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Barry Goldman

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was studying origins of life, that got too narrow, now studying #Geology. ... maybe this time i'll regularly post original content, what should i write? https://blackskimmer.blogspot.com/2018/07/finally-i-can-post-my-science-salon.htm #Astrobiology

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 4h

I wish the Universe would just make up its mind already tbh!

😁

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 6h

Wait till they find out about this thing called connections

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 6h

Cool

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah they poke the crap out of the cells during vortexing, leading to some of the DNA stuck to the needles getting inside the cell. Then some magic happens no one fully understands and BOOM, heritable permanent gene integration.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 7h

The bigger concern for a lot of people is actually the systems more than the pay - lost data, lost animals, expired reagents. “Essential” stuff is running, but no new purchases, no maintenance… it’s already starting to cause damage it will be complicated and expensive (at best) to stand back up.

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Luke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social · 8h

Really getting into the history of bready projectiles. Where would I find the URL of Sandwich?

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8h

Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...

Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast

The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 6h

R carbide whiskers for inserting them into cells?

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 6h

Fruit flies? Do tell! The larvae? Group effects for feeding and defense?

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11h

Not very likely to be a neutron star collision, as we know the GRB emission very well from those and it's not in agreement with what we saw here

Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 8h

More 4 seasons landscaping level shit

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 12h

So, the big take away here is that North American west coast, especially California/Baja California, geology is already preconditioning people towards a mobilist interpretation of geology (basically the only way around that is to deny large offsets on the San Andreas, which people did do).

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 11h

Newspaper of diamond rings and $800 sweaters for children. Feh

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 11h

Draft of part of Crick's planned children's book on 'scale' (1975).

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 11h

Crick bemoaning (to children) the absence of a poetry of the vast gulfs of space.

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philippresl.bsky.social @philippresl.bsky.social · 11h

Lately we have been working on the interactions of #lichens and #mites. This has been super exciting and the first two publications with our findings are now out. Here a quick summary (thread).

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 12h

Planetary archeology! I love it. P.s. we don't even know what those pebbles are. Organic goop or ice or...

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13h

And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...

Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis)

The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually is found in the person's pubic hair. Althoug...

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 12h

Nice texture!

Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 12h

Pulses: if neutron star collision, maybe system of 4 and 3 consecutive collisions I row?

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 13h

I wrote this article! 🙂

This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 14h

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all

These Cosmic Outbursts Normally Last for Minutes. This One Went on for Hours—And Nobody Knows Why

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all

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Reports From Unknown Places @clever-reports.bsky.social · 2d

We report: since the sky is oddly bright, we look for the moon, finding it pretending to be full (as you do). It sits in knots of cirrus, like a particularly talented spider on its web. Our expert gasps at the discovery of a moon dog, brilliant remanence of second-hand sunshine.

Digital painting of a night sky, with an apparently full moon highlighting a crisscross web of contrails surrounding it with its diffuse glow. Off to the right-hand side of the frame, there is a moon dog, a bright spot of iridescence. The sky is a dark blue, with city light glow tinting it slightly orange in the lower tier.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 2d

One of my all-time fave images. See the bright star just to the upper right of the cluster? That's Sher 25 and it will explode in <40,000 years. You can see a ring and wisps of gas on either side of it; it's the same kind of star with the same structure that blew up to become Supernova 1987A.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 2d

Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/8gUqgG

NASA image release June 6, 2010

Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust - the raw material for new star formation. The nebula, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603.

This environment is not as peaceful as it looks. Ultraviolet radiation and violent stellar winds have blown out an enormous cavity in the gas and dust enveloping the cluster, providing an unobstructed view of the cluster.

Most of the stars in the cluster were born around the same time but differ in size, mass, temperature, and color. The course of a star's life is determined by its mass, so a cluster of a given age will contain stars in various stages of their lives, giving an opportunity for detailed analyses of stellar life cycles. NGC 3603 also contains some of the most massive stars known. These huge stars live fast and die young, burning through their hydrogen fuel quickly and ultimately ending their lives in supernova explosions.

Star clusters like NGC 3603 provide important clues to understanding the origin of massive star formation in the early, distant universe. Astronomers also use massive clusters to study distant starbursts that occur when galaxies collide, igniting a flurry of star formation. The proximity of NGC 3603 makes it an excellent lab for studying such distant and momentous eve...

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Barry Goldman @barrygoldman1.bsky.social · 2d

This is not a Rene Magrite painting

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 2d

This is terrible news. Teen Vogue has been fantastic in its political coverage.

A real loss for everyone.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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