Allison Kelly
@allisonkkelly.bsky.social
Recent transplant to Minneapolis. Fan of space, facts, empathy, and TV. I am my dog’s emotional support person.
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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When you see a headline that makes a claim that sounds absolutely bananas & cites some “study”, don’t just believe it because the headline used one science word. Look at the source. Was it even peer reviewed? Where? What are experts in the field saying about it? If it sounds ridiculous it might be.
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
When you see a headline that makes a claim that sounds absolutely bananas & cites some “study”, don’t just believe it because the headline used one science word. Look at the source. Was it even peer reviewed? Where? What are experts in the field saying about it? If it sounds ridiculous it might be.
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let the gourd times roll
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
let the gourd times roll
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this is a great thread about CDC protest, check it out. I appreciate the info. Also this photo, I must admit, made me a bit teary. There are so many people who took government jobs to do good, to help. I know one incredible person at the CDC & she's just ... well, shellshocked would be an upgrade.
farewell salute from the uniformed US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
August 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this is a great thread about CDC protest, check it out. I appreciate the info. Also this photo, I must admit, made me a bit teary. There are so many people who took government jobs to do good, to help. I know one incredible person at the CDC & she's just ... well, shellshocked would be an upgrade.
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
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D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.
But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.
D.C. statehood now.
But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.
D.C. statehood now.
August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.
But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.
D.C. statehood now.
But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.
D.C. statehood now.
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Heartbreaking.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Heartbreaking.
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1. You can train dogs to be better citizens, but you can't train them not to be dogs.
If your dog is doing something because it has a need not being met, you're gonna have to figure out how to meet that need.
If your dog is doing something because it has a need not being met, you're gonna have to figure out how to meet that need.
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
1. You can train dogs to be better citizens, but you can't train them not to be dogs.
If your dog is doing something because it has a need not being met, you're gonna have to figure out how to meet that need.
If your dog is doing something because it has a need not being met, you're gonna have to figure out how to meet that need.
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btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
Donate to your local PBS/NPR stations. It's up to us now.
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
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The National Climate Assessment sites all went dark today after the Trump administration announced in April that it would allow the main contract supporting the report to expire.
With no backup plan for hosting the reports elsewhere, it appears they have just been allowed to disappear.
With no backup plan for hosting the reports elsewhere, it appears they have just been allowed to disappear.
Trump Administration Cuts Funding and Staff for Flagship Climate Report
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The National Climate Assessment sites all went dark today after the Trump administration announced in April that it would allow the main contract supporting the report to expire.
With no backup plan for hosting the reports elsewhere, it appears they have just been allowed to disappear.
With no backup plan for hosting the reports elsewhere, it appears they have just been allowed to disappear.
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
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Protest planned to save NASA from Trump cuts! Join us in DC Monday, June 30, from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Protest planned to save NASA from Trump cuts! Join us in DC Monday, June 30, from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
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am i having a stroke
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
am i having a stroke
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Publishers don’t pay for nonfiction books to be fact-checked, the author does out of their advance.
What’s common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
Not everything you think should be said out loud.
Not everything you think should be said out loud.
June 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Publishers don’t pay for nonfiction books to be fact-checked, the author does out of their advance.
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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I spoke with Mamta Patel Nagaraja about her 24 years of working at NASA in which she trained astronauts and designed instruments that explored the moon and Venus, and how slashing funding for space research harms everyone living on Earth.
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An Interview With A Fired NASA Associate Chief Scientist | Defector
Mamta Patel Nagaraja grew up in a small town in West Texas, where her parents ran a motel. Nagaraja and her older sister were both fascinated by space, which felt like a portal into the unknown. “Ther...
defector.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I spoke with Mamta Patel Nagaraja about her 24 years of working at NASA in which she trained astronauts and designed instruments that explored the moon and Venus, and how slashing funding for space research harms everyone living on Earth.
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
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"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
This Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science
Scientists are rallying to reverse ruinous proposed cuts to both NASA and the National Science Foundation
www.scientificamerican.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"You’re punching a generation-size hole, maybe a multigenerational hole, in the scientific and technical workforce. You don’t just Cryovac these people and pull them out when the money comes back. People are going to move on.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...
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Romaine outbreak! The people who normally inform the press about this have been fired.
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Romaine outbreak! The people who normally inform the press about this have been fired.
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The story gets you all excited about this molecule in the air of a distant planet that is believed to only be produced by living organisms, and then it ends this way:
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The story gets you all excited about this molecule in the air of a distant planet that is believed to only be produced by living organisms, and then it ends this way:
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I love love love this shoutout to the Mission Control team from Wilmore here in this great @sciguyspace.bsky.social piece: arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
April 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I love love love this shoutout to the Mission Control team from Wilmore here in this great @sciguyspace.bsky.social piece: arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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If you’ve never gotten into a bed you expect to be cold but it’s warm because a dog has been curled up on the middle of it like a donut, you’re missing a really high-end simple pleasure.
January 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If you’ve never gotten into a bed you expect to be cold but it’s warm because a dog has been curled up on the middle of it like a donut, you’re missing a really high-end simple pleasure.
Delighted that this exoplanet bot is here.
Planet ahoy! We could voyage there on eagle's wings. It's a nice world.
November 30, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Delighted that this exoplanet bot is here.