Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
A cosmology, computer, science fiction, and utterly obsessed guitar nerd. I love learning anything new. As of late, I can NOT abide the blatant and bigoted 'othering' in more than a few countries on this pale blue dot. 🌏 🔭 🎶 📚 🦋 💙 Find the truth.
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view profile on Bluesky Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry about the audio. I was going to use an obscure Radiohead song or something instead of that odd song. Cheers!
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
The sheer MAGNITUDE of the energy released is astounding, yet makes you think about the state of the world right now. Take care of yourselves, your families, and your friends, brothers and sisters!
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
Well thank god we sold our democracy, our people’s access to healthcare, housing, education, retirement security, job security, consumer protections, workers rights, women’s rights, minority rights, the quality of our air and water and access to national parks, the trust of our allies, and our 1/2
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
Right to a fair existence. Only to lose the war on egg prices. 2/2
Michael Merrifield (@astromikemerri.bsky.social) reposted
First clear night in forever, and little Moon, so I pointed the Origin 🔭 for three hours on this beautiful lesser-known star-forming region NGC 7822. Note the cluster of stars on the right, whose radiation and winds are sculpting the gas cloud into fantastic shapes and making it glow.
𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 (@tabsout.bsky.social) reposted
"oh, you like that band? name three of their songs!" buddy thats not how it works. the bands name their own songs
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
Honest. Decent. Principled. A Lifetime of Selfless Service. #ThankYouJimmyCarter 🙏
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
@neetaspirant.bsky.social More science, please!
Your funny friend (@neetaspirant.bsky.social) reposted
Examples of some categories of aromatic organic compounds #science #chemistry #neet #education
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Wealth does NOT bestow wisdom or ethics. It rationalizes their opposites.
StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 (@strictlychristo.bsky.social) reposted
Let us not forget to pay tribute to John Brown, a great American hero. John Brown was arrested and charged with terrorism. He was then hanged. His crime was attempting to free men from slavery when slavery was still legal in parts of the U.S. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Br...
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly!
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe, but there is a way to find out!
Vivian C 💕🇺🇸 🗽⚖️📚🏫📜🇺🇦 (@vivianjc.bsky.social) reposted
What is the point of SM unless We act in concert w/each other!? #DemVoice1 +Join your Dem Party +Donate +Attend school, city, county bd meetings +Contact elected officials +Tell them: ❗Gun control NOW ❗Expand SS Medicare ❗Save ACA ❗NO INHUMANE POLICIES ❗NO MASS DEPORTATION imgflip.com/i/9edg4f
Vee (@ajentvee.bsky.social) reposted
This may be an "old woman yells at cloud" moment, but I genuinely do miss when a game just released fully and that was it. No extra DLC content, no micro transactions, etc. Just buying the game and you get the ENTIRE experience in box.
leftylady.bsky.social (@leftylady.bsky.social) reposted
Like a knife to the gut...it hurts big time.
Dannyboy wildlife (@dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social) reposted
Brick's House 🍁 (@brickmahoney.bsky.social) reposted
Every time a Canadian is nice a Canada goose gets meaner
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. - Jean-Paul Sartre 3/3
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek 2/3
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. 1/3
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
The story of Hanukkah is about steadfast opposition, refusal to obey, and how miracles can emerge from darkness to bring light. Chag sameach!
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Scottish Greens (@scottishgreens.org) reposted
🏴Scotland has the strongest hunting laws in the UK. 🚫But today, will be a true test for these laws. 🦊Authorities must enforce these laws for the sake of our nature.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
It's funny how Kate Middleton who has taken a year off from 'working', but who gets worldclass medical treatment and never has to worry about paying for anything. Thinks you should do the same. Either she's stupid or she thinks you are.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
rewatching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and I had forgotten what a mensch Charlie Bucket is. mf gives his hard-earned food and even his spare change to his mom and grandparents. can’t help but feel good that things work out for him.
Meridith Bolster (@meribolst.bsky.social) reposted
www.cnn.com/2024/12/26/s... Wow
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
Made about 25 years ago with wingdings and Paint Shop Pro (Jasc).
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Troy McClure (@trozen.bsky.social) reposted
Mood open.spotify.com/track/2rtGaC...
Hourly Cosmos (@hourlycosmos.bsky.social) reposted
The Blue Marble - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2iT8fp9
JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) reposted
Congrats Trump voters, You elected an adjudicated rapist business fraud who is once again going to use the power of the presidency to extort other countries for his own financial benefit while saddling our nation with even more debt, but at least an imaginary immigrant isn’t eating your cats & dogs.
Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) reposted
“She was evicted from her home of 23 years in February and died in May, while homeless, just days short of her 71st birthday." There was a time in this country when evictions were so rare they sparked riots. Now people are forced out of their homes every single day, and we barely bat an eye.
