James
@chuangtzu.bsky.social
Semi-retired teacher and naturalist, devout anti- fascist and occasional artist.
No need to ask me for money unless you are employed by me. One cannot get blood from a stone.
I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but full of surprises
No need to ask me for money unless you are employed by me. One cannot get blood from a stone.
I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but full of surprises
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From our friends at @gristnews.bsky.social: At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. But space is getting crowded.
Earth Orbit Is Filling Up with Junk. Greenhouse Gases Worsen the Problem.
By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites, like those deployed by SpaceX's Starlink.
www.texasobserver.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From our friends at @gristnews.bsky.social: At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. But space is getting crowded.
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I spent almost 2 hours painstakingly copying the orbits of all 128 Saturnian moons from the announcement MPEC and reformatting them for visualization...
Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I spent almost 2 hours painstakingly copying the orbits of all 128 Saturnian moons from the announcement MPEC and reformatting them for visualization...
Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
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Everyone needs to listen to this. Do not comply. hiddenbrain.org/podcast/marching-to-your-own-drummer/
Marching to Your Own Drummer | Hidden Brain Media
What would you have done? It's one of the most enduring questions in psychology. We all like to think that in a moment of crisis, we'd rise to the occasion and show courage. And yet many of us have ha...
hiddenbrain.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Everyone needs to listen to this. Do not comply. hiddenbrain.org/podcast/marching-to-your-own-drummer/
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Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
go.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪
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Researchers develop a way to recycle almost all of the components of perovskite solar cells using non-toxic, water-based solvents - and then use the recycled components to make new perovskite solar cells. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/perovskite...
physicsworld.com/a/perovskite...
Perovskite solar cells can be completely recycled – Physics World
New finding could pave the way to a sustainable perovskite solar economy
physicsworld.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Researchers develop a way to recycle almost all of the components of perovskite solar cells using non-toxic, water-based solvents - and then use the recycled components to make new perovskite solar cells. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/perovskite...
physicsworld.com/a/perovskite...
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NGC 3576 Statue of Liberty Nebula
Do you see her, Lady Liberty (NGC 3576)? With an outstretched arm she is holding the torch, and if you look closely, with a little imagination, you might think she is wearing a crown (but that’s just gas and dust being zapped by high-energy light from massive stars)
Do you see her, Lady Liberty (NGC 3576)? With an outstretched arm she is holding the torch, and if you look closely, with a little imagination, you might think she is wearing a crown (but that’s just gas and dust being zapped by high-energy light from massive stars)
March 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
NGC 3576 Statue of Liberty Nebula
Do you see her, Lady Liberty (NGC 3576)? With an outstretched arm she is holding the torch, and if you look closely, with a little imagination, you might think she is wearing a crown (but that’s just gas and dust being zapped by high-energy light from massive stars)
Do you see her, Lady Liberty (NGC 3576)? With an outstretched arm she is holding the torch, and if you look closely, with a little imagination, you might think she is wearing a crown (but that’s just gas and dust being zapped by high-energy light from massive stars)
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They need to be indicted for this crime!
Tiffany Flick, former SSA Chief of Staff, just exposed how Musk’s DOGE boys hijacked the SSA—ignoring laws, crushing oversight, and executing an aggressive coup to serve their own interests.
This isn’t just corruption; it’s a hostile takeover of our safety net.
share.inquirer.com/2dJ0ao
This isn’t just corruption; it’s a hostile takeover of our safety net.
share.inquirer.com/2dJ0ao
A former Social Security official describes the hostile takeover by Elon Musk’s team
The declaration is the first in-depth public account from a high-ranking government executive of how Musk’s team is operating at one of dozens of agencies.
share.inquirer.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
They need to be indicted for this crime!
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There are over 130 upcoming #TeslaTakedown protests in the US and abroad! Join one or create your own at Teslatakedown.com! Also find information on Musk and DOGE, how to divest from Tesla and download flyers to take to protests!
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There are over 130 upcoming #TeslaTakedown protests in the US and abroad! Join one or create your own at Teslatakedown.com! Also find information on Musk and DOGE, how to divest from Tesla and download flyers to take to protests!
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For everyone interested in being a part of the Resistance
March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For everyone interested in being a part of the Resistance
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Karoline Leavitt just finished her press conference. She is gaslighting the American public into thinking that everything is okay with our economy. Newsflash: it's not. I expose the truth. aaronparnas.substack.com/p/the-white-...
The White House is Gaslighting You. Here's the Truth.
The White House Press Secretary just wrapped up her press conference, and let’s be clear—the White House is gaslighting you.
aaronparnas.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Karoline Leavitt just finished her press conference. She is gaslighting the American public into thinking that everything is okay with our economy. Newsflash: it's not. I expose the truth. aaronparnas.substack.com/p/the-white-...
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This man was courageous enough to stand up to Trump and Vance.
So it's important to post this message and photo to 27 million people.
Don't just "like" it -- that only means that YOU'VE seen it.
Postb it, blow it up and get it out there!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
So it's important to post this message and photo to 27 million people.
Don't just "like" it -- that only means that YOU'VE seen it.
Postb it, blow it up and get it out there!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
March 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This man was courageous enough to stand up to Trump and Vance.
