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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 22h

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20h

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 1d

A sorry record. This is one reason I don’t care for the Nobel prizes. Three others being:

1) promotes a “great man” view of scientific progress, whereas science is best understood and celebrated as a collective, community activity.
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Graph showing the low and declining percentage of physics Nobel prizes awarded to women. 2.18% as of 2025, despite the fact that 15% of physics phds have been awarded to women over the last 50 years.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 1d

First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 1d

*sigh* another year, another Nobel Prize in Physics going to white men.

😔 I'm tired.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in quantum mechanics.

Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling.

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look another Hatch Act violation, this time by the USDA 🫠

btw, I love the juxtaposition of "official government website" with "radical left democrat shutdown" I'm sure that won't come back to bite anyone in the behind /s

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 Dancing through life, skimming the surface, gliding where turf is smooooooth 🎶

My latest for @eos.org:

eos.org/articles/ice...

Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures - Eos

New observations reveal how microscopic organisms move through polar ice and illustrate how they may have evolved to thrive in extreme environments.

eos.org

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 5d

Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk

From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 6d

I think Perseverance may have spotted interstellar comet 3I/Atlas last night from Mars!

After stacking 20 images from Mastcam-Z, I found a faint smudge of light in the constellation Corona Borealis close to the location where the comet was expected. 🔭

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

image of the night sky showing a starfield with several dark and bright stars that are quite elongated due to the long exposure time.

the stars of the constellation corona borealis are annotated in green. a faint smudge, perhaps comet 3I/Atlas is marked with a red circle.

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Eos @eos.org · 5d

3I/ATLAS flyby of Mars today! ☄️🔴 Learn more about how scientists are studying it: eos.org/features/how...

After the first two interstellar objects were discovered, "astronomers took no chances in preparing for the likely arrival of another interstellar visitor."

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 5d

If you're looking for new 3I/ATLAS data from Mars, ESA is the place to look next week:

Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 6d

"ESA plans to release imagery by next week. NASA will not be able to release any of its data, or even comment on it, until the U.S. federal government ends the shutdown."

Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 6d

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is flying past Mars today. Might get some cool views!

skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

I hosted a podcast using a pseudonym for a couple years to avoid violating the Hatch Act. I got fired anyhow.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7d

One time, I interviewed the Secretary of Agriculture. I worked for about a week to make sure that I didn’t ask a question that would violate the Hatch Act.

Meanwhile, these MFers exist…

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

Because they prefer segregation to a functioning government

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise.

www.reuters.com

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 7d

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Environmental Activist, Dead at 91

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91.

www.rollingstone.com

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 7d

NASA assets that are planning to gather observations of 3I/ATLAS include: Hubble, Webb, TESS, Swift, SPHEREx, Perseverance rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Curiosity rover, Europa Clipper, Lucy, Psyche, Parker Solar Probe, PUNCH, and ESA/NASA’s SOHO and Juice. 🧪🔭

science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science

NASA missions are working together to track and study this rare, interstellar comet as it passes through our solar system.

science.nasa.gov

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7d

A reminder that if you're not able to fast on Yom Kippur for any reason -- and mental health is a health reason -- it's regarded as a MITZVAH to eat.

Resources and more here:

Home | A Mitzvah to Eat

At A Mitzvah to Eat, we empower Jews needing ritual accommodations to safely connect to sacred Jewish practice and community. We provide resources, support, and advocacy for these Jews, as well as the...

www.amitzvahtoeat.org

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 7d

The government shutdown will halt some federal research at agencies already struggling with staff and funding cuts 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

Science Agencies Shuttered in Government Shutdown - Eos

At 12:01 a.m. this morning, the U.S. federal government shut down. This shutdown comes after weeks of negotiations and pressure tactics failed to bring Congressional Republicans and Democrats together...

eos.org

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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 7d

My heart goes out to all the dedicated federal workers across the country who are now caught in a government shutdown that threatens their livelihoods. You deserve more than to be pawns and leverage in an attempt to solidify an authoritarian regime. 💔

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