Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

Almost all marine life depends on phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms that use chlorophyll to photosynthesize. Scientists track phytoplankton by measuring the concentration of chlorophyll in the water, which @nasa satellites can detect from space.

https://go.nasa.gov/3Y1sfk4
#NASAEarth

As @NASA_Orion prepares to bid the Moon adieu, the #Artemis I mission says, "Goodnight, Moon!"

Check out this video of @AstroMarshburn reading aloud from the children's book during a past “Read Along, Draw Along” event hosted by Crayola and HarperKids.
#NASA

Annie Koekoek deserved a long and happy life. The next time you feel joy, share some of your joy with her. And the next time you feel sorrow, let some of your tears be for her. Remember this beautiful Human being. Remember Annie.

We are all stardust.

That oxygen you breath? That comes from dying massive stars, ending their light in a supernova.

The iron in your blood? Some massive stars dying, but mainly white dwarfs, the leftovers of dwarf stars like our own Sun, exploding.

The gold ring on your finger? Mostly merging neutron stars, leftovers from supernovae.

#astrodon #scicomm #astronomy

M16: A Star Forming Pillar from Webb https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221206.html #APOD

🍑GEORGIA: The polls are now OPEN for the runoff election!

Don't let the rain stop you from exercising your right to vote. Remember to bring a valid ID, a snack, some water and maybe an umbrella.☔️

Here are the acceptable IDs to vote: https://sos.ga.gov/page/georgia-voter-identification-requirements

Few senators have been stronger champions for voting rights and civil rights than @ReverendWarnock@twitter.com.

Georgia — today is the day to send his much needed voice back to the U.S. Senate.

Polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM EST.

If you run into any problems, contact @866OURVOTE@twitter.com.

President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, is visting the @auschwitzmuseum today to mark the 80th anniversary of death of Saint Archmandrite Grigol Peradze at the Auschwitz camp in 1942.

#Georgia #Auschwitz #history #Peradze

6 December 1942 | Grigol Peradze, a cleric of the Georgian Orthodox Church, an archimandrite, perished in Auschwitz. Since 1933 he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology of the Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942 and in November deported him to Auschwitz.

#Auschwitz #history #Georgia #Orthodox #church #Nazis #Germany #Grigol #Peradze

Hey good people of Texas — revenge porn is a Felony in your state and Ted Cruz is guilt AF.

HOW WE WON: @Sam_Schmir@twitter.com and @yamshlaf@twitter.com explain how @genzforchange@twitter.com used social media to mobilize thousands of young voters to use their voices in the midterm elections and shape the future of our democracy. And Gen-Z is just getting started.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-social-media-mobilized-gen-z-to-the-polls-this-year

you know you're in the right neighborhood when

5 December 1944 | A Gehölz-Abbruchkommando was formed at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

50 female prisoners worked near gas chamber and crematorium IV & V. They cleared and covered with turf the pits which had been created for burning corpses of people murdered in gas chambers.

It was part of the preparation of the SS to evacuate the camp & destroy the evidence of the crime.

#Auschwitz #history #Holocaust #Shoah #NeverForget #crematorium #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Nazis #Germany

Elon Musk just reinstated on Twitter a LITERAL Nazi who has incited violence against me and others. Plus a new report details how hate speech has exploded on Twitter under Musk. Any company that advertises on Twitter is normalizing HATE. Do NOT spend your $ on any company that spends $ Twitter. My new CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/opinions/elon-musk-twitter-obeidallah/index.html

Buachaille Etive Mòr, Glencoe, Scotland.
Taken on a day of foul weather, just a 50 yard walk from the A82. Taken a good few years ago now, not the best photo I've ever taken - I think I've learnt a lot since then, so a return trip is due for 2023.

#Scotland
#Glencoe
#Photography
#Travel

Kirkjufellfoss, #Iceland 🌈

I left Reykjavik early morning and headed 3 hours north to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula to shoot Kirkjufell.
We arrived at the famous peak. It was a downpour. My heart sank. Exhausted and still to early to go eat dinner, I took a nap in the car for “a few minutes.” A few minutes turned into an hour.
As I slept, the sun had come out behind me and woke me up. I turned and looked at Kirkjufell. My jaw dropped. Rainbow over Kirkjufell!
#Fotomontag #photography #rainbow

A little known feature of #Mastodon is the ability to create your own personal notes about an account.
This is a great way to potentially remind yourself why you follow particular accounts (or just about any other reason you can think of).

Also, these notes are private. The account does not know what you have written down, nor the fact that you have even made these notes.

Please #boost to help spread the knowledge around your networks. ☺️
#MastodonTips #Feditips #Notes
https://youtu.be/npoBM9Ev2CQ

The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda

Opinion piece https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01953-2 in @NatureEcoEvo by Sander Chan @sanderchan et al on why governments alone are unlikely to tackle the biodiversity crisis without "a robust action agenda" that mobilizes actions from across all sectors of society. #COP15 #biodiversity

Photo: UNEP/Stephanie Foote