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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · May 14

Okay, let's start a thread for nonviolent #civildisobedience

Please post your ideas to make things uncomfortable. Please share so that others can make use of them.

Remember that laws vary by states, so check your laws, I'm not a lawyer, etc.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

The country has gone freaking crazy.
Remember when Clinton having consensual sex with an adult was a scandal? Yet here we are with a child rapist as president.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

The professor, nicknamed “Dr Antifa” by a group of students, had said he was moving to Europe after receiving death threats. Turning Point USA activists have claimed he is a “financier” for the leftwing movement.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 3d

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates.
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 3d

I find the mistaken transcriptions way too funny but today I was hanging out in the Orion Nebuchadnezzar.

I guess that's the region of stars where Orion went to Babylon.

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 4d

Today's random autotranscription error:

On the formation of stars -> "When a cloud of gasoline dust collapses...."

I just don't think gasoline dust is going to end well, y'all.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 6d

How come no one ever points out that tickets to Air & Space are free while tickets to Space Center Houston are $25+?
This smells a lot like a for-profit deal IMO.

Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand

A former NASA astronaut-turned-U.S. Senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his twice ride to space remain on display in the Smithsonian.

arstechnica.com

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 10d

Today's auto-transcription win:
You said, "We don't know how hot Jupiters form exactly."
Transcript says, "We don't know how hodegepodges form exactly."

Can I start calling hot Jupiters 'hodgepodge'?
@davidkipping.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 10d

Just left messages with my two dem Senators from Georgia to stay strong and let them know that, as their constituent, I am 150% behind them. It is the job of the party in power - the Republicans - to get the bill passed. If they cannot negotiate, they should not be in power, full stop
Call your reps

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for putting our men and women in danger to make your ego feel inflated

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12d

A serving member of the military might be court-martialed for saying in public what Trump did here.

(The entire *point* of super-quiet submarines is that adversaries do not know where they are. Navy goes to extreme lengths to conceal any clues to their location.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump: "We were a little bit threatened by Russia recently, and I sent a submarine, nuclear submarine. The most lethal weapon ever made. Number one, you can't detect it."

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 20d

I hear the economy is doing splendidly. Bigliest economy ever!

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Decidedly it was published, that unemployment had, under the benign reign of President Berzelius Windrip, almost disappeared. Almost all workless men were assembled in enormous labor camps, under M.M. officers. Their wives and children accompanied them and took care of the cooking, cleaning, and repair of clothes.

"It Can't Happen Here"
Sinclair Lewis

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astrafoxen @astrafoxen.bsky.social · Sep 9

The IAU announced official names for Donaldjohanson's surface & shape features 2 weeks ago, but nobody has mentioned the news. They're all named after archeological sites and hominin fossils, which is fun and awesome haha

(Afar Lobus = small lobe, Olduvai Lobus = big lobe, Windover Collum = neck)

Lucy image of asteroid Donaldjohanson, with features labeled with their formal names approved by the IAU

A screenshot of the IAU's announcement of 11 new names for Donaldjohanson's surface+shape features. The text reads:

11 Names Approved for (52246) Donaldjohanson: Afar Lobus, Olduvai Lobus, Hadar Regio, Minatogawa Regio, Luzia Dorsum, Boxgrove Saxum, Kennewick Saxum, Cashel Saxum, Mungo, Narmada, and Windover Collum
08/27/2025
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Afar Lobus, Olduvai Lobus, Hadar Regio, Minatogawa Regio, Luzia Dorsum, Boxgrove Saxum, Mungo, Narmada, Kennewick Saxum, Cashel Saxum, and Windover Collum for eleven features on the asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson. For more information, please see the Donaldjohanson nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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Mike Tice @ticeonmars.bsky.social · 26d

I've been asked a few times over the last few days what I think the chances are that the "leopard spots and poppy seeds" on Mars will turn out to be actual evidence of life. People are naturally skeptical given the history of possible signs of life on other planets. Strap in: long thread ahead...

Image collected by WATSON on the Perseverance rover of "Cheyava Falls," a rock on Mars containing potential biosignatures

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 20d

Glad it was helpful!

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 20d

“Perhaps there are so many embarrassing documents... Maybe that’s why the administration is taking a wholesale approach to concealing records that may show wrongdoing, corruption and incompetence,” @seth-stern.bsky.social of @freedom.press told @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/09/21/d...

Unnamed Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks

Three current Pentagon insiders told The Intercept that new Department of War rules are an egregious assault on press freedom.

theintercept.com

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 20d

A call to journalists
From @seth-stern.bsky.social via @freedom.press

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"News isn’t just any business, it’s a constitutionally protected public service. And the moment calls for the Fourth Estate to do whatever it can to preserve transparency."

Journalists: Post public records without paywalls
Seth Stern

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 28d

I am ready to move to Finland now, or at least to Helsinki.

Thanks for a great time at #EPSCDPS2025!!!

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 28d

Someone accused my of bias in my social media posts. This seems applicable.

Just the facts, ma'am

How I strive to avoid bias in my social media posts

open.substack.com

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