Jen Sobeck

Jen Sobeck

@jensob.bsky.social

Staff Astronomer at Caltech/IPAC, Team Member on the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope (nasaromantelescope.bsky.social), Mom to Lucas and Noah, (tiny print: opinions are my own and not those of my employer)

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Replying to @billthepony.bsky.social

Yep. People are like “how do we restore trust in public health”? Well, you can start by not platforming people who have no understanding of public health and those who actively spread disinformation.

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

sign.moveon.orgUnilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...

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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

hollywoodreporter.comAs Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the PlanThe union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.
Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

The amounts of data from the Nancy G. Roman Telescope will be staggering! To prepare for the Mission, become familiar with the tools and data. Our first webinar will be focused on the “Tools for Exploring Roman’s Core Community Surveys". For more information, please check our website: bit.ly/4oaaewG

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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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Did you know? 💡 Childhood shows like The Magic School Bus, Cyberchase, Sci Girls, and Peep and the Big Wide World were funded by the National Science Foundation. These shows have been a significant contributor to science education in and out of the classroom for decades.

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This fee is absolutely horrendous, and I feel sick for multiple friends in the US or who were planning to take up positions in the US very soon. Hell, even people I spent time with this week at @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social here in Vienna might not get back into the US tomorrow

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Today 31 Democrats chose to side with Donald Trump over DC. We did not ask for this. It will not make us safer. And fueling this fascist president's agenda is dangerous for our entire country. (🧵)

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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?

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RFK is secretary of Hazards and Human Suffering. His testimony today shows his staggering incompetency and his complete indifference to the truth — indifference that is costing lives. He must be impeached before he harms more people. #ImpeachRFK

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NEW: More than 199,000 federal workers have left their jobs or have been forced out by the Trump admin since Jan. 2025, per a new report. That’s nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce. “We’re seeing the arson of our government." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

huffpost.comWe Now Have An Idea Of How Many Federal Workers Trump Has Pushed Out“We’re seeing the arson of our government,” warned Max Stier of Partnership for Public Service, which has been tracking people's lost jobs since January.

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has now surpassed FIVE HOURS of his "magic minute" sharing the stories of Americans who will be impacted by Trump's Big Bullshit Bill. Jeffries has also name-checked Republicans whom Democrats are targeting in next year’s election.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

House Minority Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has been on the floor speaking out against Trump's Big Bullshit Bill for more than THREE HOURS. And he's still going. Let him know how grateful we are for him continuing to fight!

The Big Beautiful Bill is such a heartless and reckless piece of legislation. I knew this was crystallizing, but the impending passage of the BBB only confirms this…we are so lost as country…and will be for years to come.

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💥💥 Double detonation!  For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. The fingerprint that points to this mechanism is represented by two separate shells of calcium.   Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/ 🔭 🧪 ☄️ 1/

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3rd interstellar object! Using @astrafoxen.bsky.social's orbit below, it would've had velocity 57.9+-0.9 km/s entering solar sys... faster than 'Oumuamua (26km/s) or Borisov (32km/s), & absolute mag H=14.9 suggests bigger too (maybe ~few km diameter) #A11pl3Z looks like Leet for "Allplease" :)

astrafoxen@astrafoxen.bsky.social

ANOTHER UPDATE on interstellar object #A11pl3Z: Even MORE early obs from June 14-21 were found from the Zwicky Transient Facility! Now with 18 days of data, we have a lower eccentricity of e=6.11±0.14 for A11pl3Z's hyperbolic trajectory. (Sam Deen also notes ATLAS obs from Jun 4-17, unsubmitted) 🔭☄️

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Senate Republicans passed Trump's budget bill and it’s now heading back to the House. If it makes it past the House, 17 million people will lose their health care. Text CALL to 43367 to get the info you need to call your Congressperson’s office.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers. Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership. Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)