Zarah Brown, PhD
@zarahwithaz.bsky.social
Thinking about other planets to try and feel better about this one. 🪐👸🏼
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To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
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Biden officials never pressured Israel to reach a ceasefire. Ever.
@ryangrim.bsky.social reacts to new revelations from Israel’s Channel 13 investigation, based on interviews with nine senior Biden officials.
@ryangrim.bsky.social reacts to new revelations from Israel’s Channel 13 investigation, based on interviews with nine senior Biden officials.
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Biden officials never pressured Israel to reach a ceasefire. Ever.
@ryangrim.bsky.social reacts to new revelations from Israel’s Channel 13 investigation, based on interviews with nine senior Biden officials.
@ryangrim.bsky.social reacts to new revelations from Israel’s Channel 13 investigation, based on interviews with nine senior Biden officials.
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NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations memo out this morning estimates that Elon Musk and his companies stand to avoid at least $2.37 BILLION in legal liability “through his efforts to gut the federal workforce and exert influence over federal agencies.” 🧵:
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations memo out this morning estimates that Elon Musk and his companies stand to avoid at least $2.37 BILLION in legal liability “through his efforts to gut the federal workforce and exert influence over federal agencies.” 🧵:
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Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
The Last Hospitals in Gaza
In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.
nyer.cm
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
Enjoyed having my brain stretched by @miquai.bsky.social as he waxed philosophical on the nature of the universe and reconfiguring how we understand it. Looking forward to upcoming papers on novel bio signature detection methods and leaving inspired to stretch to greater heights. Thanks, Mike!
April 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Enjoyed having my brain stretched by @miquai.bsky.social as he waxed philosophical on the nature of the universe and reconfiguring how we understand it. Looking forward to upcoming papers on novel bio signature detection methods and leaving inspired to stretch to greater heights. Thanks, Mike!
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The US science community relies on a massive network of post-bacs, graduate students, and post-docs, many of whom are foreign nationals. We train these students and in return we get a ginormous scientific output that makes us a stronger nation - BUT this system is now under attack. (1)
April 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The US science community relies on a massive network of post-bacs, graduate students, and post-docs, many of whom are foreign nationals. We train these students and in return we get a ginormous scientific output that makes us a stronger nation - BUT this system is now under attack. (1)
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Are you a Democrat fed up with the inaction of the Democratic Party?
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
March 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Are you a Democrat fed up with the inaction of the Democratic Party?
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
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REST IN PEACE TO BREONNA TAYLOR (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020)
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
REST IN PEACE TO BREONNA TAYLOR (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020)
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Arizona! The University of Arizona is hosting an event at noon Friday. Check out this item from @kvoa.bsky.social 👇
Stand Up for Science event at U of A
Tucson, Ariz. (KVOA) - A "Stand up for Science" event will be held at the University of Arizona on March 7 at noon.
www.kvoa.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Arizona! The University of Arizona is hosting an event at noon Friday. Check out this item from @kvoa.bsky.social 👇
Please consider supporting this mutual aid effort organized by choir, Black in Astro, Astro Poverty Survey, and Movement Consulting to support our colleagues affected by the federal cuts: www.gofundme.com/f/mutual-aid...
Donate to Mutual Aid for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, organized by choir collaboration
In direct response to the federal funding freeze outlined by OMB Me… choir collaboration needs your support for Mutual Aid for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
www.gofundme.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please consider supporting this mutual aid effort organized by choir, Black in Astro, Astro Poverty Survey, and Movement Consulting to support our colleagues affected by the federal cuts: www.gofundme.com/f/mutual-aid...
Chandra consistently has the hottest takes on everything, so I'm inclined to believe her on dark matter.
Had a lot of fun talking with with NPR’s Regina Barber about dark matter and in particular my favorite candidate axions … with a few Mean Girls references for good measure 😹 🔭 ⚛️ #scicomm
Excited about this? Watch my TED talk next (see next post) 😻
www.npr.org/2025/02/17/1...
Excited about this? Watch my TED talk next (see next post) 😻
www.npr.org/2025/02/17/1...
Could this particle 'clean up' a cosmic mystery? : Short Wave
Physics has a bit of a messy problem: There's matter missing in our universe. Something is there that we can't see but can detect! What could this mysterious substance be? A lot of astronomers are sea...
www.npr.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Chandra consistently has the hottest takes on everything, so I'm inclined to believe her on dark matter.
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Trump & Musk are trying to fire 100,000+ civil servants right now - including over 1,000 VA employees.
Purges are happening at SBA, Energy, Education & more.
Firing this many critical employees at once could make it impossible for our government to provide BASIC services.
Purges are happening at SBA, Energy, Education & more.
Firing this many critical employees at once could make it impossible for our government to provide BASIC services.
February 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump & Musk are trying to fire 100,000+ civil servants right now - including over 1,000 VA employees.
Purges are happening at SBA, Energy, Education & more.
Firing this many critical employees at once could make it impossible for our government to provide BASIC services.
Purges are happening at SBA, Energy, Education & more.
Firing this many critical employees at once could make it impossible for our government to provide BASIC services.
