Sam
DEMOCRACY, anti-insurrection, liberal, science, education, climate, entomology, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Clash, Celtics, Ravens
Joined Nov 2017
I'm supposed to be working on responses to reviewer comments. Having tough time focusing. Ugh.
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A claim that Donald Trump ordered his military aides to avoid putting wounded veterans in the spotlight has enraged social media users.
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-reported-disgust-wounded-veteran-sparks-fury-pure-scum-1828949
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I'm told I think too much about endings
But if we don't think about endings, can we really be fully aware of the gift that is this moment?
💜
Kris Allen
Live Like We're Dying
https://youtu.be/YbfeSImDntw
You know. It occurs to me, how this article describes Bennu (like a liquid droplet...) reminds me of that rock monster being thingy, from GalaxyQuest. Anybody else?
Sam
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Good morning #CounterSocialites!
@DavidKMresists congrats!
Why do sometimes, when posting a url, photo and headline pop up, and other times, not? It's annoying.
@see_the_sus Thank you.
INCREDIBLE
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to fling asteroid sample to Earth
“Bennu is behaving like a liquid droplet, but the particles are boulders and gravel and dust barely held together by gravity,” Lauretta said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/09/22/nasa-osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid/
Paradise - John Prine
@tyghebright @th3j35t3r Have you tried cropping it? Just a touch? I've found ANY change at all makes it work. Give it a shot. My attempts usually ended up with the image upside down or something. Now that never happens.
Angel from Montgomery - John Prine and Bonnie Raitt
...just give me one thing I can hold on to...
Sam
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The Senate confirms Gen. C.Q. Brown to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military's top officer, after a monthslong holdup by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/politics/tommy-tuberville-schumer-nominations-vote
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@celticsfanaticentomologist @Museek
Should we not hope for nuclear winter to dial back global warming?
@heyrhiannon Thank you...❤️
@Museek That'll actually be better than slow painful extinction from a pandemic and/or pollution poisoning.
Sam
DEMOCRACY, anti-insurrection, liberal, science, education, climate, entomology, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Clash, Celtics, Ravens
Joined Nov 2017