@mmminmaine.bsky.social
“All the people in his orbit…have to constantly prove that they…are tough enough and mean enough, willing to cross the line or…bully or break the moral norm…to stand by the boss or stick it to the libs.”
Including Christians
Christianity After Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Including Christians
Christianity After Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Opinion | Christianity After Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“All the people in his orbit…have to constantly prove that they…are tough enough and mean enough, willing to cross the line or…bully or break the moral norm…to stand by the boss or stick it to the libs.”
Including Christians
Christianity After Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Including Christians
Christianity After Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Selfish.
Awaiting a flight that has been delayed twice. Trying hard to stop my superpower from intervening.
Awaiting a flight that has been delayed twice. Trying hard to stop my superpower from intervening.
July 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Selfish.
Awaiting a flight that has been delayed twice. Trying hard to stop my superpower from intervening.
Awaiting a flight that has been delayed twice. Trying hard to stop my superpower from intervening.
Why we all need more than just resilience, although - especially now - we certainly need that!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
In Texas The Water Rises: A Reckoning
By now, the South should know better.
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Why we all need more than just resilience, although - especially now - we certainly need that!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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HOLLYWOOD: Trump’s unhinged Gestapo smashes a window then tackles and arrests an American citizen for filming it, saying “I got one” and counting like they’re playing some kind of sick video game. (For money)
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
June 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
HOLLYWOOD: Trump’s unhinged Gestapo smashes a window then tackles and arrests an American citizen for filming it, saying “I got one” and counting like they’re playing some kind of sick video game. (For money)
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Republicans in Congress will have to search their consciences…there is still time for them to blame Musk for the aid shutdown and work with Rubio to limit the number of children dying unnecessarily.”
The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
Opinion | The Waste Musk Created
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Republicans in Congress will have to search their consciences…there is still time for them to blame Musk for the aid shutdown and work with Rubio to limit the number of children dying unnecessarily.”
The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
What a great summation from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social of one person’s faith! A great treat with lovely moments and thoughts. Thanks for sharing, John.
youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6-...
youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6-...
My Religion
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtube.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What a great summation from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social of one person’s faith! A great treat with lovely moments and thoughts. Thanks for sharing, John.
youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6-...
youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6-...
“…science is only as resilient as the people who refuse to let it die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science
When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“…science is only as resilient as the people who refuse to let it die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
From my brilliant friend @kccreates.bsky.social today
April 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
From my brilliant friend @kccreates.bsky.social today
“…behavioral change is leading to cultural change. As we spend time on our screens, we’re abandoning a value that used to be pretty central to our culture — the idea that you should work hard to improve your capacity for wisdom and judgment all the days of your life.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime
Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“…behavioral change is leading to cultural change. As we spend time on our screens, we’re abandoning a value that used to be pretty central to our culture — the idea that you should work hard to improve your capacity for wisdom and judgment all the days of your life.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
“…Trump has called the bluff of our constitutional system: It works best when each branch does its job with alacrity.” I say “when each branch does its job with honor and integrity” which is sorely lacking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
A Constitutional Crisis?
We’re covering an imbalance of power in the government.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“…Trump has called the bluff of our constitutional system: It works best when each branch does its job with alacrity.” I say “when each branch does its job with honor and integrity” which is sorely lacking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Corporate greed affecting grocery prices shouldn’t be news.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Opinion | Our Government Stopped Enforcing Robinson-Patman and Destroyed Communities
The Federal Trade Commission’s decision to stop enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act is killing grocery stores in low-income communities.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Corporate greed affecting grocery prices shouldn’t be news.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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The years Y = 1, 9, 36, 100, 225, 441, 784, 1296, 2025, 3025 … all follow the pattern Y = square of (1 + … + n) = 1 cubed + … + n cubed.
So the last pre-2025 year of this form was 1296 = (1 + 2 + … + 8) squared = 36 squared = 1 cubed + … + 8 cubed.
The first post-2025 will be 3025 = 55 squared.
So the last pre-2025 year of this form was 1296 = (1 + 2 + … + 8) squared = 36 squared = 1 cubed + … + 8 cubed.
The first post-2025 will be 3025 = 55 squared.
January 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The years Y = 1, 9, 36, 100, 225, 441, 784, 1296, 2025, 3025 … all follow the pattern Y = square of (1 + … + n) = 1 cubed + … + n cubed.
So the last pre-2025 year of this form was 1296 = (1 + 2 + … + 8) squared = 36 squared = 1 cubed + … + 8 cubed.
The first post-2025 will be 3025 = 55 squared.
So the last pre-2025 year of this form was 1296 = (1 + 2 + … + 8) squared = 36 squared = 1 cubed + … + 8 cubed.
