This topic has been on my mind since the inauguration. The firehose of social media outrage will not cease, so it's up to each of us to choose how to react to it. I think it requires a commitment to a new mindset — a kind of creative resistance.
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Day 4 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Stormy Weather. A prominent string of alternating storms is visible across the midsection of Jupiter, forming a "vortex street". The moon Io photobombs this view, casting a shadow onto Jupiter's cloudtops. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

Day 3 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Ripples from a galactic merger. Hubble caught this view of lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, some 60 million light-years away, with distinctive dust lanes thought to have formed after merging with a nearby galaxy. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

Day 2 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Inside a Stellar Nursery. An image of the center of the Serpens Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. This nebula, located 1,300 light-years away, is home to a dense cluster of newly-forming stars. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...

Every December, for the past 17 years, I've been fortunate enough to put together collections of amazing images of outer space for a Space Telescope Advent Calendar. I just posted Day 1 of this year's edition, & will also share this year's images here on Bluesky. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...