Stephen
@stezyp.bsky.social
GROUND ZERO
What difference does it make.
Questing for the remarkable.
Trekked many lands.
Sailed every ocean.
What difference does it make.
Questing for the remarkable.
Trekked many lands.
Sailed every ocean.
Pinned
Hatred is active dislike and envy passive. There is but one oblivious step from envy to hate.
-Goethe [paraphrased]
-Goethe [paraphrased]
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hatred is active dislike and envy passive. There is but one oblivious step from envy to hate.
-Goethe [paraphrased]
-Goethe [paraphrased]
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79. American citizen.
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
79. American citizen.
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Great to be on This Week In Space! We talk NASA, Ukraine, threats to democracy, and more.
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Tell It to the Mountain - Astronaut and Senate Hopeful Terry Virts Says NASA Needs a Major Rethink
YouTube video by This Week in Space
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September 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great to be on This Week In Space! We talk NASA, Ukraine, threats to democracy, and more.
youtu.be/b4rf_vF62Vk?...
youtu.be/b4rf_vF62Vk?...
Many people refuse to accept an irrefutable truth simply because the truth puts them in the wrong.
I just purchased exactly the same groceries (bread, milk, eggs, produce, frozen, condiments) from HEB that I bought exactly a year ago:
2024 = $111.12
Today = $152.09
I just purchased exactly the same groceries (bread, milk, eggs, produce, frozen, condiments) from HEB that I bought exactly a year ago:
2024 = $111.12
Today = $152.09
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Many people refuse to accept an irrefutable truth simply because the truth puts them in the wrong.
I just purchased exactly the same groceries (bread, milk, eggs, produce, frozen, condiments) from HEB that I bought exactly a year ago:
2024 = $111.12
Today = $152.09
I just purchased exactly the same groceries (bread, milk, eggs, produce, frozen, condiments) from HEB that I bought exactly a year ago:
2024 = $111.12
Today = $152.09
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
—Rene Descartes
—Rene Descartes
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
—Rene Descartes
—Rene Descartes
This red tailed hawk is perched a few yards from me scoping out the critters.
September 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This red tailed hawk is perched a few yards from me scoping out the critters.
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
There’s an extraordinary conjunction in tomorrow’s early morning sky – a tight grouping of the Moon, the planet Venus, & the star Regulus. Binoculars would enhance the experience significantly.
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There’s an extraordinary conjunction in tomorrow’s early morning sky – a tight grouping of the Moon, the planet Venus, & the star Regulus. Binoculars would enhance the experience significantly.
With viewpoints slain by
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With viewpoints slain by
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
Just sighted first my 1st butterfly of the season thru kitchen blinds, a Black Swallowtail.
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just sighted first my 1st butterfly of the season thru kitchen blinds, a Black Swallowtail.
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
-Will Rogers
-Will Rogers
August 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
-Will Rogers
-Will Rogers
Samsung Galaxy Tab is far superior to an iPad for multitasking. This gif has Messages, MyRadar & GoogleTV apps running flawlessly in real time. Could've been any apps. Setup & manipulation is also simple & intuitive... It just works!
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
July 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Samsung Galaxy Tab is far superior to an iPad for multitasking. This gif has Messages, MyRadar & GoogleTV apps running flawlessly in real time. Could've been any apps. Setup & manipulation is also simple & intuitive... It just works!
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
100 year old Sears Craftsman electrician’s ripping hammer. Four generations of use & as good a new.
July 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
100 year old Sears Craftsman electrician’s ripping hammer. Four generations of use & as good a new.
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
- Isaac Asimov
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- Isaac Asimov
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Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
- Isaac Asimov
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Isaac Asimov
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Posse Comitatus Act is a US federal law that restricts the use of the US military for domestic law enforcement purposes unless specifically authorized by Congress or the Constitution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_C....
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Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Posse Comitatus Act is a US federal law that restricts the use of the US military for domestic law enforcement purposes unless specifically authorized by Congress or the Constitution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_C....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_C....
Do emotions such as joy imply animal consciousness?
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
June 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do emotions such as joy imply animal consciousness?
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.
- MLK
- MLK
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.
- MLK
- MLK
The more you can increase fear of drugs, crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky
June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The more you can increase fear of drugs, crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky
Against stupidity we are defenseless.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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#society
#psychology
#stupidity
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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#society
#psychology
#stupidity
The Terrifying Theory of Stupidity You Were Never Meant to Hear – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
YouTube video by Philosophy Coded
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May 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Against stupidity we are defenseless.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
youtu.be/Sfekgjfh1Rk?...
#society
#psychology
#stupidity
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
youtu.be/Sfekgjfh1Rk?...
#society
#psychology
#stupidity
6 mistakes mankind keeps making:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
May 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
6 mistakes mankind keeps making:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
May 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Caoutchouc, Joseph Priestley, and wasting bread: The History of the Eraser
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Before the Undo Command, There Was the Electric Eraser
Fascinated by the early 20th-century zeal for electrifying everyday items, I delved into the history of the electric eraser. Why electrify the humble eraser? It turns out, manual erasing was clumsy an...
spectrum.ieee.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Caoutchouc, Joseph Priestley, and wasting bread: The History of the Eraser
spectrum.ieee.org/electric-era...
spectrum.ieee.org/electric-era...
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
- Isaac Asimov
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- Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics Need an Update for AI
We need to add a 4th law of robotics
spectrum.ieee.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
- Isaac Asimov
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- Isaac Asimov
spectrum.ieee.org/isaac-asimov...