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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14h

Drake lost that rap battle so badly that I wrote about it in my book about SPACE-TIME

A rap battle loss of literally cosmological proportions

Find out how by preordering a copy!!

The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 10h

This week we've been honoring the amazing Jane Goodall in my biology class. If you haven't seen the 2017 documentary, I strongly recommend it (avail on Hulu and Prime)

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

I have no way to convey that non white people aren’t shocked at chaos being chosen over merit

We’re just kind of tired of waiting for folks to get to the next step of

Doing something about it

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

scienceforeveryone.science

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing your thoughts - I've appreciated them for years, even more now that I know you IRL ❤️

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 1d

Almost 500 professors, students and staff at my institution have asked the board of trustees to not sign this compact.

Read the full text of Trump’s proposal for priority college funding

A proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they agree to adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is important.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1d

Words to live by.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 1d

This is the absolute dream challenger to Jeffries. Please, please, please let this happen.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Jason "Jay" R. Patton @earthjay.bsky.social · 1d

Save our constitutional republic

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

habeas corpus is the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Ohhhh I rescued this guy two nights ago from being a doggo snack

Large brown praying mantis on a hand covered in dust

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000. n.pr/4h19OGf

Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 1d

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Some 3.8 billion year old rocks from Isua, Greenland. See alt text for details. These are from a friends collection, sadly they are not mine. #Geology

Human hand holding a small ~ 5cm square lump of dark brown metamorphosed basalt that is composed of flowing lumpy shapes and masses of needle like brown crystals

human hand holding a ~2cm long piece of metamorphsed volcanic rock that is made of alternating black bands of magnetite and white-cream bands of feldspar and quartz.

human hand holding a ~2cm mass of grey brown fuchsite crystals which look like layered masses of needles.

human hand holding a ~3cm lump of grey brown metamorphosed basalt that is encrusted with masses of pea sized dark red garnets.

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Spreading Breyer's joy for baby carrots - hope your Thursday is off to a good start despite *everything* Don't forget joy is a form of #resistance #dogsky

A large brown dog leaps up for a baby carrot. His mouth is open and his ears are flying up

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Come work with me! We were just named the top private & boarding school in the country 🤯 #chemistry #physics
recruiting.ultipro.com/HOT1004HOTCH...

recruiting.ultipro.com

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

FWIW I have actually handed things back and said, sorry the cat ate your homework 😭

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 2d

Ohhhh Kevin's nose 🩷💙

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow.

go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 2d

Mom, I'm a way better grading helper than that brown dog on your lap #sciencecat #catsky

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Ross continues to inspire

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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