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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 5h

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 17h

500 more highly-trained, tax-payer-invested scientists and researchers gone from JPL; truly so shameful

NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 17h

A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher announces a JPL layoff of 500 people has been announced that is "not related to the current government shutdown". www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-wor...

JPL Workforce Update

A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher

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Ross Miller @rosshm16.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding interview, so many great quotes here. Loved the weightroom analogy:

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 1d

guide star acquisition failure : (

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Statistical analysis used SPSS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig Reneé Rapp fan

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Shy

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

V different vibe but V good

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WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

this is really nice -- jazz bar x wedding singer x pop star vibes

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So Easy (To Fall In Love)

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

there are no ethical billionaires etc. etc. but in the class war, I will be inviting miss swift to donate her $ to the cause and to switch sides (she'll say yes, no worries, she's a self-admitted "pathological people pleaser")

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

my thoughts on the new Taylor Swift album are that:
1. it's good
2. it's fun
3. taylor's whole brand has been being cringe
4. it's just some songs; it's not that deep
5. Opalite is my favorite
6. it hits different (better) if you listen to it in the California sunshine

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

As I attend these science talks about Rubin and Roman, I think a lot about how we should be over-investing into training new astronomers and setting community+infrastructure... we will have >>10x the data we've collected from ALL other telescopes COMBINED and we are gutting the community; shameful

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 2d

1,257 ..... highly-educated scientists just gone from the workforce. Where are they to go? And even then, will they use their CDC/science knowledge in that job? Let alone the harm to their 1,257 individual lives - we invested so much tax-payer funding into their education... now simply wasted.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 3d

everyone should be streaming 'Radical Optimism' by Dua Lipa

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Radical Optimism

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 3d

let's goooooooooo

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory: The Best Inventions of 2025

Find out why Vera C. Rubin Observatory is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 4d

would love to pass this along to students I know ! I can’t seem to find it on the website — is this internship paid? if so, how much?

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 4d

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 5d

Meeting of the Minds ⚔️

Love the energy of these guys, even if they’re still a little small to really challenge the big boys when push comes to shove.

🏷️: 📸🐡🌿🦊

Tight crop of two smaller bull elk locking antlers and staring down one another. Rain drops are visible falling behind them, and the foreground is a sheet of out of focus greenery.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 5d

Opera singer strikes soothing note for premature babies in French hospital.

Aline Martin of the Opera national de Lorraine sings lullabies, Disney tunes and hymns to soothe babies. "We've noticed that the vibrations of the human voice, especially the lyrical voice, have a comforting quality"

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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know that #seaotters have one of the most diverse diets in the animal kingdom? These clever marine mammals can eat up to 100 different types of invertebrates - including clams, crabs, sea urchins… and yes, sometimes even #octopus 🐙!

📸: @ingridtaylar.bsky.social #WorldOctopusDay

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 5d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · 8d

new from me and a few others at astrobites 🧪 🔭

Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 8d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
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Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

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Graham Doskoch @astrohde.bsky.social · 7d

@giantmolecular.cloud, Bill Smith and I wrote about why the new modification to the eligibility rules for the premier NSF graduate fellowship is actually A Really, Really Big Deal -- and not in a good way.

Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 8d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/04/n...

Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 9d

there will be better days, and sometimes those days are today ♥️