Crystallization of stardust analogs under an electron flux atmosphere Abstract. The atomic microstructural evolution of circumstellar dust grains, which seed the interstellar medium, remains poorly understood. Amorphous alumi

I am excited to share that this paper was finally published: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
Essentially, we showed that an electron flux can cause amorphous dust to crystallize even in cold environments

What’s Next After No Kings 3? · No Kings On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...

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Renee Good was shot in the head, autopsy commissioned by her family finds Renee Good was shot three times and grazed a fourth time during the Jan. 7 encounter with an ICE officer, according to findings released by her family's attorneys.

1/The failure to investigate Renee Good’s death at all is ongoing scandal. The independent autopsy suggests that Renee Good was still alive after the first shot; it was the third shot that killed her, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news....

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I forgot meet @jscalzi.bsky.social today!

Microbes might be able to planet hop on asteroid shrapnel Experiment confirms bacteria could survive being blasted off world by impact

To simulate an asteroid impact in the lab, researchers put bacterial cells on a membrane and shot them with a gas-fired projectile that struck the microbes at up to 480 kilometers per hour. The bacteria largely shrugged off the cataclysm. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social at @science.org

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Protest against the Iran strikes - San Antonio - TODAY - 5pm

KAMALA HARRIS WILL SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO WAR STOP WARS VOTE TRUMP VANCE

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Yesterday, I reposted this with a bit of sarcasm, but the gross ignorance of Duffy with regards to the very basics of how we do space exploration keeps gnawing at me. JFK in starting Apollo said, "...landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in a single sentence. (continued)

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people

reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

TIL turmeric is fluorescent!
(The set of circumstances that led to this discovery is unexpected - it involves disco-lighting at the gym, Ethiopian food, and fancy nails)

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.

1 in 2 builders were born overseas.

1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.

1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.

1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.

1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

The UK would be screwed without them.

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Full disclosure - its more whimsical than realistic space patterns

Everyone should be watching this #AOC speech from extra early this morning, right before MAGA Republicans voted to strip away Medicaid/ Medicare and end Planned Parenthood. While giving gun nuts the most rights since the 30s.

She's right. This is a "Xmas gift." But not for us.

#SheShed #Medicaid

Scaring kids shitless is an important function of art and, given the eternal power of grisly nursery rhymes and campfire ghost stories, might be one of literature's purest origins. IMO your first big jolt of horror is as important a milestone as losing your first tooth or learning to ride a bike.

I saw the video earlier tonight.

This legend parted the crowd, casually walked on up, and threw a right hook in.

💪 🙌🏽 👏🏽

Cis women in Ireland need to talk to other cis women in our lives and pour water on the kind of thinly veiled, soft-sounding bigotry that's creeping into people's social media and minds before we fully go the way of the UK. TERFs are claiming to speak FOR us - we need to speak for ourselves. Loudly.

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old American citizen born in the U.S., was jailed in Florida under a controversial state immigration law, even though he had a valid U.S. birth certificate and Social Security card. A judge confirmed both documents were real, but said she

Last week, DHS and Secretary Noem's staff and spokespeople suggested that because Mr. Abrego Garcia had $1,100 in cash on him when arrested outside Home Depot seeking day labor, that was strong evidence that he was a member of MS-13.

I guess that raises a similar question about her $3,000.

New Mexico teen visiting Arizona detained by immigration agents, family says Jose Hermosillo and his girlfriend were visiting family in Tucson when he was detained, his family said. The case against him was dismissed on Thursday.

Among other things, please notice the extremely brazen lies DHS told the media about this American citizen:
McLaughlin said Hermosillo…wanted to turn himself in and complete "a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully."

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What It Means to Tell the Truth About America And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”

So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

As legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video shows At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away.

During the Friday night hearing, DOJ's Ensign told Judge Boasberg "he understood there would be no flights Friday night and that he was 'not aware of any plans' for flights on Saturday ...

AT THE SAME TIME, the ICE buses were nearing their approach to the airport exit."

Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process."

Trump tariffed every country, even penguins, but not Russia.

He said it’s because he’s negotiating the wars end. But he DID tariff Ukraine.

Hmmm