Carl Sagan warned us
@carlsaganwarnedus.bsky.social
We were warned the darkness was coming.
Pinned
The Darkness has arrived, despite many brave attempts to prevent it.
We must use all our ingenuity, creativity, bravery, and most importantly - our humanity to fight back the darkness.
These must be our finest hours.
We must use all our ingenuity, creativity, bravery, and most importantly - our humanity to fight back the darkness.
These must be our finest hours.
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I have met toddlers more capable of emotional regulation
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I have met toddlers more capable of emotional regulation
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
from a theory perspective, it's hard to get black holes to nom a lot of dark matter because the mechanisms for accretion don't apply (effective friction in an accretion disc is electromagnetic)
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
from a theory perspective, it's hard to get black holes to nom a lot of dark matter because the mechanisms for accretion don't apply (effective friction in an accretion disc is electromagnetic)
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
The ocean absorbed a stunning amount of heat in 2025 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪
The ocean absorbed a stunning amount of heat in 2025
Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving…
www.sciencedaily.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The ocean absorbed a stunning amount of heat in 2025 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Desire for the U.S. to maintain its supremacy in the sciences is still very high despite (gestures everywhere).
This coincides with *most* science funding being restored in the next budget. 🧪 #scicomm www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
This coincides with *most* science funding being restored in the next budget. 🧪 #scicomm www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Desire for the U.S. to maintain its supremacy in the sciences is still very high despite (gestures everywhere).
This coincides with *most* science funding being restored in the next budget. 🧪 #scicomm www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
This coincides with *most* science funding being restored in the next budget. 🧪 #scicomm www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
“I think he (Trump) should mind his own business” -Lars Vintner, Greenlander
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it. Here's a look at what Greenlanders think.
In their words: Greenlanders talk about Trump's desire to own their Arctic island
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it. The island is a semiautonomous region of Denmark.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“I think he (Trump) should mind his own business” -Lars Vintner, Greenlander
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
So pathetic to see a Nobel Peace Prize winner try to gain favor with a narcissistic sociopath in hopes he’ll put her in power in Venezuela as his puppet leader of that country.
Just another sad day in the history of America.
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
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Just another sad day in the history of America.
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
So pathetic to see a Nobel Peace Prize winner try to gain favor with a narcissistic sociopath in hopes he’ll put her in power in Venezuela as his puppet leader of that country.
Just another sad day in the history of America.
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
Just another sad day in the history of America.
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
This decline in American educational status is not something easily fixed. Even if efforts to turn it around were to begin in 2028 (assuming a change in leadership), the effects will linger for decades.
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This decline in American educational status is not something easily fixed. Even if efforts to turn it around were to begin in 2028 (assuming a change in leadership), the effects will linger for decades.
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov
It’s probably time to back up strong words with action.
It’s probably time to back up strong words with action.
🚨"They're pulling it from the fascist playbook...Governor Walz, if you are listening, if you are watching, activate the national guard. I was in the National Guard. This is what we are for. WE NEED HELP. Defend your citizens. We need help. We can not do this alone. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov
It’s probably time to back up strong words with action.
It’s probably time to back up strong words with action.
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
🚨"They're pulling it from the fascist playbook...Governor Walz, if you are listening, if you are watching, activate the national guard. I was in the National Guard. This is what we are for. WE NEED HELP. Defend your citizens. We need help. We can not do this alone. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
🚨"They're pulling it from the fascist playbook...Governor Walz, if you are listening, if you are watching, activate the national guard. I was in the National Guard. This is what we are for. WE NEED HELP. Defend your citizens. We need help. We can not do this alone. LIVE NOW ⬇️
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
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Normal fascist country
Exclusive | Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak
The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before the Federal Reserve subpoenas.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Normal fascist country
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I’ll definitely have a listen!
There are a class of hypothetical objects (gravitational solitons) that describe exactly these kinds of non-particle halos.
See: doi.org/10.33774/coe...
There are a class of hypothetical objects (gravitational solitons) that describe exactly these kinds of non-particle halos.
See: doi.org/10.33774/coe...
The Quantum Vacuum Composite Stiffness Response: A Covariant Field Theory of Low-Acceleration Environments and the Emergence of Gravitational Solitons
This paper develops the fully covariant field-theoretic formulation of the Quantum Vacuum Composite Stiffness Response (QVCSR), in which low-acceleration departures from Newtonian gravity arise from a...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’ll definitely have a listen!
