barbylon
@barbylon.bsky.social
Category 1 mind, Category 4 attitude. 🧪🔭🚀
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Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
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A gift that keeps on giving! One step closer to understanding how the chemical building blocks of life were formed in space. Congratulations to Angel Mojarro and the entire OSIRIS-REx team for making this discovery possible! www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/s...
Scientists find evidence that an asteroid contains tryptophan | CNN
An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A gift that keeps on giving! One step closer to understanding how the chemical building blocks of life were formed in space. Congratulations to Angel Mojarro and the entire OSIRIS-REx team for making this discovery possible! www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/s...
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
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*Holds envelope to forehead* "My entire life in a four-point list."
What are you up to?
1. pretending to write
2. rolling weird dice
3. contemplating the cosmos
4. managing cats & ennui
1. pretending to write
2. rolling weird dice
3. contemplating the cosmos
4. managing cats & ennui
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
*Holds envelope to forehead* "My entire life in a four-point list."
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Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
That's a little presumptuous, Brian, don't you think?
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
That's a little presumptuous, Brian, don't you think?
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
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To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid. n.pr/48nUsYx
Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
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But THEN you have to support your contrary claim with verifiable and reproducible evidence. JUST disagreeing with something does not make it science. MAHA has no interest in proving their claims - they just want to sell you snake oil.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
But THEN you have to support your contrary claim with verifiable and reproducible evidence. JUST disagreeing with something does not make it science. MAHA has no interest in proving their claims - they just want to sell you snake oil.
Past me ordered Thanksgiving Dinner to be delivered this week, well before somewhat more recent past me decide to travel to be with family. It was delivered last night, so present me gets to have bonus Thanksgiving tonight! 🍗🥔
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Past me ordered Thanksgiving Dinner to be delivered this week, well before somewhat more recent past me decide to travel to be with family. It was delivered last night, so present me gets to have bonus Thanksgiving tonight! 🍗🥔
one ping only
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
one ping only
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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Tell you what--I like Baltimore plenty, but it is really interesting to me that Baltimore places higher on this list than Seattle, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix...
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Tell you what--I like Baltimore plenty, but it is really interesting to me that Baltimore places higher on this list than Seattle, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix...
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity.
(Dallas, though? GTFO.)
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
I'm generally not an astronaut-hugger (spaceflight requires a big team all of whom contribute important skills) but two different astronauts hugged me this week and I'm so proud to be a part of Team Artemis #NASAstrong 🧪🔭🔬⚒️🪨
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm generally not an astronaut-hugger (spaceflight requires a big team all of whom contribute important skills) but two different astronauts hugged me this week and I'm so proud to be a part of Team Artemis #NASAstrong 🧪🔭🔬⚒️🪨
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A lot of folks, including kids, who saw my speech on Tuesday really liked it and thought it was helpful, so I thought I'd post it online - it's an overview of just how nonlinear my path to science was. Maybe it'll help you or someone you know too: medium.com/@adeene.dent...
A Planetary Scientist’s Guide to Finding Your Momentum
This essay is adapted from a speech I gave at my local high school on November 18, 2025. If you’re a kid, have a kid, or just need a…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A lot of folks, including kids, who saw my speech on Tuesday really liked it and thought it was helpful, so I thought I'd post it online - it's an overview of just how nonlinear my path to science was. Maybe it'll help you or someone you know too: medium.com/@adeene.dent...
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I helped Professor Dave lay out exactly how Avi Loeb has manufactured doubt and pushed a false narrative about 3I/ATLAS, which is still an interstellar comet. Please enjoy the video and please repost this to share the word.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9o...
Avi Loeb is a Fraud Part 2: 3I/ATLAS Shrugged
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I helped Professor Dave lay out exactly how Avi Loeb has manufactured doubt and pushed a false narrative about 3I/ATLAS, which is still an interstellar comet. Please enjoy the video and please repost this to share the word.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9o...
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The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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As a gifted kid who actually lived up to her potential, I feel I should be entitled to guaranteed government funding for whatever I'm working on.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As a gifted kid who actually lived up to her potential, I feel I should be entitled to guaranteed government funding for whatever I'm working on.
Going to attempt to limit my time online for the rest of the week. wish me luck.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Going to attempt to limit my time online for the rest of the week. wish me luck.