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Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.

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Action Alert: Provide Input to the FCC on Proposed Satellite Systems | American Astronomical Society

The American Astronomical Society has a page with more info and how you can submit comments to the FCC to stop this travesty. Hurry though; submissions end today.

aas.org/action-alert...

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Yes, they do

06.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

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06.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 219 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 16

I got one today as well. Suspicious, I searched on her email address and it was different from the one the email was from. Scam.

06.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess it's a blanket dismissal

06.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 405 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't have words for this. Horrific. Heinous. Disgusting.

Actually, I do have two words for it: war crime.

06.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah I talked a bit about that in the last episode. I have lots of stories I didn't tell, though. :)

06.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was the episode I actually saw them filming when I visited the set. The bar was amazing.

06.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Welp. Congress just went way out of their way to physically abrogate their Constitutionally mandated powers.

05.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

You'll probably want to talk to @boslough.bsky.social then.

05.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/es/SpringerN...

05.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

It's all part of the same delusion. Science *bad. Thing I heard on Facebook from my cousin's chiropractor who read RFK's book once: *good*.

05.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Special Envoy for the Shield of America: Where Literally Noeman Has Gone Before Because It's Made Up Bullshit

05.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

Deez nuts are hostile

05.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel that an acronym for looking at extremely distant galaxies shouldn't be named after a solar system object

05.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey AstroSciCommers!

05.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jeebus Christie, he actually is replacing her with someone who has even *less* brainpower. This may actually be worse.

05.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2

Like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

05.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 4672 πŸ” 910 πŸ’¬ 286 πŸ“Œ 38

That domain is fast approaching!

05.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, nice. Big enough to cause a boom, so (guessing) at least a meter or so in diameter.

05.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes but she hasn't posted anything yet.

@thephysicsgirl.bsky.social

05.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it's so easy! Find someone you like. See whom they follow. Follow them. Lather, rinse, repeat.

05.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bad Astronomy Newsletter Everything, the Universe, and Life

Normally, Thursday issues of my Bad Astronomy Newsletter go to Premium subscribers, but I put a bunch of today's above the paywall to give y'all a taste. Please sign up! That way I can pay my bills and eat and stay alive!

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/subscribe

05.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing up for Science rally, Physics Girl is back, and we need to find more asteroids I’m angry about anti-science attacks, Dianna Cowern has made a new video, and a graph shows why we need to look for near-Earth asteroids

Great news! Physics Girl is making videos again!

Bad news: Attacks on science are so bad I need to talk at a rally on Saturday.

Interesting news: We need to find more near-Earth asteroids.

And it's all here!

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...

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05.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

You can try but there's a vas deferens

05.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think that's their goal. They're biblical apologists.

05.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is gorgeous

05.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Then conceit of the question is that you are always moving at 1 foot/second. So you dont need to reach escape velocity. Eventually you just escape anyway.

05.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The Younger Dryas comet impact "theory" is dying a not-fast-enough death.

05.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Our tax dollars were being used to save children and now they are being used to murder them

05.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 409 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1