Today's random autotranscription error:

On the formation of stars -> "When a cloud of gasoline dust collapses...."

I just don't think gasoline dust is going to end well, y'all.

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

How come no one ever points out that tickets to Air & Space are free while tickets to Space Center Houston are $25+?
This smells a lot like a for-profit deal IMO.

Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Today's auto-transcription win:
You said, "We don't know how hot Jupiters form exactly."
Transcript says, "We don't know how hodegepodges form exactly."

Can I start calling hot Jupiters 'hodgepodge'?
@davidkipping.bsky.social

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

Just left messages with my two dem Senators from Georgia to stay strong and let them know that, as their constituent, I am 150% behind them. It is the job of the party in power - the Republicans - to get the bill passed. If they cannot negotiate, they should not be in power, full stop
Call your reps

Thanks for putting our men and women in danger to make your ego feel inflated

I hear the economy is doing splendidly. Bigliest economy ever!

The IAU announced official names for Donaldjohanson's surface & shape features 2 weeks ago, but nobody has mentioned the news. They're all named after archeological sites and hominin fossils, which is fun and awesome haha

(Afar Lobus = small lobe, Olduvai Lobus = big lobe, Windover Collum = neck)

I've been asked a few times over the last few days what I think the chances are that the "leopard spots and poppy seeds" on Mars will turn out to be actual evidence of life. People are naturally skeptical given the history of possible signs of life on other planets. Strap in: long thread ahead...

Glad it was helpful!

“Perhaps there are so many embarrassing documents... Maybe that’s why the administration is taking a wholesale approach to concealing records that may show wrongdoing, corruption and incompetence,” @seth-stern.bsky.social of @freedom.press told @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/09/21/d...

A call to journalists
From @seth-stern.bsky.social via @freedom.press

I am ready to move to Finland now, or at least to Helsinki.

Thanks for a great time at #EPSCDPS2025!!!

Someone accused my of bias in my social media posts. This seems applicable.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

I just want to give a round of applause to the moderators in the computational mineralogist session. When the speaker concludes, they ask, "any questions from early career folks?" before opening to everyone else.

#epscdps2025

This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”

Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

This feels related bsky.app/profile/ndre...

This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did

Oza reiterates the astronomer's plea: we need more observing time.
Then he makes it personal.
"Maybe [I'm] just like my mother, she's never satisifed."

#epscdps2025

I made the mistake of checking facebook (which I usually avoid - I have 99+ notifications) during the break.
Not surprisingly, people are complaining about the party of violence and how 'they' need to be eliminated.

Go back to your war on Chicago.

Imagine as a parent, your kid comes to you and says, I don't feel right in my body. And you want to discuss it with their doctor. Instead the government tells you to fuck off. - my translation, as a #transParent of the more polite statement