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Physicist, pilot, airplane owner (1966 Beech Debonair) Topics of interest include foundations of physics, flying, cats, interstellar space flight and the long term survival of humanity.
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NYC, it’s time to take to the streets again. We’re joining over 40 cosponsors to protest authoritarianism, and march for a planet where we place people over profit. 📅 Saturday, April 19 ⏰ 12pm 📍 Bryant Park We’ll see you in the streets.

Do you know which HANDS OFF event you are attending today? Below if a link to find nearest event to you! 👇

New York City, Bryant Park, 1-3 pm.

Plan your sign parties!!! Invite your friends!!! It's time to Stand Up for Science, again! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience #scienceforall

Like most of the DOGE cuts, this is a good idea if: a) you have no idea how anything works, you're so profoundly ignorant you're not even aware of what to consider when deciding if an idea is good or bad but you like firing people; or b) you simply hate America and do not want it to succeed.

Autopilot installation in progress

New in PN: Playing a bad hand badly "Democrats left themselves with no good options, then justified their surrender on the ground that there were no good options."

If you are on your way to a protest against Trump/Musk, don't forget to notify you local media (print and TV). Don't assume they already know.

Excited to see my #StandUpForScience speech in @westword.com today. www.westword.com/news/colorad...

TOMORROW!!! If you aren't near Washington DC, be at your state capitol at noon local time. Let's do this!! ❤️🇺🇸

Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…

I'm heading up in about a half hour (it's a 3-hour drive for me) and I'm excited to be participating in this terrific rally!

SPEAKER LINEUP FOR STAND UP FOR SCIENCE ☀️ Here's our list of current speakers—and it's still growing! Come tomorrow to hear some amazing speakers talk about science, their experiences, and the future. #standupforscience2025

Time to go!

Let me put it here since that also went viral, and l didn't do it early enough when the bio was deleted from the NASA site to avoid false claims. I was fired this week. Hopefully in a few years there will be some NASA left, and I'll get to see it again.

News is tearing across my professional circles this afternoon. For those not involved in the weather enterprise, I need you to understand something: seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...

Maybe the oligarchs plan for global warming is to kill off most of us and just leave a few thousand uber-rich and enough servants to look after them.

Highest price tag I’ve seen on a journal article yet. A 6 page article published in 1967, placed online in 2006 is USD 64 or I can purchase the entire issue for just USD 975. That institutional access you have as an academic is one of the most valuable benefits of working in an academic environment.

On this day in 1942, German tanks and soldiers marched through Winnipeg. The mayor, premier and Lt. Governor were arrested. The city was renamed Himmlerstadt, books were burned and the swastika flag flew around the city. This is the story of Winnipeg's If Day. 🧵1/14

“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me” Blaise Pascal 1670

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

NEW from me on @theaircurrent.com: - More details of which roles were impacted by firings at FAA - Explanations of what these roles do - Details about what safety personnel were * not * affected All safety reporting is available without a subscription: theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

Fellow citizens! This will be a really great demonstration. I've volunteered to help, and plan on giving a speech in DC, too! I have a *lot* to say.

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Twilight zone episode “He’s Alive” that speaks to our time.

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