Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
@larrynittler.bsky.social
Hermeochemist, Interstellar Dust Buster, and Cosmic Organist.
Professor @SESEASU
asteroid 5992
Opinions are my own.
pronouns: he/him/his
Professor @SESEASU
asteroid 5992
Opinions are my own.
pronouns: he/him/his
Reposted by Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
Hello Tucson
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Hello Tucson
We (The School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU) are looking for a new director! Come be my new boss!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We (The School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU) are looking for a new director! Come be my new boss!
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Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
Reposted by Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.
huh, blue states, you say?
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
huh, blue states, you say?
really was hoping he would go by getting shot in the face by a friend, but I'll take it. Buh-bye Dick.
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
really was hoping he would go by getting shot in the face by a friend, but I'll take it. Buh-bye Dick.
Huh, what president might have signed that into law in 2019?
Breaking news: The Trump administration is sending messages to federal staff suggesting only those who are working during the government shutdown will be paid when it ends, despite a 2019 law that guarantees pay to furloughed employees, too.
Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown
Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Huh, what president might have signed that into law in 2019?
Stuffed baked potatos
Bake taters in microwave until soft. Cut in half and scoop out as much as you can.
Smoosh potato and combine w butter, yogurt or sour cream, some grated cheddar cheese, cooked chopped brocolli, S&P.
Stuff skins w mixture, top w more cheese, bake at 450 for 15 mins.
Yum.
Bake taters in microwave until soft. Cut in half and scoop out as much as you can.
Smoosh potato and combine w butter, yogurt or sour cream, some grated cheddar cheese, cooked chopped brocolli, S&P.
Stuff skins w mixture, top w more cheese, bake at 450 for 15 mins.
Yum.
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Stuffed baked potatos
Bake taters in microwave until soft. Cut in half and scoop out as much as you can.
Smoosh potato and combine w butter, yogurt or sour cream, some grated cheddar cheese, cooked chopped brocolli, S&P.
Stuff skins w mixture, top w more cheese, bake at 450 for 15 mins.
Yum.
Bake taters in microwave until soft. Cut in half and scoop out as much as you can.
Smoosh potato and combine w butter, yogurt or sour cream, some grated cheddar cheese, cooked chopped brocolli, S&P.
Stuff skins w mixture, top w more cheese, bake at 450 for 15 mins.
Yum.
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A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Do people in Nice call Salad Nicoise Salad Nicoise?
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Do people in Nice call Salad Nicoise Salad Nicoise?
Congratulations to the Artful Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Congratulations to the Artful Dodgers
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(9/9)This article details the administration’s ongoing destruction of NASA science. Here Press Secretary Bethany Stevens clearly violates the Hatch Act, as Acting Administrator Duffy has done. If they’re not held accountable, NASA’s integrity may never be restored.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
(9/9)This article details the administration’s ongoing destruction of NASA science. Here Press Secretary Bethany Stevens clearly violates the Hatch Act, as Acting Administrator Duffy has done. If they’re not held accountable, NASA’s integrity may never be restored.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
Reposted by Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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Walking out if a restaurant, overheard a 20-something woman say "You know who I have a crush on?...Alan Alda!" Crickets from her companions. "You know, from MASH!"
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Walking out if a restaurant, overheard a 20-something woman say "You know who I have a crush on?...Alan Alda!" Crickets from her companions. "You know, from MASH!"
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
So in the course of migrating my website, I managed to compile pdfs of all of my peer-reviewed pubs going back 31 years into a single folder. Compressed to a zip file, they take up 666 Mb of disk space 🤘😈
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So in the course of migrating my website, I managed to compile pdfs of all of my peer-reviewed pubs going back 31 years into a single folder. Compressed to a zip file, they take up 666 Mb of disk space 🤘😈
I had to do some googling to figure out what everybody is on about on this website and for the 1st time in many years I found out who's playing in the world series before the whole thing was done.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I had to do some googling to figure out what everybody is on about on this website and for the 1st time in many years I found out who's playing in the world series before the whole thing was done.
Have they had a front page article about the pain felt by immigrants? By research scientists? By librarians? By trans people?
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Have they had a front page article about the pain felt by immigrants? By research scientists? By librarians? By trans people?
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Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
October 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
The White House needs to update their website- that WH image is out of date
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The White House needs to update their website- that WH image is out of date
Proud of my PhD Institution. Hope I can soon say the same about my employer.
WashU in STL just announced, in a university-wide email, that we will NOT be signing The Compact.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Proud of my PhD Institution. Hope I can soon say the same about my employer.
He's going to demolish the MLK monument and replace it with a golden statue of himself, isn't he?
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
He's going to demolish the MLK monument and replace it with a golden statue of himself, isn't he?