Michael Busch
Planetary astronomer, studying piles of rock in space. Reader of books. Drinker of tea. He/him. This is a personal account. To bigotry no sanction.
- Sometimes I encounter people who pretend that spacecraft operators can hide where their spacecraft are. Then I remind them of things like this:
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- Reposted by Michael BuschNot enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop. ICE must be abolished.
- #ImpeachNoem. And also dismantle DHS, making FEMA an independent agency again.
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- Reposted by Michael BuschBREAKING: ICE won't stay away from our schools. So we're suing the federal government to keep them away. edmn.me/4rBNI1b #iceoutmn #iceoutschools
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- Reposted by Michael BuschTHEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...
- Reposted by Michael Busch#PPOD: Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025. 🧪 🔭
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- Not anywhere near enough. Yet again, USA: Require that your members of Congress do their jobs, end all of this, remove Homan & Miller, #AbolishICE & the Border Patrol, #ImpeachNoem, and #ImpeachTrump. Give them no choice otherwise.
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- Some good news. Now #CloseTheCamps and #AbolishICE "Columbia Heights fourth-grader and her mother released from ICE detention after school officials call attention to her case" sahanjournal.com/education/co...
- Yet again, USA: Ensure that both you and any children you care for get your shots. And #ImpeachRFKJr, remove him & those with him, and require actual public health policies instead. "Measles confirmed in UW-Madison student" "around 4,000 people may have been exposed" www.wpr.org/news/measles...
- Charge the agents concerned for attempted murder, #Minnesota.
- "Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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- Reposted by Michael BuschI spoke with several VA staffers, most in Minneapolis, who say they've heard almost nothing from VA leadership after Alex Pretti was killed. They report low morale, blocked memorials and a feeling that the VA is downplaying it. New from me @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...
- Reposted by Michael BuschMarimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
- Listening to a presentation about the asteroid impact hazard. Speaker: "Nobody likes to talk about nuclear blast disruption." Scientists and engineers have been talking about that for the last 35+ years. It just fortunately turns out to not be necessary.
- Yet again, USA: Require that your members of Congress act to end all of this, remove Homan & Miller, abolish ICE & the Border Patrol, #ImpeachNoem, and #ImpeachTrump. Give them no choice otherwise. Instead of continuing do things like this.
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- Reposted by Michael BuschWe have a right to gender affirming care, and that includes for trans kids. This decision by Children's is very disappointing and a demonstration of the times in which we live.
- Today, it was announced that Children’s Minnesota plans to pause medical gender care services for youth patients starting in March. Read our full statement at outfront.org/news.
- Reposted by Michael BuschAnd yet, the FAA approved the SpaceX 44-launches-a-year plan from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A. Sounds to me like they are sounding the alarm and setting the building on fire at the same time.
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- Yet another reason for Congress to remove Vought and #ImpeachTrump.
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- Require that the state and counties bring the charges, #Minnesota. For the murders. For the attempted murders. For the kidnappings and the home invasions and the assaults. www.startribune.com/minnesota-pr...
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- Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home. www.kare11.com/article/news...
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- Reposted by Michael BuschA new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Michael BuschBREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- More blatantly racist arrests on false charges. #ImpeachBondi thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
- This is a reminder that while we need systemic changes to global food production and consumption; they are much more complicated than "don't eat meat". As the linked article acknowledges when it points out that pork and chicken are several times more efficient as food sources than beef.
- Reposted by Michael BuschAbolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
- If you should want a picture of Proxima b, send a spacecraft in the opposite direction and wait forty years.
- From Kasper Zoellner: If we want to know about the conditions for life on an Earth-like exoplanet, can’t we just take a picture of it? The short answer is we can’t. The long answer as to why not is found in today’s bite. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/31/c...
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- Reposted by Michael BuschThe FAA last month issued a warning to pilots that rocket failures can pose risks to airplanes and warrant "extreme caution." The alert came the same day our investigation showed how pilots scrambled for safety when SpaceX Starships exploded last year. www.propublica.org/article/faa-...
- It remains way past time for any further US government contracts with SpaceX to be made conditional on Elon Musk having no further role with the company.
- There is currently a partial United States government shutdown. But the dysfunction and offenses of the current administration are so extensive that the shutdown is incidental in comparison. Yet again, USA: Require that your members of Congress do their jobs, end all of this, and #ImpeachTrump.
