency by 23% and slash the Science Mission…
https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/the-planetary-society-urges-congress-to-reject-historic-cuts-to-nasa-again
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Moon mood From
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Usili (Talia) 🏳️⚧️
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Okay. This is a much better quality from NASA's site of Earth.
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Meghan Bartels
13 days ago
"And so it's a reminder to me that there are more perspectives and more stories out there than you'll hear from the people cheering for NASA on a regular basis," Glover said. "But those people? We work for them too."
www.space.com/space-explor...
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NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why.
"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis-2-pilot-victor-glover-whitey-on-the-moon-
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barbylon
about 1 month ago
If defunding NASA could end war or pay the national debt, then we should do that. But it won’t. Great societies do many things at once. 🧪🔭🌎🛰️
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Andy Rivkin
2 months ago
ok, that's fine, but the NFL should know that it was a lot of science and engineering that put people on the Moon along with generous support from taxpayers
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Alejandra Caraballo
3 months ago
It plainly invalidates all driver's licenses held by trans people if they've changed their gender markers. It requires them to turn those licenses over. They don't have a list to check but now any out trans person could be ratted out by family, friends or coworkers and have their licenses revoked.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
3 months ago
Make it viral.
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Assigned Media
3 months ago
The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms." Today on Assigned,
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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NYT Chronicles a Death Their Moral Panic Caused — Assigned
The New York Times published a story covering the death of trans athlete, Lia Smith, but takes no responsibility for the ways their coverage of trans issues has fed the moral panic that caused it.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-york-times-moral-panic-lia-smith
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The Planetary Research Blog
3 months ago
An Open Letter Regarding LPSC
https://blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/an-open-letter-regarding-lpsc/
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An Open Letter Regarding LPSC
The first week of January should mean writing and editing abstracts for LPSC - but this year, these abstracts are subject to potential censorship and rejection (and with a non-refundable submission fee at that). The Planetary Workforce Integration, Development, and Empowerment Community Alliance (PWIDE) has penned an open letter regarding…
https://blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/an-open-letter-regarding-lpsc/
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3 months ago
Instead of an LPSC abstract, a few of us posted our concerns about the censorship of the conference at
blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/a...
, with some suggestions for other conferences you can attend to discuss planetary science. (Definitely shorter than 2 pages 10 pt font, too!)
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An Open Letter Regarding LPSC - The Planetary Research Blog
https://blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/an-open-letter-regarding-lpsc/
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Laura Helmuth
4 months ago
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV. This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
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Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
https://www.science.org/content/article/two-ancient-humans-including-famed-iceman-had-cancer-causing-virus?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&et_rid=148647149&et_cid=5830534
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Jasmine 🌌🔭
4 months ago
i know i post this a lot, but these are truly some of the most beautiful words ever spoken about our planet. thank you, carl sagan, we miss you 🌎✨
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Margot Finn
4 months ago
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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Don Moynihan
4 months ago
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Dr. Raphael Marschall
5 months ago
Hi
#planetaryScience
folks, we have an open position for a *Professor in Planetary Sciences* at the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the
@unibe.ch
. Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026* Full ad:
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reach out to me if you have any questions! 🧵 1/5
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Uni Bern: Professor in Planetary Sciences
The Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences of the Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland, invites applications for a full-time position as a Professor in Planetary Sciences.
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/5910a4be-30c9-4e9d-abbe-9bc44b71776e
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Stuff like this makes me miss Tucson. The lights in my neighborhood are on the far left.
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This is my first time seeing aurora, it's just as lovely as I imagined, but next time I'll put on socks and shoes instead of just running outside in flip flops. (Middle TN)
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Rep. Leigh Finke
6 months ago
Rest In Peace Lia Smith. You deserved a whole, full, beautiful life.
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Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/transgender-student-athlete-lia-smith-remembered
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Space.com
6 months ago
#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.
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Patrick Smith
6 months ago
"doch" seems to be a word you season a sentence with like chili flakes
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Auschwitz Memorial
7 months ago
30 September 1928 | Elie Wiesel was born in Romania. A Jewish writer, Auschwitz & Buchenwald survivor, Peace Nobel Prize laureate. "Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
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Phil Plait
9 months ago
OMG. They cannot have NOT known the literal most famous headline from The Onion.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
9 months ago
In a new paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Marketing, we uncovered a surprising pattern: The more knowledge people have about lead poisoning, the less likely they are eat paint chips for a snack.
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J. Brian Balta
9 months ago
Ok everyone, am I reading this right? From NASA Roses 2025 - Solar System Science section, it looks like the Scientific Technical Management section is now limited to a 5 page proposal?
nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
Thank goodness I didn't write the full thing yet.
