Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Your Guide to NASA's Budget How big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as…

While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget.

NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy...

The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%.

NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break

Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Operating in Statistical Darkness From Agreed Transparency to Engineered Opacity

The information environment isn’t becoming more legible. It’s fragmenting into tiers — and the tier most organisations, governments, and communities depend on is the one degrading fastest.
10fconsortium.substack.com/p/operating-...

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Oscar Wilde’s Only Grandchild Reckons With the Shadows of Scandal<— new book to add to TBR pile that dismantles a lot of myths. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/b...

How this rare bird is relearning its lost 'love song' There are only about 250 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and they have been losing their unique call, mimicking other birds instead. Conservationists say they are now successfully teaching young birds their traditional song.

There are only about 250 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and they have been losing their unique call, mimicking other birds instead. Conservationists say they are now successfully teaching young birds their traditional song.

Black-and-white close-up portrait photograph of Elsie MacGill, the pioneering Canadian aeronautical engineer known as the “Queen of the Hurricanes.” Shown from the shoulders up, she has short, wavy light hair, wears thin round wire-rimmed glasses, and a light collared blouse under a darker jacket, looking slightly toward the camera with a calm, neutral expression against a plain studio background.

Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929).

The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She was born #OTD in 1905.

#WomenInSTEM

Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud Dept.-Kinda sounds like he's admitting he interfered in the election with VERY specific statistics.

I quit Twitter because he bought it, way before his confession he stole the election for the Orange Atrocity. 🍊💩

Now I'm SURE I made the right decision! 👍

Scientists discover new heavy proton-like particle at CERN Scientists from the University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new subatomic particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The particle, known as the Ξcc⁺ (Xi‑cc‑plus)...

My late husband would have been so excited about this news!
Scientists discover new heavy proton-like particle at CERN share.google/8aKm98yYU5NE...

Saying the quiet part out loud as the Authoritarian attempts to control the truth.

#25thAmendmentNOW

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

This is tragic and cruel

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

this will be a public health disaster.

We could end the transmission of HIV this year. That has been true for a decade. That we have not done so is a public policy choice.

ARC grant scheme timetable, including open, close and anticipated outcome announcement dates for Expressions Of Interest and full applications, plus rejoinder periods and selection meeting dates.

#ARCschedule Mar26

3-month (!) outcomes window for Linkage Projects LP25r2 begins 20 Mar.

Other events
🔹Apps close: DECRA & Linkage Projects LP26
🔹Apps open: Discovery Projects & Laureate Fellowships
🔹Selection meetings: Industrial Transformation Hubs+Centres

Data▶️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

Live: Wong estimates 115,000 Australians in Middle East amid conflict Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government wants to wait and see if commercial flights to transport hubs in the Middle East restart before it considers repatriation flights for the 115,000 Australians estimated to be in the region. Follow live.

Live: Wong estimates 115,000 Australians in Middle East amid conflict: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/federal-...

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

Apt quotation from former US ambassador to Iraq: "there were 500 ways to do it wrong and two or three ways to do it right. And what we didn’t understand is that we were going to go through all 500.”

I like @radiofreetom.bsky.social ending: #InsideStraightOdds.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Definitely worth a read.

There’s a total #LunarEclipse coming tomorrow evening and the east coast of Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands are in a grand position for it!

Looks like we have a bit of cloud in Sydney but it may be patchy.

Best part of the show is between 10-11pm. Max eclipse at 10:33pm.

📸 timeanddate

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Having our annual Mardi Gras Sydney watch party - this years cocktail is an old school fluffy duck #mardigras #mardigrassydney #sydneymardigras #fluffyduck

Dept. of Defense shoots down Customs and Border Protection drone near El Paso: Officials Ranking members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a statement on the incident on Thursday.

This is how screwed up everything is. The DOD shot down a CBP drone which cause the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. We have stupid idiots in all levels of all agencies thanks to this Regime.
If we go to war, GOD help us.
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Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to comp...

Analysis of crash data shows that you're 17 times more likely to die in a vehicle fire if you buy Elon Musk's Tesla Cyber truck than if you had bought a Ford Pinto, the 1970s era car infamous for gas tank explosions in rear end collisions.

fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Inside a “Fake” Conference: A Journey Into Predatory Science There is a growing underbelly of conferences that seem like the real thing but have none of the editorial standards expected by academics and have developed a reputation for advertising with fake agen...

Heres an article about “Omics conference” www.technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/...

“Suddenly, we seem to be living in the age of Epstein,” Joshua Rothman writes. How did the scandal come to take over our reality? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zwdy0J

Why the United States Is Seeing an Ongoing Tourism Slump Last year, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers. With increased scrutiny at the border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, the new year isn’t looking better.

Last year, as tourism grew worldwide, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in foreign travelers. With increased scrutiny at the country's border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, this year isn’t looking better.

Verena Holmes' portrait in the announcement of her Presidency of the Women's Engineering Society in their journal The Woman Engineer vol 3 1931

Verena Holmes #engineer inventor dedicated to encouraging #womenengineers. Early member @wes1919.bsky.social President 1931. Post #WWII 1946 set up engineering firm w' Sheila Leather employing only women. Took out over a dozen patents d. #OTD 20 Feb 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_... #WomenInSTEM

What happens to billions in tariff money already paid? Supreme Court leaves refunds unsettled.