I’m trying to keep my Feb tradition of reading only Black authors alive.
I also need magic and rebellious spirits who inspire fight.
The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is my answer. This is my first read thru. Join me? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone
[#]blackhistorymonth
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New day, new thing to know & support:
@planet4589, the Planetary Police, provided his Space Report for free for decades. Now he needs our help.
He is seeking funding to establish a home for his collection of historic / rare astronomy texts in the UK. https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
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Through peer review and shared governance, we scientists have accepted that our colleagues' skills have earned them the right to be our colleagues. That should be enough to say, "We're going to make sure you stay in science as the person you are."
An essay: https://starstryder.substack.com/p/humans-not-data-points?r=94qhm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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I've started an archive of memos and other documents that govern the funding and work situations for space scientists (I can only document so much). This is a living post and will be updated over time.
https://open.substack.com/pub/starstryder/p/collecting-the-receipts-soft-money?r=94qhm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Day 4 (delayed) of 1 good thing you can know or participate on.
Get buggy Valentine's Day cards for yourself or your kids and support the Skype a Scientist program.
https://squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/love-bugs-valentines
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As promised, an essay:
"I am tired, as so many of us are so very tired. And being tired is ok. As a sticker on my planner reminds me every single day, “If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” (This is a Banksy quote, btw.)"
Read in full for free on Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/starstryder/p/remember-to-rest-not-quit?r=94qhm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Chaos can make it hard to find your voice. How do I express what I’m feeling and thinking coherently when every moment contains a dramatic change to our reality and each foot step forward seems to release a new cloud of spores that clog our minds with the voices of screaming angels and deamons. We are watching forces of good and evil war for rule of the nation and the headlines.
I am sitting at my desk. And I need to write. I want to write. But I am also afraid of the consequences of just documenting today’s reality.
How did we end up in a world where documenting reality could become a crime?
No - Don’t answer. I know the truth. I see all of you going back and reposting the “I’m a democrat but I can’t vote for Kamala because” posts side by side with the “Why aren’t the democrates fighting harder” posts from those same people. I see the long years of grooming that lured so many to vote for the very people that will make their lives poorer and less free.
Expect an essay later tonight. And if you don’t see one, know that my voice has been stolen and I’m still battling the shadows to get it back.
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Day 3 of One Good Thing you can Know and Support
Astro4Equity has a new Podcast produced by
@inaneenglish.bsky.social
and hosted by Mike Simmons!
Check it out and consider a donation. He literally took telescopes to warzones for education in Ukraine.
https://astro4equity.org/big-impact-astronomy-podcast/
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This is your periodic reminder that Suni and Butch are further delayed from coming home because NASA was waiting on delivery of the new Crew Dragon.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-10/2024/12/17/nasa-adjusts-crew-10-launch-date/
If they come home now, there is nothing available to launch the next crew & it will leave ISS under crewed.
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I'm working on an article collecting together all the documents about restrictions on funding / grants / cuts to programs.
I'm on Signal as starstryder.96. Burner phones and pre-paid sim cards are available at Best Buy in most of the US.
Ask: I'm looking for email to program officers from admin.
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Day 2: Sharing 1 thing of Joy that Does Good.
@cathrinmachin has a Moon Drop tomorrow of an amazing print of her oil painting of the moon.
Your purchase helps pay for eye surgery to prevent a detaching retina from stealing her vision.
Sign up
https://catmachin.com/pages/love-you-to-the-moon-and-back
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Has anyone talked to an NSF Program Officer today?
I saw in the link at the end of this that the NSF dir is directing folks to ignore the judge's order.
Per NSF website: "Therefore, all review panels, new awards and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis."
https://new.nsf.gov/executive-orders
https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1884443849088450771
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I no longer know what is happening:
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Everything is on fire. Therefore I'm going to share one good thing a day that you need to know exists & can support.
Today's good thing: Pins that have Rainbows!
This Kickstarter make it clear space can be queer. Wearing one shows you're safe even if cishet.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacesciencepridepin/pins-that-have-rainbows
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Never have I more wanted a news report to be wrong.
Per WaPo, all federal grants were just defunded. For me, that is 33% of my income. I'll live. I'm still 20% funded and have my art and writing.
Most scientists don't have side hustles.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/27/white-house-pauses-federal-grants/
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“I’ll survive this. I’ll live. But there’s a hole in me, never to be filled. Maybe that’s why people die of old age. Maybe we could live forever if we didn’t love so completely. But we do. And by the time old age comes, we’re filled with holes, so many that it’s too hard to breathe. So many that our insides aren’t even ours anymore. We’re just one big empty space, waiting to be filled by the darkness. Waiting to be free.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
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Because property taxes fund education & because science is expensive (& good teachers leave), lower-income areas have worse science education programs. DEI programs sought to give kids equal education no matter where they grew up.
Now, equal education for all is too radical ... or they are racist.
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Any funding used to get better science education to communities in underserved areas is cancelled.
What this means:
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Periodic repost: https://cosmoquest.org/x/2016/07/we-all-lay-in-the-gutter/
CosmoQuest is a place where all are accepted without regard to color, culture, religion or lack of religion, education level, wealth, or caste. We do not care who you love, but only that you find love in this world.
Be welcome. Learn. Do science.
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Folks are getting notice to remove all EPO & DEI from NASA-related websites. I haven't (yet).
I'm moving my NASA-funded work to URLs that don't touch anything else.
As always, I believe science is better when we make space for all voices to be heard & feel heard.
More Info
https://nasawatch.com/trumpspace/eliminating-all-dei-at-nasa/
https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Memo%20Initial%20Guidance%20Regarding%20DEIA%20Executive%20Orders.pdf
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