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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · 10h

Did you know that #seaotters have one of the most diverse diets in the animal kingdom? These clever marine mammals can eat up to 100 different types of invertebrates - including clams, crabs, sea urchins… and yes, sometimes even #octopus 🐙!

📸: @ingridtaylar.bsky.social #WorldOctopusDay

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 13h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · 3d

new from me and a few others at astrobites 🧪 🔭

Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 3d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/04/n...

Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

astrobites.org

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Graham Doskoch @astrohde.bsky.social · 2d

@giantmolecular.cloud, Bill Smith and I wrote about why the new modification to the eligibility rules for the premier NSF graduate fellowship is actually A Really, Really Big Deal -- and not in a good way.

Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 3d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/04/n...

Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

astrobites.org

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 4d

there will be better days, and sometimes those days are today ♥️

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 6d

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Job opportunity: the SCIMaP team is hiring a Communication + Media Outreach specialist to support our work on mapping and communicating the impact of science funding cuts!

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5d

New job 🚨:

Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

Application review starts Oct 10:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 5d

good morning

Guy at awards show saying he couldn't be there in spirit so he's there in person

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 5d

sometimes music can just be fun to listen to and easy to dance to and that's all it needs to be !

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 5d

Rubin Observatory tiramisu for a trip to UDelaware today to see @fedhere.bsky.social + Somayeh Khakpash (+ luckily @yymao.bsky.social !)

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 5d

no, I would use it to support me + my coworkers #fundscience 🧪

NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 5d

If you won $1 million, would you quit your job? The Connecticut woman who made history as the biggest-ever winner on "Wheel of Fortune" shared whether she has, like she joked she would on the show. on.nbcboston.com/9i1TI6f

What the 'Wheel of Fortune' winner plans to do with her historic $1M jackpot

Christina Derevjanik racked up over $1 million in prizes on the game show.

on.nbcboston.com

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 7d

i found this the day after the election and i stared at a tree in the sunshine and wind and listened to this on repeat for a few hours... it helped then too

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 7d

stressed !!! but this song is helping

open.spotify.com/track/5lm18p...

Ballerina

open.spotify.com

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 7d

The view is even better on camera 3. www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

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Alex Ji @alexji.bsky.social · 7d

For those frantically trying to submit their Gemini proposals tonight, it’s broken:
www.gemini.edu/news/science...

Gemini Proposal Server Offline

A network outage in Chile has caused a loss of connectivity to our backend servers for proposals for 2026A. We do not know at this stage how long it will take to restore the service. We will update he...

www.gemini.edu

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

i was invited to a gathering tonight and initially wasn’t gonna go because every extra thing feels like so much these days but i made myself go and i’m so glad i did because it turns out community is so fucking important right now

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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 8d

After a long hiatus, AIP's postdoc position for historians of the physical sciences is back!

3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci

workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

A green space with bushes and trees and a helix sculpture next to a beige building.

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 8d

Smash Mouth really said it right… these years keep coming and they don’t stop coming

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 8d

“New Romantics” is still one of the best songs Taylor Swift has ever written fyi

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 8d

Twelve whales have been tangled in shark nets off Queensland’s coast so far this year. Here’s why

In the worst case, entanglements could cause drowning, one expert says, but whales can also suffer long-term effects from the nets

www.theguardian.com

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 8d

Can GRB 250702B be explained as the tidal disruption of a white dwarf by an intermediate mass black hole? Yes
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22843
Rob AJ Eyles-Ferris et al.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22843

arXiv abstract link

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 8d

GRB 250702B: Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Burst from a Black Hole Falling into a Star
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22792
Eliza Neights et al.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22792

arXiv abstract link

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 8d

Comprehensive X-ray Observations of the Exceptional Ultra-long X-ray and Gamma-ray Transient GRB 250702B with Swift, NuSTAR, and Chandra: Insights from the X-ray Afterglow Properties
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22787
Brendan O'Connor et al.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22787

arXiv abstract link

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 8d

Optical/infrared observations of the extraordinary GRB 250702B: a highly obscured afterglow in a massive galaxy consistent with multiple possible progenitors
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22784
Jonathan Carney et al.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22784

arXiv abstract link

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 8d

Ultra-long Gamma-ray Bursts from Micro-Tidal Disruption Events: The Case of GRB 250702B
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22779
Paz Beniamini, Hagai B. Perets, Jonathan Granot.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22779

arXiv abstract link

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