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The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

Approaching 1 light day from Earth, Voyager I is one of the greatest overachievements in the history of technology...
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The Rock Bottom Remainders in Omaha That Old -- REALLY Old -- Time Rock and Roll

Some awesome humor relief. Enjoy:
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Hoping everyone's preparing for expensive fall food prices...

If Republicans end up disowning Trump over this image, it’s not because he’s portraying himself as the Messiah. It’s because he’s giving away free healthcare.

Nylons - This Island Earth YouTube video by 1SaxonKid

Llistening to the Artemis astronauts inspired me to find this song. If you're not familiar with the Nylons, do yourself a favor and check out their music - a favorite of mine.
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Witcher, The - Authentic Screen-Used Season 1 Prop (VERY Rare)! Witcher, The - Authentic Screen-Used Season 1 Prop (VERY Rare)! - Cancer Gets LOST

fans of netflix's #thewitcher, remember the brawl at princess pavetta's betrothal? the one that led to geralt getting a child of surprise? BID ON A SCREEN-USED PROP TO BENEFIT BREAST CANCER RESEARCH!!! go look at @cancergetslost.bsky.social 's latest extravaganza!

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Trump’s threat to take out all the bridges & power plants in Iran is not only physically impossible, it would be a massive war crime that our military should reject out of hand. Why hasn’t the media reported this properly?

If Biden had ever posted something this insane we'd have seen an immediate invocation of the 25th amendment. With Trump it's just another (Easter) day at the office...

Imagine being on your way to the moon and there may be a problem with the toilet - or if you're an older lunar astronaut thinking "they have a toilet?"

Poster at 3/28/26 NoKings demonstration reads: Defend democracy. breakup big tech, breakupbigmedia. cartoon by Pulitzer winner Ann Telnaes - Bezos, Altman, Soon-Shiong, Zuckerberg, Disney bowing offering money to Trump statue.

We marched with @anntelnaes.bsky.social's epic cartoon that was rejected by her editor and signaled Bezos's media capture of the @washingtonpost.com It was this and the threat to press freedom that triggered her courageous resignation.

Defend Democracy
#BreakUpBigTech
#BreakUpBigMedia

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Who will I be seeing at MegaCon in Orlando in a few days?? You can find me at Artist Alley P85 all weekend! And be nice to my mom, who will be with me at the show 💖 #MegaCon

March 16, 2026 In early 1775, the people of Boston were bitterly divided.

A nice compact history of the Patriot uprising in Boston in 1775:
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Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the ...

Great & popular story:

If you'd like to read HOOT (which was banned last week in the New Braunfels school district in Texas, which this particular burrowing owl clearly does not appreciate), the ebook is on sale now for $2.99!
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It's not the public interest FCC chairman Brendan Carr cares about

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Sunday thought: Who’s Winning from Trump’s War? Follow the Money Trump, his biggest backers, and Vladimir Putin

Who’s Winning from Trump’s War on Iran? Follow the Money. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-follow-...

March 10, 2026 Today, administration officials gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the war in Iran.

Eisenhower warned us:
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This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

A Closer Look at ICE's Enormous People Warehouse Near Hagerstown, Maryland Watch now | I drove out to the site of one of the most controversial new ICE facilities in the country this afternoon, an 825,000 square foot warehouse built with the hopes of being used or sold to a ...

I was born in Hagerstown. The people living in this area are rightly concerned about this:
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Aging Well Apparently I'm not.

Dave Barry's latest:
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This Isn't About Politics or You or Me This shouldn't be difficult.

"The disrespect shown by Trump was so embarrassing that Fox News attempted to gloss over the incident by airing footage of a previous dignified transfer during their coverage of yesterday’s dignified transfer."

The lies keep piling up. This is not partisan. Lies are wrong. As is killing innocent people.

Kristi Noem is out Writing her political obituary

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I do have some sympathy for people who have been deceived for years by right wing radio & then Fox "news". The right wing created a disinformation bubble in rural, less well educated spaces. Main stream media has always been too soft in calling out the lies in an attempt to appear unbiased...

Dictator Trump has again violated the constitution, starting a war without congress. And the only reason that he is doing it now seems to be that the Epstein investigation was getting too much coverage.