amazing looking astro/sci-comm job!

someone grab this job since I can't

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

If any of you fine folks are planetarians in (or want to be in) mid-Michigan, the Abrams Planetarium is hiring a full-time-staff position for the first time in 11 years!! Come work with the astro, scicomm, and informal ed folks at MSU!! 🔭 🧪 (reskeets welcome) careers.msu.edu/jobs/educati...

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.

Check with these folks, I think they’re working on something like that. youtube.com/shorts/j3ci2...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

"I just don't want to see death camps" bet me neither that's why we have to abolish "troubled teens wilderness camps" and juvie and jail and prison and ICE camps and Gitmo

UCLA in the ranks of institutions that stand up—and prevail. And another [non-Scotus, of course] federal judge in the ranks of those who stand up for rule of law. Courage and principle are contagious. Stand up, and support others who do.

This baby truly thinks he has a 9pm bedtime. Pray for me.

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

This was always the goal and don’t forget that this happened because of the Democrats/Joe Biden. TikTok was in zero danger of being banned and the ban was non existent until Biden/Dems worked w Gallagher to revive it because people were using the app to speak out about Israel’s genocide.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

transformer models are good at what they're supposed to do (transforming from A space to B space): the generative perversions (transforming from A space to A' space) are a parlor trick that got out of hand

@dralgaegirl.bsky.social No, really.

“Don’t worry, they’ll pay the political price for this in the midterms”

I would like the record to show that I am NOT the parent who thought reusable water balloons should be bath toys 😐

The "WC" on toilet doors stands for "we crappin'"

One good bit of advice I have Learned The Hard Way: When there are Things™️ happening in the world, ask what good is being advanced by your involvement/ commentary. This works both ways and across all happenings. It's worth taking a minute to ask yourself this, for your own mental health/well being.

The "what views, motherfucker" goose in that meme must be exhausted.

Honestly it seems to me that one of the most important tasks for modern parents is raising their kids to be mostly offline normies

A lot of lone nuts with no coherent political philosophy seem to be very closely related to one specific political philosophy

[the shooter is unidentified] the left must be purged with the sword [the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know

Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived

I spent a long time figuring out how to get matplotlib to be able to add a little cartoon of a binary orbit onto a plot (so now you all have to see it): ⚛️🧪🔭

If a single semester at Utah State could turn a kid from a conservative background into a wild eyed leftist, pretty sure we’d see armies of revolutionaries graduating after four full years at universities across the nation.

Weird how this is always go to Jupiter or live in the center of the earth but not “everyone has a good union job and healthcare”, like that’s the thing that is believing in unicorns

One more for your list—the first one. irehr.org/reports/alt-...

Proton Mail suspended the account of a journalist writing for the hacker zine Phrack at the request of a cybersecurity agency, only reinstating the account after public outcry theintercept.com/2025/09/12/p...

It's the world's worst dog show. And they're all rabid. And they all hate each other

I run @skypeascientist.bsky.social which matches scientists w/classrooms, libraries, etc for Q&As. We match First Lego League teams too. This tends to wipe out one category of scientist bc so many teams sign up for the same category (this year, archaeologists). We're almost out of archaeologists.

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)

i would prefer to not live in uppercase H History

This is the only way I find out about anything these days

haven't really been following the Poland thing but we're pretty sure at this point WWIII did *not* just start, correct?

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

"Not since the Red Scare, has American science been so beholden to political ideology. At least during the McCarthy era, scientists could console themselves that despite this interference, federal spending on science was surging. Today, it’s drying up." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

time to shut the government down 🎁 gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

vegetables, aka chewable vitamines

The pharmacies near me are doing same-day and next-day flu shot and COVID shot appointments! Sign up while you can! #NotThatKindOfDoctor but I highly recommend it. (CVS has a yes/no question for high risk of COVID complications. Follow your heart.)