Jackie B.R. 🦦🏳️🌈🇲🇽
@firstgenphys.bsky.social
Physics BS @UTArlington. McNair Scholar. 2nd year Grad student @Yale Previously, Your Local Barium Tagger. Currently, your not so local 𝜈 hunter ⚛💕
Astronomers captured the first image of a rare double-detonation supernova that destroyed a white dwarf star 160,000 light-years away. Two blasts, two rings of calcium, zero star left behind.
Credit: ESO/VLT, Nature Astronomy
Credit: ESO/VLT, Nature Astronomy
July 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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IDF is getting an assist from US mercenaries
apnews.com/article/pale...
apnews.com/article/pale...
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Asso...
apnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
IDF is getting an assist from US mercenaries
apnews.com/article/pale...
apnews.com/article/pale...
This is a fantastic collection of information about how the American Physical Society can better respond to its membership at this time. 🧪⚛️
I keep hearing from people that they feel better about APS’s approach to things than AAS’s too …
arxiv.org/abs/2506.24043
I keep hearing from people that they feel better about APS’s approach to things than AAS’s too …
arxiv.org/abs/2506.24043
Advocacy for Physics and for Physicists: Results of an Informal Survey of American Physical Society Members in 2025
In the wake of a rash of executive orders and administrative actions aimed at shaping the scale, scope, and focus of the scientific enterprise in the United States during the second Trump Presidency, ...
arxiv.org
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Like many NASA projects and missions, the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute was asked to submit a closeout budget this week. Hopefully just a drill! But very difficult just the same. 💔
Regardless of what happens, I’m *so proud* of the service we have performed for the community over the years. ✨🪐💾🔭👩🏻🔬
Regardless of what happens, I’m *so proud* of the service we have performed for the community over the years. ✨🪐💾🔭👩🏻🔬
July 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So they’re basically laundering our federal science budget over to the for-profit prison and concentration camp industry?
NSF’s 2024 budget was $9.06 billion.
NASA: $24.875.
NIH: $47.7 billion.
Fund science, not cruelty.
NSF’s 2024 budget was $9.06 billion.
NASA: $24.875.
NIH: $47.7 billion.
Fund science, not cruelty.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
July 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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René Magritte, Man in a Bowler Hat, 1964. 🤍
June 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
René Magritte, Man in a Bowler Hat, 1964. 🤍
Did I tell yall that I ended up winning a book scholarship thing that let me buy this textbook
Is $150 bucks a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a textbook I really want
June 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Did I tell yall that I ended up winning a book scholarship thing that let me buy this textbook
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I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
Advertising this here: I have a physics discord server! I post research opportunities like REUs & scholarships for undergrads & grads. As a first-gen student, I thought it was super hard to find these resources, so I thought this would make it easier! discord.gg/AS3F7RH
Join the Aspiring Scientists Discord Server!
Check out the Aspiring Scientists community on Discord - hang out with 209 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Advertising this here: I have a physics discord server! I post research opportunities like REUs & scholarships for undergrads & grads. As a first-gen student, I thought it was super hard to find these resources, so I thought this would make it easier! discord.gg/AS3F7RH
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Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
April 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
WE GETTING A DOCUMENTARY ON SNO+, SUPERK, AND ICECUBE OMGGGG m.youtube.com/watch?v=hm-o...
Messengers (Official Trailer)
YouTube video by Jeffrey Zablotny
m.youtube.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WE GETTING A DOCUMENTARY ON SNO+, SUPERK, AND ICECUBE OMGGGG m.youtube.com/watch?v=hm-o...
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This is a good plan - opening Belgian universities up to academics who want to leave the US - but the money has to follow. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/brain...
‘Braindrain’ uit de VS: Demir wil dat universiteiten hun deuren openzetten voor Amerikaanse wetenschappers
Nu steeds meer wetenschappers de VS overwegen te verlaten wegens het repressieve beleid van Donald Trump, zien Europese universiteiten hun kans om talent binnen te halen. Ook Vlaams minister van Onder...
www.demorgen.be
March 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is a good plan - opening Belgian universities up to academics who want to leave the US - but the money has to follow. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/brain...
Is $150 bucks a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a textbook I really want
March 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Is $150 bucks a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a textbook I really want
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"hidden origins" its on wikipedia
March 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"hidden origins" its on wikipedia
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I’ve just finished this, perhaps the clearest and most readable book on cosmology I’ve ever read.
Highly recommended.
@astrokatie.com
More illustrations would have been nice, so a profusely illustrated version is clearly called for!
Highly recommended.
@astrokatie.com
More illustrations would have been nice, so a profusely illustrated version is clearly called for!
March 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I’ve just finished this, perhaps the clearest and most readable book on cosmology I’ve ever read.
Highly recommended.
@astrokatie.com
More illustrations would have been nice, so a profusely illustrated version is clearly called for!
Highly recommended.
@astrokatie.com
More illustrations would have been nice, so a profusely illustrated version is clearly called for!
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If you’re in Philly and want to get more involved with protecting our immigrant neighbors (regardless of immigration status), the New Sanctuary Movement has been fighting on this front since 2007.
They have upcoming trainings and other opportunities so please subscribe to their newsletter
They have upcoming trainings and other opportunities so please subscribe to their newsletter
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia – Interfaith Immigrant Justice
www.sanctuaryphiladelphia.org
March 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you’re in Philly and want to get more involved with protecting our immigrant neighbors (regardless of immigration status), the New Sanctuary Movement has been fighting on this front since 2007.
They have upcoming trainings and other opportunities so please subscribe to their newsletter
They have upcoming trainings and other opportunities so please subscribe to their newsletter
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can you tell that nuclear pasta is one of my favorite topics 🍜
March 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
can you tell that nuclear pasta is one of my favorite topics 🍜
When my research group found out "polarization" was on the list of banned "DEI" words, we realized that we as an AMO lab might be fucked
Heard of an engineering scholar who had their funding cut because they study "polarization" of light. So stupid.
March 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When my research group found out "polarization" was on the list of banned "DEI" words, we realized that we as an AMO lab might be fucked
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Heard of an engineering scholar who had their funding cut because they study "polarization" of light. So stupid.
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Heard of an engineering scholar who had their funding cut because they study "polarization" of light. So stupid.
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Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.
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#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
Hiring BS Microbiologist, Laboratory - Bethel
View job details and apply now
phh.tbe.taleo.net
March 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.
phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...
#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...
#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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Pet peeve: I hate how often ppl claim “all the researchers will just move to Europe/Canada!” You vastly under-estimate how little money there is there vs the USA- and unless that changes ASAP this loss is just going to decimate global science, full stop. 🧪🔭
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Pet peeve: I hate how often ppl claim “all the researchers will just move to Europe/Canada!” You vastly under-estimate how little money there is there vs the USA- and unless that changes ASAP this loss is just going to decimate global science, full stop. 🧪🔭
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.