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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · 20d

Yea! Thank you 🙏. I’d love to hear back from you after you’ve read it :)

Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · 20d

Ok wait, just so we are clear, does the FCC idea that media should not lie to the public apply to, oh I don’t know, like Fox News? Just curious.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Aug 20

On brand. 🧪🔭✨

Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · Aug 20

NASA chief to defy agency’s charter, terminating science

On August 14, 2025, NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy announced a new direction for NASA, eliminating science and focusing on spaceflight.

Who cares if it violates the NASA charter?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #nasa #ohwell

NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science

NASA's 1958 charter's top priority was, "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." Is this how it ends?

bigthink.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Aug 15

This tracks.🔭🧪✨

SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Aug 8

I am excited to see the memes that come from this.

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip

Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

www.theguardian.com

Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Aug 7

My thought exactly.

Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Aug 5

<checks watch>
Yep, the year is 2025.

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sharing a photo from the road today. A friend captioned it:
“Actual footage of university budget software trying to reimburse me for the $25 I spent on snacks for a group meeting.”
There is a meme in here somewhere.

A flat bed semi carrying nothing but a children’s bicycle.

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 28

Just a friendly reminder that the universe can put our egos in check whenever it wants.
🔭🧪✨

This Is Not the Way We Usually Imagine the World Will End

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 27

I am sick to my stomach.
#UVA

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 27

The NYTimes article came out yesterday, but the demand preceded that by a significant number of days.

Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 26

Yeah, this is one heck of a powerful telescope indeed. It is not hyperbole to say it may even save humanity if the wrong chunk of rock decides to cross our orbit.
🔭🧪✨

This Powerful Telescope Quickly Found 2,100 New Asteroids

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Fantastic article about Rubin (both the person and the shiny new observatory) in the @nytimes.com today. Unlike many (not all!) of the male scientists with household names, she was a profoundly good and caring human. ALL of the women in #astrophysics today are standing on her shoulders.
🔭🧪✨

Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you Jeff! It warms my heart to hear this :)

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 11

A triumph of human persistence and ingenuity: At the age of 35, the Hubble Space Telescope is more productive than ever. Wow.
(Courtesy of Dr. Jennifer Wiseman @aas.org).
🔭🧪✨

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 9

Dara Norman @aas.org President kicks off the meeting with inspiration. “We are all in this together”. #aas246
🧪🔭✨

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 5

Anyone else want to get some popcorn?

Live Updates: Trump-Musk Alliance Dissolves as They Hurl Personal Attacks

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · Jun 3

Um.
“political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to “correct scientific information,” control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science.”
🤯🔭🧪

The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 30

I am proud of the @aas.org for leading this effort. The gutting of the NSF is devastating to future innovation and discovery.
🔭🧪✨🚀

American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · May 30

AAS and 52 other science societies and organizations sent a letter to Congress this morning expressing concern over recent organizational and financial developments at NSF, and urging Congress to exercise its oversight authority to preserve American STEM leadership. aas.org/press/letter... 🔭

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 18

NYT brought receipts:
“One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention.”

One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention

Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena Col...

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 16

To celebrate the end of the semester and a blissful day without meetings, I’m starting prep for a course I want to teach next year on Exotheology—exploring the relationship between theological ideas and the possibility of ET life. I am in academic nerd heaven.
🔭🧪👽

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 10

Yep. Honestly, I’m almost not sure I’m upset - it might be good for us to be out in time out…

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 10

Spot on.

Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 10

We’ve left Earth a mess, so let’s go destroy space too. We’re like spoiled children who never learned to take care of their things or clean up after themselves.
To the universe, I am sorry humans are so foolish. 🌎

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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · May 10

Pure unbridled catastrophic hubristic ignorant myopathy.
🔭🧪😩

Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk

SpaceX and Starlink owner may benefit from Trump cuts to projects that could have led to regulations and costs

www.theguardian.com

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