Science communicator, space enthusiast, football/basketball/racing fan, telescope user, book author, family guy. He/him. Opinions are my own.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2009
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Douglas Isbell retweeted
Since 2010, @Illinois_Alumni Doug Isbell @AstroDoug (BS ’87, @uofigrainger engineering @AEatIllinois; MS ’88, @uijournalism) has served as the cross-program risk communication coordinator @NASAJPL, working on space nuclear power and sample return.
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Prepare for a mission to Mars with the LEGO Technic replica of the @NASAJPL Mars Rover @NASAPersevere! Explore realistic LEGO Technic functions including 360° steering and articulated suspension, plus an AR app where you can learn more about Mars and the Mars Rover! 👩🚀
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My team is taking a few days to run tests and has enlisted the help of my twin back on Earth. By end of week, we should be ready to attempt removing the pebbles in my bit carousel so I can get back to #SamplingMars. For now, I’m studying the rocks around me in more detail.
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Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims. Scott Austin, Pres IAFF 809. @IAFFNewsDesk
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"They don't care about your health conditions. They don't care about lifetime caps. Jacky Rosen does, and that's why I'm here to support Jacky." - @JimmyKimmel
Help us get across the finish line >> rosenfornevada.com/volunteer
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Mr. Jarrett is wrong about this - in both fact and substance. Sloppy, inaccurate and dishonest across the board xitter.cf/greggjarrett/status/98…
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This is strangely cathartic. xitter.cf/abc/status/97073586933…
Trump name chiseled off the Trump International Hotel in Panama after weeks of tensions over control of the property. abcn.ws/2FWAPZY
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Russian operation "primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders and then-candidate Donald Trump."
- Federal grand jury xitter.cf/realDonaldTrump/status…
“I have seen all of the Russian ads and I can say very definitively that swaying the election was *NOT* the main goal.”
Rob Goldman
Vice President of Facebook Ads xitter.cf/robjective/status/9646…
Douglas Isbell retweeted
Wholly owned by the NRA.
•John McCain: $7.7m
•Richard Burr: $7m
•Roy Blunt: $4.6m
•Thom Tillis: $4.4m
•Cory Gardner: $3.9m
•Marco Rubio: $3.3m
•Joni Ernst: $3.1m
•Rob Portman: $3m
•Todd Young: $2.9m
•Bill Cassidy: $2.9m
nytimes.com/interactive/2017…
Douglas Isbell retweeted
In 20 days, these Corps announced empl layoffs, store closings
Carrier 215
Walmart >3,000
Sams(Walmart)63 stores, 9,000
GE 12,00
AT&T 1,300
Macy's 10,000
Tenet Healthcare 2,000
Allergan 1,000
UAMs 600
Pfizer 300
GoPro >200
Northrop Grumman 82
Wells Fargo 800 bank branches by ‘20 xitter.cf/speakerryan/status/952…
Douglas Isbell retweeted
You cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office. xitter.cf/realdonaldtrump/status…
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Why are we fighting massive tax cuts for millionaires, paid for by tax increases on students, teachers, and homeowners, and healthcare cuts for 13 million? Basic fairness, I suppose. xitter.cf/realdonaldtrump/status…
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Potus claims to have established a new framework for trade in Asia when the reality is that the US has placed itself outside the best available framework for trade in the region. The country will pay an enormous economic, strategic price as a result.
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The highest-resolution color images ever of any part of Saturn’s rings. See more: go.nasa.gov/2wMWVcv
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At the speed of darkness...watch as #SolarEclipse2017 shadow moves across our beautiful planet at <1 mile/second; as seen from GIII aircraft
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Wow: unreleased govt report confirms "drastic impact" of climate change; scientists worry Trump will bury release.
nytimes.com/2017/08/07/clima…
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Who agrees that @RepAdamSchiff has more character, integrity and intellect in his little pinky than our beleaguered @POTUS? – at San Juan Capistrano, CA