I love a scale model
These sharks are to scale, I repeat, these sharks are TO SCALE with one another. Scarboard the white shark is my new personal hero and I will sing her praises to the stars and the waves and even the littlest slug in the tidepools will know her name
Chonk vs non-chonk
Top: Scarboard, a 5.5m (18') female white shark
Bottom: Alba the Brave, a 2.5m (8') female white shark
These shots are to scale. It's worth noting that there are other 5.5m sharks at Guadalupe that don't share Scarboard's chonk factor.
Top: Scarboard, a 5.5m (18') female white shark
Bottom: Alba the Brave, a 2.5m (8') female white shark
These shots are to scale. It's worth noting that there are other 5.5m sharks at Guadalupe that don't share Scarboard's chonk factor.
February 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I love a scale model
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Those of us who have long worked for equity in science have not stopped, despite agonizing challenges. Please read and sign to support us as we continue advocating in this harsh reality, and to validate the fact that good science is *always* science for everyone.
sites.google.com/view/space-s...
sites.google.com/view/space-s...
Home
Space Science is for Everyone: An Open Letter
Written February 6, 2025
sites.google.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Those of us who have long worked for equity in science have not stopped, despite agonizing challenges. Please read and sign to support us as we continue advocating in this harsh reality, and to validate the fact that good science is *always* science for everyone.
sites.google.com/view/space-s...
sites.google.com/view/space-s...
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It’s a COUP, where are YOU?! Fight or Resign, Chuck.
NYC‼️
WHERE: Outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, 780 3rd Ave (b/t 48th & 49th)
WHEN: TUE, WED, THUR, 10-11AM
Join @bkindivisible.bsky.social
TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
NYC‼️
WHERE: Outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, 780 3rd Ave (b/t 48th & 49th)
WHEN: TUE, WED, THUR, 10-11AM
Join @bkindivisible.bsky.social
TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s a COUP, where are YOU?! Fight or Resign, Chuck.
NYC‼️
WHERE: Outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, 780 3rd Ave (b/t 48th & 49th)
WHEN: TUE, WED, THUR, 10-11AM
Join @bkindivisible.bsky.social
TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
NYC‼️
WHERE: Outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, 780 3rd Ave (b/t 48th & 49th)
WHEN: TUE, WED, THUR, 10-11AM
Join @bkindivisible.bsky.social
TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
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If you’re in Tucson, checkout the Art of Planetary Science show later this month! Attendance is free. I’ll be there opening night and have 3 pieces in the show (2 won awards!)
February 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you’re in Tucson, checkout the Art of Planetary Science show later this month! Attendance is free. I’ll be there opening night and have 3 pieces in the show (2 won awards!)
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NASA Goddard's entire Early Scientist Spotlight series is down, including some really cool interviews with underrepresented people who've since had to leave the field due to the lack of jobs! That's extremely cowardly and whoever is doing this should not know peace.
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NASA Goddard's entire Early Scientist Spotlight series is down, including some really cool interviews with underrepresented people who've since had to leave the field due to the lack of jobs! That's extremely cowardly and whoever is doing this should not know peace.
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Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
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And the horror (for people who've lived their lives in the law) is that the longer this frontal assault on the idea of a government cabined by law goes on without remedy, the weaker the very idea of a system governed by enforceable rules becomes to the lay mind.
February 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And the horror (for people who've lived their lives in the law) is that the longer this frontal assault on the idea of a government cabined by law goes on without remedy, the weaker the very idea of a system governed by enforceable rules becomes to the lay mind.
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If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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Changing grant proposals going forward is one thing, but NSF is reneging on funding agreements. You now have postdocs, research associates, students, etc. going without paychecks on numerous projects that were already funded. This is unacceptable! 1/2 🧪
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Changing grant proposals going forward is one thing, but NSF is reneging on funding agreements. You now have postdocs, research associates, students, etc. going without paychecks on numerous projects that were already funded. This is unacceptable! 1/2 🧪
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TODAY: Senate hearings start for the conspiracy theorist that Trump picked to protect public health. Robert Kennedy Jr. has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Tell your senators to reject this fundamentally unfit nominee: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
January 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
TODAY: Senate hearings start for the conspiracy theorist that Trump picked to protect public health. Robert Kennedy Jr. has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Tell your senators to reject this fundamentally unfit nominee: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Seems to be worthwhile to start following @indivisible.org
Brag moment about @indivisible.org. This hit last night. By this morning, we had a 16-page strategy doc, 4 call scripts, and a public brief that we used to drive pressure on congress to weaken GOP resolve and help Dems find their spines.
It ain't over. But when we're in the opposition, we oppose.
It ain't over. But when we're in the opposition, we oppose.
January 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Seems to be worthwhile to start following @indivisible.org
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Amidst the chaos and harm, remember: Trump does not have the constitutional authority to do any of this. It’s all illegal. The Constitution says so, and the Supreme Court agrees. This is a dictatorial power grab and we need to fight it accordingly.
Let’s get to work.
Let’s get to work.
January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Amidst the chaos and harm, remember: Trump does not have the constitutional authority to do any of this. It’s all illegal. The Constitution says so, and the Supreme Court agrees. This is a dictatorial power grab and we need to fight it accordingly.
Let’s get to work.
Let’s get to work.