I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750).
To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
Kim and Marek, two of my closest friends, whose wedding I officiated in May, who live down the street from me, lost their house in Altadena. If you know them, you love them, and right now they need your help.
Please consider donating to their GoFundMe:
www.gofundme.com/f/kim-and-ma...
Would appreciate a RT from the scientists for this one! We have 665 scientists in the spring database and I want to get us to about 1000 before we set the teachers loose on the database for January matches.
The MAVEN spacecraft as the landing page of Cloudspotting on Mars: Shapes in Japanese
The MRO spacecraft as the landing page of Cloudspotting on Mars in Japanese
We're pleased to announce that Cloudspotting on Mars is now available in Japanese! Come cloudspotting with us in anticipation of the arrival of JAXA's Martian Moons eXplorer mission.
www.zooniverse.org/organization...
a graphic that says Scientists we need you, then an old school rotary phone that has a speech bubble saying "talk with classrooms across the globe" and a bulleted list Volunteer for 1-5 Q&As per semester Get matched with the right teacher for you via email 35+ categories of scientist, from squid to space It’s free for teachers" and then "sign up at skypeascientist.com"
Scientists!
We are trying to get 1000 of us into the volunteer database by Jan 1.
You'll be volunteering to speak with classrooms over video chat about your work, and answer their questions! You can volunteer for up to 5 sessions per semester.
Sign up here! www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
I'm also curious about the answer, but I saw someone's gpa making it at home and now Im equally curious how to do that
New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
I have to wonder if healthcare insurance companies are looking at the response on social media — across the political spectrum.
I don’t remember seeing anything like this. Pop culture stan accounts, sports fans, random subcultures etc. all participating…
And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
Headline reads: Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion.
*orca feeling good about his new hat*
orcawear killer whale: too small you fucking DUMB ASS
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as: Central Europe.
the overview effect - the profound shift in perspective and awareness astronauts experience when viewing earth from space 🌎
Wait, it's real, lmao. www.instagram.com/snellzilla4/...
Thanks for posting this list! I've been blocking one by one and its so annoying they pop up like gophers
Now on Bluesky!
Like looking at clouds? Love the planet Mars? How about staring at the clouds – on Mars?! Now, you can join NASA’s brand new Cloudspotting on Mars: Shapes #CitizenScience project to help identify beautiful Martian cloud formations: go.nasa.gov/3C3NT0y
