Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Wanda Sykes on Trump’s Facebook return: ‘Like letting Hannibal Lecter babysit your most delicious child’ - The Guardian https://apple.news/AFkRZhymoT2WUh0APhMOCUw

Earthlike #planets should readily form around other stars, meteorite data suggests.

Samples from space rocks suggest water and light elements are present in warm inner part of planet-forming disks.

For a long time, planetary scientists thought Earth was a lucky accident, enriched with water and lighter volatile elements by asteroids.

But a series of new studies suggests all the ingredients were much closer at hand when Earth was born.

#astronomy #exoplanets
https://www.science.org/content/article/earthlike-planets-should-readily-form-around-other-stars-meteorites-suggest

🦉 Duo bingo: @NASAHubble captured a bright variable star and its smaller companion star in the upper left of this composite image. Both lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light-years from Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/3Y9idwJ
#NASA

Like other comets, C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has a dust tail trailing behind the comet and a glowing ion tail, pointing away from the Sun, formed from gases ionized by UV radiation from the Sun.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image source: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/
#comet #C2022E3 #Astronomy
6/n

The Welsh Government has confirmed the sudden death of Mark Drakeford's wife Clare. https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-government-confirms-sudden-death-of-first-ministers-wife/ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619350425110716416

Britains commercial public service broadcaster #ITV is using some AI to make a satirical comedy show, they are using real actors for some parts but removing the faces of the human actors and replacing them with the digitally generated celebrities who are being mocked, which seems even *more* dystopian. I never thought I'd be nostalgic for the days of Mike Yarwood (who is still alive)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/09/deep-fake-neighbour-wars-interview-itvx-comedy

#OTD in 1986, as the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51L) perished when the vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff.

They were Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. #NASARemembers
#NASAhistory

“This is warrior policing on steroids” said Georgetown Law Professor Paul Butler of the brutal police beating of #TyreNichols. “What the video shows is an American citizen, who apparently has done nothing wrong, being tortured and executed by armed agents of the state.” #velshi https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/paul-butler-this-is-warrior-policing-on-steroids-162054725819

“"In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory. It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don’t shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren’t damaged; they’re strengthened, matured, humbled. US needs to do same re slavery. Not that complicated.”
Siggy Rose.

Remember #TyreNichols for his art.

https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography/about

Friendly reminder that we don't accept teacher brutality or doctor brutality or athlete brutality or judge brutality or mail carrier brutality or firefighter brutality or farmer brutality or cashier brutality or author brutality or pilot brutality or chef brutality or carpenter brutality or engineer brutality or lawyer brutality or accountant brutality or mechanic brutality or researcher brutality or nurse brutality or crossing guard brutality or dentist brutality or painter brutality.

Citizens! *Puts on steel toed boots* I urge you to remain calm at this moment! *loads rubber bullets into launcher* violence is not the answer! *Hangs night stick from belt* We grieve with your community! *Pulls reflective visor down on helmet* Peace is what this moment calls for *climbs into tank* The great MLK Jr said and I quote: I love police, and they are our friends! *diesel engine roars* So obey, comply, and remember we are in this together! *Tear gas launcher slowly points towards crowd*

Have you also noticed that your Mastodon thread leans toward announcements, celebrations and discussions as opposed to advertisements, complaints and arguments? I find that bit energizing.

I would love to connect with you here on Mastodon! I am a voracious reader and sharer, and I want to learn from you, too! Here are some of my passions:
#education
#technology
#edtech
#science
#physics
#chemistry
#space
#astronomy
#cats
#teaching
#learning
#school
#reading
#urbanranch
#beekeeping
#bees
#travel
#wonder
#wander
#dunkranch

There's a vigil for Tyre Nichols on #DecaturGA square Sun, Jan 29 at 5pm. It's posted on Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights' Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/beaconhillblackalliance/posts/pfbid0PBuyP5fWyQSV8ncaXCnihJqtSZ2CAESQ2JGNfxi9bA3nD9RyNxQH6n5ahc1HaqZJl #TyreNichols #Atlanta

Five years ago today we moved into our current house and officially made #pembrokeshire #wales our home. I have never regretted leaving London, the only things I really miss are frequent, reliable public transport and the galleries and museums. But it’s worth it for the slow, peaceful pace of life, the scenery and the friends we’ve made here

✅ As promised the Amateur Radio Booklet is open source 🌐

📖 I published it on GitHub, just here: https://github.com/NoelM/hambooklet

The booklet is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Atlantic and NYT and NPR are utterly failing America, as they focus on free speech for rich centrists—while neglecting free speech for average people.

The Founders didn’t put “wealthy people and their kids” into the First Amendment. Free speech “on campus” isn’t more important than oppressing kids and teachers in Florida.
DeSantis’s attack on American values and human rights should be front page news.

Our for-profit press is broken.
@donmoyn:

https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1619336783627681792?s=20
#news #NYTimes #Musk