Robert Rutledge
@rerutled.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @[email protected] @rerutled at Threads. he/him
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @[email protected] @rerutled at Threads. he/him
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📣“Say Their Names” ‼️
📆 Friday, February 13
⏰ 5-6pm.
📍 96th Street and Broadway, New York City
The Rise and Resist “Say Their Names” Group will say the names of those killed by I.C.E., or in I.C.E. custody.
Join us! Dress Warm!
We will have signage, and you are welcome to bring your own!
📆 Friday, February 13
⏰ 5-6pm.
📍 96th Street and Broadway, New York City
The Rise and Resist “Say Their Names” Group will say the names of those killed by I.C.E., or in I.C.E. custody.
Join us! Dress Warm!
We will have signage, and you are welcome to bring your own!
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
📣“Say Their Names” ‼️
📆 Friday, February 13
⏰ 5-6pm.
📍 96th Street and Broadway, New York City
The Rise and Resist “Say Their Names” Group will say the names of those killed by I.C.E., or in I.C.E. custody.
Join us! Dress Warm!
We will have signage, and you are welcome to bring your own!
📆 Friday, February 13
⏰ 5-6pm.
📍 96th Street and Broadway, New York City
The Rise and Resist “Say Their Names” Group will say the names of those killed by I.C.E., or in I.C.E. custody.
Join us! Dress Warm!
We will have signage, and you are welcome to bring your own!
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These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
Are these cartel drones which were shot down last night in the room with us right now?
Bondi: "The news is reporting that cartel drones are being shot down by our military. That's what we all should care about right now: protecting America."
February 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Are these cartel drones which were shot down last night in the room with us right now?
Where did Secretary Burgum get his PhD in Climate Science.
Because I'm pretty sure they want it back.
Why are Americans satisfied with being led by ignorant liars who are taking them into danger?
Because I'm pretty sure they want it back.
Why are Americans satisfied with being led by ignorant liars who are taking them into danger?
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Where did Secretary Burgum get his PhD in Climate Science.
Because I'm pretty sure they want it back.
Why are Americans satisfied with being led by ignorant liars who are taking them into danger?
Because I'm pretty sure they want it back.
Why are Americans satisfied with being led by ignorant liars who are taking them into danger?
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The FAA issued an unusual temporary flight restriction Tuesday night that halted air traffic in El Paso, Texas.
Here's how those restrictions typically work.
Here's how those restrictions typically work.
How FAA temporary flight restrictions work and why El Paso's disruption was different
A temporary flight restriction blocks off access to certain areas of airspace.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The FAA issued an unusual temporary flight restriction Tuesday night that halted air traffic in El Paso, Texas.
Here's how those restrictions typically work.
Here's how those restrictions typically work.
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New in PN: Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
"The American president is a toothless old tiger, roaring on social media as his real power slips away. He can still extort a secondhand Nobel Prize from a dissident leader, but he’s not taking the Stanley Cup."
"The American president is a toothless old tiger, roaring on social media as his real power slips away. He can still extort a secondhand Nobel Prize from a dissident leader, but he’s not taking the Stanley Cup."
Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
It's Bridgegate 2.0, only much dumber.
www.publicnotice.co
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New in PN: Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
"The American president is a toothless old tiger, roaring on social media as his real power slips away. He can still extort a secondhand Nobel Prize from a dissident leader, but he’s not taking the Stanley Cup."
"The American president is a toothless old tiger, roaring on social media as his real power slips away. He can still extort a secondhand Nobel Prize from a dissident leader, but he’s not taking the Stanley Cup."
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Uh... What?
FAA issues restrictions halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport (ELP) for 10 days due to "special security reasons." tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail...
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Uh... What?
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NEW: Sen. Elissa Slotkin denounced the Trump administration as she announced a grand jury declined to indict her and five other Democrats who appeared in a video urging service members to reject unlawful orders.
Slotkin slams Trump admin after grand jury refuses to indict Democrats over military video
She said Jeanine Pirro had tried to persuade a jury to indict the Democrats "at the direction of President Trump."
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
NEW: Sen. Elissa Slotkin denounced the Trump administration as she announced a grand jury declined to indict her and five other Democrats who appeared in a video urging service members to reject unlawful orders.
Congressman Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social - a former prosecutor - says he used to prosecute mob bosses, and he has received more threats from Trump supporters, than he ever received from mob bosses. (Source: WNYC Morning Edition).
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Congressman Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social - a former prosecutor - says he used to prosecute mob bosses, and he has received more threats from Trump supporters, than he ever received from mob bosses. (Source: WNYC Morning Edition).
Bsky still has all the fatal flaws X/Twitter has. Notably, fake accounts are beginning to overrun this site. Inevitably, it will become shit - unless something is done.
