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Jackie Barrientes
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Social Media Specialist - Space Telescopes, Digital Audience Strategist, UNTx/AzSU alum, knitter, wine/bourbon drinker, Texas native, Baltimore 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Jackie Barrientes @barrientes.bsky.social · Nov 15
"When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war." - John Lewis
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DC police say: "UPDATE: The scene is secured. One suspect is in custody."
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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stsci.edu
Happy anniversary to the Gemini South Observatory! 🦋 🔭
usngo.bsky.social US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 3h
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy

GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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INTERN ALERT! 🚨 Join the NASA team and gain valuable on-the-job experience, build your resume, and strengthen your career readiness.

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Summer 2026: February 27, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET
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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, the outer portion passed two tests—a shake test and an intense sound blast—to ensure its successful launch: go.nasa.gov/4ooRM2L #NASARoman 🔭 🧪
Roman Space Telescope's instrument package being moved by a crane inside a cleanroom facility. The package is wrapped in protective silver material and mounted on a large platform.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits
Hubble Space Telescope, upcoming Roman Space Telescope, and Webb Space Telescope.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Have you seen these images on display at Dulles Airport?

#NASAWebb has been actively observing our universe, taking both high-resolution images and data known as spectra. These panels show some of the stunning images Webb has returned.

Dive deeper into each image: https://bit.ly/4hYHWCX 🔭 🧪
Interior view of a moving walkway in an airport, lined with an exhibition titled 'Coast Through the Cosmos' featuring space exploration images and information. Individual walking on a moving walkway at an airport, flanked by walls displaying space-themed artwork. Another person ahead pulling a red suitcase. A person walks beside an exhibition of space-themed images, including a spiral galaxy, on the walls of a modern airport walkway.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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UGH!!!! North Texas finally gets a good football team, we're ranked #21 in the nation and we have a shot at making the College Football Playoff... and Eric Morris, our coach, bails on us for Oklahoma State! And you know he's taking the QB with him! 🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭
University of North Texas Athletics Director says football coach Eric Morris has taken the job at Oklahoma State.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I'm willing to sacrifice Key Lime Pie if Apple Pie goes down with it. But I hate nuts in my food, so pe-CAN pie has to go. #Thanksgiving
rapsheet.bsky.social Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 1d
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy—observed by #NASAWebb in mid-infrared light—shows “creeping” orange tendrils of gas and dust, and many blue stars. The galaxy’s core, the bright central area, is where the oldest stars are. New stars may be forming farther out. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA 🔭 🧪
A close-up of a barred spiral galaxy. Two spiral arms reach horizontally away from the core in the center, merging into a broad network of gas and dust that fills the view. This material glows bright orange along the path of the arms and is darker red across the rest of the galaxy. Through many gaps in the dust, which appear black, countless tiny stars can be seen.
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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JUST IN: A US official says Ukraine has agreed to the latest peace proposal although Zelensky says '"much work" lies ahead. https://cnn.it/47ZcO30
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Mfker was really just like "Dress for the flight you want, not the flight you have."
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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OK, so we're all wearing our PJs on the next flight, right?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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New from Pew: YouTube and Facebook remain the most widely used online platforms. The vast majority of U.S. adults (84%) say they ever use YouTube. Most Americans (71%) also report using Facebook. About half of U.S. adults say they visit each of these platforms at least once a day. #SocialMedia
Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.
www.pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The Horsehead Nebula is a dark cloud of dense gas and dust located just below the belt of Orion. A visible light view shows a strong silhouette resembling the horse's head used for a knight in chess.

Infrared light, however, reveals a more complex scene, as shown in Hubble's 2013 image. 🔭 🧪
A Horse of a Different Color: The Gaseous Landscape of the Horsehead Nebula in Infrared
The Horsehead Nebula is a dark cloud of dense gas and dust located just below the belt of Orion on the sky. A visible light view shows a strong silhouette resembling the horse's head used for a knight in chess. Infrared light, however, reveals a more co...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Oh the stress that this game caused me.
theathletic.com The Athletic @theathletic.com · 2d
WHAT. A. COMEBACK.

The Cowboys score 24 unanswered points to stun the Eagles in the final seconds‼️
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%

Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
Chart showing change in the use of online platforms. Over the past few years, four of them have grown in overall use among U.S. adults – TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit. TikTok: 37% of U.S. adults report using the platform, which is slightly up from last year and up from 21% in 2021. Instagram: Half of U.S. adults now report using it, which is on par with last year but up from 40% in 2021. WhatsApp and Reddit: About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago. While YouTube and Facebook continue to sit at the top, the shares of Americans who report using them have remained relatively stable in recent years.
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
Sign reading "he sold you flowers and ICE took him."
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Wow I wonder why
conradhackett.bsky.social Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Chart showing the drop in the share of 12th graders who say they want to get married reflects shifting views among girls. Boys are more likely than girls to say they want to get married someday (74% vs. 61%), but this wasn’t always the case. In 1993, a larger share of girls (83%) than boys (76%) said they wanted to get married. The share of boys saying this is virtually unchanged over the 30-year period. But the share among girls dropped by 22 percentage points.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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WTF?!
mlbbot.bsky.social MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 2d
Mets acquire INF Marcus Semien from the Rangers for OF Brandon Nimmo, per multiple reports including @MLBNetwork insider @JonHeyman.
ON THE MOVE: Marcus Semien, Mets Pictured: Marcus Semien smiles in a road gray Rangers uniform with blue and red lettering. ON THE MOVE: Brandon Nimmo, Rangers Pictured: Brandon Nimmo celebrates in a road gray Mets uniform with blue and orange lettering.
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Can it be? Did I wake up for the first time in five mornings without a migraine? Let's see how long it lasts.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Nate Burleson is wearing a suit from the future, ala Star Trek.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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This week’s image is of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw Nebula! This emission nebula’s red glow is due to light from the enshrouded stars exciting the surrounding gas. Check out the 🧵 for papers featuring nebulae

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#Astronomy
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM