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Daughter, sister, planetary geologist, wife, Mom, & sometimes runner. Opinions are all my own and do not represent my employer. Ad lunam. Love one another. Be cool. Pronouns: She/her/hers

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This is what a lunar eclipse looks like... from the surface of the Moon.

That dark circle is Earth.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander took this image last night.

14.03.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 1094 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 21
Pantsuit Sasquatch (original song)
Pantsuit Sasquatch (original song) YouTube video by Mollylele

This song, this day. youtu.be/Pb8_uPWhCng

14.03.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NASA folks in #planetaryscience - I'm trying to put together a network who can help our colleagues through RIFs on Tuesday. This is an EMERGENCY: Reports say that NASA probationary employees will be fired on Tuesday.

15.02.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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Howard Co. rolls out hotline, resources for federal workers amid Trump cuts Amid the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically reduce and reshape the federal workforce, Howard County is standing up resources for residents who are feeling the pinch.

Howard County rolls out hotline, resources for federal workers amid Trump cuts

08.02.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

The terrorizing of government workers at the National Science Foundation continues. They are tiny compared to NASA and need our and our congressional reps’ support.

Notice the image below? NSF runs all the American Antarctic bases.

04.02.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Full Committee Hearing: The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership

Science friends - please please call AAAS and any other contacts with the witnesses for tomorrow's hearing on the future of US science to demand they call out the Trump-Musk attacks on NSF, NIH, NOAA, DOE, USAID, etc. We need this on the record.
#greensky #energysky

04.02.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 12

If you haven’t already, follow @altnps.bsky.social and @altcdc.bsky.social - they are posting good info on what’s really happening in various agencies. #resistance

05.02.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Forced Resignations Are Illegal – 5 CFR Β§ 715.202 states that federal resignations must be voluntary. An email implying "uncertainty of your position" while pushing resignation deadlines could be considered coercion.

03.02.2025 03:30 πŸ‘ 2939 πŸ” 843 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 18

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

03.02.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 18812 πŸ” 7351 πŸ’¬ 773 πŸ“Œ 472

I can't come up with a profound First Post, so I will post this instead. I hope the person who came up with the holiday-themed commercial with the doorbell ringing also has a dog that goes crazy every time that commercial plays. #getshimeverytime

03.12.2024 01:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0