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Jackie Clark
9 months ago
Eek
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Katelyn Burns
10 months ago
"I asked them what costume I was supposed to wear, as there are rules around how much fabric can be on your body," Coombes told the Reading Chronicle. "They confirmed that I need to wear a female swimming costume despite having to compete with the men."
www.advocate.com/news/trans-w...
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A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest
Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.
https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-woman-swims-topless-england?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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Yet again, Adeene manages to encapsulate my thoughts in a more coherent and clear way than I could probably have done myself. Thank you for writing this, Adeene, and everyone else please read!
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Dr. Adeene Denton
10 months ago
I got tired of having the "should we colonize Mars" argument, so I wrote something that makes my feelings, and reasoning, extremely clear:
medium.com/@adeene.dent...
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A Hater’s Guide to Life on Mars
Colonizing Mars is bullshit.
https://medium.com/@adeene.denton/a-haters-guide-to-life-on-mars-5a89e8425250
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Katherine Groo
10 months ago
met a neuroscientist who trained an LLM on thousands of parables and was stunned by its capacity to interpret. no human could have done it, they said. a lot of ai amazement is people brushing against the humanities, being unable to imagine the scope of our work, the time it takes, the skills we have
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John Morales
11 months ago
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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David Ho
11 months ago
“The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.“
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Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-con...
https://apnews.com/article/boise-salt-lake-city-pride-flags-law-13c8f9f7269d1b33daaa7ef041c6c497
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek
11 months ago
I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.
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Zoe Tunnell
11 months ago
Most celebrities: can't be damned to even talk about defending trans people David Tennant: turns a question that doesn't mention trans folks once into a clear, decisive message of support and explaining the true machine behind our current oppression
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James Tuttle Keane
11 months ago
I can’t fathom how someone thought this was a good idea. LPI received *no* direction to remove these abstracts/reports; they preemptively complied. Then LPI audaciously claims they didn’t delete content; they just hid it. In a digital world, what’s the difference? Shameful.
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Emily St. John Mandel
12 months ago
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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barbylon
about 1 year ago
The US science community relies on a massive network of post-bacs, graduate students, and post-docs, many of whom are foreign nationals. We train these students and in return we get a ginormous scientific output that makes us a stronger nation - BUT this system is now under attack. (1)
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Alisha Erin Hillam
about 1 year ago
two new poems up with Lunch Ticket's Amuse-Bouche today! both these poems emerged as part of two months I spent living in Poland, and are near to my heart. gratitude to Lunch Ticket's editors—I'm so glad these poems have found a home 💙
lunchticket.org/two-poems-by...
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Two poems by Alisha Erin Hillam - Lunch Ticket
Two poems, Violin Man and Pierogi in Oświęcim, by Alisha Erin Hillam.
https://lunchticket.org/two-poems-by-alisha-erin-hillam/
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Brenna Clarke Gray
about 1 year ago
I like paying taxes. Genuinely. Not grudgingly. I can’t pave a road, I can’t build and staff a hospital. $200 in my pocket won’t pay for my kid’s daycare but if we all pool our money it might. I really wish someone on the left would be brave enough to be like, “Taxes are good, actually.”
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Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly" Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
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Randall Munroe
about 1 year ago
Planet Definitions
xkcd.com/3063
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon
about 1 year ago
Just as a small candle can dispel darkness, positive stories remind us of what bonds us together. Beth from Vermont in this story, who — though she didn't know me — found a human connection across many levels of borders with her handmade quilt.
Gurdeep.org
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Reminds me of this 10/10 geology meme
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🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫
about 1 year ago
i often think about how eons before cookie monster was conceived, or indeed before there were minds capable of conceiving, cookie monster was already there, waiting
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Joe Renaud
about 1 year ago
Working at NASA is a dream for many around the country and even the world. Positions don't just get created. They are extremely rare and highly competitive. The folks that get them are _the_ best at what they do. What do they do? 1/6
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WeRateDogs
about 1 year ago
This is Wesley. He wants to know if you will accept this rose. Because he grabbed it thinking it was a stick, and now doesn't want it anymore. 12/10
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Rachel Klima
about 1 year ago
If you follow the accounts of planetary scientists here, you may have heard about the suspension of the Here to Observe program. I'd like to take a few minutes of story time to tell you about it, if you're interested. (1/n)
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Erin Biba
about 1 year ago
He knows he’s succeeding at this too, BTW. And everyone is letting him because they’ve decided it’s just his mental health and that somehow makes this not real. But mental illness does not make you a hateful monster.
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