"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment."

-- Senator Cory Booker, today

Firefly Aerospace Successfully Completes 14 Days of Surface Operations on the Moon All 10 NASA CLPS instruments successfully operated on the lunar surface and collected their science data during Blue Ghost Mission 1.

That's a wrap for #BGM1! After downlinking more than 119 GB of data, including 51 GB of science and technology data for NASA, we're beyond proud to say Firefly met all our mission objectives.

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A green polo with the USGS logo is being hung up. A string of flowers is woven in the button holes. The shirt is hung up on the bulletin board.

USGS Folks can’t be at #LPSC2025 and someone hung up a shirt with a flower as a memorial of sorts. We’re already feeling the loss of their presence and a bunch of other members of the community who can’t be here for a myriad of reasons.

People are losing their jobs. Prices keep climbing. Measles continues to spread. Bird flu is raging. Veterans are getting fired. The stock market is a roller coaster. Our alliances are being shattered. Ukrainian civilians are getting bombed by Russia.

Donald Trump is golfing.

So sad to hear about this one. 😭

Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t the billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts, but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE.
To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.

Why is Trump the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl?

Because all the presidents before him realized it would be extraordinarily wasteful to spend 15-20 MILLION of our taxpayer dollars to go in person.

lol thanks Shane!!! 🩷

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.

Just checking in on all of my federally funded friends. I hope you are okay. 😭 It’s been an insane week.

They’re interested in ANYTHING that moves. 😆

Trying to figure out what this white stuff falling from the sky is. 😂 #cats

“Pages read: 0” is so real 🤭

February 8th!

Please. My current chair is not made for sitting. LOL

1st draft of my proposal is 98% done. You’re telling me I have to do this multiple times a year in the future!? 😅😮‍💨🫢😩

I remember this!!!!! 🤯 Pretty sure this is how we ended up with a real aquarium back then.

It’s fine I didn’t need to finish my proposal draft anyway. 🫡

Your video on TikTok is under review and won’t let us share or comment. Seems like the censorship has stepped up.

After A TikTok Ban, Could Gaming Overlord Tencent Be Targeted Next? The chaos of the TikTok ban is currently unfolding across the US with the app banned either temporarily or permanently depending on how all this plays out.

I mean, it’s relevant.

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Nooooooooooo!!! 😭

I get that. At this point I’m only expecting continual disappointment. 😮‍💨

Idk how accurate this is…but….?

I’d just like to say RIP to everyone posting secrets on TikTok thinking their posts were gonna be deleted. 🤭 Fun fact—they are not. #tiktok