Example - this person just followed me. They're not real. They *look* real.
I get a few of these every week.
Example - this person just followed me. They're not real. They *look* real.
I get a few of these every week.
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Bsky still has all the fatal flaws X/Twitter has. Notably, fake accounts are beginning to overrun this site. Inevitably, it will become shit - unless something is done.
Example - this person just followed me. They're not real. They *look* real.
I get a few of these every week.
Example - this person just followed me. They're not real. They *look* real.
I get a few of these every week.
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Congress is scrambling to pass a DHS funding bill by Friday, and we need to make it loud and clear that our senators and representatives must oppose any bill that hands ICE and Border Patrol more funding or fails to include strict safeguards to protect our communities.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Congress is scrambling to pass a DHS funding bill by Friday, and we need to make it loud and clear that our senators and representatives must oppose any bill that hands ICE and Border Patrol more funding or fails to include strict safeguards to protect our communities.
WNYC's Morning Edition is reporting that the Pride Flag was taken down by the National Park Service at Stonewall National Monument in NYC last night.
They claim it is due to the administration's policy that no flags other than the American flag may fly in a National Park.
They claim it is due to the administration's policy that no flags other than the American flag may fly in a National Park.
February 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
WNYC's Morning Edition is reporting that the Pride Flag was taken down by the National Park Service at Stonewall National Monument in NYC last night.
They claim it is due to the administration's policy that no flags other than the American flag may fly in a National Park.
They claim it is due to the administration's policy that no flags other than the American flag may fly in a National Park.
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Honda reported Tuesday a 42% drop in profit for the nine months through December, compared to a year earlier, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the Japanese automaker’s earnings.
Honda reports declining profit as Trump's tariffs and EV moves hurt Japanese automaker's results
Honda has reported a 42% drop in profit for the nine months through December compared to a year earlier. U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Honda reported Tuesday a 42% drop in profit for the nine months through December, compared to a year earlier, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the Japanese automaker’s earnings.
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"We saw it happen. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election... That's what it was."
-- Mitch McConnell, on Jan 6
-- Mitch McConnell, on Jan 6
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"We saw it happen. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election... That's what it was."
-- Mitch McConnell, on Jan 6
-- Mitch McConnell, on Jan 6
We Italians always knew the white card was pretty tenuous, we weren't confident we'd secured it until Regan put Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court and you know how THAT went.
Fortunately a lot of us married Irish!
Fortunately a lot of us married Irish!
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
We Italians always knew the white card was pretty tenuous, we weren't confident we'd secured it until Regan put Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court and you know how THAT went.
Fortunately a lot of us married Irish!
Fortunately a lot of us married Irish!
He must have really liked the mattress he died on. Or thought it was overpriced. "You paid WHAT for thing thing? But it's so uncomfortable! My friend, you got ripped off." Or something.
"As the light departs my corporeal form, yearning to move on to destinations unknown, I have but one final request. I beg of you, please commemorate my birthday with mattress sales."
I’m Abraham Lincoln and I Beg of You, Please Commemorate My Birthday with Mattress Sales
Dear citizens, I know that I am not well. Amid this evening at Ford’s Theatre, my body has borne within it an abominable manifestation of political...
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
He must have really liked the mattress he died on. Or thought it was overpriced. "You paid WHAT for thing thing? But it's so uncomfortable! My friend, you got ripped off." Or something.
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Always remember that If they build the camps, they will fill the camps.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Always remember that If they build the camps, they will fill the camps.
And that person is a woman.
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And that person is a woman.
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This is a tax on you.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is a tax on you.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
Oh I'll bet the judge loved that, judges love nothing better than when a defendant figures out a clever work-around to the letter of the law.
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Oh I'll bet the judge loved that, judges love nothing better than when a defendant figures out a clever work-around to the letter of the law.
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HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
I am inutterably. Speechless.
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com/post/206352/...
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com/post/206352/...
March for Life Attendees Are Getting Measles
It turns out the anti-abortion March for Life demonstration was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I am inutterably. Speechless.
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com/post/206352/...
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com/post/206352/...
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High schools all over New Hampshire have been having walk outs. *New Hampshire* ok? This generation is letting this radicalize them.
in their walkout speech, Nathalie told their classmates,
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
High schools all over New Hampshire have been having walk outs. *New Hampshire* ok? This generation is letting this radicalize them.
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The first touchdown of Super Bowl LX comes in the 4th quarter and puts Seattle ahead 19-0. Also, Bad Bunny was amazing.
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The first touchdown of Super Bowl LX comes in the 4th quarter and puts Seattle ahead 19-0. Also, Bad Bunny was amazing.
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10x better option than this game.
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
10x better option than this game.