Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

The ABCs of #climate change by the journalist who put the Sixth Extinction on the map: "Climate change isn’t a problem that can be solved by summoning the “will.” It isn’t a problem that can be “fixed” or “conquered,” though these words are often used. It isn’t going to have a happy ending, or a win-win ending, or, on a human timescale, any ending at all. Whatever we might want to believe about our future, there are limits, and we are up against them." @elizkolbert https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/28/climate-change-from-a-to-z/amp

#Earth — with its 8 billion human passengers onboard — seen from the uncrewed #NASA #Orion capsule on its #Artemis I test flight.

In reality, we're not mere passengers on the blue marble but crew members who can determine the future of Earth.

Hello Mastodon! This is an #introduction. I’m a writer (book: Spare Parts, which is a history of transplant surgery from the sixteenth century to the present day (yes, they did transplants back then!) Published by Penguin in the UK and Australia, and St Martin’s in North America. Before this, I was a film maker. Actually, I still am, working mostly with museums, universities and healthcare institutions. I’m so excited to learn about and connect with you all!

"Although #OMOTENASHI will not be able achieve a lunar landing, we will continue recovery operations to measure the radiation environment outside the Earth’s magnetosphere, and demonstrate technologies other than the Moon landing": https://twitter.com/ISAS_JAXA_EN/status/1594869783753003008

Sol 3658 ChemCam remote observation by the Mars Curiosity Rover.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/Kevin M. Gill

#Mars #MSL #CuriosityRover #Space #Science #Astrodon

It’s good to see engagement and use growing here. It would be healthy to have a social platform free of the billionaire oligopoly and the corporate ad folks, don’t you think?

Great Grey #Owl and her baby♥️ #owlsome

Another #caricature commission: Angela Lansbury. Colour pencils on toned paper.

#tealcartoons #art #artist #artistsonmastodon #mastoart

We're hosting a talk this Tuesday on 'Global Governance for Pandemic Preparedness and Response post COVID-19' - online and open to all! https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/global-governance-pandemic-preparedness-and-response-post-covid-19

#Principals #Teachers #Educators

Your #school #culture is made up of every single interaction that happens (or doesn't happen) between people throughout the day.

Your school #climate is made up of how people feel about those interactions (or lack of them).

Your words have Weight, they can bring people down.
Your words have Height, they can lift people up.
Most importantly:
Your words have Length, they last a lifetime!

Be #kind #thoughtful #intentional and #present.

@edutooters One idea that I’ve recommended to our #teachers who stress about weekends being over too quickly is to stop #planning Monday through Friday and instead make a small shift to planning Tuesdays through Mondays instead.

Sundays are a little less stressful when you're already prepped for Monday.

Binge-watched #1899netflix this weekend, and my goodness it is GREAT

The Pleiades tonight. 20 November 2022. #AstroDon #Astronomy #Astro #Space

Evolution doesn’t look how it’s depicted in pop culture. We often picture the famous “March of Progress” illustration where a series of apes stand in line leading to a modern human.

But evolution is not linear. It branches and branches. Divides in some places and recombines in others. #science
Image: @keesey

I don’t understand why people think Mastodon is difficult. It seems pretty straightforward, and the separate servers are no biggie. I’m enjoying this fresh start here, like moving to a new apartment!