Tim Burnham
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Muscovia delenda est
Muscovia delenda est
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Glory to the heroes
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Glory to the heroes
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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.
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"Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine..." – 17 years ago, Polish President Lech Kaczyński warned the world from the podium at a rally in Tbilisi. His words sounded like a prophecy.
📹: Echo of the Caucasus
📹: Echo of the Caucasus
August 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine..." – 17 years ago, Polish President Lech Kaczyński warned the world from the podium at a rally in Tbilisi. His words sounded like a prophecy.
📹: Echo of the Caucasus
📹: Echo of the Caucasus
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As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.
June 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.
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They're literally doing the meme
June 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They're literally doing the meme
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ICE should be treated like the SS
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
ICE should be treated like the SS
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The best documentary ever made
👏 @freeonis.bsky.social 👏
Stop your sachs-mearsheimer for extra points
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Stop your sachs-mearsheimer for extra points
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The best documentary ever made
👏 @freeonis.bsky.social 👏
Stop your sachs-mearsheimer for extra points
👏 @freeonis.bsky.social 👏
Stop your sachs-mearsheimer for extra points
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For those who don’t know, Jonathan is *the* person who keeps track of stuff in space, a key part of the information ecosystem for anyone who studies or writes about satellites. He now needs some help to keep doing this. (1/2)
Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
Donate to Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition, organized by Jonathan McDowell
For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration w… Jonathan McDowell needs your support for Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For those who don’t know, Jonathan is *the* person who keeps track of stuff in space, a key part of the information ecosystem for anyone who studies or writes about satellites. He now needs some help to keep doing this. (1/2)
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sorry man but you gotta go. this is unacceptable
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
sorry man but you gotta go. this is unacceptable
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Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him
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"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down
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The through line is much older and it's MLM culture.
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The through line is much older and it's MLM culture.
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The best historical artefacts are the accidental ones that freeze a moment in time forever.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
January 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The best historical artefacts are the accidental ones that freeze a moment in time forever.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
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Russian ideologist Dugin:
"Without Ukraine Russia cannot become once more the empire. With Ukraine inside of Russian zone of control it will become the empire once more.That is a kind of law,nothing personal. This war or special military operation in Ukraine is about that.It is about geopolitics"
"Without Ukraine Russia cannot become once more the empire. With Ukraine inside of Russian zone of control it will become the empire once more.That is a kind of law,nothing personal. This war or special military operation in Ukraine is about that.It is about geopolitics"
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Russian ideologist Dugin:
"Without Ukraine Russia cannot become once more the empire. With Ukraine inside of Russian zone of control it will become the empire once more.That is a kind of law,nothing personal. This war or special military operation in Ukraine is about that.It is about geopolitics"
"Without Ukraine Russia cannot become once more the empire. With Ukraine inside of Russian zone of control it will become the empire once more.That is a kind of law,nothing personal. This war or special military operation in Ukraine is about that.It is about geopolitics"
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I think oil tanker EAGLE S damaged at least one more cable yesterday in Gulf of Finland.
Subsea communications cable C-LION1 (Helsinki - Rostock) had an outage yesterday, reported at 16:50Z.
16:42Z cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S passed this cable.
EAGLE S is arrested by Finnish Coast Guard.
Subsea communications cable C-LION1 (Helsinki - Rostock) had an outage yesterday, reported at 16:50Z.
16:42Z cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S passed this cable.
EAGLE S is arrested by Finnish Coast Guard.
December 26, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I think oil tanker EAGLE S damaged at least one more cable yesterday in Gulf of Finland.
Subsea communications cable C-LION1 (Helsinki - Rostock) had an outage yesterday, reported at 16:50Z.
16:42Z cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S passed this cable.
EAGLE S is arrested by Finnish Coast Guard.
Subsea communications cable C-LION1 (Helsinki - Rostock) had an outage yesterday, reported at 16:50Z.
16:42Z cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S passed this cable.
EAGLE S is arrested by Finnish Coast Guard.
Laura, this is forever your best tweet. The Muse was listening
Goddess, sing me the anger of Matt Gaetz, Florida's son, that fatal anger that brought countless sorrows on the Republicans, and sent many valiant Speakers of the House down to Hades, leaving their bodies as spoil for dogs and carrion birds
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into the Speaker of the House
December 24, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Laura, this is forever your best tweet. The Muse was listening
This is straight up just Cylon occupying the Acropolis to become tyrant of Athens
At about 7pm on Dec. 3: Yoon and Def Min meet the Chief of National Police and Chief of Seoul Police and give them orders to arrest the leaders of the two major political parties and the Speaker of the Assembly, and tell them of the plans to occupy the Assembly and National Election Commission 3/
December 23, 2024 at 4:02 AM
This is straight up just Cylon occupying the Acropolis to become tyrant of Athens
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What’s happening at BBC?
Is this incompetence? Sabotage? Or is this deliberate?
With all the fact-checkers, you chose to use an image from the devastation russia caused in Kyiv to illustrate an attack on Kursk?
