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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
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Theoretical Astro/Physicist: https://chanda.science First book: https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos PREORDER MY NEXT BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/EdgeOfSpaceTime Newsletter: news.chanda.science all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️‍🌈/agender/woman. Posts by/for me🖖🏽
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 28
#Introduction: Theoretical physicist. Black Feminist theorist. Writer. I do: dark matter, neutron stars, & science studies.

Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein

Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h
This story is NUTS
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2h
Look, I've never skeeted about this before but when I was at NYT I was involved in a sexual harassment thing. I was not the person lodging the complaint (nor was I the harasser). I was a corroborating witness let's say. Anyway, NYT did the right thing and fired the harasser.

BUT
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h
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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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h
as caregiving and revolutionary commitments allow!! That’s all we can ask!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
Everyone here showers and deodorizes as frequently as caregiving and revolutionary commitments allow, I hope lol
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
It’s really excellent!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
Yes my brain is just a book association machine
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
WHY DID THE EDITORS
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
What a great moment to wash your eyes and nose out with the incredible Kirkus Prize-winning book *In Sensorium: Notes for my People* by perfumer and novelist Tanaïs #BookSky
www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...

Ebook is $1.99 right now!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h
KENDRA WHAT IS THIS AND WHY
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 10h
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 11h
The clear story in Immigration this week is the escalation of—and pushback against—the Trump administration’s militarized raids and warrantless stops in Democrat-run major cities. We’ve updated our timeline with a lot of events in this zone:

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Immigration — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10h
ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6h
Legit shocked at how stupid this alleged crime is
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h
“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, were arrested Thursday in Maryland after being indicted by a grand jury for allegedly falsely reporting a home burglary and theft.
'Real Housewives of Potomac' star Wendy Osefo and her husband arrested on fraud charges
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the couple fraudulently reported a burglary and theft at their Maryland home.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h
that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 10h
Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing
Dear President Obama, I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza." Palestinians have families, too. This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide. I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world. Love, Ms Rachel
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 6h
Ah, okay—details seem to be from sworn OMB declaration for AFGE lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Agency termination details from lawsuit. Numbers are same as in above screenshot of tweet: Commerce: 315 employees - Education: 466 employees - Energy: 187 employees - HHS: Between 1,100 and 1,200 employees - HUD: 442 employees - DHS: 176 employees - Treasury: 1,446 employees - EPA: 20-30 employees
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: It looks like the number of federal layoffs -- so far -- is over 4,000, we've learned from court documents

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6h
DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.
CHICAGO (WGN) - A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago's North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour. WGN is not naming the employee, as station policy requires blurring faces and not identifying those who have not been charged with a crime. Witnesses on site who captured the incident on video spoke to WGN about the moments leading up to the staffer's detainment. Thomas added that when he made his way down to the scene, around 8:30 Friday morning, he realized there was another person already detained inside the minivan being used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. "I didn't get his name, although I asked for his name," Thomas said. "He didn't speak very good English. They claimed that the WGN employee was obstructing justice, even though she was, like all of us, just standing there, taking video.' " Tricia McLaughlin ® @TriciaOhio X.com She was arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement. Heartland Signal D @HeartlandSignal • 3h BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians head back to 'unrecognisable' Gaza City on first day of ceasefire.
Palestine factions refuse foreign guardianship on Gaza as truce takes hold
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians head back to 'unrecognisable' Gaza City on first day of ceasefire.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 7h
For context: a lot of what Mamdani did with social media, Ossé did first
Brooklyn lawmaker Chi Ossé neither confirms nor denies report of potential challenge to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries | amNewYork
Brooklyn City Council Member Chi Ossé neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of challenging Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in next year's party primaries.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 6h
Oh look at that looks like he won the prize anyway.
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom. We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy. I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
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