🏝Ҡąէ🏖 (@riverkat2014.bsky.social) reposted
youtu.be/k_0U3DlLFSU?...
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
In 1964-65 humans created Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and Head Start. If you want to 'make America great again,' maybe revisit the era when you actually acted like you cared.
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
I can’t believe there are people who think they are entitled to being followed back.
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. - Carl Sagan
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth....
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
*rim shot*
Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) reposted
Minnesota has the strongest Child Tax Credit in the nation, and we’re expanding it to give Minnesotans an advance payment option. That’s money for groceries, rent, or a new backpack, and this is just one way we’re making Minnesota the best state for children and families.
Daniel S. Goldberg (@profgoldberg.bsky.social) reposted
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. - Isaac Asimov
BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan.bsky.social) reposted
I think President Biden should pardon a shit ton more people -- a bunch of marijuana convictions, but mostly preemptive pardons to take trump's retribution targets off the backs of his press and political "enemies list." No fucks left, Joe. Just do it.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Stop treating my son's birthday as an excuse for rampant capitalism. Follow his example instead and look after the poor.
Machine Pun Kelly (@kellyscaletta.bsky.social) reposted
I want to wish everyone a Merry Last Christmas and a Happy Last Hanukkah, and a wonderful last Kwanza. Civilization was fun.
BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan.bsky.social) reposted
FUN FACT: When my family takes holiday pictures, we're able to do it without everyone in the house holding an assault weapon and grinning like a psycho.
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today. - Lawrence M. Krauss
Ana Braga🦋💙 🌊 (@theanabraga.bsky.social) reposted
Adult films give younger people the wrong idea of how quick a plumber can come to your house 🤣
OKSOTHICK. (@sayitaintsoph.bsky.social) reposted
She really put all these black ass country artists on the map and bring them out every chance she get ahhhhh
Annie Leymarie (@annieleymarie.bsky.social) reposted
London can be amazing for wildlife. Here are Fifi and Foufou - the 2 foxes who regularly visit my tiny London garden, in a busy area, close to a major road... In the decades I lived in rural Southern England I seldom saw foxes. Here it's daily, many of them!
Dan Chibnall (@bookowl.bsky.social) reposted
I love learning about various human societies' legends and beliefs surrounding the Milky Way. Recently I learned about some Australian Aboriginal people who believed the galaxy was a river that souls crossed in a canoe, and the stars were their campfires along the river. Beautiful.
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
New Florida Law Requires All Women To Produce 3 Healthy White Sons By 22nd Birthday theonion.com/new-florida-...
Mark Stevens (@mark-stevens.bsky.social) reposted
In the final minutes of It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey gets to see what the world would look like if it was ruled by a malicious megalomaniac with no empathy and no concern beyond increasing his own personal wealth. Thank goodness that'll never happen.
Science Explorist (@scipexplorist.bsky.social) reposted
Do you think you're sitting still right now? - You're on a planet that orbitis a star at 30km/s - That star is orbiting the center of a galaxy at 230km/s - That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s. Since you started reading this, you have traveled about 3000km.
Gian D’Oh (@giandoh.bsky.social) reposted
Midnight Mass = Midnight Density x Midnight Volume
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
FYI-- this will be my last week actively posting on the other place. If you know anyone still over on that hellscape who follows me, be sure to let them know.
Jules 🦋 (@julesk.me) reposted
Introverts - today is the day to go outside I see you out here with your cameras! 🫶🫶🪄✨
Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) reposted
Molly wishes you all a merry Christmas and an evil New Year.
Greg Olear (@gregolear.bsky.social) reposted
“The 12 Days of Christmas” When was it ever ok to transfer ownership of 8 dairy maids & 9 ladies dancing? Why would anyone want a single, solitary leaping lord, let alone 10? And why is the singer so obsessed with birds? Does he own an aviary? Also: a partridge in a pear tree is not 1 gift; it’s 2.
lanyardigan (@lanyardigan.bsky.social) reposted
(thrown under bus) hey there’s a few things I could fix under here
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget Even Christmas morning!
Glenn Moore (@thenewsatglenn.bsky.social) reposted
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
Glenn Moore (@thenewsatglenn.bsky.social) reposted
The weirdest part of any Christmas song is when Paul McCartney goes ‘The choir of children sing their song, they practised ALL YEAR long’ and then it turns out it’s just them saying ‘ding dong’ a few times
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social) reply parent
Heheee
The Scientist (@skeenther.bsky.social)
We are but an insignificant drop in a vast, cosmological ocean
Leif Malone (@thetroops.fightins.online) reposted
Get lost! In a good book! Asshole!
Sparker (Ask me How!!) (@sparkerpants.bsky.social) reposted
Fell asleep on my couch watching White Christmas and woke up to the scene in Holiday Inn where Bing is getting out the shoe polish for his costar’s face There’s a painfully on-the-nose metaphor about societal regression in here somewhere