DarkSapiens
@darksapiens.bsky.social
Astrophysics, science communication, sci-fi, nerdery (he/him)
Astronomer at @cefca-oaj.bsky.social
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DarkSapiens
@darksapiens.bsky.social
· Apr 19
#Spacetober2023 1. Rocket
Starting out with an Ariane 6
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#SpacetoberChallenge 🔭
Starting out with an Ariane 6
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#SpacetoberChallenge 🔭
Here's the thread of 31 drawings I did for #spacetober last year :) bsky.app/profile/dark...
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we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
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Trump admitted to disappearing a 12 year old girl, and threatened to disappear another and kill their family.
This isn’t from a tip line — this is sworn testimony.
If they were willing to release this, imagine what they’re still hiding.
This isn’t from a tip line — this is sworn testimony.
If they were willing to release this, imagine what they’re still hiding.
January 31, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Trump admitted to disappearing a 12 year old girl, and threatened to disappear another and kill their family.
This isn’t from a tip line — this is sworn testimony.
If they were willing to release this, imagine what they’re still hiding.
This isn’t from a tip line — this is sworn testimony.
If they were willing to release this, imagine what they’re still hiding.
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Reminder about signal, devices with touch/face id etc.
Passcode/password everything
Passcode/password everything
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reminder about signal, devices with touch/face id etc.
Passcode/password everything
Passcode/password everything
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JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.
In the near-infrared, older stars and a bridge of gas and stars between the galaxies appear in white. In the mid-infrared, star-forming regions are in orange and red.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source
In the near-infrared, older stars and a bridge of gas and stars between the galaxies appear in white. In the mid-infrared, star-forming regions are in orange and red.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.
In the near-infrared, older stars and a bridge of gas and stars between the galaxies appear in white. In the mid-infrared, star-forming regions are in orange and red.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source
In the near-infrared, older stars and a bridge of gas and stars between the galaxies appear in white. In the mid-infrared, star-forming regions are in orange and red.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source
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In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days
The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.
www.cbsnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
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So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
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Yo me iría apuntando los nombres de todos los influencers de tecnología que convirtieron la IA en una nueva religión. Cuando esto pegue su reventón las consecuencias no van a ser tan divertidas como el desplome de los NFT o el metaverso.
January 31, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Yo me iría apuntando los nombres de todos los influencers de tecnología que convirtieron la IA en una nueva religión. Cuando esto pegue su reventón las consecuencias no van a ser tan divertidas como el desplome de los NFT o el metaverso.
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“La población palestina sigue siendo bombardeada y desplazada” | www.elfaradio.com/2026/01/31/l...
“La población palestina sigue siendo bombardeada y desplazada” - El Faradio | Periodismo que cuenta
Tiempo de lectura: 2 min Comparte en redes Facebook Twitter Bluesky Whatsapp Email Alrededor de 200 personas participaron este sábado en una manifestación en Santander convocada por la Red Solidaria...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“La población palestina sigue siendo bombardeada y desplazada” | www.elfaradio.com/2026/01/31/l...
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Acabo de mantener una tertulia de bar la mar de divertida.
Si comienzas una frase con "En países subdesarrollados como Nigeria o Estados Unidos...", por lo que sea, le rompes la cintura al que trae el argumentario extraído de "La mañana de Cope" y pocas referencias más.
El tema era el ferroviario.
Si comienzas una frase con "En países subdesarrollados como Nigeria o Estados Unidos...", por lo que sea, le rompes la cintura al que trae el argumentario extraído de "La mañana de Cope" y pocas referencias más.
El tema era el ferroviario.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Acabo de mantener una tertulia de bar la mar de divertida.
Si comienzas una frase con "En países subdesarrollados como Nigeria o Estados Unidos...", por lo que sea, le rompes la cintura al que trae el argumentario extraído de "La mañana de Cope" y pocas referencias más.
El tema era el ferroviario.
Si comienzas una frase con "En países subdesarrollados como Nigeria o Estados Unidos...", por lo que sea, le rompes la cintura al que trae el argumentario extraído de "La mañana de Cope" y pocas referencias más.
El tema era el ferroviario.
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So trans children make up 7.2% of child suicides despite being 0.5% of the population.
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 AM
So trans children make up 7.2% of child suicides despite being 0.5% of the population.
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Paleoart has always been rife with cheap, inaccurate depictions and copied illustrations. Especially among children’s books, many authors aren’t experts and don’t know what to look for. ai slop is making it worse, whatever looks dinosaur-ish treated as accurate because it appeared on an image search
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Paleoart has always been rife with cheap, inaccurate depictions and copied illustrations. Especially among children’s books, many authors aren’t experts and don’t know what to look for. ai slop is making it worse, whatever looks dinosaur-ish treated as accurate because it appeared on an image search
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I’m advising an illustrated paleo book and a significant part of the work has been saying “do not use that reference, it’s ai.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I’m advising an illustrated paleo book and a significant part of the work has been saying “do not use that reference, it’s ai.”
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"if we allow landlords to charge higher rents then more people will hopefully want to become landlords, but if that happens it won't be quickly" is an actual stated policy position of an Irish government in the year 2026
🗣️ “Making rents higher to attract landlords isn’t really much comfort.”
