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owlice, also @owlice.bsky.social

@owlice

Trained in med sciences, worked in IT, retired into astronomy, now faculty @ R1 uni
Dark skies, travel, music, research software
Sometimes I take pictures

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She kept finding women in laboratory photographs from the 1800s. Then she read the published papers—and every single woman had vanished. Someone had erased them from history. Yale University, 1969. Margaret Rossiter was a graduate student studying the history of science. She was

She kept finding women in laboratory photographs from the 1800s. Then she read the published papers—and every single woman had vanished. Someone had erased them from history.
Yale University, 1969.
Margaret Rossiter was a graduate student studying the history of science. She was
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Trump's social media posts backfire Judge's blistering opinion begins with .... an excerpt of a TRUTH SOCIAL POST Here: youtube.com/shorts/wtSG9lx…

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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Kennedy Center board member, ahead of Monday's key board meeting: "Kennedy Center is a national cultural institution created by Congress & supported by the American public – using MILLIONS of tax $. No president has the authority to shut Congress out"

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TRUMP AIDE IS OUT: Ric Grenell is leaving his post as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Acts have bailed on Kennedy Center after Trump wrested control.

Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kennedy Center Board meeting is tomorrow. Closed meeting Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a board member who is suing to challenge Trump’s plan to temporarily close facility, WILL be attending. Beatty attorney said Beatty hasn’t seen the “plans” for historic closure

Mario Livio (@mario_livio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today March 16. #OTD in 1750 astronomer Caroline Herschel was born.Considered the 1st professional female astronomer.Made important contributions to the work of Sir William Herschel, executing many of the calculations connected with his studies. Detected by telescope 3 nebulae.

Today March 16. #OTD in 1750 astronomer Caroline Herschel was born.Considered the 1st professional female astronomer.Made important contributions to the work of Sir William Herschel, executing many of the calculations connected with his studies. Detected by telescope 3 nebulae.
Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: A banger of a meeting is coming later today At the Kennedy Center Judge has ordered that the board member who wants to halt Trump’s plan to shutter facility MUST be allowed to attend the meeting

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🚨BREAKING: Judiciary Ranking Members Rep. Jamie Raskin and Senator Dick Durbin refer Kristi Noem to Justice Department for perjury investigation. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/p…

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In her testimony before the House and Senate, Secretary Kristi Noem told brazen lies about what’s taking place at DHS. That's why today, Senator Dick Durbin and I are officially referring her to the DOJ to be investigated for perjury related to DHS chaos and dysfunction, an offense with a 5-year

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ALERT: Big loss for Trump Admin. Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s vaccine policy, which was poised to reduce the number of shots recommended for kids

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Today is March 17. #OTD in 1956 chemist Irène Joliot-Curie passed away. She received the 1935 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of induced radioactivity.

Today is March 17. #OTD in 1956 chemist Irène Joliot-Curie passed away. She received the 1935 <a href="/NobelPrize/">The Nobel Prize</a>  in Chemistry for her discovery of induced radioactivity.
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Against a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, we see in this Hubble image the galaxy UGC 10214 (also known as the "Tadpole Galaxy"), with its long tidal tail.

Against a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, we see in this <a href="/NASAHubble/">Hubble</a> image the galaxy UGC 10214 (also known as the "Tadpole Galaxy"), with its long tidal tail.
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HiRISE 3D: Light-Toned Deposits Exposed in Noctis Labyrinthus Context Camera data shows light-toned, possibly sedimentary deposits in this area, so we are taking a closer, 3D look. uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_0… NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA #science

HiRISE 3D: Light-Toned Deposits Exposed in Noctis Labyrinthus

Context Camera data shows light-toned, possibly sedimentary deposits in this area, so we are taking a closer, 3D look. 

uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_0…
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA #science
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Another enterprise report will post here before sunrise tomorrow. And you can be alerted on my Substack…. Which also churns enterprise news nuggets through the day substack.com/@macfarlanenew…