Was at the No Kings protest in Los Angeles yesterday. So damn proud of this city. We will keep fighting to overturn this fascist dictatorship. #NoKings #LosAngeles #protest #democracy

table showing 40-100% cuts of NIH departments

trump is killing millions by funding rugpull www.aaas.org/sites/defaul...

Republicans passed a package that guts $9.4 BILLION in critical funding.

They’re coming for global health, humanitarian aid, national security—& even PBS & NPR.

Let me be real clear:
What they’re cutting saves lives, keeps the world stable, and tells the truth.

Notwithstanding the tragic clusterfuck back on Earth, a brave robot continues her mission there on Mars

#Mars June 5, 2025 - Perseverance Sol 1526
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭

We're just a couple of months away from NOAA demanding that we surrender our lives to the soul-cleansing power of hurricanes.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

Currently getting my PADI open water scuba diving certification. 🤙 #scuba #scubadiving #diving

Fascism is here. Due process is dead. The Supreme Court is a hollow husk.

News flash

Merci! ☺️

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Hey all! Time for a new introduction:
🚀 I’m an engineer on the Mars rovers
⭐️ I’m 26 and live in Pasadena, CA
🤖 I’m big into reading, creative writing, the outdoors, and photography
🪐 Trying to be an online support for women in STEM

26 orbits around the Sun! 🚀⭐️

From Matthew Rohrer's book, Surrounded by Friends: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...

#poem #books #writing

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023

An octopus riding a shark

it’s so much fun!

thank you!!

Cross stitch project of a colorful Saturn

Finally finished this little guy! Onto the next space cross stitch. #crafts #crossstich #space

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

Roses are red
Violets are blue

Looking for some more penpals 🤩 I love connecting with folks across physical letters. Ideally someone close-ish to my age (26), female/nb, outside of the US! I promise NASA stickers 😂 #penpal #writing

Bought one! Cool shirt, but more importantly it means voting with your dollar to support an open and decentralized Internet for and by the people.

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.

If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.

Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

It’s my half bunny suit smock lol

Regression testing!

Love a good testbed day. #engineering #womeninstem #nasa

Screenshot of a Washington Post article headline stating, 'Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot"

Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.

Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.

Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

Excerpt from “How to Do Nothing” by Jenny Odell. Current read.