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Philosophy professor who loves animals, truth, and ethics. And humor - the world needs to laugh!
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— nature’s poetry ❄️

Yes, the weight distribution on an aircraft really does affect how well it flies. Our physics guy explains.

Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!

Removing funding for pediatric cancer research is absolutely vile. Look at that - when you reorder the letters in vile the word becomes evil. So is the action. Seriously, shame on these people. How can they sleep at night?

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

The Eye of Horus NGC-1097 Photo credit ESO-VLT Distance 45 million light years Diameter 120,000 light years Constellation Fornax Discovered 1790 Willian Herschel The center of the eye contains a black hole 140 million times the mass of our sun.

Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.

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QUINNIPIAC POLL: “Voters 53 - 41 percent disapprove of businessman Elon Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration.” poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Told the fur babies I need to wash the blankets tonight. So they proceeded to fall asleep on top of them.

If you get it, thank a teacher. If you just laugh... eewe

Snowing with lights ❄️✨

According to PolitiFact, Trump kept only 23% of his campaign promises during his first term. Now, with weeks to go before starting his second, he’s already walking back some of his biggest 2024 pledges. Team Big Picture breaks down these reversals in their latest piece.

Émilie du Châtelet, who hypothesized conservation of energy, established kinetic energy as distinct from momentum and proportional to (speed)², and combined work by Newton and Leibniz with her own original ideas in "Institutions de Physique," was born #OTD in 1706. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ Portrait: M. Q. de La Tour

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

"Despite our cornucopia of flaws, we are worth saving; a species defined not just by our maddening defects, but by our unique curiosity, wonder, awe, love, beauty, ingenuity, and kindness. And yet, nobody can save us but ourselves." -- Brian Klaas substack.com/home/post/p-...

Fun week ahead - PET scan, then three consecutive days of chemo. We can do this, fellow cancer patients!!! If you need to vent, I’m here. Have a good day, everyone!💜

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So true!

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Desperately looking for a foster/foster-to-adopt. Gingy was dumped near Santa Maria, CA and is currently living outside in coyote country in the rain. He's the sweetest cat. 1-2 years old. It's especially hard to find fosters at the holidays. Please call Kristin/The Feline Network: (805) 550-9064

I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121... #FridayFeeling

I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️

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