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@barbylon.bsky.social

Principal Instigator. Category 1 mind, Category 4 attitude. 🧪🔭🚀

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barbylon@barbylon.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm preparing to attend the Taiwan Lunar Symposium in a couple weeks - so excited to visit this amazing place and share some Artemis joy! Have you been to Taiwan? I'd love your recommendations!

Prof Chris Jackson@seismatters.bsky.social · last wk.

Rocks are like time capsules. They reveal ancient life and climates. They’ll help us fight climate change. They record the birth, life, and death of continents. They give us a framework for understanding lithosphere-biosphere dynamics at a global-scale. They’re ace, frankly [2/2]

NASA Artemis@artemis.extwitter.link · 2w ago

Roadtrip complete ✅ After departing @NASAStennis, the fourth and final RS-25 engine for @NASA's SLS rocket has arrived in Florida. Now reunited with the other Artemis III engines, the powerful quartet is almost ready for installation at @NASAKennedy.

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Astro Salvo Luca@astrolucasalvo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Artemis III will test experimental spacecraft - so we went back to school for a week of high intensity course, flying test aircraft to ‘freshen up’ our skills. Many thanks to a fantastic team of instructors for the incredible week.

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Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 2w ago

Shared those articles that show how people are fighting locally and federally in support of trans people because social media flattens and also makes it seem like folks aren't actually actively pushing back when in fact people (led by trans people themselves) are in motion everywhere.

Imani Gandy@angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2w ago

So embarrassing to watch “progressives” being manipulated into transphobia on an issue that affects about a dozen people in the fucking country. Conservatives needed a wedge issue after Roe and so many Democrats and liberals fell for it. Just disgraceful.

Sal r.r. tamarkin@sal.gay · 2w ago

center for american progress (2021): "Trans inclusive policies "which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide." Center for american progress in (2026): "restrictions may be appropriate under some circumstances"

Transgender-inclusive and age-appropriate sports participation policies, which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide.
vsamsondc.bsky.social@vsamsondc.bsky.social · 2w ago

"In response to the administration’s directive to reduce the size of the federal workforce, NASA reduced its civil servant workforce by 4,000 staff—or nearly 22 percent—in 2025. To date, 25 of 36 projects have reported effects from the reduced staffing." www.gao.gov/products/gao...

U.S. GAO - NASA: Assessments of Major Projects

NASA's major projects explore Earth, the moon and solar system, and beyond. One project, the Orion crew capsule, enabled the second Artemis mission—4...

gao.gov

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 2w ago

This is not true. Every locality has a Democratic Party organization, with activities and regular meetings. You can go to them. You can participate.

Feild@feild.work · 2w ago

There's nothing to "join" in the Democratic Party. It's a brand with products I spend my vote on once a year at the democracy store. Most people's experience of it is an endless stream of texts that read like scams, their reward for donating or signing a petition. No wonder DSA is growing

Alexandra Witze@alexwitze.bsky.social · 2w ago

What do you do after you've been to the Moon and back? For the #ArtemisII astronauts, it means public speaking until the heat death of the universe. Oh, and training the Artemis III crew. I took a look at post-spaceflight astronaut careers for @nature.com (free to read, just provide your email)🧪🛰️

Here’s what’s next for the Artemis II astronauts

Newfound fame has proved to be stellar for some astronauts but harder for others. Will NASA’s popular crew need some space?

nature.com

Andy Rivkin@asrivkin.bsky.social · 2w ago

oh hai We talk about our February 2026 observations of erstwhile potential lunar impactor 2024 YR4 and our analysis here! 🧪🔭

American Astronomical Society (AAS)@aas.org · 2w ago

🔭 New AAS Journal Author Series video! Julien de Wit (MIT) & Andy Rivkin (JHU/APL) discuss their JWST observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 — the faintest NEO ever detected (V∼30.5!). Result: a 2032 lunar impact is ruled out, miss distance 22,900±800 km. 🔗 youtu.be/PCdqIf7zgLI

Kevin 🚀@astro-kevin.com · 3w ago

With all the wildfires in Canada raging, it’s worth mentioning NOAA had a satellite air pollution sensor canceled. Would’ve been on the GeoXO satellites and provided continuous, real time, location based air quality. Estimated public health benefit from prevented of around $13B.

Public Health Benefits From Improved Identification of Severe Air Pollution Events With Geostationary Satellite Data

Geostationary satellite data are able to identify 60% more person-alerts (people × PM2.5 alerts) than polar-orbiting satellite data Use of geostationary, over polar obiting, satellite data to inf...

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Matthew R Francis@bowlerhatscience.org · 3w ago

I get that some people don't understand this. Maybe they think the chat function is a legitimate summary of actual websites. But lots of us have been yelling about this for *years* now! The information about how unreliable, thieving, and damaging to the environment is available! Don't. Use. "AI".

Matthew R Francis@bowlerhatscience.org · 3w ago

Class, repeat after me: "AI" is not a search engine. "AI" does not search webpages and return results. "AI" scrapes together random shavings from the internet and presents them as though they're answers. If you use "AI" as a search engine, you're better off consulting your own rectum with a mirror.