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Kimberly Cartier
@astrokimcartier.bsky.social
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Senior Science Reporter for @eos.org at the American Geophysical Union, former astronomer who still loves all things space. Posts reflect my own views. Signal: kstar.20 She/her 🏳️‍🌈✡️
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Politico @politico.com · 1d
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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Eos @eos.org · 1d
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...
JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d
Solidarity is the only way
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 1d
My heart goes with all the JPL'ers today ❤️
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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 2d
Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.

Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
My extreme sickness in pregnancy feels like a personal failure, even as society glorifies motherhood as divine suffering | Intifar Chowdhury
My extreme sickness in pregnancy feels like a personal failure, even as society glorifies motherhood as divine suffering | Intifar Chowdhury
Hyperemesis gravidarum – a condition routinely dismissed as ‘just morning sickness’ – doesn’t just affect your stomach, it hijacks your entire life
www.theguardian.com
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d
About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 5d
Some happy news this morning! ❤️🐢
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation
Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation
Exclusive: Trial that has produced 13 hatchlings could help other threatened species avoid extinction The slow-motion pitter-patter of tiny giant tortoise feet has been worryingly rare in recent years, but that looks set to change thanks to the first successful hatching of the species with artificial incubation. One week after the intervention, the 13 babies are building up their strength on a diet of banana slices and leaves in Seychelles, which is home to one of the last remaining populations of the tortoise. Continue reading...
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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 6d
Just to be clear, the circumcision “link” to autism RFK announced is:
-Antisemitic
-Anti-Muslim
-Ableist and Neuroableist
-Sexist (implies that women can’t be autistic)
-Rooted in conspiracy theories
-Medically unsound

…I could go on. Like his Tylenol assertion, it’s total BS.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 6d
One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo
“Damage is being done already. Even if funding is reinstated, we have already lost people.”…
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6d
Federal law prohibits ERs from treating people differently based on their ability to pay or citizenship status.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 6d
lol if you are a young pregnant American citizen in an ER you may not get the treatment you need and instead get sepsis because of forced birth Republican laws
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7d
Chicago, motherfuckers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 7d
reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible
Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d
“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 8d
A sorry record. This is one reason I don’t care for the Nobel prizes. Three others being:

1) promotes a “great man” view of scientific progress, whereas science is best understood and celebrated as a collective, community activity.
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Graph showing the low and declining percentage of physics Nobel prizes awarded to women. 2.18% as of 2025, despite the fact that 15% of physics phds have been awarded to women over the last 50 years.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d
Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 8d
First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 8d
*sigh* another year, another Nobel Prize in Physics going to white men.

😔 I'm tired.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d
BREAKING: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in quantum mechanics.
Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling.
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 8d
Oh look another Hatch Act violation, this time by the USDA 🫠

btw, I love the juxtaposition of "official government website" with "radical left democrat shutdown" I'm sure that won't come back to bite anyone in the behind /s
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8d
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 8d
🎶 Dancing through life, skimming the surface, gliding where turf is smooooooth 🎶

My latest for @eos.org:

eos.org/articles/ice...
Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures - Eos
New observations reveal how microscopic organisms move through polar ice and illustrate how they may have evolved to thrive in extreme environments.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 11d
Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk
From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.
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