Recently in GRL:
Sun & Tkalčić 2024, "Constraints on the Origin of the Martian Dichotomy From Southern Highlands Marsquakes" - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL110921 .
New geophysics from the InSight mission.
via @PlanetTreky .
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Remind your members of Congress that they should #ImpeachTrump for all of his ongoing crimes the second he is allowed to assume the position of POTUS, United States.
That members of Congress have decided to not do that does not change that they should.
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Discussion from @molly0xfff on how news media needs to stop hyping Donald Trump's latest fraud with meaningless numbers: https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-memecoin-valuation/ .
A forensic accountant could go through the transaction list and figure out how many millions in actual money Trump has stolen.
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Today on the arXiv:
Virkki & Yurkin 2025, "Microwave scattering by rough polyhedral particles on a surface" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10019
Further exploring some aspects of how radar properties are determined by particle size, shape, and composition.
[#]TeamRadar
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My reading for tomorrow:
Re-reading some of King's "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?" - https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/where-do-we-go-here-chaos-or-community
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For anyone who uses Bluesky:
This is a reminder to be careful with how block lists on Bluesky work.
I rely on them to block bad accounts on here and make the site usable, but quality control is only as good as the operators of each list.
And that's how I accidentally blocked a couple of accounts when I did not mean to.
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News media needs to stop quoting meaningless numbers about cryptocurrency scams.
For example:
What Donald Trump has stolen from his supporters in the past two days is the amount of actual money involved rather than a made-up "market capitalization".
Report on how Trump has stolen many millions.
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Reading chemical analyses of ash from the Altadena fire; I find reports of lead that was cooked out of old paint and plumbing.
I am reminded of the geochemist Clair Patterson, who found lead contamination in everything when studying meteorites.
And that's why we no longer have lead in gasoline.
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Good.
"California’s top prosecutor says he’s building cases against price-gouging landlords"
https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/los-angeles-fires-price-gouging-rent-increases-bonta
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Along with the blatant bribery and extortion, Donald Trump continues to commit large-scale theft & fraud.
Trump and those with him are stealing many millions with this - from his own supporters.
QT Mike Masnick
@mmasnick.bsky.social
2025 January 18
So Trump launched a meme coin on Friday night, just days before becoming President, and entities he controls retain 80% of the coin.
https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social/post/3lfyjwcbtnc2n
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Do not allow this or anything like it either, United States.
QT Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social
2025 January 27
SCOTUS just agreed to take a case about whether it violates parents' rights to religious exercise if schools instruct kids on gender and sexuality in ways that conflict with parents' religious convictions. (Mahmoud v. Taylor)
https://bsky.app/profile/leahlitman.bsky.social/post/3lfxkngoyo227
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In case any astronomers think that our subject might escape restrictions on academic freedom:
I once had someone object to my giving a talk to a group of students because I was going to talk about the K-Pg impact.
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Neither I nor the teachers appreciated their being compelled by their school board to evaluate my presentation for "controversial issues" that "arouse strong reactions based on personal conviction or allegiance to a group" before I can about astronomy.
Do not allow things like this from your school board & state government, United States.
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I talked with a few classes of grade school students via Skype A Scientist today.
I got asked about interstellar objects.
I was pleased to be able to tell the students that @VRubinObs will soon be finding more of them.
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I do not find a lightcurve on file for asteroid 88705.
Someone should collect one, so that we can say if it is actually shaped like a potato or not.
QT Dr. Adeene Denton @SpaceWhaleRider
2025 January 17
Whenever I get really sad I look up asteroid 88705 Potato. It brings me great comfort to think about the real space potato... visible in the evening sky!!
https://bsky.app/profile/adeenedenton.com/post/3lfwzyhsmks2u
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SpaceX's rockets are more likely to explode the more Elon Musk has to do with them.
This is a reminder to tell your members of Congress that Musk holds no role in government and they must not pretend that he does, United States.
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" [ Walz ] also proposed changes to the state sales tax that would shift the tax burden on to wealthier Minnesotans, while generating more revenue for the state."
Tax wealthier residents and fund social services, #Minnesota .
QT @mnreformer
2025 January 16
Walz proposes slowing spending on disability services to address looming deficit.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/16/walz-proposes-slowing-spending-on-disability-services-to-address-looming-deficit/
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David Lynch's death also comes shortly after he had to be evacuated from his home because of wildfire smoke.
The intersection of climate change and pandemics can reach anyone.
QT Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
2025 January 16
David Lynch passes away at 78 after a battle with emphysema.
He had stated in 2024 that he could no longer leave his home due to the high risk of Covid.
If more people would mask up, we wouldn’t have to isolate.
https://bsky.app/profile/broadwaybabyto.bsky.social/post/3lfv5yicayk2q
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Microsoft added an automated plagiarism machine that no one asked for to Microsoft Office.
I disabled it.
Now Microsoft has changed the formatting when I create a new Word document to advertise the automated plagiarism machine.
No one asked for that either, Microsoft.
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Along with blatant bribery, there is extortion.
"New St. Cloud mayor concedes Trump won’t pay $209,000 bill from summer rally"
"Anderson said. “Being candid, one of the fears that I have is if we push it too aggressively, suddenly any federal aid we may get and other things may start falling apart."
https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/14/new-st-cloud-mayor-concedes-trump-wont-pay-209000-bill-from-summer-rally/
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