Rick Morse
@rhmj.bsky.social
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Satellites, space, Oxford commas, birds, & tech 🛰️📡
Opinions = just mine
Satellites, space, Oxford commas, birds, & tech 🛰️📡
Tie game if this happened 🤷♂️
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tie game if this happened 🤷♂️
Recession indicator
BetMGM swings to profit in first quarter amid e-betting surge reut.rs/4iGVPVh
BetMGM swings to profit in first quarter amid e-betting surge
U.S. sports-betting service BetMGM, a joint venture between MGM Resorts and Entain , posted core profit for the first quarter on Monday, supported by strong growth in its iGaming and online sports divisions.
reut.rs
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Recession indicator
“If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we’re up for grabs for the next charlatan political or religious who comes ambling along.”
In the last interview of his life (1996), astronomer Carl Sagan gave an eerily prescient warning of the dangers that come when you cannot ask skeptical scientific questions of those in authority. Watch and ask yourself: was he right?
April 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we’re up for grabs for the next charlatan political or religious who comes ambling along.”
This week we’ve likely seen criminal insider trading that will never be prosecuted because there will be blanket pardons for all involved on the morning of 1/20/29
Yet I repeat for the sake of our country 👇
Yet I repeat for the sake of our country 👇
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Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
New: Marjorie Taylor Greene urged the DOJ and FBI on Weds. to investigate anti-Tesla protests.
In doing so, she may have violated House ethics rules--because she owns stock in Tesla.
me, for @forbes.com
In doing so, she may have violated House ethics rules--because she owns stock in Tesla.
me, for @forbes.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This week we’ve likely seen criminal insider trading that will never be prosecuted because there will be blanket pardons for all involved on the morning of 1/20/29
Yet I repeat for the sake of our country 👇
Yet I repeat for the sake of our country 👇
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Untitled, by Keith Haring, 1987, 📸 by @KCleevesPhotos
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Untitled, by Keith Haring, 1987, 📸 by @KCleevesPhotos
Reposted by Rick Morse
JFC. WE ARE STILL WORSE OFF. We still have *at least* 10% global tariffs. Businesses can’t make decisions, as they don’t know what tariffs will be 90 days from now
I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo
I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
JFC. WE ARE STILL WORSE OFF. We still have *at least* 10% global tariffs. Businesses can’t make decisions, as they don’t know what tariffs will be 90 days from now
I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo
I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo
Surprised @ulalaunch.bsky.social hasn’t moved here from Twitter
April 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Surprised @ulalaunch.bsky.social hasn’t moved here from Twitter
Tariff supporters right now 👇
April 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Tariff supporters right now 👇
NoHo Hank vibes
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NoHo Hank vibes
When the -FO part of FAFO happens
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Charts That Basically Go Vertical, an occasional series
April 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When the -FO part of FAFO happens
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100% this
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.
'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America...
www.wbur.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
100% this
Found out Severance comes out at 9pm ET on Thursdays and now I need to save myself from spoilers
March 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Found out Severance comes out at 9pm ET on Thursdays and now I need to save myself from spoilers
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happy wood anniversary to all who celebrate
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
happy wood anniversary to all who celebrate
Well here’s a future season of How We Survive, a complete reversal of Season 6’s reporting
@kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
@kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
Absolutely, and yet the current civilian leader of the military just recently claimed differently www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Hegseth says Pentagon 'does not do climate change crap,' doubling down on ignorance
The defense secretary's cluelessness was on full display in disregarding climate change's role in global conflict.
www.msnbc.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well here’s a future season of How We Survive, a complete reversal of Season 6’s reporting
@kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
@kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
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Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
New: Marjorie Taylor Greene urged the DOJ and FBI on Weds. to investigate anti-Tesla protests.
