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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 5h

This is autobiographical. But it's also an invitation to anyone who's ever dreamed of a career in space and thought it wasn't possible. My journey to space (as a space lawyer. Caveat: never actually been to space.)

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15h

"“There is one tier of justice for all Americans,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement after Bolton was charged. “Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law. " Look forward to quoting this one back to her

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton indicted

He's the third prominent Trump adversary to face criminal charges in recent weeks, following former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15h

Woohoo! I think I know the one that's wrong. Also, this is way more fun when it comes from the brain and not from a chatbot answer (which would probably be wrong anyway)

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 1d

USA #1, then the rest in no particular order: France, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Nicaragua (I admit I googled to check if my guesses were way off. Don't know if they're correct but at least they aren't way off)

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 3d

Why I used AI explained by AI. You can't make this shit up. 😂😂😂

404 Media @404media.co · 3d

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

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Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 5d

Given my recent piece "Can You Buy The Moon?" open.substack.com/pub/spacecit... I thought this hilarious sketch by the marvellous "Puppet Regime" was brilliant. youtube.com/shorts/nwcVw...

Trump's deal to end the Ukraine war — #PUPPETREGIME #TrumpPuppet #PutinPuppet

YouTube video by GZERO Media

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 12d

It's #WorldSpaceWeek! What better way to celebrate than buy a piece of the Moon! You can buy lunar sites online for just $34.99. JK, it's a scam. But then what's the difference between this and million dollar deals to sell lunar resources? spacecitizens.substack.com/p/can-you-bu...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15d

Literally brought me to tears. Ziptied kids together, put guns in the face of US citizens (no coincidence that these are black citizens) and explicitly dehumanise them, threaten them, attack their homes. I know this is going down, but to hear these eyewitness accounts made me cry.

The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 16d

“They Took Everyone”: ICE Raids 75th Street Apartment, Detains Migrants and U.S. Citizens Alike

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 15d

Integrating a gender lens into space operations is no longer optional – it is essential to ensuring that space technologies contribute to protection rather than harm. Grateful to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy for publishing this op-ed www.gcsp.ch/publications...

GCSP Publication | Bringing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to Outer Space

Outer space is central to today’s conflicts, but absent from the Women, Peace and Security agenda, which was designed to safeguard those most affected by war. Integrating a gender lens into space secu...

www.gcsp.ch

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 21d

Isn't this part of the satire though? "You're making life difficult for Jews in America" is the perfect way to point out the mindset that refuses to acknowledge the value of Palestinian lives.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 21d

I can't even....what is there to say? It's consistent with the view that women should be at home and STFU, I guess.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Hegseth shuts down group advising on women in the military | CNN Politics

The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting bod...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

Obviously not Canon.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

No shit, Sherlock

Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

Exiting moment for us at @acsg.bsky.social as we move from "Australian" to "Australasian", with a focus on shaping responsible space governance that contributes to prosperity in the Indo- and Asia-Pacific. Stay tuned more to come in a few weeks!

Australasian Centre for Space Governance @acsg.bsky.social · 22d

We’re excited to unveil our new logo as we become the Australasian Centre for Space Governance, a new not-for-profit mission. Building on the legacy of ACSG, we’re expanding across the region while leading the agenda for responsible space governance in the Asia-Pacific

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

I mean, I'm sorry USA but I think I'm fact you should be afraid. Not like you shouldn't act, but you should also not just think things are going to change with a vote. I hope his faith in the justice system is well placed.

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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 22d

Remember the €240m contract for Planet Labs from the German government earlier this summer?

Now Planet Labs announces that it will invest in and expand its German site in Berlin, where up to 20 satellites per year will be produced in the future.

www.handelsblatt.com/technik/raum...

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

The president of the Australian Medical Association has such an important take on the fact that paracetamol / acetaminophen has no correlation to autism, and the load being carried by pregnant women and by mothers of autistic children as a result of this nonsense
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What a day. It’s had time to sink in and after at least 12 separate interviews, I’m now speechless. Thank you to the many journalists, producers and TV/radio hosts I spoke to today - for giving… | Da...

What a day. It’s had time to sink in and after at least 12 separate interviews, I’m now speechless. Thank you to the many journalists, producers and TV/radio hosts I spoke to today - for giving scien...

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

I'm ignorant is to whether full membership remains open to any space agency, or whether they stick to their core. But also, maybe because the Aus Space Agency is not a statutory body and can't do anything without many layers of approval even before ministerial. It is politicised and weak.

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

I think that only works for "connecting", but anyone can "follow" you on Linked In

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 22d

Be able to schedule posts

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23d

If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.

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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking News 🚨🚨

Boris Pistorius at BDI Weltraumkongress:

Germany will an invest 35 billion Euros in space security in the next five years.

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WHO @who.int · 23d

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

WHO statement on autism-related issues

Follow @WHO for the latest updates

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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 23d

"Je gaat dingen politiek maken die niets met politiek te maken hebben”. Maar de rellen waren toch hartstikke politiek?

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vsamsondc.bsky.social @vsamsondc.bsky.social · 23d

This is why I think it's pointless to try to keep the existence of satellites classified

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Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites

Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S. commercial and military assets as the two countries seek to demonstrate and...

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