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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 10h

When they start saying the quiet part out loud, it makes me afraid. I suspect that is part of the goal, along with, ah <checks notes>, normalizing fascism and nazis.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Grumpy Lady @grumpylady.bsky.social · 16h

Are we finally all going to agree this isn’t “more convenient” than going to a brick & mortar store????

Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

Reasons I have to leave my house today:

Amazon sent me the wrong item, so I get to go to Kohl's to make a return.

The headphones that broke under warranty were returned still broken, so I get to go to UPS.

The iPhone trade-in has to be done by mail, so I get to go to FedEx.

#enshittification

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Mars @pscmars.bsky.social · 17h

I’m good with that.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

I just got a phone call from Rep Nikki Budzinski inviting me to join a phone-based town hall.

It's always weird when the roles get reversed. I'm used to calling, not being called! Yay?

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

Reasons I have to leave my house today:

Amazon sent me the wrong item, so I get to go to Kohl's to make a return.

The headphones that broke under warranty were returned still broken, so I get to go to UPS.

The iPhone trade-in has to be done by mail, so I get to go to FedEx.

#enshittification

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

Hey that's me! come join?

CosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 1d

It's stream time! Join Pamela for the Daily Grind: Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

Good news from the other place: Ham radio operators have detected Juno's carrier signal. We don't know if the mission will be continued (its funding expired Oct 1) but it at least wasn't plunged into Jupiter without our knowledge.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 1d

We have those, so it's possible.

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Wang Yu @wangyu-1979.bsky.social · 2d

Open faculty position!

The Department of Geosciences at the National Taiwan University (NTU-TW) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position.

Details here: web.gl.ntu.edu.tw/index.php/re...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 2d

There is a grass hopper / cricket / loud-legged critter in my studio.

And it is signing the song of its people with its loud leggy bits.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 2d

Our Saturday night MoonNight + 100 HoA stream didn't happen Saturday because my flight was delayed.

Because the science must go on, we'll be trying again tonight. Tune in on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX at 9pm Eastern

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

When we finally dig out of all this, we really are going to have to create an explicitly non-military National Climate Corps to deal with weather-related disasters, because no one will be enlisting in the National Guard.

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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 3d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

ino.to

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 3d

I think it’s going to be right up there with Armageddon as a teachable moment

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󠀁󠁿⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁢⁢⁤⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁢⁤⁤⁢⁤⁤⁤⁤⁤⁤⁤⁢⁢⁢⁢⁤⁢👻 @0x0.boo · 3d

Psychological self-defense, re-frame the hate. Make it your bitch. Now it has no power.

Bonus: Monetize it to compound the effect.

🤷‍♀️

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 3d

I’m going to need to hate watch all of this season and post so many thoughts: youtu.be/kHBHjETWCew?...

9-1-1 Season 9 Trailer (HD)

YouTube video by TV Promos

youtu.be

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 4d

Sigh

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 4d

The Good: I didn’t miss my connection
The Bad: my connection is delayed
The Good: I have food in my bag
The Bad: I won’t be home onetime to start our #100HoA / #moonnight stream

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 4d

Have art

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 4d

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 37:
- 9 universities face loyalty oath (“compact”)
- government shutdown - impact on services & fear of further RIFs
- four NIH directors officially fired

& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Week 37

Sept 27-Oct 2, 2025 - hold the door

buttondown.com

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 4d

In about 10 minutes I'll be going live with the 100 Hours of Astronomy Program to talk about Pluto and it's demotion from planet status. bit.ly/24hrs-live3

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

bit.ly

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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