Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@juddlegum just horrifying. Nearly 40 years working in public libraries, I am heartsick .Librarians mission is to protect the freedom to read. Now, in Florida, they are forced to be accomplices to the State’s fascist demands. And the kids. The kids! Denying them books is denying them the nourishment for the heart! I’m just sick. So fucking evil.

Yesterday we took the grandkids to Chabot Space and Science Center. Best part was looking through their telescope. Even though it was full daytime, we could see Jupiter and Venus. #astronomy #telescope #planets #Chabot

'The Gatekeeper'

This little Eurasian #Robin is the gatekeeper to the lake ahead. I'm sure he will let me pass. Cost, 2 peanuts.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography

People who jump at the chance to say "An AR-15 isn't an assault rifle" are the gun version of people that tell you "His name isn't Frankenstein, it's Frankenstein's monster".

You are technically correct. You are missing the point. Nobody likes you.

@zleap nah

Using Webb’s infrared abilities, researchers studied how starlight from beyond the molecular cloud was absorbed by the icy molecules within. This process left us with “chemical fingerprints,” or absorption lines, that could be compared with lab data to identify the molecules.
#JamesWebb

Magnetic method to clean PFAS contaminated water

https://www.uq.edu.au/news/node/133949

"a simple, fast and effective technique to remove PFAS chemicals from water.

Using a magnet and a reusable absorption aid that they developed"

#OmniumGatherum #science

I should stop caring who I talk to
if they're making a good conversation who cares as long as they're not breaking the law

unless they're an unmitigated shithead who cares

Does anyone still blog? I wrote a new post about a #photo project I'm working on, called What Is? Questions posed and seek to answer through the camera lens. An exploration journey. This one is called What is a Shadow? "A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface."

Read it here: https://fineartamerica.com/blogs/1-what-is.html
#conceptart #question #art #MastoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #valentine #gift #shadow #inspired #abstractart

EARLY INTERNET: Please download Flash, Real Player to make our company sites work correctly.

NOW: Please download our app because no one goes on the web anymore and that way we get your phone#, contacts information, a list of your apps, how many apples you eat in a week, your vitals from your health app, your photos, that text message from your ex that you cannot delete, your fingerprint, your face ID, the stats on how many times you've listened to that Celine Dion album, oh and give a U2 album

cold showers are good for you

#today is Black Bin Monday in my area. As the Green recycling bin is full to overflowing, all the recycling from my block will be going into the Black Bin until next week when it's Green Bin Monday. Last time I complained about this fiasco I was told to take the overflow to the tip. I explained that the bus drivers will not allow me to travel with four smelly black bags of refuse and neither will the taxi drivers. Anyway, we pay for them to empty the bins!

“People are saying, ‘Is Hubble going to be useless now?’” says Tom Brown at @spacetelescope. “It’s not, because it has unique capabilities... Hubble’s pretty much the only game for a huge chunk of astrophysics."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00136-8
#Hubble #stsci #space