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Em
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Aerials from the desert badlands. You can never have too many drone batteries out here!
February 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Happy 1st October! 🍁

The brilliant reds, oranges & yellows of autumn leaves aren’t just a seasonal show, they’re the result of clever chemistry.

A perfect reminder that chemistry always leaves us impressed. 🍂

Many thanks to @compoundchem.com for the fabulous graphic.

#ColourChemistry
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A massive U.S. study of >460k kids found a 2nd Covid infection doubled the risk of long Covid despite vaxx status.

Leaders must act now to reduce reinfections in schools & communities
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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By Keith @keetmuise

Media saying avoiding Covid is “health anxiety” is like saying…

Seatbelt = Crash Anxiety
Life Jacket = Drowning Anxiety
Helmet = Brain Injury Anxiety
Winter Boots = Frostbite Anxiety

Keep it going in the comments

Source: x.com/keetmuise/st...
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur

Pic of the day

#photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Open this photo up and look for the small, white dot just left of centre.

It looks like Venus, shining brightly in the twilight sky.

But it's us.

It's Earth.

From Mars.
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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My chuckle for the morning…
Never understood why a set of false teeth is called
"dentures".
They really missed an opportunity to call it
"substitooths"
August 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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the nyt has become the onion and the onion has become the nyt and that about sums up how it feels to live, during these times ...
July 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Watch the seismic waves from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia sweep beneath seismic stations in North America.

By the time the waves reached North America, they are far too small to be felt by people, but can still be detected by seismic instruments. 🧪
July 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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"If we give Hitler Austria, surely he'll be satisfied and won't try to take more territory."
Harvard is run by amoral cowards. They're going to capitulate and make a deal while paying the bribe to Trump.
July 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Cute lol
June 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Morning…
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Not everyone can participate in boots on the ground resistance.

Protesting is a privilege.

Boycotting is a privilege.

Many forms of resistance are privileges that are out of reach for the most vulnerable.

If you can’t be boots on the ground, here’s a community action item that needs support!
Urgent community action needed by Monday!

“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”

This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
Speak Up Now: Protect Disability Access Rights!
Deadline to submit public comment is June 16th!
nacdd.quorum.us
June 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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A good visualization to challenge your terracentricism CC: @marcusrediker.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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please be conscientious of the way you talk about “masked people” these days; some face coverings are poor excuses for protection as they are used as vehicles for oppression, others—respirators—are themselves tools of liberation. act like it. mask up & support maskblocs.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjgaeMAa/
June 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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DO NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR PEACE.
June 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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“The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence.”
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon
June 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM