A Road to the Stars
Credits: ESO, Petr Horálek, ESO, Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava
#nature #space #astrophotography
I've been bingeing The Cross Examiner podcast. Good content from an attorney who is passionate about why and how to fight the religious right and Christian nationalism.
#humanist #legal #trump
https://www.thecrossexaminer.net/2023/05/29/the-cross-examiner-podcast-s01e03-why-we-care-part-1/
Hi everyone, here's my #introduction
Long time Reddit user but honestly excited to be starting a new social media account and think this might be the community for me
A bit about myself, I went to school for #philosophy and digital #technology with a good amount of my time there spent focusing on #accessibility #privacy #ethics and how all of these things relate
For fun I enjoy #gardening #running #art #travel playing with my #cats and surfing the #web
Happy to be here and farewell!
@digitalpanopticon @bookwyrm @si@ramblingreaders.org well, for one, it’s not owned by Amazon and _I_ control that data. The UX takes some getting used to and the decentralised data isn’t as comprehensive as Goodreads but I’d rather feed the open data protocol instead. I’ve not seen a native app yet either, tend to have a bookmark on my Home Screen instead.
Stopped by my favorite used book store today. To the victor goes the spoils!
#books #bookhaul #BookHoarder #reading #writing #read #write @bookstodon #saturday
I wonder how many social media grammar police introduce a new error with their criticism.
The language in question, “Nevada Town is Hit by ‘Biblical’ Invasion of Cannibal Mormon Crickets,” is supported by Merriam-Webster, second entry:
suggestive of the Bible or Bible times.
I’d vote for unclear pronoun references as more common and more confusing than the objection here. "This is a common writing mistake.” This what? (<- Full disclosure: personal peeve 😉)
Steam app for macOS updated with hardware acceleration for better performance https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/steam-macos-hardware-acceleration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Sorry for forwarding from *that* site...but two of my favorite hosts on The Atheist Experience today!
https://twitter.com/SethAndrewsTTA/status/1667931194921734144
Terrific new find in skepticism and critical thinking! Attorney The Cross Examiner was a guest on Truth Wanted this evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CT2vweyM-E
Several recent episodes of his podcast address faith healing. His analysis is excellent. I'm impressed that he even breaks down how music is used to evoke and heighten emotion in faith healing sessions.
The job of authoritarians like Trump is to lead his followers to debase themselves on his behalf. Once they are complicit in his corruption he has them . Only way out is to collaborate with investigators--or make sure Leader gets back into power to shut it all down. #Strongmen
Do me & Mastodon a favor by following (and boosting) @CalMatters . They haven't posted here since Jan. There's a bot that imports their tweets, but it would be better for all of us if we could show CalMatters the value of investing in the Fediverse.
CalMatters does better coverage of CA politics and higher ed than any LA news org I know of, including - in my opinion - the LA Times.
There is deep consternation that Jack Smith needs to hurry up with just about 18 months left before we elect a new President.
Just as there were idiots groaning that Garland is taking too long and allowing Trump to get away.
Here's the thing: Neither Garland nor Jack Smith has any pressure to re-elect a Democrat.
That is OUR job. They are doing theirs. Want to see Trump convicted, without rushing things?
Elect a Democrat to the WH in 2024.
Every gov in the world is now using "foreign backed environmentalists" to describe the poorest of the poor people protesting against having their water supplies poisoned.
Canada's RW loves the term. Modi uses it to describe anti mining activists. I'm pretty sure Trump employed the term. It's getting tiring how they are spinning destruction of vital life systems as some kind of noble calling as if greed is noble.
If you're looking for a villain to blame for this smoke, it's us driving pointlessly large cars, subsidizing fossil fuel extraction, and building houses so large we need two routers to wifi in the whole place. The villain is us, not some camper who may or may not have been careless with a campfire. Even if there was a camper, it's climate change that created the conditions for this kind of burn. This was well predicted since at least the 90s so don't even pretend we didn't know.
We are the bad guys of this story. If we want to fix this, we have to take power away from the .001% and honestly, even if we put it in the hands of the 1%, we would have better outcomes.
Chemist, science defender, medical writer. Tolkien & LeGuin fangirl but will read cereal boxes and ketchup bottle labels in absence of other material. ❤️ Classic rock, words, mythology, clouds, maps, paleoanthropology, and the history of timekeeping 🕰️ (Profile banner, Irina Irbis, ArtStation)