New rent rules have passed Cabinet, including a 2% annual cap for most homes and six-year tenancies.
The Group Chat examines what’s changing and the concerns around future rent hikes.
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🎧 Listen on Spotify
New rent rules have passed Cabinet, including a 2% annual cap for most homes and six-year tenancies.
The Group Chat examines what’s changing and the concerns around future rent hikes.
📺 Virgin Media Play
🎧 Listen on Spotify
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"if we allow landlords to charge higher rents then more people will hopefully want to become landlords, but if that happens it won't be quickly" is an actual stated policy position of an Irish government in the year 2026
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i feel like one thing that we should be making abundantly clear from now on is that the majority of anti-trans consent manufacturers are goddamn pedophiles.
are you going to believe what a bunch of pedophiles say about us? what does that say about you?
are you going to believe what a bunch of pedophiles say about us? what does that say about you?
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
i feel like one thing that we should be making abundantly clear from now on is that the majority of anti-trans consent manufacturers are goddamn pedophiles.
are you going to believe what a bunch of pedophiles say about us? what does that say about you?
are you going to believe what a bunch of pedophiles say about us? what does that say about you?
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They went from deriding safe spaces and demanding fierce debate to insisting the entire academy be their safe space from hearing anything about race and gender
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 PM
They went from deriding safe spaces and demanding fierce debate to insisting the entire academy be their safe space from hearing anything about race and gender
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They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
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btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM
btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
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So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 AM
So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
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Gemini North image of Arp 78, also known as NGC 772.
Interactions with its companion galaxy NGC 770 (out of frame) left NGC 772's bottom arm elongated and asymmetrical.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Source
Interactions with its companion galaxy NGC 770 (out of frame) left NGC 772's bottom arm elongated and asymmetrical.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Source
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Gemini North image of Arp 78, also known as NGC 772.
Interactions with its companion galaxy NGC 770 (out of frame) left NGC 772's bottom arm elongated and asymmetrical.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Source
Interactions with its companion galaxy NGC 770 (out of frame) left NGC 772's bottom arm elongated and asymmetrical.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Source
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Just an incredible and unusual landslide at Niscemi, Sicily, Italy, as captured by @planet.com SuperDove satellites 🧪⚒️🛰️
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Just an incredible and unusual landslide at Niscemi, Sicily, Italy, as captured by @planet.com SuperDove satellites 🧪⚒️🛰️
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ok wow. in 2020, as a former tech journalist, i had a large twitter account, so i asked elon musk to comment on why he had been photographed with ghislaine maxwell and whether the rumors jeffrey epstein had toured space x were true
January 31, 2026 at 11:21 AM
ok wow. in 2020, as a former tech journalist, i had a large twitter account, so i asked elon musk to comment on why he had been photographed with ghislaine maxwell and whether the rumors jeffrey epstein had toured space x were true
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oh it’s far worse than that, Epstein’s actions have been common knowledge in elite circles since the 80s, meaning every admin since then knew and did nothing because it would mean hurting the party and its donors.
The Biden DOJ just sat on all this??
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 AM
oh it’s far worse than that, Epstein’s actions have been common knowledge in elite circles since the 80s, meaning every admin since then knew and did nothing because it would mean hurting the party and its donors.
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One of my favorite images from last year, but it never gained much traction, perhaps due to Bluesky’s resolution limits… 🧪🔭
Easy zoom 170 MP: easyzoom.com/image/633505...
Download: flic.kr/p/2r95M3B
Easy zoom 170 MP: easyzoom.com/image/633505...
Download: flic.kr/p/2r95M3B
Olympus, Ascraeus Mons and a Dust Storm - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2r95M3B
January 31, 2026 at 10:28 AM
One of my favorite images from last year, but it never gained much traction, perhaps due to Bluesky’s resolution limits… 🧪🔭
Easy zoom 170 MP: easyzoom.com/image/633505...
Download: flic.kr/p/2r95M3B
Easy zoom 170 MP: easyzoom.com/image/633505...
Download: flic.kr/p/2r95M3B
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María de Álvaro, hija de uno de los fallecidos en las residencias durante la pandemia, ha ganado un recurso a la Comunidad de Madrid que le reclamaba la última mensualidad de su padre, muerto sin traslado a un hospital
Tras seis años de derrotas, una de las hijas de fallecidos en residencias gana una disputa contra el Gobierno de Ayuso
María de Álvaro ha ganado un recurso a la Comunidad de Madrid, que le reclamaba la última mensualidad de su padre, muerto sin traslado a un hospital
elpais.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 AM
María de Álvaro, hija de uno de los fallecidos en las residencias durante la pandemia, ha ganado un recurso a la Comunidad de Madrid que le reclamaba la última mensualidad de su padre, muerto sin traslado a un hospital
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One thing that is really heartening about this time in Chicago (I'm sure in other cities too) is that a LOT of people who aren't normally as plugged in to community organizing or movement work are finding little pockets of involvement and even leading in their own right. It's how we win.
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
One thing that is really heartening about this time in Chicago (I'm sure in other cities too) is that a LOT of people who aren't normally as plugged in to community organizing or movement work are finding little pockets of involvement and even leading in their own right. It's how we win.