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Amanda in Atlanta @atlnewsgirl.bsky.social

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"It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell." — Chicago Times, 1861

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social

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Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools.

I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social

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WATCHES IN SPACE 🧵

Ever notice how all of the astronauts are wearing a billion watches in every picture? Christina Koch is wearing three in this picture

1/x 👇

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social

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Humanity first, not country first

"A sustainable international order cannot be built on the country-first principle alone. It must begin with a different commitment: a humanity-first approach, placing the protection of human life at the centre of decision making"

www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(26)00076-1/fulltext

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com

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Via Elisha Brown: Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill Wednesday that ensures the right to contraception in the commonwealth. In other states, abortion opponents are pushing measures to make it harder to obtain abortion medication. ow.ly/AHZ350YH6Yr

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

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i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social

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“Oh but Republicans would…”

Lemme stop you right there. I know that Republicans are okay voting for men accused of sexual assault. Republicans are also okay with voting for racists, child rapists, genocidal maniacs, and whatever the fuck pathology is a “Ted Cruz.”

So miss me with that argument.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

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Talking to my spouse this morning about an older woman I know and I mentioned that she had a mild case of polio as a child. And he said, "I didn't know people could have mild polio."

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social

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He has like 4 million views rn

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social

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This is exactly why they should never give me a 24 hour feed of anyone or anything, now I've pack-bonded with four middle-aged astronauts.

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Punkrockbeth @punkrockbeth.bsky.social

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I graduated last century and I would still “ride at dawn” for my public high school biology and chemistry teacher. @bioteacherbren.bsky.social makes kids feel like people.

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com

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Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

🌕 💛

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

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Here you go, America. You were looking for a new model of masculinity I think.

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Alston James @alstonjames88.bsky.social

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I've never used the label "half sibling."

Your sibling is your sibling 🤝💯

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Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social

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This is extremely upsetting and it is possible in part because of the mainstream merchants of doubt who undermined science and scientists during the pandemic.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social

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Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social

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men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social

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Here’s the story of one of them. Awful www.thestranger.com/forced-out/forced-out-the-electrical-engineer-79233483/

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Takaichi’s Castle @discographette.online

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congratulations to the astronauts who get credit for a moon mission using rocket development work by trans women who had to quit their job and flee the state of florida and can’t celebrate this win with their coworkers

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social

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Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-budget-puts-54-nasa-science-missions-on-the-chopping-block/

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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social

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NASA is one of the best things about this country. Hope. Innovation. Exploration. Wonder. Give them, the post office, and the national parks service all the money from ICE

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social

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Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.

Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.

Welcome home, Integrity crew!

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social

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On Tuesday, when the world was ending and no one cared about this, I wrote an essay about Artemis II, memories of the wonder of Apollo 8, and the lost loves of science, diversity, internationalism...

... and hope share.inquirer.com/3v1Yiv

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social

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For context, 1968:

the US was surprised by the Tet Offensive in a bloody Vietnam, TV news of body counts, MLK murdered by a racist, cities burned from coast to coast, and RFK - who might have made a difference - murdered.

And this: a breath of boldness, excellence and promise.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

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This bubble cannot collapse soon enough.

A machine of lies built off theft and greed, causing untold harm to our planet.

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Kris Stoever @krisstoever.bsky.social

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1962, USN recovery operation, Scott Carpenter being winched aboard a chopper from the Intrepid. See his Hasselblad, right hand.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com

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Vaccines for the most part are one (or two) and done (outside of annual flu and covid). You get a TDAP every ten years.

Unless someone gets lucky and makes a breakthrough vaccine (see: RSV), or gets a new disease (ahem Covid) vaccines for pharma companies are like oil changes for your mechanic

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I'm Jorts @lethaljorts.bsky.social

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these motherfuckers said it would splashdown at 8:07 and it splashed down at 8:07. after going to the fucking moon. fucking a man. god damn

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com

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This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

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Very Old Pic of D. Gray @blurbette.blacksky.app

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Well, Friend, NASA employs scientists.

HOWEVER…

The government of this country employs idiots…starting at the top.

The person responsible for that flight fought for the girl who adored Puck, of all people, on Real World/Road Rules!

They’re hiring gamers now!!

www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84rvx0e6do

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social

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Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space.

And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history

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