Welcome to Wednesday

Finland and Sweden have formally handed in applications to join NATO, ending decades of neutrality https://cnn.it/3PElQau

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https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/texas-social-media-law-hb20/

Man arrested after shooting Johnny Cash water tank In Kingsland, causing a hilarious week-long leak.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/18/man-arrested-shooting-johnny-cash-water-tank-kingsland-leak/

At least now the Republicans can have their cocaine orgies in peace.

Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn concedes North Carolina primary to Chuck Edwards after a raft of recent scandals and falling out with his GOP colleagues on Capitol Hill https://cnn.it/3Nq7nwV

You. Don't. Debate. Nazis.

Why is having no algorithm a good thing? #CoSo

NASA pinpoints terrifying ‘sounds’ echoing from distant black hole

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/05/listen-cosmic-horror-nasa-pinpoints-terrifying-sounds-echoing-from-distant-black-hole/

Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months.

Blue-green algae, a type of cyanobacteria, set in a container on a windowsill powered a computer continuously for six months using photosynthesis.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319584-computer-powered-by-colony-of-blue-green-algae-has-run-for-six-months/

'When I was 10, the swami (Hindu priest) at my local temple asked me who my favorite God is and I replied 'Thor'.

He laughed and my family laughed and everyone around laughed and told me that these are imaginary characters made to fool kids and make money."

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Regarding the allegations of "echo chamber"

Some folks say that using tools such as mute and block result in an echo chamber.

Many don't pause to consider that oftentimes it is the BEHAVIOR not the IDEA that is getting muted or blocked.

Maybe it is the idea.

But I suspect many people who use these tools are doing so to reduce antagonism, not to stop thinking as the term suggests.

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#keepingon #twocents

Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith, sampled during the Apollo 11, 12, and 17 missions https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8
#cososcience #space #moon

Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Maybe it'll get here by 2024!

https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-reveal-first-image-black-hole-heart-our-galaxy

@TheNewsOwl

#News
#Energy
#Science
#Space
#Technology

"Lunar soil sample analysis has revealed an abundance of iron-rich and titanium-rich substances on the moon’s surface. Combined with sunlight and electrolyzed water – extracted from the moon and astronauts’ breathing exhausts – these compounds could work as the perfect catalyst to make oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons that could be used as a fuel."

Twitter escapees keep posting links to #Twitter vs the ACTUAL #news source. Just. Stop.