It is so very sad that random internet articles about curiosities are no longer authored by actual people with strange little passions. I'm not even sure what the internet is for now that AI articles are so pervasive.

The Trump Administration is trying to silence dissent and attack our most fundamental freedom: the right to speak out without fear. I stood with my colleagues in the House and Senate to protect Americans from any administration that fears the truth and democracy.

Watching elected officials acknowledge the moment and fight to defend free speech is what I needed today

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Hey FEMA - we need to talk about the $200m you owe us. This is a big deal:

No More Unions Allowed At NASA. Happy Labor Day. nasawatch.com/personnel-ne... #NASA @NASA

"The whitewashing effort includes government agencies tasked with preserving history. And in every case, the resources were publicly accessible when Donald Trump took office. Then they vanished."

Asteroid Bennu Is A Time Capsule Of Materials Bearing Witness To Its Origin And Transformation Over Billions Of Years astrobiology.com/2025/08/aste... #astrobiology #Asteroid #Bennu

I signed it

ROSES is back. I honestly wasn't expecting that. (For those that don't know, ROSES stands for Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences and it's NASA's main science funding program and it's usually posted in February of every year.) nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...

I'm proud to be one of the many protesters in this picture! Cincinnati showed up!!!

I studied Jack in the pulpits for my undergraduate research project. Definitely my favorite queer plant.

Why does this billion year old #acritarch fragment look like an ancient cuneiform scroll!? Object about 150 microns wide #geology #paleontology 🧪⚒️

Dozens of active and planned NASA spacecraft killed in Trump budget request | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Witness the *proposed* devastation of NASA science. If this concerns you, consider exploring the tools provided to make your opinions known: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

Signed. Your turn.

"We humans are stability-seeking creatures. Getting accustomed to what used to seem unthinkable can feel like an accomplishment."

how big are those famous space images anyway?

Sweet flag is of my top three favorite strange plants.

Dr. Alondra Nelson's explanation of her decision to resign from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council is an important read if you want to be fully aware of the erosion of the US knowledge infrastructure. time.com/7285045/resi...

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Brood XIV is emerging in Cincinnati! I saw hundreds of cicadas at the park yesterday evening, but they aren't singing yet. They only started to emerge in the last couple days (at least near me) and they need at least four days for their exoskeleton to fully harden before they seek out a mate.

If you are in any of these cities or states and want to do SUFS things, we have people needing assistance in: Tuscaloosa Salt Lake City Denver or Boulder Ohio Indiana Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan SO, GO SIGN UP! #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience

My upstairs neighbors have a little surprise garden.

How does the EPA know a pesticide is safe to use in my yard? The EPA must evaluate both the risks and the benefits of each pesticide – and revisit that analysis at least every 15 years for every pesticide used in the U.S. An agricultural science professor explains the process: buff.ly/4HJim9h

The arguments for Mars Sample Return are eloquently stated here. Read it. Tell your neighbors why they should care.

It’s me, hi, I’m the PI, it’s me 😭

Moving story with beautiful images, cool science and sad commentary about what is being done to science and researchers in this country. (gift link) 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Erasing Science From The National Science Foundation nasawatch.com/trumpspace/e... The current Administration's erasure of science across various government agencies is being dialed up. NOAA has been hit. Now NSF is getting whacked. And you should know that NASA is not going to escape.

The administration's actions clearly demonstrate that they don't want to empower survivors of domestic and sexual violence to obtain safety. Sowing confusion and chaos for survivors and those who support them is by intent, not the byproduct of some fabled fight to cut government spending.

This is something more than nothing. I hope the list of signatories continues to grow.

It was a joy to join 2000 Hands Off Our Democracy protestors in Cincinnati today! We braved the rain and made our voices heard

For #FossilFriday, exquisitely expressed fossil invertebrate burrows from the Botucatu Formation (Early Cretaceous, ~130 mya) of Brazil; attributed to insects burrowing & actively backfilling in dune sands. Specimen is in the Mário Tolentino Museum of Science, São Carlos, Brazil. 🧪🪨⚒️🪲 #ichnology

I get to vote for @amyactonoh.bsky.social to lead Ohio in 2026!!!

I just opened a PDF of someone's dissertation and it made a doorbell chime sound. After a period of general perplexity, I've determined that the document chimes every time I scroll through the second page. I have so many questions.

If you are as desperate for political hope as I am right now, you will find some in @hcrichardson.bsky.social's post chronicling how abolitionist's outrage over the Missouri Compromise eventually led to the formation of the Republican party. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

A view of "Broom Point" where Perseverance collected the "Main River" sample two days ago ℹ️ science.nasa.gov/mission/mars... 🧪 #PlanetSci #Mars Mar. 12, 2025 (Sol 1443) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

You probably need this epic hippo thread as much as I did.

🔭 The JWST Cycle 4 science program is out today! 🔭 Some truly exhilarating #exoplanet programs will be carried out by JWST starting in July 2025. Let's take a look at some highlights. 🛰️🔭🪐 THREAD (1/9)

"The cure was far more destructive than the disease." True, if the symptoms that concern you involve wealth redistribution rather than fatalities.

Let's debunk this whole "space is hard" mantra. Looking at all NASA-led missions launched since 2000, only 4 out of ~60 missions experienced total failures. Two of these were due to issues with the commercial launch vehicle, & two were spacecraft issues. That is a *93% success rate.* (1/n)

#StandupforScience2025 livestream now on PBS News Hour! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...

“If we lose all of our funding, our academic support staff — who are disproportionately women and people of color — lose their jobs,” said Nicole Holliday, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who will speak at the rally. “So do our janitors.” #StandUpforScience2025 sfstandard.com/2025/03/07/b...

One of my very first conferences was AbGradCon! (In Puerto Rico many years ago). Was a great experience and a welcoming conference.

Students and Postdocs studying astrobiology should definitely consider applying to AbGradCon2025! It will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, CO from June 10-13, 2025 Applications are due March 31st www.abgradcon.org/submit-appli...

Thank you!

2 more sleeps until we rally Ohio! See you at the Statehouse in downtown Columbus Friday at noon. Can't make it to Cbus? In addition to Cleveland, I'm now also seeing walkouts in Cincinnati and Oxford, OH.

#Standupforscience in Columbus at the #Ohio State House, 12-3 pm www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

This is very cool! AND I just can't believe @ucsusa.bsky.social got THAT MANY SCIENTISTS to agree on something!!! That's how you know it's serious, y'all. #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...