Let's talk about Trump kicking down at the homeless again.... YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch

As I’ve been warning about for a year, now they will be rounding up poor people. youtu.be/WVtDjsYYuBc?...

The Epstein Coverup is a MAGA Cult Loyalty Test YouTube video by NonCompete

“This whole #Epstein situation is a loyalty test for Trump’s followers.”

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Los Angeles has fallen. A manufactured crisis explained. YouTube video by Josh Johnson

#LosAngeles #ICEprotests
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🚨Maine’s Governor Just Got The FINAL LAUGH On TRUMP YouTube video by Occupy Democrats

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Fascism Expert Issues DIRE Warning To Rachel Maddow | The Kyle Kulinski Show YouTube video by Secular Talk

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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

“Revolutionary Optimism is not a mood or a feeling. It is a practice… faith in the power of solidarity and mass mobilization to dismantle oppressive systems and build alternatives… it acknowledges the difficulties of systemic change but maintains hope as a driving force.”
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He’s always softening. It’s so infuriating tbh

Lazarus YouTube video by Bop (harvey) - Topic

I’ve been bopping to this since the Cold War, and it seems appropriate today. youtu.be/LsT_dho_TEQ?...

I know Berry and Aster aren’t phonetically perfect matches, but they have the advantage of being common names that are also objects found in nature, a fruit and a flower, and that lends itself to some tremendous creative possibilities. 🤷‍♀️

It’s cute when people call her “Lady Aurora” or “Lady A”—I think it would be fun to call them twin sisters, Lady Aurora Berry Alice and Lady Aurora Aster Alice, the daughters of the Earth and the Sun. Let’s make up an entire wholesome story about them. 🙂
#AuroraBorealis #AuroraAustralis #Mythology

I rang in the new year
with my pal the ionosphere

Ooh, in other words, it’s the sum of the cubes of all the one-digit numbers! Including zero cubed! 😮

The headline is literally a lie but ok

Happy winter solstice to everyone in the northern hemisphere! Happy summer solstice to those of you in the southern hemisphere! And happy totally normal day to those at the equator! 😃🌞

How to avoid social media monitoring: A Guide for Climate Activists The defense and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists and human rights defenders.

Evidence of the surveillance of environmental activists keeps mounting, so we put together a guide on how to limit social media monitoring for those protecting our planet 🌎

Police departments across U.S. are starting to use artificial intelligence to write crime reports Even as AI gains traction in police work, legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias.

“Generative AI programs are essentially predictive text tools. They can generate plausible text quickly, but the most plausible explanation is often not the correct explanation, especially in criminal investigations…”

screenshot from StopMaskBans.com with the headline WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND PROTEST. SAY NO TO MASK BANS.

Really digging the page design here. And our tools make it really easy to quickly sign a petition to local, state, and federal lawmakers, call congress, and find local actions / campaigns near you.

www.stopmaskbans.com

A portrait of Caroline Herschel alongside two images of the Caroline Herschel Medal awarded by the RAS and Astronomische Gesellschaft.

🚨 Important announcement 🚨

Do you know an outstanding woman astronomer working in the UK? If so, hurry, hurry, hurry because time is running out to nominate them for the Caroline Herschel Medal 2025 — an award which includes a £10,000 prize 🔭👩‍🔬🤑

Self-nominations are also welcome.

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science.

Indeed almost all people who used to be active on climate change on Twitter/X are now here.

To get more content: @katharinehayhoe.com has the complete overview and best starter packs, as usual 😀

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“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...

“Think you’ve grasped the full extent of COVID’s ongoing impact? Think again. … a really alarming possibility — that most Americans could potentially have Long COVID in as little as four years”

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How to Spot Misinformation and Bias About Climate and Food in the News Tips for recognizing common red flags and improving your media literacy.

As readers navigate topics like climate change and the food system, skills to discern fact from fallacy are crucial.
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alpha/Fe plots as a function of Galactocentric X & Y from Barbillon et al's paper.

🔭 The spiral arms as you've never seen them before! Barbillon explore their signature in alpha-elements (i.e., the ones primarily produced by young massive stars exploding near their formation sites) #arxivoftheweek arxiv.org/abs/2411.10007 🔭

Powers of Ten™ (1977) YouTube video by Eames Office

I'm writing something about the ridiculous range of scales we deal with in astronomy, and it's reminding me of the classic Eames Powers of Ten video www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKB... 🔭🧪

One of the most awe-inspiring films in human history.

'Maine Won't Wait': Climate plan updated to meet ambitious goals YouTube video by NEWS CENTER Maine

“…a major theme of resilience and new strategies in every sector” … “The threat is real. We know it, and the danger is here and now. So again, Maine will not wait to act.”

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