Everyone give a HUGE congratulations to Naia for finishing her PhD in aerospace engineering! On my last visit to NASA Kennedy for the #ArtemisII rollout, I learned from her about the Super Guppy, and we dove in a little deeper to see what it's all about! Have some fun and laughs with us!
🚨 #AltCitizen Alert:
Chief Shultz advances proposal to limit public comment:
⏳just 10 days for actions requiring an environmental assessment (EA)
⏳just 20 days for actions requiring an environmental impact statement (EIS)
🗣️ Speak up by March 9.
Details on how in quoted post👇
What better day to promote this than #internationalwomensday?
"An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature.."
An alumnus of Emma Willard’s pioneering school, the Troy Female Seminary, was Eunice
Newton Foote who in 1856 published the first ever scientific paper to show atmospheric CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
#InternationalWomensDay
Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats
The bug equivalent to the reavers in #FireFly
You can also add your name to the statement (ONE DAY LEFT!) at this link: 🔭☄️
Astronomers for Planet Earth are submitting a statement about some of the proposed megaconstellations that would ruin ground-based astronomy to the FCC.
You can read the statement below: 🔭☄️
If you like those, Then I bet you would like what I’ve always thought looked more like space jellyfish and are naturally occurring - Sprits!
spritacular.org/gallery
Great summary of today's Science, Information & Technology Committee hearing (House of Commons) from @astroroyalscot.bsky.social.
It seems pretty clear that there have been serious structural and governance failures at STFC that have led to the current crisis.
Thanks @scifri.bsky.social for having me on to talk about federal research budgets. TLDL: Congress voted to reject the president's big science cuts, but the White House is slow to release those approved funds. 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
What happens to Gateway? Or the Exploration Upper Stage? What about Mobile Launcher 2? Are some questions left unresolved with the recent Artemis reorganization.
For @proximareport.bsky.social -> proximareport.com/articles/isa...
Yeah, not a great sign that they're just going to be experimenting on trans inmates like this and it's not a big story.
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Spring Break is right around the corner! Are you planning a beach trip?
Tides, winds, and waves can lead to dangerous conditions and impact your plans at the beach.
Find your surf forecast: weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-forecasts
I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.
“The Captain is Dead” is perhaps the best co-operative board game out there - and perfect for overly competitive types since you need that to maybe survive and win the game.
From the planetary society here's a comparison of Apollo vs Artemis funding in 2025 dollars
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...
He compared NASA's current budget to the Manhattan project but not to the Apollo budget... Which Apollo wasn't as ambitious as Artemis is hoping to be... No moon base during Apollo, but working towards a sustained lunar presence with Artemis.
Transgender Kansans are receiving letters saying their driver’s licenses must match sex at birth by Thursday
They can either
🔴Refuse & violate the law
🔴Change ID & out themselves everywhere they use it
They are being marked for discrimination. Sound familiar?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home.
14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.
When you have new folks coming in continuously to "make their mark" & changing priorities. Yes, then none of these efforts will be able to take hold.
Space is a long term endeavor, something that needs continuous work. Not flipping from one priority, dropping others to then flip back a bit later
I can't believe that they didn't address that one issue is that none of these initiatives have gotten more than 4-8 years (typical mission lifetime pre launch is about that).
A culture reset at NASA is underway. Will it stick this time? | Federal News Network share.google/i1Py9ti82cMh...
Interesting read
AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture | Communications Psychology share.google/Jyan4Tr4eqvX...
📞Calling early career researchers attending #OSM26!
Learn how to communicate your science effectively in your publications with editors from ASLO, TOS, and AGU.
Join this interactive session will also include tips for navigating the peer review process.
🌊https://buff.ly/2o6HCQx
I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.
Looking for something fun to do tonight instead of doom scrolling? Might I suggest reading up on some amazing scientists... Who were perhaps just a bit out there :).
open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...
A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them?
(Published Dec. 2022)
A baby chicken maybe, painted on the side of a wall. The left half is more realistic and uses browns and blacks mostly on a normal dirty white colored wall... but the right side is crazy colors on a pink wall
Reminds me of this piece in Coimbra Portugal.
