Clocking in as a Catholic by ethnicity.

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
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We don’t have universal healthcare for the same reason that white southerners poured cement into their community swimming pools rather than let their black neighbors swim in them. Racism is ruining ALL of our lives.

Me at the Heated Rivalry Rave this weekend

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

love when democrats talk about kitchen table issues as if trans people and immigrants don’t have kitchen tables 🙃

The men's hockey final was fun to watch. Almost as fun as the hockey final.

Major thanks to @pwcdanica.bsky.social, who started our Data Center Reform Lobby Day today with a strong message: no amount of money or #SuperBowl ads can buy public trust, people power can't be beaten. @gonatureforward.bsky.social @cleanvirginia.org

#ai #datacenters #utilitybills #valeg

Decide what I work on! Please, I have decision paralysis

The Maryland General Assembly has officially begun!

As we advocate for environmental legislation in this year's session, we want to hear from you! Help us decide which three bills will be our priorities in this General Assembly.

Read more and vote here: natureforward.org/vote-for-202...

I think the most important of form of protest, is attending the Caps pride night, standing, and shaking your head during Lady Gaga singing “Born This Eat” to let everyone know you’re a bigot as well as a performative coward

Union, union, union.

Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."

Amazing job by Carrie last night!!! She showed all of us last night how powerful it is just to do something, ANYTHING rather than waiting for perfection to start. We need all of our community members, and I am thankful Carrie is in my community!

Data center articles we’ve been reading to stay in the loop:

🌿"In 2026, more data center regulations could be coming in Maryland" by Christine Condon, Maryland Matters: marylandmatters.org/2026/01/03/d...

I’ll be there! Bring your clean, stuffed animals and reach out to Carrie if you are a musician interested in closing out the event!

Thanks for sharing Carrie, I would like to join you!

surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational

they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.

OOTD because my lovely big ass blanket coat was slaying in Annapolis

Yea: 111 Nay: 24 Exc: 0

OVERRIDE PASSES THE HOUSE! LFGOOOOOO!

Another rep quoted Morgan Wallen as a philosopher…and then talked about the 1000s of jobs that data centers employ and then misquotes how much the study will cost. $1.2 mill will go to ALL the study bills, not just the data center study bill

The House chambers with the vote on the board!

The override is up for the House. A rep from St. Mary’s is talking about how the Study Bill is a distraction from the real problem….the energy crisis?

Angie and Mariah smiling into the camera, around the new Speaker banging her gavel!

Mariah and I are here and SPEAKER Peña-Melnyk has just called the House to order!

2025 Vetoed Senate Bils 116 Senator Lewis Young Data Center Impact Analysis and Report YEA 44 NAY 0 EXC 0 MR. PRESIDENT HAYES MUSE ATTAR HENSON READY AUGUSTINE HERSHEY ROSAPEPE BAILEY HESTER SALLING BEIDLE HETTLEMAN BENSON JACKSON SIMONAIRE BROOKS JAMES SMITH CAROZZA JENNINGS SYDNOR CHARLES KAGAN WALDSTREICHER CORDERMAN KING WASHINGTON, A ELLIS KRAMER WASHINGTON, M. FELDMAN LAM WATSON FOLDEN WEST GALLION LEWIS YOUNG ZUCKER GILE LOVE GUZZONE MAUTZ HARRUS MCCRAY MCKAY

The Data Center Study Override passes the Senate! Two Senators spoke in support of the data that this bill will provide. Running over to the House side now.

The MD flag rolling out over the crowd at the UMD vs Michigan men’s basketball game.

President Bill Ferguson calling the Special Session into order.

Happy Special Session Day! This is how I wish they started us off versus how it actually looks like within the Senate chambers. We kicked off with a prayer for patience and understanding.

All the Lonely People Researchers Livia Garofalo and Briana Vecchione reflect on what studying AI chatbots reveals about emotional attachment to machines, the power of illusion, and the norms and expectations that define c...

"While a chatbot can reflect the tone and boundaries the user sets... it cannot surprise, challenge, or comfort beyond what the prompt allows. Over time, the conversation can become an echo of one’s own scripts: therapeutic in form, but solipsistic in effect."
datasociety.net/points/all-t...

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