Reasonably good briefing on Artemis entry plans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEBfxtg4Xg - BUT do we actually have a lat/lon for the target splashdown location anywhere @NASA@twitter.com ? Is there a NOTAM or something for the splashdown zone (as opposed to the reentry corridor)?
7 out of 10 Black voters are worried about voter suppression. 1 out of 5 Black voters have personally experienced voter suppression! Less than 25% of Black voters think the democratic party prioritizes the issues most important for their survival. Now that's disillusionment.
And yet, 50% of Black US voters didn't go full fascist or try to overthrow the government?
In normal folk, disillusionment leads to demands for a better democracy.👍🏿 There are better options than "Fascism or giving up."
RT @ExplorersClub@twitter.com
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of legendary Club member Colonel Joseph “Joe” Kittinger, II MED ’63, a distinguished recipient of the 2001 Explorers Club Medal and an aerospace pioneer. Col. Kittinger passed away today - Friday, December 9, 2022, at 94.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ExplorersClub/status/1601347536333463552
Trillions of galaxies each containing billions of stars with each having a family of orbiting planets expanding ever farther from where the eye can see, yet in one galaxy, orbiting an insignificant star, on a single rock, a god made all of this to glorify himself, so a single species of primates would cut off their penis tips, not eat shellfish, & know how many shekels to sell their daughters for — all so the primates would worship him, or else burn for eternity.
@SamuelBepis @freemo @Darkayne FWIW, I've been on QOTO a month now and haven't seen any race science or bigotry. The few moderation decisions I've seen have been thoughtful and nuanced.
@freemo isn't always the best at clearly communicating his intentions, but from everything I've seen so far, his heart appears to be in the right place.
As a member of the LGBTQ community, I never felt anything less than welcomed on QOTO. And, if I had to describe the tone of my Local feed here, it's mostly STEM-related material, but of the few political-or-politics-adjacent posts I see, the vast majority seem to be left-leaning.
I don't know where this dramatic characterization of QOTO being a hive of right-wing disinfo and bigotry comes from, but it really doesn't seem to have any basis in reality.
Posting and involvement requires motivation, enthusiasm. I'm kinda tapped at the moment. It will help when I'm finally in Canada with @mikmaqpeek.
I wrote a story for a friend - by @JulianGough@twitter.com https://buff.ly/3Pb5VAH The story behind the #Minecraft #EndPoem. Long, emotional, fascinating.
When I hear about the coup attempt in Germany & the desire of these violent extremists to insert Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss as the leader after a planned execution of the German chancellor, it sounds ludicrous, laughable. But that's the thing: These people are deadly serious.
Because the plots of these anti-democratic extremists often seem so ludicrous, they can succeed because the public--& too many leaders--don't take them seriously enough. This tendency is how Trump got as far as he did.
@torq I went through this just recently.. I was getting severely depressed and couldnt figure out why.
Turns out it was a combination of B12 defiency and D defiency.
I realized it because i spent a day out in the sun and felt suprisingly better.. then when i went on supplements I was cured within a week and it never came back.. it was an issue for months.
Cant hurt to take a supplement and see. I highly recommend throwing in some B12 too just to make sure.
I had a melanoma removed from my arm a while ago.
I display common symptoms of Depression.
I usually sleep during the day.
Today, it occurred to me that my symptoms might be of a vitamin D deficiency.
That would mean that when I get Sun, it tries to kill me and when I don't get Sun, it makes me want to kill myself.
I laughed at this for a good 3 minutes straight today.
The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.
Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.
Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.
Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.
👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.
SIDEBAR: If you've ever taken a collection of RPG tables and then rolled some dice to create a scenario, you've played the same sort of "game" that lots of people currently play with AI art generators.
You feed some data into a system and find out what emerges. It's fun!
Grinnin' Ferret