David Grinspoon
@drfunkyspoon.bsky.social
Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🎸❤️🚀
Sagan Medalist, PEN winner, AAAS fellow.
Former Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA.
There’s an asteroid named after me (22410 Grinspoon) which is better than having one with your name on it…
Sagan Medalist, PEN winner, AAAS fellow.
Former Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA.
There’s an asteroid named after me (22410 Grinspoon) which is better than having one with your name on it…
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EAI Seminars: The Astrobiological Potential of Venus
YouTube video by EAI - European Astrobiology Institute
youtu.be
Attention astrobiology nerds:
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
Musk utterly destroyed Twitter and turned it into a Nazi cesspool from day one.
It’s indeed all part of a execrable trend but the parallel is arguably inexact.
It’s indeed all part of a execrable trend but the parallel is arguably inexact.
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Musk utterly destroyed Twitter and turned it into a Nazi cesspool from day one.
It’s indeed all part of a execrable trend but the parallel is arguably inexact.
It’s indeed all part of a execrable trend but the parallel is arguably inexact.
Perhaps this is the case. I can’t see inside his sick head but there are real journos who worked closely with him for years doing good and important work who see it as more of an evolution (or devolution?) Was he just playing some Jedi tricks on all of them which they bought?
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Perhaps this is the case. I can’t see inside his sick head but there are real journos who worked closely with him for years doing good and important work who see it as more of an evolution (or devolution?) Was he just playing some Jedi tricks on all of them which they bought?
I agree. Just trying to understand the whole history. Maybe I have too many friends at the Post who’ve been doing vital work on important issues for years.
It’s a strange way hatch your evil plot if that’s all it was all these years.
I guess this is really not the place to ask such questions.
It’s a strange way hatch your evil plot if that’s all it was all these years.
I guess this is really not the place to ask such questions.
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I agree. Just trying to understand the whole history. Maybe I have too many friends at the Post who’ve been doing vital work on important issues for years.
It’s a strange way hatch your evil plot if that’s all it was all these years.
I guess this is really not the place to ask such questions.
It’s a strange way hatch your evil plot if that’s all it was all these years.
I guess this is really not the place to ask such questions.
Certainly some Pulitzer winning journos who did years of vital investigative work for him, believe this to be the case. Was it all an ingenious evil plot all along? Perhaps.
But before the reprehensible failure to endorse, & the destruction that followed, it almost seemed he wanted a real paper.
But before the reprehensible failure to endorse, & the destruction that followed, it almost seemed he wanted a real paper.
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Certainly some Pulitzer winning journos who did years of vital investigative work for him, believe this to be the case. Was it all an ingenious evil plot all along? Perhaps.
But before the reprehensible failure to endorse, & the destruction that followed, it almost seemed he wanted a real paper.
But before the reprehensible failure to endorse, & the destruction that followed, it almost seemed he wanted a real paper.
Of course. If you want to reduce everything to a binary then Bezos = bad I agree.
But some things have more complex (and tragic) trajectories and his sorry history with the Post may reflect that.
But some things have more complex (and tragic) trajectories and his sorry history with the Post may reflect that.
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Of course. If you want to reduce everything to a binary then Bezos = bad I agree.
But some things have more complex (and tragic) trajectories and his sorry history with the Post may reflect that.
But some things have more complex (and tragic) trajectories and his sorry history with the Post may reflect that.
Like have you seen what Martin Baron wrote about it today?
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Like have you seen what Martin Baron wrote about it today?
I absolutely agree about his behavior post Trump reelection. Not sure that’s why he bought it originally. Some who seem in a position to know seem to feel that his motivations and morals have declined, perhaps due to the Trump moral distortion field that seems to especially afflict the powerful.
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I absolutely agree about his behavior post Trump reelection. Not sure that’s why he bought it originally. Some who seem in a position to know seem to feel that his motivations and morals have declined, perhaps due to the Trump moral distortion field that seems to especially afflict the powerful.
Happy birthday to Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto in 1930 (when he was 24 years old).
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February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Happy birthday to Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto in 1930 (when he was 24 years old).
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A reminder for alleged MAGA Christians: Jesus’ central command was to love.
How exactly did Charlie Kirk love immigrants and people of color and women and Trans teens and Muslims and Democrats and atheists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...
How exactly did Charlie Kirk love immigrants and people of color and women and Trans teens and Muslims and Democrats and atheists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...
The Shameful Christian Idolatry and Fraudulent Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
As news of his shooting broke, the Jesus-washing of Charlie Kirk’s life by Conservative Christians began almost immediately.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
A reminder for alleged MAGA Christians: Jesus’ central command was to love.
How exactly did Charlie Kirk love immigrants and people of color and women and Trans teens and Muslims and Democrats and atheists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...
How exactly did Charlie Kirk love immigrants and people of color and women and Trans teens and Muslims and Democrats and atheists?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...
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@chucknicecomic.bsky.social @neildegrassetyson.com after hearing @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social talk about the current state of NASA I propose a new movement: Make NASA Great Again - MaNGA 😃
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
@chucknicecomic.bsky.social @neildegrassetyson.com after hearing @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social talk about the current state of NASA I propose a new movement: Make NASA Great Again - MaNGA 😃
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WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS
did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus
maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
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If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Thanks - I’m just boarding an international flight right now - will disable Touch ID!
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Thanks - I’m just boarding an international flight right now - will disable Touch ID!
Artichokes
Licorice
Soup Dumplings
Aged gouda
Uni
Licorice
Soup Dumplings
Aged gouda
Uni
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Artichokes
Licorice
Soup Dumplings
Aged gouda
Uni
Licorice
Soup Dumplings
Aged gouda
Uni
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DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
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DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
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Attention astrobiology nerds:
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
EAI Seminars: The Astrobiological Potential of Venus
YouTube video by EAI - European Astrobiology Institute
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Attention astrobiology nerds:
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
The talk I gave on Tuesday for the European Astrobiology Institute “The Astrobiological potential of Venus” is now online.
🧪👽🔭
youtu.be/f941vluwtFI?...
Some detailed intel on how the newly amped up totalitarian surveillance state is operating.
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Some detailed intel on how the newly amped up totalitarian surveillance state is operating.
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every free state should do this
California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes
A model for the next Minneapolis, from Attorney General Rob Bonta.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
every free state should do this
California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
California's Evidence Bank For ICE Crimes
open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door: