Saavik ‘Careful of the Ankle’ Ford
@saavikford.bsky.social
CUNY Astro prof, AMNH research assoc, runner, astronomer, crafter, camper, gardener, mom, all opinions completely my own (she/her)
‘I would sacrifice 50 oxen to Baal.’ A conservative consultant’s response to a question, roughly, ‘Well, what would you do if you were a Republican running against these Trump headwinds?’ I think we’re gonna do ok (this is not a reason to stop working, but it does lower my blood pressure today).
Fat Bear Week Day 2: Battle of the big boys and the up-and-comers www.popsci.com/environment/...
Fat Bear Week Day 2: Battle of the big boys and the up-and-comers
Chunk, Bucky Dent, Walker, and Gully all compete on Day 2.
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When Salvador Dalí Gave a Surrealist Lecture in a Diving Suit … and Almost Suffocated (1936) www.openculture.com/2026/09/when...
When Salvador Dalí Gave a Surrealist Lecture in a Diving Suit … and Almost Suffocated (1936)
Many a foreigner has visited England and found it an unexpectedly surreal place. Some of that effect has to do with encountering familiar icons — Big Ben, double-decker Routemaster buses, Marmite — in...
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He thinks asylum means that immigrants have been sent from insane asylums.
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 15h agoHe thinks a “deficit” means we send money to other countries for nothing. He thinks “tariffs” are a tax on the target country when they’re actually a tax paid by Americans. Why? Because he’s an idiot. presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona...
genuinely had so much fun with @spacelawshitpost.me who dropped me a surprise visit today!
mudblood gf@jazzpomegranate.com · 16h agoguess who!
I said I'd do a thread about my new Space Science Reviews paper, so here it is! This is part of a collection of papers arising from a meeting at the International Space Science Institute in Bern in 2024: a workshop to better understand rocky extrasolar planets. A 🧵:
It took exactly 4 weeks for kid to settle into college!!! He had requested we text every day, which we’ve been doing, but his replies have gotten progressively slower. Tonight: no replies before we go to bed!!! We left pretty much exactly 4 weeks ago! He has FRIENDS!!!
Omg I MISSED the first vote of Fat Bear Week!!! 😭😭😭 Also: Bluesky, what is WRONG with you?!? How was my feed not filled with voters campaigning?!?
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 5d ago[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...
[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...
The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever
Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.
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I urge everyone to go and stand with the academy of natural sciences- this is the last weekend the public will know about it. Bring the media. lnkd.in/p/giZFfyN9
Last Friday was my final time presenting at our Dinos After Dark Event. Our museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences, is expected to close at the end of the month to the public. The past few weeks… | E...
Last Friday was my final time presenting at our Dinos After Dark Event. Our museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences, is expected to close at the end of the month to the public. The past few weeks have...
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lmao this is incredible judge says "my order requires no clarification. it is perfectly clear" ? you have my curiosity judge says "please understand - this is not an idle threat. I am tired of this" ? you have my attention and my cackles
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · yesterdayAnyway Judge McMahon's answer is "well if there's a problem, you fucking call me and give your shitty frivolous opinion to my face right then and there."
I don't know, maybe all those non-"straight white dude" people won their awards because their books were actually really fucking good, how about that as a hypothesis
Happy birthday to Sophie Brahe (born either Aug 24, 1559 or Sept 22, 1556 -1643) 👩🏼🔬🧪🔭 #histsci horticulturalist, astronomer, genealogist, & alchemist with the gardens at her brother #astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg estate, where she often assisted his research, alchemical tools & illustrations 🧵
Every person running on the Dem side can say: 1. The GOP controls all branches of government. 2. Are you happy with how things are going? 3. Vote blue. 4. What do you have to lose? [use Trump's own words against him]. The end. lol.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 24h agoA post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message.
Vote for #Halite, literally the MOST lickable rock! #MinCup26
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social · 17h ago#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Unarrested fascists on the street only ever leads to more fascists on the streets and things being set on fire.
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
ProPublica@propublica.org · yesterday6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
Please don’t be a jerk about #MinCup voting?!? You are messing with the time of REAL PEOPLE! Who just want to have a fun little outreach project!!! Again: some people really need to develop some more chill.
Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 18h agoWriteups for #MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 may be delayed as I’ve spent my “volunteer precious time to a fun geoscience outreach project” allocation to identifying and yanking out votes from a BOT NET. For real?? It’s a game about pretty rocks! Knock it off.
Writeups for #MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 may be delayed as I’ve spent my “volunteer precious time to a fun geoscience outreach project” allocation to identifying and yanking out votes from a BOT NET. For real?? It’s a game about pretty rocks! Knock it off.
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
these people will happily whitewash and paraphrase unhinged Trump rants to make them seem grammatically coherent and authoritative, but if a young woman says “like” we must keep it in there to make sure you know she’s a bimbo infuriating actually
Nick Field@nickfield.bsky.social · yesterday“This country has never elected a female president. Why are we pretending that this is not a factor?” Ocasio-Cortez said with a laugh. “That doesn’t make it impossible, but to act as though it’s not a factor in anything ever is really a form of, like, denialism” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
I have been putting off major surgery for a year because I cannot afford THE COPAY despite having insurance.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 22h agoA recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
I am so tired. More people need to learn to have some chill. It is not healthy to be perpetually zero chill. For me. Please, people, develop a modicum of chill. For your sake. But really, at this point, for mine.
Something to keep in mind regarding AI. The people being deep faked (or whatever you want to call it) have families, and friends, and collaborators who did not consent to seeing them used like that. It’s never about one person. It’s about the community.
Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d agoRobin Williams’ daughter is urging fans to stop sharing AI-generated videos of the late actor. “Just because he’s gone does not mean he’s now your puppet. Have some shame.” #RobinWilliams #AI
The first 2 minutes of this exceptional documentary are a very good indication of the high quality of this brilliant 1 and a half hour journey through fear and despair and arriving at hope.
Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social · 3d agoBenedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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