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Bryan Mendez

@doctorstarlight.bsky.social

Father, husband, astronomer, educator, saxophonist, sci-fi fan, stardust contemplating the stars.

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 10mo ago

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

Space Sciences Laboratory@ucbssl.bsky.social · last yr.

Big thank you to Lara Waldrop for the talk at SSL. Lara leads the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. It will orbit the Sun to capture UV images of Earth’s exosphere. SSL built many of the instruments and will contribute to the research and operate the spacecraft.

Lara Waldrop PhD of the University of Illinois at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.Lara Waldrop PhD of the University of Illinois at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.Lara Waldrop PhD of the University of Illinois at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · last yr.

I honestly can’t stop thinking about this RFK speech. A lot of the outrage around it is focused on pointing out that it’s not true. But so fucking what if it was? Do people whose bodies don’t work not deserve to exist in society? If all these things were true for a person are they less worthy?

"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize we are doing this to our children."
Sarah Hörst@planetdr.bsky.social · 2y ago

I will say to you what I say to my students. We know the climate is changing, we know why it is changing and that we are the cause, we know what we need to do. We. Just. Need. To. Do. It. (3/)