Rich Ozer

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. - Carl Sagan

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

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We should stop saying DEI, and say "diversity, equity, and inclusion" every time. We just want things to be equitable. The opposite is inequitable. Make people say they stand for inequity and exclusion if thats the way they want to go.

Humidifier Review xkcd.com/3044

yelling at fascists is good and it can get results 👍

Initial conditions: m1=23.3 m2=67.3 m3=70.5 (solar masses) v1x=5.086 v1y=-6.139 v2x=2.029 v2y=3.211 v3x=-5.704 v3y=-0.994 (km/s) x1=-4.0 y1=10.0 x2=-8.0 y2=-12.0 x3=19.0 y3=25.0 (AU from center) Music: Gymnopédie No. 1 – Satie

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

#astrophotography Helix Nebula taken from the White Mountains in California. Wind conditions forced me to take 400+ 30 second subs. C11, Atik 383L CCD

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Failure to align with institutional fascist violence will be treated as betrayal and treason. -- A. R. Moxon

"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing." This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon': - None of the ants understand the problem they're solving. - None of them can see the whole shape. - A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.

Hi Ya’ll Im a natrowband solar astronomer and founder of the world’s largest Solar Astronomy nonprofit The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. charliebates.org 🧪🔭

From what I can tell, all the Dems need to do to ride out the next four years is get their vaccines and drink pasteurized milk.

Thanks to nanoprobe technology, we can finally go inside the mind of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to see the amazing neurological features prominent there.

I know it's been a week, but I kind of like this shot. Taken from Winnemucca, NV.

Some excellent writing and reporting here. gcaptain.com/a-deep-dive-...

Fyre Festival backers are watching this year's burning man closely for organizing tips.