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The Orphan @forestcronebears.bsky.social · 2h

Tell your stories to the Congresspeople who are still working hard, they want to know about Federal Layoffs/Terminations @repstansbury.bsky.social @algreen.house.gov @crockett.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov 🧪🥼📚🔭🖋️💕💖

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely heartbroken for my NASA-JPL colleagues. Tomorrow is going to be a challenging day 💔

[JPL Peeps- y’all know how to directly reach me. PLEASE reach out if you need anything. Love you Guys!!!]

Reuters @reuters.com · 9d

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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The Orphan @forestcronebears.bsky.social · 2h

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 8d

The news is starting to roll-in from today’s NASA-JPL terminations. Sending the biggest virtual hugs to my extended JPL Family 🩵🥺

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 2d

🍂 Fall Outings.

Finally hiked to the columnar basalt outcrops. Cooper-approved 🐾

Spectacular!

Bonus: Park was packed, so I had an opportunity to discuss this outcrop w/ a group of enthusiastic hikers.

📍Compton Gap- #ShenandoahNationalPark, Virginia 🪨🧪

Columnar basalt outcrop in Shenandoah National Park (large lab the size of a small lab for scale). Viewpoint from below the outcrop. Columns were much larger than expected (column cross-section diameter ~50cm). Basalt is weathered with a greenish-tan weathering rind. 📍Outcrop: Compton Gap, Virginia (Mile 10).

Close-up of columnar basalt outcrop in Shenandoah National Park (scale: hiking pole- 65cm). Viewpoint from below the outcrop. Columns were much larger than expected (column cross-section diameter ~50cm). Basalt is weathered with a greenish-tan weathering rind. 📍Outcrop: Compton Gap, Virginia (Mile 10)

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16h

ICYMI: My longest article ever for Scuba Diving Magazine answers one of the most frequent career advice quesions I receive... and the answer probably isn't what you think!

Give it a read and share

www.scubadiving.com/best-schools... 🦑🧪

What Are the Best Schools to Study Marine Biology?

In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman gives aspiring marine scientists things to consider when looking for in a college or university.

www.scubadiving.com

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The Orphan @forestcronebears.bsky.social · 2h

#LibraryLife #CollectionDevelopment #Booksky 📚💙 🧪🔬🥼🙌

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 8h

🔗 Additional Info- Escher in Het Paleis:

Escher for the blind and visually impaired - SOLD OUT

Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09

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The Orphan @forestcronebears.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/tHk38l1li7w?... 🔍👁️👁️🔎 🎙️📚📝📣🐸 Thank you, Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social

Trump gets BRUTAL NEWS from No Kings organizers

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 8h

Just discovered the M.C. Escher museum offers guided tours for blind & visually impaired visitors (sells out quickly!). What a lovely opportunity to experience his tessellations and mind-bending buildings.

*Math x Art = One of my fav artists 🧪

📍Escher in Het Paleis, Netherlands

"Dewdrop" by M.C. Escher, mezzotint, ca. 1948. Raindrop on a leaf reflecting intricate details of a window.

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Adrian Cabreja @adriancabreja.bsky.social · 8h

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 8h

Join us at Mathfest to learn about the Ph.D. Program in Mathematics! RSVP here www.gc.cuny.edu/events/mathf...

All interested in the Ph.D. Program in Mathematics are invited to Math Fest
Meet our faculty and graduate students.
Learn about our areas of research, the programs we oﬀer, and our ﬁnancial support packages.
Lunch is provided for those attending in person.
Friday, November 14, 2025
10:00 am — 3:30 pm
RSVP now!

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 8h

Plutonium and deep space missions 🧪 🔭

Plutonium - World Nuclear Association

Over one-third of the energy produced in most nuclear power plants comes from plutonium. It is created there as a by-product. Plutonium has occurred naturally, but except for trace quantities it is no...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 7h

Your PI/mom/bestie/doctor would love this 👇🐡 🧪

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 1d

It's been a long, long, LONG wait, but the Portrait in Cells scarf - based on this artwork - is back in stock in two weights of silk, yayyyyy! #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 7h

Tonight with Comet A6 Lemmon. 22 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Green comet head at centre with tail extending above it. Bright star to its right.

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 7h

Did fermented fruit fuel our evolution? 🍌🧬 🧪

@alexdainis.bsky.social explains how scientists discovered a small genetic change in the common ancestor of African apes and humans that boosted their ability to break down ethanol, the same alcohol found in ripe, fallen fruit.

Watch the video here:

Did Drunk Apes Unlock Human Evolution?

YouTube video by Museum of Science

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The Orphan @forestcronebears.bsky.social · 2h

#JohnOliver @lastweektonight.com 🥼🔬🧪🔭🎙️🔎👁️👁️🔍🙌🐦‍🔥

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 7h

See above /\ 🧪⚒️🦑

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scul diva ❌👑 @sculdiva.bsky.social · 7h

Why this place is worth saving: bsky.app/profile/foss...

While photoshopping @lastweektonight.com #JohnOliver w/fossils is among the best campaigns of @bsky.app, please consider giving a small donation to priweb.org/give to keep this amazing museum going or help spread the word. #fossils

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 6h

Carbon emissions from the lithium-ion battery supply chain could be cut by up to around 35% using a circular economy strategy that encompasses global cooperation, according to a paper published in Nature. go.nature.com/4qsR5I2 #Econsky 🧪

This is figure 4, which shows regional GHG emission intensity changes under four coordination schemes.

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · 5h

Double sigh 🧪

Nature @nature.com · 18h

Some doctoral programmes in the US are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding

go.nature.com/4o63boK

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

go.nature.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 3h

A newly uncovered set of 1.5-million-year-old fossils that includes the first unambiguous Paranthropus boisei hand bones are reported in Nature. The findings offer insights into the evolution of hominin hands. go.nature.com/495cW1I 🧪 🏺

This image is figure 3 from the paper showing the reconstructed left hand of the KNM-ER 101000 fossils.

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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 2h

Shane Shelton’s home is known as the “Dog House” in Williwaw, Alaska. People come here to her high… and keep each other alive with Narcan.

“You go down around me and I’ll use as many as I have,” Shelton said.

Part of Overdose in America investigative series.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...