Mars clouds scientist, physics and astronomy prof; Episcopal lay minister; genealogy, RPG, LotR, comics; he or they pronouns https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3mibvxd2pjk2lMore of how trump is destroying the USA https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-is-the-nih-abandoning-science30 Mar 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibvxd2pjk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3mfm5dccdwk26Gets my vote. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/23/2369875/-Cartoon-Better-things-are-possible24 Feb 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfm5dccdwk26https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3mc3bmizsu22khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0CLduLgew10 Jan 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3bmizsu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3mbjyhcte422gThis was the beginning of the end https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/25-years-later-reflections-on-bush-v-gore-and-the-supreme-court/03 Jan 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjyhcte422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3mb5ucbdbvc2cSome 20+ years ago my I was at Niagara Falls with my wife and in the gift shop I'm almost run down by a blond woman doing a shuffle run calling out to her husband. That voice was so distinct... it was Victoria Jackson. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5ucbdbvc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3malhq5a3wk2iSo we all know trump knocked down the East Wing, put up partisan plaques, had his name added to two buildings. What I'd like to know is: what companies are doing this work for him? What construction company said "sure" to knocking it down? What company made those plaques?22 Dec 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3malhq5a3wk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3m6k7c6vta22vYou’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? Well, it'll be fun with lots of errors, but ultimately successful. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6k7c6vta22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3m4sothgbv22i https://media.tenor.com/HWUS8TxHzt0AAAAC/loki-yes-very-sad.gif?hh=312&ww=49804 Nov 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sothgbv22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3m4nnhr3cfs24https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nerd-fight I'm in the camp that says the only things in the quote marks are the text being quoted. My punctuation isn't part of the quote!02 Nov 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nnhr3cfs24https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3m4j5oyxjdk27OK, found the (academically) scariest pumpkin carving ever! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4j5oyxjdk27https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lxs7kz2shk2mA "random" smattering: aerobics, doobie, ego trip, flower power, group home, heliosphere, ibuprofen, lunar module, midi, omega-3, Peter Principle, RV, spaghetti western, tachyon, word processing, wet bar, yada yada, zonked-out [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxs7kz2shk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lwozrraaos2sName a non LOTR character who could resist the one ring. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwozrraaos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lwok4mj74s2l“This has been the playbook all along — to issue things that I suspect the administration knows will be overturned by a court, but it doesn’t matter, because issuing it in the first place has the intended chilling effect,” added Gellman-Beer https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-rushed-to-comply-with-trumps-anti-dei-guidance-a-judge-just-struck-it-down-now-what18 Aug 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwok4mj74s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lusutni5bc2h@bot.astronomy.blue signup25 Jul 2025 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusutni5bc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3luardlqzm223So the Chronicle of Higher Ed is musing about why unis are "powerless" in their fight with trump and fall back on "they are decentralized" and "they just aren't used to fights". No. It's because we have an administration that is actively *breaking* *the* *law* to try to make unis accept fascism.18 Jul 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3luardlqzm223https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lpoumewwhs2lWe shouldn't make sure gun-carrying, citizen-killing cops aren't going to continue harming POC, but let's make sure we put consent decrees on colleges where nobody actually got hurt because the admin doesn't like protests. UGH! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoumewwhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lpbyltyw7s24For all my next gen friends: https://thisisindexed.com/2025/05/again-whatever/16 May 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbyltyw7s24https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3logijpss7k25Just slashing science. They say this will allow more focus on science and less on administrative costs, but that's a lie. Because we'll now have to spend time and effort calculating percentages of larger costs into our proposals as direct costs. https://www.chronicle.com/article/trump-halts-grants-caps-indirect-costs-at-the-national-science-foundation05 May 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3logijpss7k25https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lnddqi5qfc27Paging Mr. Orwell... https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities21 Apr 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnddqi5qfc27https://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3ln4fet2fq22nWatching the '73 Jesus Christ: Superstar and have to admit I never realized Herod (one of the best numbers) is the son of the late, great, Zero Mostel!18 Apr 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4fet2fq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drklassen.bsky.social/post/3lmmg5ljhu22pHmmmm www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wellllll https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wellllll12 Apr 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:tbkipzfxjmid3zcfeajxxd2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmg5ljhu22p