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i feel like we all need another timeline cleanser
A large galaxy is at center, and a significantly smaller galaxy is to its left. The large galaxy is mostly face-on, but the top appears slightly tilted away. It has several rings. Its circular core is bright white at the very center, but light yellow overall. Going outward, there are gaps between the rings. The core is surrounded by two slightly lighter yellow rings, which also appear to be overlapping. The next ring is slightly more transparent and yellow. The two or three rings that are farther out are bluer, sometimes with blue clumps. The widest ring is also blue, but also the most transparent. At 9 o’clock is a small dwarf galaxy. It is about the same size as the yellow core of the Bullseye. The dwarf galaxy is blue, with many dots. It looks like the edge of the Bullseye might touch the dwarf galaxy. Both galaxies are set on the black background of space, which is dotted with a range of galaxies in different shapes, colors, and sizes, along with one foreground star at left. A concentration of bright blue stars occupies the bottom right corner of the image. At bottom center within them is a small blue bubble. The stars and bubble are part of a diffuse dwarf galaxy that extends beyond the image border. Background galaxies are scattered across the image, with some particularly prominent spirals located at upper left and upper right. The background of space is black. This is a highly detailed composite image of a star-forming region of space known as 30 Doradus, shaped like a bouquet, or a maple leaf. X-ray wind and gas takes the shape of a massive purple and pink bouquet with an extended central flower, or perhaps a leaf from a maple tree. The hazy, mottled shape occupies much of the image, positioned just to our left of center, tilted slightly to our left. Inside the purple and pink gas and wind cloud are red and orange veins, and pockets of bright white light. The red and orange veins represent energy ejected by supernovas, carried on cosmically strong winds. The pockets of white light represent clusters of young stars. One cluster at the heart of 30 Doradus houses the most massive stars astronomers have ever found. The hazy purple and pink bouquet is surrounded by glowing dots of green, white, orange, and red. A second mottled purple cloud shape, which resembles a ring of smoke, sits in our lower righthand corner. This is a composite image of star cluster NGC 602, in vibrant and festive colors. The shape of the star cluster strongly resembles a holiday wreath. The cluster includes a giant dust cloud ring, shown in greens, yellows, blues, and oranges. The green hues and feathery edges of the ring cloud create the appearance of a wreath made of evergreen boughs. Hints of red representing X-rays provide shading, highlighting layers within the wreath-like ring cloud. The image is aglow with specks and dots of colorful, festive light, in blues, golds, whites, oranges, and reds. These lights represent stars within the cluster. Some of the lights gleam with diffraction spikes, while others emit a warm, diffuse glow. Upon closer inspection, many of the glowing specks have spiraling arms, indicating that they are, in fact, distant galaxies.
February 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.

I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.

Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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propublica.org
When SpaceX’s Starship blew up in January, Musk called it “barely a bump in the road,” brushing off the FAA’s concerns.

Yet during the accident, dozens of airplanes scrambled to avoid debris. Pieces of the craft were later found on beaches and roads.
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and…
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February 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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One of the reasons I love the cover of the first issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA (on news stands in December of 1940 with a cover date of March 1941) is that Jack Kirby and Joe Simon could see, a year ahead of Pearl Harbor, that fascism would be the enemy. Because they were paying attention.
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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This image of Cartwheel Galaxy from James Webb Telescope, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight. Start exploring the Universe. Launch Telescope Finder Tool to get your perfect telescope 👉 www.telescopeadvisor.com/telescope-fi... #Astronomy #STEM
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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A stunning image of NGC 1333 in the Perseus molecular cloud, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Inspired to explore the universe? Get your personalized telescope recommendations from TelescopeAdvisor using Telescope Finder Tool 👉 www.telescopeadvisor.com/telescope-fi... #Astronomy #STEM
February 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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February 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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#NeverForget
auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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altyellonatpark.org
A rare cartwheel galaxy
PGC-2248
Photo credit James Webb Space Telescope
Constellation Sculptor
Discovered 1941 by Fritz Zwicky
Distance 500 light years
Once a normal spiral galaxy it collided perfectly (bulls eye) with another galaxy who's shock wave created this unique structure.
January 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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devincow.bsky.social
What an exhausting day.

So much trauma out there in the world, in our people.

Sending love ♥️
January 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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“I’m looking for the helpers, the first-responders, the members of the opposition who will not just stand by or turn away while a sociopathic president abuses his power to attack the vulnerable, exalt the violent and trash the Constitution.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/take-stren...
Take Strength from the Helpers
Pay attention to those who have refused to stay silent in the face of dangerous pardons, attacks on the vulnerable and desecration of the Constitution
www.americaamerica.news
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#dailypanel
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The universe is a masterpiece of mystery and beauty. Behold the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, a cosmic canvas painted by the hands of the cosmos itself. Inspired to explore the cosmos with a telescope? Get your own telescope here 👉 amzn.to/49g9lvS #SpaceInspiration #AmazonAffiliate
January 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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January 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Costco shareholders voted strongly against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the US company said, sending a message running counter to the intense scrutiny many such corporate policies face. cnn.it/3PQdvlo
January 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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luckytran.com
A norovirus vaccine? Yes please!
A norovirus vaccine could be on the horizon as cases rise
Moderna is testing a norovirus vaccine in a phase three trial. Results could be available as soon as this year.
www.cnbc.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Brain fog aahhhh
#brainfog #brainfogsucks #chronicillnessmemes
brain: don't forget. me: forget what? brain: forget what?
January 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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A stars massive outburst captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

📽: NASA/ESA
January 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Every star may be a sun to someone.

~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos
January 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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scripting.com
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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thegodpodcast.com
Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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United Kingdom from space Credit:NASA
January 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: The Department of Labor report found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

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Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds
The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM