Over 100 Former NASA Astronauts Launch “Astronauts For America” to Uphold the Constitution Over 100 Former NASA Astronauts Launch “Astronauts For America” to Uphold the Constitution

Over 100 Former NASA Astronauts Launch “Astronauts For America” to Uphold the Constitution
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Hegseth on dropping the flu vaccine reqt for the military: We will not force you to take it, “because your body, your faith and your convictions are not negotiable.”

OH REALLY?

Replace ‘flu vaccine’ with ‘abortion’ and we’ll see how ‘negotiable’ my body, faith, and convictions are.

Did you beat him off the line?

The only way to win is not to play

If one more app that I have been successfully using with no major complaints for at least a decade incorporates AI I will lose my shit

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

Did the Artemis II mission get you excited about humanity’s quest for the stars? Follow this astronomy feed, which highlights some of Bluesky’s best posts on our fascinating universe: bsky.app/profile/emil...

Title page of The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein with the author’s signature and a Loyalty Bookstore bookmark.

My copy of @chanda.blacksky.app The Edge of Space-Time arrived while I was out of town. I can’t wait to read it!

There are now 10 toilets in Space

International Space Station: 4
Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1
Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1
Tiangong Space Station: 2
Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1
Artemis II on way around Moon: 1

This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video) YouTube video by HerbieHancockVEVO

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And formally, according to our law,
Depose him

Did he even read the book?

Did he even read the book?

In the 90s I always said he was the only BillG I fucked with.

Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge and Data Challenge Workshop — Save the Date

For hunters of rocky worlds: save the date! 🔭 #astrocode

We're preparing a Data Challenge modeled after the 2015 Spitzer Exoplanet Data Challenge, this time with MIRI observations from the Rocky Worlds DDT program.

Line drawing of JWST on a background of the Cartwheel Galaxy observed by JWST using MIRI.

View the repository of articles, images, videos, and visualizations available in support of #JWST public talks. Get the details: ow.ly/lABy50Yvr5h

A short essay from @doctorow.pluralistic.net . The title is silly, but the argument is important.

I think I was too nice in the above post. This attitude directly perpetuates toxic attitudes in academia, facilitates widespread abuse of grad students, and it sucks. If you make value judgements on your grad students based on their ability to produce research as "content," you should quit your job.

Illustration of Webb's hexagonal mirror segments each showing a different space image centered on a starry background

The #JWST Cycle 5 General Observer Program selections have been made. Find out what JWST will study in its fifth year of science, which begins July 1, 2026: ow.ly/M4UQ50YtvP4

Fuck Donald Trump.

Good excuse for me to post this again:

Learning about the TRAPPIST-1 system—an environment composed of seven rocky planets orbiting a red dwarf star—has been an ongoing endeavor. And now #NASAWebb is expanding the scientific story in exciting and new ways: https://bit.ly/4kH9X3i

Having spent my whole life in the northern hemisphere I’m always momentarily shocked when I see pictures of the moon “upside down “.

Archbishop of Jerusalem & the Middle East shares pastoral letter in light of escalating conflict Anglican Communion News Service

A pastoral letter

Looks like Persian Santa Claus

Congrats!

Good luck!

"Warner Brothers used 2 b a friend of mine, now they're just a monumental waste of time..."

The BeeGees