Clif @Clif@qoto.org

A group at Johns Hopkins has created a scrollable, interactive map of the entire universe, from here to the cosmic microwave background.
Extraordinary discoveries at your fingertips for free, unimaginable when I was a kid. https://mapoftheuniverse.net/ #astronomy #space #exploration

Remember, the answer to car-dependant “retail sprawl” can’t just be green tech on buildings in the fundamentally wrong place — & “better cars” isn’t the answer either. Rethink the land-use, mobility, the whole thing. Otherwise you’re just doing the wrong things better. HT Singer #cityplanning #suburbansprawl #cities #suburbs #shopping #retail #irbanplanning #sprawl

23 November 1919 | A Pole, Roman Kuryło, was born in Bełżec. He was a farmer.

He was incarcerated in #Auschwitz on 30 August 1940.
Camp no. 3518
He perished in the camp on 19 March 1942.

#history #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #histodons

@tatzelbrumm @freemo @berkes @rbe_expert @Gargron @trinsec @khird

there should be Fediverse listings instead of Mastodon listings
Mastodon ≠ Fediverse
let people choose for themselves

Sp I wrote a pretty lengthy blog post entitled:

# Eugen Rochko, CEO of Mastodon, Found to Support Nazi's Agenda

Sadly I wish it was clickbait.

You can all read it here:

https://jeffreyfreeman.me/eugen-rochko-ceo-of-mastodon-found-to-support-nazis-agenda/

It is the pinnacle of the recent drama. I will also be sharing it on twitter, linking the joinmastodon account there. I tried to include most of the evidence in the article. Hopefully this will have some positive result

#fediblock #mastoadmin #mastodon @Gargron @trinsec @khird

💰 And yet “oversight failure” is a feature not a bug for the Ponzi scheme pump and dumpers who are now cashed out from crypto into real money.

The Democrats win in court again.

A win for voting rights.

So I guess the Georgia Republicans did appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court, but no worries. They lost.

Saturday voting in Georgia will take place during the run-offs.

Sad when your party platform is to reduce the opportunities to vote. What's ironic is that the Republicans were also hurting their own voters.

New dispatch from @annabower: There was not a ray of hope for the former president–or for Judge Aileen Cannon–in the dark skies of yesterday’s court of appeals hearing.

#MarALago

https://www.lawfareblog.com/trump-has-bad-day-eleventh-circuit

I want to be happy here.

But my Black friends keep getting banned for doing justice work.

Or just... Existing.

At a much quieter volume than I do.

If people didn’t know me or who I’m connected to, would I be gone by now too? 😔

How do you exist in a world where your cultural norm is frowned upon?

Why do I always have to compromise with the oppression dynamic

or get removed? 😭

It’s painful.

And there’s no reason to it.

And all the “solutions” include bowing to that same dynamic.

COVID-19 defemitely not created in a lab: New study: “Our paper recognizes that there are different possible origins, but the evidence towards zoonosis is overwhelming,” says co-author Danielle Anderson, a virologist at the University of Melbourne. The report, which includes an analysis that found the peer-reviewed literature overwhelmingly supports the zoonotic hypotheses, appeared in PNAS, October 2022. https://www.science.org/content/article/evidence-suggests-pandemic-came-nature-not-lab-panel-says?et_rid=49233188&et_cid=4500062 #covid #science

The flight of NASA's Artemis (purple) uses two very close encounters with the moon's gravity (green) to changes its trajectory to get back to the earth (blue.) Amazing.

Personally I think it would be a massive loss if Twitter dies. It’s the world’s biggest resource for information from academics, researchers, breaking news and more (which is how I use it) and a lifeline for people living in repressive regimes.

#Musk fits the old adage applied to Conservatives - he sees the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

“To say that amazing work is being done to combat climate change and to say that almost no progress has been made is not a contradiction; it’s a simple statement of fact.”

Great piece in the New Yorker by Elisabeth Kolbert, on the A-Z of climate change challenges, consequences and (partial) solutions. #dkgreen https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/28/climate-change-from-a-to-z

Getting the vibe looking at the #Twitter and #TwitterMigration tags that a whole bunch of you have just left an abusive relationship.

I'm glad you got out, I hope your healing goes well.

The Sixth Existential Threat Our Civilization Faces Is Hate

When media fails at this basic job — of reminding people that hate is wrong — of course it’s that much easier for it to breed.

Aggressive Behavior will rise endlessly. https://eand.co/the-sixth-existential-threat-our-civilization-faces-is-hate-9d3d218956ab