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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 4d

It's #WorldSpaceWeek! What better way to celebrate than buy a piece of the Moon! You can buy lunar sites online for just $34.99. JK, it's a scam. But then what's the difference between this and million dollar deals to sell lunar resources? spacecitizens.substack.com/p/can-you-bu...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 7d

Literally brought me to tears. Ziptied kids together, put guns in the face of US citizens (no coincidence that these are black citizens) and explicitly dehumanise them, threaten them, attack their homes. I know this is going down, but to hear these eyewitness accounts made me cry.

The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 8d

“They Took Everyone”: ICE Raids 75th Street Apartment, Detains Migrants and U.S. Citizens Alike

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 7d

Integrating a gender lens into space operations is no longer optional – it is essential to ensuring that space technologies contribute to protection rather than harm. Grateful to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy for publishing this op-ed www.gcsp.ch/publications...

GCSP Publication | Bringing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to Outer Space

Outer space is central to today’s conflicts, but absent from the Women, Peace and Security agenda, which was designed to safeguard those most affected by war. Integrating a gender lens into space secu...

www.gcsp.ch

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 13d

Isn't this part of the satire though? "You're making life difficult for Jews in America" is the perfect way to point out the mindset that refuses to acknowledge the value of Palestinian lives.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 13d

I can't even....what is there to say? It's consistent with the view that women should be at home and STFU, I guess.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Hegseth shuts down group advising on women in the military | CNN Politics

The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting bod...

www.cnn.com

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

Obviously not Canon.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

No shit, Sherlock

Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

Exiting moment for us at @acsg.bsky.social as we move from "Australian" to "Australasian", with a focus on shaping responsible space governance that contributes to prosperity in the Indo- and Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned more to come in a few weeks!

Australasian Centre for Space Governance @acsg.bsky.social · 14d

We’re excited to unveil our new logo as we become the Australasian Centre for Space Governance, a new not-for-profit mission. Building on the legacy of ACSG, we’re expanding across the region while leading the agenda for responsible space governance in the Asia-Pacific

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

I mean, I'm sorry USA but I think I'm fact you should be afraid. Not like you shouldn't act, but you should also not just think things are going to change with a vote. I hope his faith in the justice system is well placed.

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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 15d

Remember the €240m contract for Planet Labs from the German government earlier this summer?

Now Planet Labs announces that it will invest in and expand its German site in Berlin, where up to 20 satellites per year will be produced in the future.

www.handelsblatt.com/technik/raum...

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

The president of the Australian Medical Association has such an important take on the fact that paracetamol / acetaminophen has no correlation to autism, and the load being carried by pregnant women and by mothers of autistic children as a result of this nonsense
www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...

What a day. It’s had time to sink in and after at least 12 separate interviews, I’m now speechless. Thank you to the many journalists, producers and TV/radio hosts I spoke to today - for giving… | Da...

What a day. It’s had time to sink in and after at least 12 separate interviews, I’m now speechless. Thank you to the many journalists, producers and TV/radio hosts I spoke to today - for giving scien...

www.linkedin.com

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

I'm ignorant is to whether full membership remains open to any space agency, or whether they stick to their core. But also, maybe because the Aus Space Agency is not a statutory body and can't do anything without many layers of approval even before ministerial. It is politicised and weak.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

I think that only works for "connecting", but anyone can "follow" you on Linked In

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 14d

Be able to schedule posts

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15d

If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.

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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 14d

Breaking News 🚨🚨

Boris Pistorius at BDI Weltraumkongress:

Germany will an invest 35 billion Euros in space security in the next five years.

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WHO @who.int · 16d

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

WHO statement on autism-related issues

Follow @WHO for the latest updates

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15d

"Je gaat dingen politiek maken die niets met politiek te maken hebben”. Maar de rellen waren toch hartstikke politiek?

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 15d

This is why I think it's pointless to try to keep the existence of satellites classified

spacenews.com/chinese-spac...

Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites

Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S. commercial and military assets as the two countries seek to demonstrate and...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15d

Finally!

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Elon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 16d

~ 1,437 gallons (5,440 liters).
~ 9,631 lbs (4,369 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $8,048 cost of fuel.
~ 15 tons of CO2 emissions.

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 17d

This story is pretty light on details in terms of what exactly is being planned for the "bodyguard" sats but it bears pointing out that those kind of sats possess co-orbital counterspace capabilities

economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science...

India plans 'bodyguard' satellites after neighbour's risky orbit move

India is developing 'bodyguard satellites' to protect its spacecraft from potential threats, prompted by a near miss with a satellite from a neighboring country in mid-2024. This initiative is part of...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 17d

As far as I can tell, the US sat - a GSSAP - was the only one to maneuver. GSSAP's job is to inspect other sats - and it's been doing so for a while - so I guess the new thing here is that it was coordinated and with an ally as opposed to an adversary?

spacenews.com/u-s-uk-space...

U.S., UK Space Commands execute first joint satellite maneuvers

U.S., UK Space Commands execute first joint satellite maneuvers U.S., UK Space Commands execute first joint satellite maneuvers

spacenews.com

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Justin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 17d

Simpsons screencap showing Tom Brokaw describing a group of NASA astronauts dubbed The Three Musketeers: "And we laugh legitimately. There's a mathematician, a different kind of mathematician, and a statistician."

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 17d

I do not think it means what you think it means

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