Sarah Hörst
@planetdr.bsky.social
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Professor of planetary science at Johns Hopkins. Titan’s biggest fan. Pomeranian wrangler. Runner. Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. She/her. sarahhorst.com Planetdr.26 on signal
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planetdr.bsky.social
I see that. I’m glad! (I’m in an unusual time zone for me and it makes everything so confusing)
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vanhollen.senate.gov
The Trump admin has lied about this case from the start — and now it can't get its story straight about next steps for Mr. Abrego Garcia.

This reeks of a political prosecution and the courts must continue to ensure his due process rights are protected.
Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
www.nytimes.com
planetdr.bsky.social
The lizard meme but tariff
planetdr.bsky.social
You posted something like this a few years ago which is how I ended up with all of mine
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clairewillett.bsky.social
finally saw that wonderful Jane Goodall clip and I can’t tell you how delighted I am to learn that in addition to being a genius and a pure soul and a phenomenal advocate and a cultural revolutionary, she was also a hater
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clairewillett.bsky.social
the interviewer goes “are there people in the world you don’t like?” in this tone of voice that sort of implies “surely not you, Jane Goodall, patron saint of the natural world,” but oh no she was IMMEDIATELY ready with a list of names
planetdr.bsky.social
They have a dedicated sleep area with chairs that are reclined with foot rests and cots (free) and sleep cabins ($$) and the lights are dimmed
planetdr.bsky.social
lol. Alas I had a 10 hour layover between two redeyes so sleep was very much on my mind
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matthewcort.land
Link is an IRL colleague and friend; his values and commitment to those values is beyond reproach. Through her actions, @jay.bsky.team continues to demonstrate her values are rotten.
shengokai.blacksky.app
Suspending Link after he pointed out the how following Jonathan Chait after being accused of transphobia does not allow you to beat the transphobia allegations. In fact, it does the opposite.

To be clear: suspending Link was certainly a choice. And we know what KIND of choice it is.
jazzpomegranate.com
so now link is suspended with no email
planetdr.bsky.social
There won’t be anything official coming directly from NASA right now because of the shutdown :(
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
It's bad enough if President Trump is demanding authoritarian powers in violation of the Constitution ...

But if his unelected aides are manipulating him to get their own authoritarian policies in place, that's sort of a bigger deal.
hunterub.bsky.social
This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.
planetdr.bsky.social
Just connecting through unfortunately
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
A prayer more than an interview. Amen.
kojamf.bsky.social
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
planetdr.bsky.social
The Munich airport is the most sleeping friendly airport I’ve ever seen. 10/10 for being civilized.
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
The history teacher is going to be stuck on “why didn’t the Biden admin punish sedition and why was a seditionist even allowed to run for president again” for a long, long time…Americans stopped believing they had a functional government long before they started believing they had a fascist one
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bencollins.bsky.social
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
We told y'all.
patriotprogressive.bsky.social
Trump converts the shutdown into Project 2025 in practice: $25B in projects frozen in Democratic states, threats to fire civil servants, partisan banners on agency sites, ethics rules flouted. Power turned into punishment within 24 hours.
The Project 2025 Shutdown Is Here - The Atlantic
It’s become another avenue to turn power into partisan gain.
www.theatlantic.com
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vectorpark.com
If a tiny fraction of the resources deployed towards AI was invested instead in actual artists we'd be enjoying a renaissance rather than drowning in a sea of garbage
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nkalamb.bsky.social
MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...
This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.  

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.  
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.  

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
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ggnanadesikan.bsky.social
"Whatever benefits you might receive... would be vastly outweighed by how destructive your participation would be for your campus community - and higher education more broadly. We urge you to be the united front line that rejects this latest onslaught..."

Signed: a UArizona alum. #HigherEd
rosalafersousa.bsky.social
🚨 Are you an alum from one of the 9 universities Trump is attempting to extort right now?

✍️ Sign this petition to defend your university, free speech, and democracy. I signed.

This is a time for courage, not capitulation.
#JustSayNo #Compact 🧪🧠🧬

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Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now
Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.
alumni.controlshift.app