Fantastic, Duncan! This looks great, canโt wait! ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๏ธ
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Oh Holly - thank you for doing this, it is greatly appreciated and I look forward to each installment. โ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐
The โfirstsโ in these images will be coming fast and furious now - just mind blowing. ๐ฅ๐๐๐คฉ
Needed
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Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. In FY 2027, NSF will close-out this directorate. Continuing grants that align with Administration priorities, such as in behavioral and cognitive science, and all impacted employees will be transferred to other parts of the agency. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics will operate independently of the directorates and continue to be supported through the R&RA appropriation.
Once again it is time to contract your representatives: The FY27 budget request for NSF (see nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...) would get rid of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
I thought the same! ๐ถ๏ธ๐ฅ๐
Great explanation of all the components of that stunning image - thank you, @astrokatie.com! ๐๐๐๐คฉ
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A view of the Earth from NASAโs Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight. Earth is a crescent on the right and the Orion spacecraft's aft thrusters are visible on the left.
Good morning from orbit. That's us. That's home.
Same. ๐๐๐ค๐
Noooooo! That was a particularly gnarly and disgusting scene. ๐คข ๐
Iโm out - poor honey badger. ๐ญ๐ฆก ๐ #2026MMM
(Iโm a bit behind because I broke my leg over the weekend - this result did not help my mood! ๐ฉ)
#2026MMM ๐ฅ #TeamHoneyBadger ๐ฏ ๐ฆก
#Mustelidae
This is such a glorious #2026MMM visual mashup:
Itโs a good one!
โฆ that study was so amazing! ๐คฉ#2026MMM
๐๐ค #2026MMM #TeamHoneyBadger #Mustelidae
Ugh. ๐ ๐ฉ
#2026MMM
(I also know someone who was hospitalized after being bitten by one ๐ฑ, so I approach opportunities like that with the upmost focused/deliberate intent and reverence. They are also really slow lol.)
โฆ and to make it worse, those were two separate yearsโฆ the first one where you see me holding the gila, and then the next two closeup shots are my hands, but another time, another gila. ๐ฅฐ ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
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I was with herpetologist friends! Iโve also kept snakes, lizards, and arachnids most of my life (currently donโt have any). Letโs just say Iโm comfortable and know how to handle them. ๐๐ฆ๐๐ท๏ธ๐ฆ
Yessssssss! #2026MMM
I went to Baltimore and LA too, just skipped a couple years before that. My first AABA? (AAPA) 1996 Oakland. ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐คฉ
It was! Iโll have some pics up soon. ๐
NOOOOOOOO #2026MMM
Yes! #2026MMM ๐ฌ