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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 7h

Stressful day, but San Diego helps.

View from Kate Sessions Park with sunlight on green grass. Trees in foreground, Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who has opened the app knows this is a blatant lie.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 1d

Valuable info about the Physics Nobel Prize today from Prof. Joseph Barranco at SFSU on Martinis and Devoret being a grad student and postdoc in Clarke's lab at UC Berkeley & Clark and Devoret being immigrants. "California *public* education made this happen. Immigration made this happen." ⚛️

Joseph Barranco posted on social media: Go Bears! Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 physicists studying mesoscopic quantum phenomena... Work was done in the 1980s in UC Berkeley Professor John Clarke's lab with his graduate student John Martinis and postdoctoral fellow Michel Devoret... all 3 share the Nobel Prize. Must also point out that both Clarke and Devoret are immigrants from the UK and France, respectively. All 3 are pioneers in the race to build the most powerful quantum supercomputers. California *public* education made this happen. Immigration made this happen.

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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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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 2d

Much of the #Arctic Circle observed warmer than average conditions in September 2025. Some of the largest anomalies were over Greenland and northern Canada, though regionally-dependent anomalies were over Siberia.

High resolution version updated monthly for download at zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing actual air temperatures in September 2025 on the left and the temperature anomaly on the right for September 2025. Anomalies are calculated relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. All data uses ERA5 reanalysis. Most areas are warmer than average.

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 4d

Last night, NASA's Perseverance rover looked up at the night sky once more, to capture interstellar #comet 3I/Atlas flying by the red planet.

The distance was "only" 0.2 AU or 30 Mio km, far closer than the comet ever got to Earth. 🔭 #3IAtlas

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

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 2d

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 4d

Last night, NASA's Perseverance rover looked up at the night sky once more, to capture interstellar #comet 3I/Atlas flying by the red planet.

The distance was "only" 0.2 AU or 30 Mio km, far closer than the comet ever got to Earth. 🔭 #3IAtlas

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

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4d

One of the things we are going to have to be very, very aware of is that a lot of people who are being heavily armed right now will simply not be willing to accept the results of a democratic election because they will go to jail.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 4d

also he did this while everything was very very obviously being recorded

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 4d

Some deranged dog joy for your timeline.

Black and white pup Winnie in the sunlight, looking up with tongue sticking out.

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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...

Mars Orbiters Will Have Front-row Seats to Interstellar Comet

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet will aim a suite of instruments at Comet 3I/ATLAS to capture details about this enigmatic object.

skyandtelescope.org

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A/Prof Narrelle Morris @narrellemorris.bsky.social · 7d

This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.

Daryl Green @ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social · 7d

by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.

The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, please!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 8d

I love spectra.

noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2528/

New Instrument at SOAR Achieves First Light with Observations of Remarkable Binary Star System - The high-resolution SOAR Telescope Echelle Spectrograph brings a powerful new tool to explore the South...

The SOAR Telescope, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, has received a major upgrade with the installation of the SOAR Telescope Echelle Spectrograph (STELES). The long-awaited instrument achieved first...

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to see my beloved @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social on this list.

Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 8d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

strangehorizons.com

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 9d

A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 9d

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 9d

Moon formation drama, a bit more understood 🌚

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of a ‘construction yard’ for moons around a large exoplanet, CT Cha b, which lies 625 light-years from Earth.

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

This is an illustration of a young planet with a surrounding disc of dust and gas, potentially forming moons. The planet, which appears red, is shown at lower right, enveloped by a cloudy disc. The host star appears at upper left, and glows yellow, with its own reddish disc of debris. The black background of space is speckled with stars. At the bottom of the illustration, graphics of molecules are listed in the following order: Acetylene, Carbon Dioxide, Ethane, Benzene, Hydrogen cyanide.

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 11d

Our politicians (including GOPs, because I can't imagine ALL of them are pro-invading US cities. Do not let them off the hook.) should state intent to prosecute the current administration with treason & remind service members & law enforcement that history does not look back fondly on collaborators.

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 11d

Sunset on Hurricane Humberto.

A Category 5 monster.

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 14d

Noooooo….

AO3 Status @status.archiveofourown.org · 15d

[update] Scheduled: #AO3 will be down for about 20 hours starting at 07:30 UTC on September 26 while we prepare some improvements to collection browsing.

AO3 Maintenance

#AO3 will be down for about 20 hours starting at 07:30 UTC on September 26 while we prepare some improvements to collection browsing.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 14d

Stars, gas and cosmic dust ✨ 🔭

This is Sagittarius B2, the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.

This image was captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared light.

A wide view of a region of space filled with stars and clumps of orange clouds.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15d

There’s understandably been a lot of focus on the CDC lately, but I don’t anyone to miss the bad tidings from the EPA.

-Scientists at the Office of Water have been ordered to stop publishing papers without review by a political appointee.

-Office of Research and Development has been eliminated.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 15d

This visualization of the Scorpius constellation in three dimensions reveals how the stars in the sky become distorted when viewed from a new perspective. 🔭 🧪

The Shape of Scorpius in Three Dimensions

This visualization reveals the stars of the Scorpius constellation in three dimensions. Watch as the familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective. The opening of the sequence pans up to Scorpius in the night sky. The brightest sta...

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 16d

“And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

Remember this: Try.”

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

variety.com

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 17d

The base tip is 20% on the post-tax amount for a full-service restaurant. 15% for fast-casual/pickup orders. For delivery drivers, enough to make sure they at least receive $10 total, especially if the delivery is small. I'm not rich, but I believe labor should be paid for.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17d

A majority of Americans say they would tip 15% or less for an average restaurant dining experience, including 2% who wouldn’t leave a tip at all.

Adults in lower-income households & those ages 65+ are more likely than their counterparts to say they would tip 15% or less in a situation like this.

Chart shows that for a majority of Americans, a standard tip when dining at a sit-down restaurant is 15% or less.

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