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Dr. Adeene Denton

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Planetary scientist, earth + space science historian, dancer/choreographer, part-time community radio DJ. (they/she) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ adeenedenton.com

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Chat, do we think it's "too cringe" to make a Medium piece about how music got me through grad school depression

07.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 19117 πŸ” 4965 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 164

You know. Maybe 2027 will be our year

04.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta give your grant back to NASA for being too cool

06.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you post on bsky on your work computer you have to shoot the computer with a gun

06.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: β€œKeep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle". Text: We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep tehir families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. More than ever, they need our sustainable support. Click weekly to join: https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: β€œKeep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle". Text: We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep tehir families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. More than ever, they need our sustainable support. Click weekly to join: https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

Match opportunity! We'll double you for six families and a camp of fifteen more. The media isn't covering ongoing aggression on Gaza, nor looming famine, so it's up to us to remember and act.

Pledge a coffee (click β€œweekly”) for food, shelter, more: chuffed.org/project/hope...

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

"Adeene how is that self-destructive-" I don't have enough money to afford a turntable πŸ‘

06.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to decide which minorly self-destructive activity to do next, after the very successful Too Much Cereal, followed by Steeping Tea in Red Bull. Maybe I'll get really into vinyl or something

06.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

06.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 1894 πŸ” 598 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 19

(I understand why we can't do this, on the off chance we would deflect the asteroid into the Earth instead. That being said... sad)

06.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Too bad we can't do an anti-DART mission to deflect the asteroid into the Moon...

06.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Verdict: This has what I can only describe as a Flavor. I would drink this again, because there's something wrong with me

06.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The next step will be heating the Red Bull, but I need to test cold first. I will be testing both, don’t worry.

06.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, but I do also have to see if I get a wild magic surge

06.03.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Upon consulting with my tea friends I am cold steeping this for 24 hours and will report back tomorrow morning with my cursed results

06.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW β€œWe’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

05.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 1378 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 37
overleaf comment from the post author that just reads #Itried

overleaf comment from the post author that just reads #Itried

Type of comments I’m leaving in the draft at this point

05.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a lot of you haven't rewatched firefly recently and it shows, in the sense that you probably shouldn't rewatch it ever if you want to keep thinking it was good. it was a mass delusion that i also participated in but in my defense i hadn't started reading feminist blogs yet at the time.

05.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 19
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Heal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detention Palestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza…

Hope is an action, and I think this project really demonstrates that: mental health activities for Palestinian children who were detained in occupation prisons! This will be a six-day intervention supporting healing, life skills, and more.

Make it happen! chuffed.org/project/hmg

05.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Sending hugs your way πŸ’—

05.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now I can start being nervous 😬

05.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not know anything about sports but this image has been useful to me many times

05.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great name

05.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sigh. Next time...

05.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No asteroid impact into the Moon?

05.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

You know what. Fuck it. Cold steeping earl grey in Red Bull.

05.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

I don’t want to pay for the privilege of an editor telling me Pluto is too boring for Nature... It was tough enough to do that for free

05.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A creepy crab sending laser eyes and exploding another sea crature. The words silence, brand are next to it.

A creepy crab sending laser eyes and exploding another sea crature. The words silence, brand are next to it.

If you get the chance to comment on this too, remember that it is always okay to tell brands that their ideas are bad

05.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway literally the only reason I would support submission fees is if the money went to paying reviewers but we simply cannot have that I suppose! I'm tired. What if scientific publishing wasn't awful and exhausting and literally pricing talented scientists out of high-profile journals.

05.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Look. I'm sure it's hard to get so many submissions to desk reject before sending some out to reviewers. That being said. Nature (and Science) are the ones who have placed themselves in the position of being scientific gatekeepers for a massive community, to the point that we HAVE to submit there.

05.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0