So it's important to post this message and photo to 27 million people.
Don't just "like" it -- that only means that YOU'VE seen it.
Postb it, blow it up and get it out there!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
So it's important to post this message and photo to 27 million people.
Don't just "like" it -- that only means that YOU'VE seen it.
Postb it, blow it up and get it out there!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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This video shows that we need to get a forensic audit of the 2024 election in the 7 swing states (AZ, NZ, MI, WI, NC, PA, and GA) which would show trump did not legitimately win the election. The first five would be enough to show it.
Tell your neighbors and relatives in these states!
Tell your neighbors and relatives in these states!
Election Discrepancies: Unveiling the Truth, Nathan Taylor from Election Truth Alliance
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This video shows that we need to get a forensic audit of the 2024 election in the 7 swing states (AZ, NZ, MI, WI, NC, PA, and GA) which would show trump did not legitimately win the election. The first five would be enough to show it.
Tell your neighbors and relatives in these states!
Tell your neighbors and relatives in these states!
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Why would any Senate Dem vote for the CR, now that Rubio has confirmed that Trump-Musk will simply cancel congressionally-authorized funding they don't like? That's a vote to neuter yourselves.
On the pod, Tom Malinowski is great on why Dems can't bail out Trump:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
On the pod, Tom Malinowski is great on why Dems can't bail out Trump:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
Bad News for Trump as Brutal New Stock Market Plunge Wakes Up Dems
As Trump runs into trouble, former Congressman Tom Malinowski explains why it’s urgent for Democrats to use the government shutdown fight to dig in against his and Elon Musk’s lawbreaking.
newrepublic.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Why would any Senate Dem vote for the CR, now that Rubio has confirmed that Trump-Musk will simply cancel congressionally-authorized funding they don't like? That's a vote to neuter yourselves.
On the pod, Tom Malinowski is great on why Dems can't bail out Trump:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
On the pod, Tom Malinowski is great on why Dems can't bail out Trump:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
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They don't want you to study history or know about other countries, because if you did, you'd recognize that this is an emergency. Pinochet did this in the 70s (with U.S. help), and there are still people looking for their children. theconversation.com/how-disappea...
March 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
They don't want you to study history or know about other countries, because if you did, you'd recognize that this is an emergency. Pinochet did this in the 70s (with U.S. help), and there are still people looking for their children. theconversation.com/how-disappea...
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Why are American universities giving these genocidal monsters a platform WHILE THE GENOCIDE IS ONGOING? It's bad enough they are even considered, but at the very least you would think that an ongoing genocide would be grounds for refusing to host them on the most basic ethical grounds.
March 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Why are American universities giving these genocidal monsters a platform WHILE THE GENOCIDE IS ONGOING? It's bad enough they are even considered, but at the very least you would think that an ongoing genocide would be grounds for refusing to host them on the most basic ethical grounds.
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This is right. What's at stake is Congress' Article I spending and lawmaking authority.
If that goes, Congress will be little more than an informal advisory panel for the White House.
It's only a constitutional "crisis" if Article I prevails in this fight. If not, it's the constitutional endgame.
If that goes, Congress will be little more than an informal advisory panel for the White House.
It's only a constitutional "crisis" if Article I prevails in this fight. If not, it's the constitutional endgame.
Here's a key reason Senate Dems shouldn't vote for the CR: Trump and Musk are the ones who are *already* shutting down the government. That's the frame the public will use to understand what's happening.
Check out my exchange with @tommalinowski.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
Check out my exchange with @tommalinowski.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
March 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is right. What's at stake is Congress' Article I spending and lawmaking authority.
If that goes, Congress will be little more than an informal advisory panel for the White House.
It's only a constitutional "crisis" if Article I prevails in this fight. If not, it's the constitutional endgame.
If that goes, Congress will be little more than an informal advisory panel for the White House.
It's only a constitutional "crisis" if Article I prevails in this fight. If not, it's the constitutional endgame.
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“Fuck the struggling American family”
- GOP to America
- GOP to America
March 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Fuck the struggling American family”
- GOP to America
- GOP to America
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NEW: Trump has long had a pathological obsession with revenge. Now as I report in my OUR LAND newsletter, he’s pursuing vengeance like a demon, threatening the rule of law & instilling fear.
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW: Trump has long had a pathological obsession with revenge. Now as I report in my OUR LAND newsletter, he’s pursuing vengeance like a demon, threatening the rule of law & instilling fear.
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
You can sign up for a FREE trial subscription at davidcorn.com
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
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A federal judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public, records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in ‘unusual secrecy’ reut.rs/3XB31KD
US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'
A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in "unusual secrecy."
reut.rs
March 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A federal judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public, records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in ‘unusual secrecy’ reut.rs/3XB31KD
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Putting this out there in case any federal employees are scrolling through.
You aren’t powerless. You aren’t alone. There are some who want you to speak out & can help.
#DemVoice1
You aren’t powerless. You aren’t alone. There are some who want you to speak out & can help.
#DemVoice1
March 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Putting this out there in case any federal employees are scrolling through.
You aren’t powerless. You aren’t alone. There are some who want you to speak out & can help.
#DemVoice1
You aren’t powerless. You aren’t alone. There are some who want you to speak out & can help.
#DemVoice1