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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · Jul 2

Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!

ESA’s Planetary Defenders are observing the object, provisionally known as #A11pl3Z, right now using telescopes around the world.

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Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social · Apr 6

I truly can’t believe I have to ask this question, but…
How many children have to die at the alter of unvaccinated ignorance before people with a cult-like mentality finally decide it’s not ok to sacrifice our kids that way?
Is there a number, or doesn’t it matter?

www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...

Second Child Died From Measles-Related Causes In West Texas, Where Cases Are Nearing 500

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness.

www.huffpost.com

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Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Apr 6

can we normalise putting some fucking effort into placards?

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Donna Schwartz Mills @socalmom.bsky.social · Apr 5

This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Apr 2

I normally wouldn't repost something like this but the best thing I can say about Strom Thurmon is that he can't fight against civil rights any more.

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · Apr 1

it is done

The “peace sign at grave” meme with Cory Booker posing at Strom Thurmond’s grave

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Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Feb 22

Hank.

Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Feb 19

I'll explain later

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Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Feb 19

Mr Deeds Goes to Town

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Feb 11

JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · Feb 7

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

🧪🌏🚰

A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

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kosmi.bsky.social @kosmi.bsky.social · Feb 1

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The collapse of Kilauea caldera.

SAR images taken by Sentinel-1 between February and August of 2018.

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Gary Swergold MD, PhD @gs314.bsky.social · Jan 31

🧪
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Feb 1

A little good news. Three weeks later.
The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Palisades and Eaton Fires Are Fully Contained

The Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, reached 100 percent containment more than three weeks after they began.

www.nytimes.com

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Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Feb 1

I love bluesky

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jan 31

hey question, is this bad?

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · Jan 30

It wasn't DEI, it was DOGE.

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Sam: sour cream era @imsamsoiam.bsky.social · Jan 27

ohhhh gorgeous!!

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found footage tofu & tesla! (& krisko) 🐈 📚 🎲 ♿ @krisko.bsky.social · Jan 27

"but you don't LOOK depressed"
yeah sorry i didn't bring a cartoon rain cloud to hover over my head

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Jan 26

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS

PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.

youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

youtu.be

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Jan 25

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jan 25

Musk speaking to the far right German party, the AfD, today. Best picture angle, ever! 😂

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · Jan 25

A reminder that humans are capable of great acts of wonder when we work together & embrace knowledge.

An international team of astronomers has discovered swarms of cold comets circling 74 nearby stars -- and got clear pictures of these "exocomet belts." 🧪🔭

www.iac.es/en/outreach/...

74 exocomet belts were found orbiting nearby stars in landmark survey. The observations were made using microwave/millimeter wave telescopes; the resulting images show the belts as bright rings circling the stars at various angles.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jan 24

Wow

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Anna Horford @annahorford.bsky.social · Jan 24

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