Kelsey Johnson
@profkelsey.bsky.social
Mother, astrophysicist, educator, writer, artist, thinker about things. Views expressed are mine. Duh.
I'm consumed be "externalities" that private companies quietly distribute across humanity for profit while preaching narratives about "progress". Add in "Shifting Baseline Syndrome" and most people don't notice what's happening until it is too late. Some underlying verifiable facts 👇 ✨🔭🧪
FYI #SpaceX is leading an uncontrolled global-scale experiment in the upper atmosphere as satellites are vaporized in the upper atmosphere on reentry. The impact on atmospheric chemistry, aerosol microphysics, cloud formation, and radiative effects are not currently well understood. ✨🔭🧪🛰️
The newly released UAP files say more about us than aliens. kelseyjohnson367.substack.com/p/the-truth-... ✨🧪🔭👽
Scientific progress is built by people doing unglamorous work because they believe knowledge and evidence matter. The #NSB does its work quietly, competently, and far from the spotlight or political headlines—three qualities that have become oddly unfashionable in modern governance. ✨🔭🧪🚀
America’s Bold New Innovation Strategy: Fire the Adults in the Room
Firing the National Science Board is latest step in America’s growing contempt for expertise
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Has terra nullius ever bothered you? Me too! One of the quiet assumptions of modern life is that empty things are available things. That logic shaped colonialism, environmental destruction, and now how we talk about the Moon and Mars. I'd love for you to read my new essay. ✨🔭🚀🧪
We Keep Mistaking Empty for Available
Why the Moon, Mars, and the natural world may deserve more than utilitarian math
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My sense is that the overwhelming majority of people don't understand what the Artemis mission was really about, which is not space exploration but space exploitation. I've started up a Substack account and written a piece that isn't behind a paywall that I hope you will read and think about. 🚀✨🔭
The Shadow of Artemis
The mission was inspiring. What it sets in motion should give us pause.
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Lots of people asking me about #Artemis. As an astronomer who thinks a lot about humanity’s future in the universe, I’ll be blunt: We've no business advancing our footprint in space until we behave responsibly on Earth. The Manifest Destiny framing of space exploration drips with unchecked hubris.
Nothing makes me more unreasonably proud than figuring out something new in Excel. Today it was how to insert a line break, and it feels like I’ve unlocked a new mystical power.
My daughter’s school went on lockdown today because… cows. 🐮🐮🐮 Can we go back to having lockdowns for lovely reasons like livestock that broke out of their pasture? I’m good with that.
Dusted off and connected our old Wii. OMG it is so fun and nostalgic. I am cursing Nintendo for discontinuing this amazing platform (now over a decade ago).
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Jason Herbert@herberthistory.bsky.social · 5mo agoI know y’all come to me for history & pop culture and…astrophysics? My friend and guest on the pod @profkelsey.bsky.social wrote this. In addition to being brilliant, she excels in putting this stuff in words that people like me can understand. Anyway, check it out. spacenews.com/the-future-o...
Doing my mandatory emergency training. I love my coffee as much as anyone, but I think I might set down the mug in this situation. Or maybe it makes a better weapon than I realize?
Oh this is rich. Should we be expecting Trump to go after governor Abbott and take over the state with 1000s of ICE agents?
48 Texans charged in nationwide $14.6 billion healthcare fraud takedown
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Congratulations, we are officially increasingly close to destroying ourselves.
Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight in stark ‘apocalypse’ warning
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The ability of humans to come up with explanations so our unfounded beliefs can stay intact is literally killing people.
I’m curious— if you’re playing one of the violent video games and you shoot an innocent person, are there any consequences?
Thinking this is like a video game in which you kill people, and that is “cool”, really explains a lot about all of this.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6mo ago“It’s like call of duty! So cool huh?” Trump’s goons treat shooting at and tear gassing protestors like a video game, caught on national TV on a hot mic One even clapped after Alex Pretti was killed abolish ICE
Maybe he thinks late night hosts need more material? That is surely the most logical explanation.
Trump Confuses Iceland and Greenland in Davos Remarks
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Breaking news: when people care about other people everyone is better off. MN is above average across the board, which is totally on brand for Lake Wobegon.
Some people spend years working on a treaty to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Others try to take over countries…? Irony doesn’t even begin to cover this narcissism.
Some people spend years working on a treaty to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Others try to take over countries…? Irony doesn’t even begin to cover this narcissism.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Linked Greenland Push to Nobel Prize Snub, Officials Say
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I’m not sure what their long-game is, but if the plan is to sacrifice humans for corporate profit, they’re nailing it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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I have never felt as much existential stress about humanity’s future (both on and off of Earth) as I do now. It’s like the emergency breaks on an elevator have all failed while greed and ignorance are accelerating us toward catastrophe.
