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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 6h

😱 These Telegram chats of messages among Young Republican leaders offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 7h

This is the way

a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " above him

ALT: a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " above him

media.tenor.com

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 11h

This is a sad day for earth and space #science

Eos @eos.org · 17h

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...

JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.

eos.org

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 12h

😢 #nasa

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 15h

Layoff notices at JPL are going out today.

About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.

I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.

RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 12h

#dataviz

Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 12h

Shape priorities and direct the future of DVS by joining the Board of Directors as our Knowledge Director. Hone your leadership skills and contribute to a highly engaged community of data viz enthusiasts. Apply now: datavisualizationsociety.org/nominations.

RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 1d

congrats! looks great 📚 #booksky

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no!!

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 2d

This is so helpful and I really appreciate it!! Will work on doing this

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 2d

Then how do I guide and support my teen autistic son to best get his needs met? Trying to learn how to best help him

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 3d

And this was from April! Imagine what this is now?! #science

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 3d

Special education office has been wiped out from layoffs 😢 #edusky

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

WTF: "An Education Department staffer told USA TODAY the agency laid off just about every employee who works to administer funding for IDEA, the primary federal law supporting students with disabilities. He was unsure how those programs will exist moving forward."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 3d

Do you think they would work if I swapped the honey for maple syrup?

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 3d

Same food? Want to answer…

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 3d

I just changed my return flight back to beat the nor’easter in Bos, here’s hoping I chose well 🤞🏻

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Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 4d

Research methods note: I wish software papers such as this one would stop saying things like "Only 10% of software engineers express concern that AI might take their jobs" and cite a study that is is ENTIRELY a sample from Microsoft.

arxiv.org/abs/2508.00178

The SPACE of AI: Real-World Lessons on AI's Impact on Developers

As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become increasingly embedded in software development workflows, questions persist about their true impact on developer productivity and experience. This paper pre...

arxiv.org

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

#science #scicomm please share!

Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 5d

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is no more!! A big hit to #data #science #medsky 😢

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

Proudly, and thankfully, vaxxed 💉💪🩹

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 5d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

@petebouchard.bsky.social am I going to be able to fly into #boston Sunday morning before this #noreaster hits? Or am I stuck in the Midwest? 🤞🏻

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

#AI

David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve all seen a great deal of repetitive slop written about potential existential dangers of AI.
This piece by Stephen Witt does not merely repeat what we’ve already heard but attempts to apply data to the question. Definitely worth reading, and highly concerning.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 4d

What a loss for MIT and the USA. #economics

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 5d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 5d

#edusky

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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RachelbC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫🧪 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 5d

I’m pretty sure that #science doesn’t quite work like this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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