In doing so, she may have violated House ethics rules--because she owns stock in Tesla.
me, for @forbes.com
In doing so, she may have violated House ethics rules--because she owns stock in Tesla.
me, for @forbes.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene Urges DOJ Probe Into Tesla Protests—A Possible House Rules Violation Since She Owns The Company’s Stock
Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Violated Ethics Rules: Urges DOJ, FBI Investigation Into Tesla Protests While Owning Company’s Stock
www.forbes.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
Elected officials should have all their investments tied to either a broad index of American companies or Treasuries.
That’s it.
End single stock ownership for all elected officials.
Oh, also make their calls & schedules public after 24 hours so we know who is influencing votes 🇺🇸
Evergreen skeet 🌲
I don’t even know what there is to say about this stuff anymore. They’re destroying the country and making all of us less safe.
Sweeping cuts hit recent federal hires as Trump administration slashes workforce
Employees across several agencies including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy and the General Services Administration have all been affecte...
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Evergreen skeet 🌲
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In 2018, the VLBA telescope "spotted" Voyager 1 (or at least the faint radio signal from its transmitter). At that time , Voyager was already outside of our solar system and beyond the heliosphere. Resolution needed? 1/10,000 the width of a penny as seen from 4 km away. #NRAO 🔭#astronomy 🧪
February 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
In 2018, the VLBA telescope "spotted" Voyager 1 (or at least the faint radio signal from its transmitter). At that time , Voyager was already outside of our solar system and beyond the heliosphere. Resolution needed? 1/10,000 the width of a penny as seen from 4 km away. #NRAO 🔭#astronomy 🧪
Senator from Kansas thinks that some foreign aid is important. Wonder why?
February 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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The Threat to the Astrophysics Data System
Many times on this blog I have mentioned many times is the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System which (for the uninitiated) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)…
Many times on this blog I have mentioned many times is the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System which (for the uninitiated) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)…
The Threat to the Astrophysics Data System
Many times on this blog I have mentioned many times is the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System which (for the uninitiated) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 14.0 million records covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and (of course) the arXiv e-prints.
telescoper.blog
February 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Threat to the Astrophysics Data System
Many times on this blog I have mentioned many times is the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System which (for the uninitiated) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)…
Many times on this blog I have mentioned many times is the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System which (for the uninitiated) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)…
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
60 years of progress and work erased
NEWS: Remaining USAID staffers are now receiving notices en masse that they're being placed on administrative leave.
Notice comes from Pete Marocco, who, via Marco Rubio (confirmed 99-0 by the Senate), has been authorized to oversee the agency.
Notice comes from Pete Marocco, who, via Marco Rubio (confirmed 99-0 by the Senate), has been authorized to oversee the agency.
February 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
60 years of progress and work erased
Turning an actual legitimate question about the qualifications of people raiding and destroying government agencies into a blatant lie about the intellectual capacity about Federal Air Traffic Controllers is weird
DOOCY: Some of these DOGE engineers that Elon Musk has helping him are as young as 19 years old--
TRUMP: That's good. They're very smart ... they work actually out of the White House
TRUMP: That's good. They're very smart ... they work actually out of the White House
February 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Turning an actual legitimate question about the qualifications of people raiding and destroying government agencies into a blatant lie about the intellectual capacity about Federal Air Traffic Controllers is weird
Informing/reminding readers that consumers pay tariffs on the 11th paragraph is way better than not at all 👏
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
February 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Informing/reminding readers that consumers pay tariffs on the 11th paragraph is way better than not at all 👏
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
I’m afraid to ask how many people realize who actually pays tariffs, because it definitely isn’t foreign nations or companies. It’s the American consumer and/or business.
The NYT and everyone reporting on tariffs and the economy can and must do better to explain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
The NYT and everyone reporting on tariffs and the economy can and must do better to explain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
January 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m afraid to ask how many people realize who actually pays tariffs, because it definitely isn’t foreign nations or companies. It’s the American consumer and/or business.
The NYT and everyone reporting on tariffs and the economy can and must do better to explain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
The NYT and everyone reporting on tariffs and the economy can and must do better to explain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...