history guy, science writer, educator, map librarian, archivist, 58 yrs a space exploration nut, ex-NASA, ex-US Geological Survey, now doing local history among the pines in Flagstaff AZ USA Save NASA space science https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com
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PBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3: #ThroughTheNight - 20 Years of the Amaryllis Quartet In this birthday concert, chamber music classics by Beethoven and Brahms are performed. ▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 20 Years of the Amaryllis QuartetIn this birthday concert, chamber music classics by Beethoven and Brahms are performed.www.bbc.co.uk
My favorite Ingenuity shot of the mission. The open landscape ahead. The helicopter's shadow at the center of a glowing opposition surge. And way off in the distance to the left? That's Perseverance.
Hourly CosmosPerseverance rover at Belva crater, an aerial perspective - Ingenuity, sol 772, flight 51 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ovxzq7
🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ has officially handed over UNREDACTED Epstein-related records directly to federal Judge Emmet Sullivan for private review following a court order in MeidasTouch host Katie Phang’s lawsuit.
Trump DOJ Hands Judge Unredacted Epstein Records After Katie Phang's Court WinThe Justice Department now says it delivered the records directly to the judge after Katie Phang successfully challenged the government’s Epstein-file redactions.meidasnews.com
Astronomers and other groups are sounding the alarm about the project, citing numerous reasons, including the threat to species dependent on a pristine night sky, the threat to important astronomical research and more. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver ’sunlight on demand,’ but what are the legal implications? | RCICompany's proposal of 50,000 mirrors would be 'catastrophic for astronomy,' says one professional astronomerici.radio-canada.ca
“And it all shows no signs of abating. Yoked to US hegemony, we all count the pennies, the bodies, the ever-escalating tithes of the election of a single man and the willingness of careerists and cowards who enable and support him.” Now we’re all victims of Trump’s wars | Nesrine Malik
He’s commander-in-chief of chaos. Now we’re all victims of Trump’s wars | Nesrine MalikNew tariffs, gas price rises, the deaths of thousands, insecurity … We’re living at the whim of one capricious, vain, easily bored man and his gang of stooges, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malikwww.theguardian.com
New piece up at The Guardian, arguing for more accurate language in writing about immigration detention. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John WashingtonI’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilitieswww.theguardian.com
“If believing something suits MAGA’s prejudices and interests, they don’t hesitate: they simply insist that it’s true. They routinely dismiss scientific and statistical evidence, but they don’t stop there. They’re perfectly willing to deny #reality even if the #truth is staring them in the face.”
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦“What the ongoing show trial of #Fauci — which motivated this post — has really driven home, however, is that what #Trump and his supporters hate most of all is #reality.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...