Do you understand what you’re doing?
Is this incompetence? Sabotage? Or is this deliberate?
With all the fact-checkers, you chose to use an image from the devastation russia caused in Kyiv to illustrate an attack on Kursk?
Do you understand what you’re doing?
December 22, 2024 at 9:36 AM
What’s happening at BBC?
Is this incompetence? Sabotage? Or is this deliberate?
With all the fact-checkers, you chose to use an image from the devastation russia caused in Kyiv to illustrate an attack on Kursk?
Do you understand what you’re doing?
Is this incompetence? Sabotage? Or is this deliberate?
With all the fact-checkers, you chose to use an image from the devastation russia caused in Kyiv to illustrate an attack on Kursk?
Do you understand what you’re doing?
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Feeling despair? So did this guy in 1875, who couldn't believe there were STILL anti-vaxxers:
"One might suppose that the popular prejudice against vaccination had died out by this time, considering that it has been practiced for nearly a century"
"One might suppose that the popular prejudice against vaccination had died out by this time, considering that it has been practiced for nearly a century"
December 17, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Feeling despair? So did this guy in 1875, who couldn't believe there were STILL anti-vaxxers:
"One might suppose that the popular prejudice against vaccination had died out by this time, considering that it has been practiced for nearly a century"
"One might suppose that the popular prejudice against vaccination had died out by this time, considering that it has been practiced for nearly a century"
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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Never stop reminding people that
"The Problems are all caused by the Bad People, and if we just kill all the Bad People, the Problems will go away"
is not in fact a valid progressive posture. It's the foundation of reactionary politics.
"The Problems are all caused by the Bad People, and if we just kill all the Bad People, the Problems will go away"
is not in fact a valid progressive posture. It's the foundation of reactionary politics.
December 13, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Never stop reminding people that
"The Problems are all caused by the Bad People, and if we just kill all the Bad People, the Problems will go away"
is not in fact a valid progressive posture. It's the foundation of reactionary politics.
"The Problems are all caused by the Bad People, and if we just kill all the Bad People, the Problems will go away"
is not in fact a valid progressive posture. It's the foundation of reactionary politics.
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16mm film footage captured from the Apollo 17 LM Challenger as it descended to the surface of the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley on December 11, 1972. I've rotated it so the view is roughly upright and smoothed the video. (Original video source: NASA, JSC and the Internet Archive)
December 12, 2024 at 8:41 PM
16mm film footage captured from the Apollo 17 LM Challenger as it descended to the surface of the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley on December 11, 1972. I've rotated it so the view is roughly upright and smoothed the video. (Original video source: NASA, JSC and the Internet Archive)
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There's a genuine question that Trump has never bothered answering under scrutiny from non-partisan media: why did he need a new FBI director when the last one he appointed was still in role?
Wray, being a good Republican partisan, is saving him that scrutiny. Cowards all the way through in the GOP
Wray, being a good Republican partisan, is saving him that scrutiny. Cowards all the way through in the GOP
BREAKING via The New York Times
FBI Director Chris Wray told bureau staff he intends to resign in January, 2.5 years before his 10-year term ends
Wray is accepting the reality that Trump, who says he intends to nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI Director, is going to fire him if he doesn’t resign
FBI Director Chris Wray told bureau staff he intends to resign in January, 2.5 years before his 10-year term ends
Wray is accepting the reality that Trump, who says he intends to nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI Director, is going to fire him if he doesn’t resign
Trump Transition Live Updates: F.B.I. Director to Step Down
bit.ly
December 11, 2024 at 7:20 PM
There's a genuine question that Trump has never bothered answering under scrutiny from non-partisan media: why did he need a new FBI director when the last one he appointed was still in role?
Wray, being a good Republican partisan, is saving him that scrutiny. Cowards all the way through in the GOP
Wray, being a good Republican partisan, is saving him that scrutiny. Cowards all the way through in the GOP
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With the stunning collapse of its ally in Damascus, and the decisive, crushing defeat it had suffered at the hands of Israel, there will never be a better time for Lebanon to finally dismantle Hezbollah.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/09/h...
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/09/h...
Hezbollah Is Trying to Spin Loss as Victory
Assad’s fall and Israel’s offensive give Lebanese a chance to reclaim their country.
foreignpolicy.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:38 PM
With the stunning collapse of its ally in Damascus, and the decisive, crushing defeat it had suffered at the hands of Israel, there will never be a better time for Lebanon to finally dismantle Hezbollah.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/09/h...
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/09/h...
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After years of talking to Trump supporters my view of them has become very simple: They want socialist, even sometimes progressive reforms but they want them from someone who makes those reforms feel powerful and masculine and they want to make sure the people they don't like don't benefit from them
December 10, 2024 at 2:51 PM
After years of talking to Trump supporters my view of them has become very simple: They want socialist, even sometimes progressive reforms but they want them from someone who makes those reforms feel powerful and masculine and they want to make sure the people they don't like don't benefit from them