Doug Caldwell

Doug Caldwell

@dacmess.bsky.social

Astronomer at the SETI Institute <> Exoplanets <> Data-Instrument interfaces <> dogs, cats, horses <> slow trail runner <> banjo?? <> he/him/his

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Republicans: supporting freedom from government tyranny, liberty, and justice for all.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."

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John Lampe@jwlampe.bsky.social

Hey science types! OMB has a proposed rule, OMB-2026-0034, which would be terrible for scientific funding. The comment period closes on Monday 7/13 - if you can, leave a comment opposing it. Here’s some info: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... #chemsky

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No less than 60 million stars in one image. It's possible thanks to ESA's Euclid mission. For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light. Let's dive deeper 👇 🔭 🧪 ☄️ 1/8

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Please read this thread, submit your comments (#9) and subscribe (#10)

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants. A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary." This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

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This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.

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Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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Trump to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: "You heard that question? With those beautiful ears of yours." (Check out how awkward Isaacman looks after Trump says this to him.)

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While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break

planetary.orgYour Guide to NASA's BudgetHow big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as…

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Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

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I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"