The first post-2025 will be 3025 = 55 squared.
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Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
December 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
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The nightmare begins, with an ignorant, unelected billionaire from South Africa gunning to shut down the US government—based on lies and falsehoods. A @politico.com fact check, and it’s a doozy.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What Elon got wrong about the CR
www.politico.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The nightmare begins, with an ignorant, unelected billionaire from South Africa gunning to shut down the US government—based on lies and falsehoods. A @politico.com fact check, and it’s a doozy.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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🧪Science breakthrough of the year - a mindblowing example of the value of interdisciplinary approaches and a testament to the value of fundamental research:
From understanding HIV capsid architecture to a drug that may soon eradicate the disease! 🤯🤯🤯
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
From understanding HIV capsid architecture to a drug that may soon eradicate the disease! 🤯🤯🤯
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention
A drug with a novel mechanism protects people against the AIDS virus for 6 months. It could speed the end of the epidemic—if those who need it most get access
www.science.org
December 15, 2024 at 12:12 PM
🧪Science breakthrough of the year - a mindblowing example of the value of interdisciplinary approaches and a testament to the value of fundamental research:
From understanding HIV capsid architecture to a drug that may soon eradicate the disease! 🤯🤯🤯
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
From understanding HIV capsid architecture to a drug that may soon eradicate the disease! 🤯🤯🤯
www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
OpenAI has released updates to Canvas and it’s worth seeing. See demo video www.youtube.com/live/qZ0ImE4...
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:26 AM
OpenAI has released updates to Canvas and it’s worth seeing. See demo video www.youtube.com/live/qZ0ImE4...
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SPACE FACTS: DAY 237/365🛰️🧪🔭
There are at least 5500 galaxies in the area covered by a grain of rice held at arm's length, as revealed by the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, which stared at a patch of sky for a total of 22.5 days over 10 years to see galaxies as faint as magnitude 31!
Image: NASA/ESA
There are at least 5500 galaxies in the area covered by a grain of rice held at arm's length, as revealed by the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, which stared at a patch of sky for a total of 22.5 days over 10 years to see galaxies as faint as magnitude 31!
Image: NASA/ESA
April 25, 2024 at 2:10 AM
SPACE FACTS: DAY 237/365🛰️🧪🔭
There are at least 5500 galaxies in the area covered by a grain of rice held at arm's length, as revealed by the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, which stared at a patch of sky for a total of 22.5 days over 10 years to see galaxies as faint as magnitude 31!
Image: NASA/ESA
There are at least 5500 galaxies in the area covered by a grain of rice held at arm's length, as revealed by the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, which stared at a patch of sky for a total of 22.5 days over 10 years to see galaxies as faint as magnitude 31!
Image: NASA/ESA
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A YEAR OF SPACE FACTS: DAY 1/365
The photons we receive from the Sun take a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the surface of the Sun. But they are created deep in the core of the Sun, and it takes them 100,000s of years to get from the core to the surface!
The photons we receive from the Sun take a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the surface of the Sun. But they are created deep in the core of the Sun, and it takes them 100,000s of years to get from the core to the surface!
June 17, 2023 at 10:46 PM
A YEAR OF SPACE FACTS: DAY 1/365
The photons we receive from the Sun take a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the surface of the Sun. But they are created deep in the core of the Sun, and it takes them 100,000s of years to get from the core to the surface!
The photons we receive from the Sun take a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the surface of the Sun. But they are created deep in the core of the Sun, and it takes them 100,000s of years to get from the core to the surface!
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More US manufacturing investment courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act: a $712 million integrated battery cell, pack & packaging plant to open in Shelbyville, Kentucky in late 2025 producing 6 GWh/yr of grid storage batteries & employing 1,572 workers.
www.utilitydive.com/news/e-stora... 🔌💡
www.utilitydive.com/news/e-stora... 🔌💡
e-Storage subsidiary to build $712M plant in Kentucky
Shelbyville Battery Manufacturing is establishing a cell, module and packaging facility and is set to begin production in 2025.
www.utilitydive.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:34 AM
More US manufacturing investment courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act: a $712 million integrated battery cell, pack & packaging plant to open in Shelbyville, Kentucky in late 2025 producing 6 GWh/yr of grid storage batteries & employing 1,572 workers.
www.utilitydive.com/news/e-stora... 🔌💡
www.utilitydive.com/news/e-stora... 🔌💡
We can’t possibly be surprised by this in late 2024. We all need to take heed, take measures, and take the time for training ourselves!
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco
Research shows six in 10 social media content creators do not verify accuracy of information before posting it
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:14 AM
We can’t possibly be surprised by this in late 2024. We all need to take heed, take measures, and take the time for training ourselves!
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...