There are a class of hypothetical objects (gravitational solitons) that describe exactly these kinds of non-particle halos.
See: doi.org/10.33774/coe...
There are a class of hypothetical objects (gravitational solitons) that describe exactly these kinds of non-particle halos.
See: doi.org/10.33774/coe...
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Michelle's second paper focused on an unusal, thin gravitational arc around the near-Einstein ring around JVAS-1933+666. When inferring the mass profile of the perturber, it is much more dense than expected from cold or warm dark matter if its a subhalo. 🔭 ☄️ arxiv.org/abs/2601.02466
![From the figure caption: Comparison with cold dark matter (CDM) predictions. The contours represent
the number density of CDM subhaloes with Msub > 105h−1M⊙. These were obtained using the
SASHIMI-C semi-analytical subhalo model [50, 51] assuming a host redshift and mass of zh = 0.881
and Mh = 1012M⊙. The coloured crosses show the Vmax and rmax mean values and 1-σ uncertainties
inferred for different models of the detected object: an NFW profile with free concentration (NFW,
∆ ln E=−44), an NFW halo with concentration drawn from the mass-concentration relation in [28]
(NFWCDM,field, ∆ ln E=−75) and an NFW subhalo with concentration drawn from [29] (NFWCDM,
∆ ln E=−147). In any case, it would be extreme!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cugc4wn2mruqtvx7lm2kztiy/bafkreibva2xnsptep5qlg5taafnodyxlora5xhyicwhnwxvreb5nrwmznu@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Michelle's second paper focused on an unusal, thin gravitational arc around the near-Einstein ring around JVAS-1933+666. When inferring the mass profile of the perturber, it is much more dense than expected from cold or warm dark matter if its a subhalo. 🔭 ☄️ arxiv.org/abs/2601.02466
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Martin Sandbu, @FT: "Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone"
Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
www.ft.com/content/1da0...
Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
www.ft.com/content/1da0...
Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone
The more the EU has to pay for ingratiation with Trump, the less convincing its strategic rationale for doing so
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Martin Sandbu, @FT: "Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone"
Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
www.ft.com/content/1da0...
Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump.
Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy.
www.ft.com/content/1da0...
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Must be a coincidence that they keep ripping off Nazi phrases
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Must be a coincidence that they keep ripping off Nazi phrases
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
This is absolute insanity and directly reflects the insanity of RFK Jr.
Under the Trump Regime America has gone to bat-shit-crazy town.
Under the Trump Regime America has gone to bat-shit-crazy town.
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is absolute insanity and directly reflects the insanity of RFK Jr.
Under the Trump Regime America has gone to bat-shit-crazy town.
Under the Trump Regime America has gone to bat-shit-crazy town.
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
And no signs of this trend slowing down. When we talk about the oceans absorbing much of the impact of global warming, this is a poster child of that fact.
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
And no signs of this trend slowing down. When we talk about the oceans absorbing much of the impact of global warming, this is a poster child of that fact.
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House
JD Vance: "I believe we're gonna have some very big announcements in the next couple of days. I don't want to get ahead of the president, but we believe there is a nationwide fraud ring that's rooted in illegal aliens and others taking advantage of the American welfare system."
January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
The woman murdered by ICE was a prize winnning poet. Please honor and remember Rene Nicole Good by reading and sharing her poem.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
The woman murdered by ICE was a prize winnning poet. Please honor and remember Rene Nicole Good by reading and sharing her poem.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The woman murdered by ICE was a prize winnning poet. Please honor and remember Rene Nicole Good by reading and sharing her poem.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
JUST NOW: At end of press conference, Gov Tim Walz (D-MN) quotes George Orwell
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears"
(Some Congressional Democrats used same quote Tuesday, on 5-year mark of Jan 6)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears"
(Some Congressional Democrats used same quote Tuesday, on 5-year mark of Jan 6)
January 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
JUST NOW: At end of press conference, Gov Tim Walz (D-MN) quotes George Orwell
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears"
(Some Congressional Democrats used same quote Tuesday, on 5-year mark of Jan 6)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears"
(Some Congressional Democrats used same quote Tuesday, on 5-year mark of Jan 6)
Reposted by Carl Sagan warned us
Mayor Jacob Frey does not mince words here, “to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey does not mince words here, “to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”