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submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

submitted 21 days ago • 186 comments

For too long, government has worked phenomenally well for the 1% and corporate lobbyists — I happen to think now is the time that government worked for the rest of us.

submitted 26 days ago • 57 comments

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

submitted 40 days ago • 434 comments

This is what sunset looks like from space. Credit: ESA/NASA

submitted 54 days ago • 16 comments

Sunspot region 4079 is suddenly crackling with minor C-Flares on Saturday. Magnetic instability may be increasing as well as the chance for a moderate M-Flare. Full update via SolarHam.com

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.” He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.

submitted 66 days ago • 2272 comments

Notice to all corporations: if you try to pass the cost of tariffs on to me I will "pass" on buying your product. As far as I'm concerned this is a "you problem"

submitted 78 days ago • 138 comments

This week on #TheWheelOfTime, we get both a rollicking musical number AND severe emotional trauma (so pretty much par for the course for this show). My Season 3 Episode 6 recap:

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

submitted 95 days ago • 263 comments

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

submitted 96 days ago • 3448 comments

The Heart Nebula, a cosmic beauty of stardust pulsating in a shimmering constellation, radiates with the warmth of a celestial embrace. "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." — Carl Sagan, from Cosmos (1980)

submitted 104 days ago • 8 comments

The world's largest digital camera sensor has just been connected to its optical system. That is to say, the Very Rubin telescope is close to completion! rubinobservatory.org/news/lsst-ca...

submitted 105 days ago • 23 comments

Unexpected chemistry and magnetism in samples from the asteroid Bennu, found in samples returned to Earth by OSIRIS-REx in 2023 🧪🔭 www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

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submitted 112 days ago • 19 comments

chat.. did we just witness the greatest dunk in the history of the universe

submitted 119 days ago • 131 comments

Just a reminder that it’s ok to unplug from socials and email today. Or tomorrow. Or whenever. And definitely as often as possible Take some time to rest and touch grass! (image from computerlovesrecords on IG)

submitted 122 days ago • 6 comments

You like comets? We discover dozens per year. Occasionally, one's visible to the unaided eye. C/2024 G3 is just such a comet. Look for it this coming week. Photo by Astronaut Don Pettit aboard ISS, during one of the 18 dawns per day. Article by Joe Rao. www.space.com/the-universe...

submitted 166 days ago • 29 comments

Want some fun in the New Year? Why not laugh at some space memes with me: youtu.be/Dj-qEjc-vdw?...

submitted 166 days ago • 12 comments