@raymaccarthy @drs1969 I agree that most European leaders are not fooled by this performance by Rubio. They probably want to keep a low profile and not openly speak out against the White House.How about the right-wing parties in Europe?

@DrJay Obama mentoring Steph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atm3P3XsAag

@AkaSci The first thing I see, when opening the link, proves Hofstadter was right about AI

Sagan and other members of the Voyager team felt the images were needed — they wanted humanity to see Earth’s vulnerability, and that our home world is just a tiny, fragile speck in the cosmic ocean.JPL mounted the entire 20-foot mosaic on a wall in its Theodore von Kármán Auditorium."Members of the Voyager imaging team said in a 2019 research paper that the image of Earth on the wall had to be replaced often because so many people touched it."🥲https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1s-pale-blue-dot/2/n

NYT Op-Ed:"A close reading of the released emails suggests that what is being protected is the comfort of a class of people who believed they were untouchable.The files released reveal a merito-aristocracy that traded favors, influence and access.They reveal a world where character is irrelevant and connection is everything."https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/bondi-epstein-justice.html#UsPol 2/n

@AkaSci at this level of sport everybody is a massive dick

@AkaSci in one corner, two people with decades of debate experience!Innnnn the other corner... a gaggle of rabid clowns!Should be great TV!

Raymond Zhong, who covers climate and the environment for The New York Times, has an exemplary series of articles on the recent drilling mission to the Thwaites Glacier and other research in the Antarctic.Check them out at https://www.nytimes.com/by/raymond-zhong3/n

Judge Ana Reyes -"There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table.Secretary Noem, the record to-date shows, does not have the facts on her side—or at least has ignored them. Does not have the law on her side—or at least has ignored it. Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X (f/k/a Twitter)".https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf#UsPol 2/n

@AkaSci @j258853 in Boulder Colorado, Flatiron Freddy is a stuffed marmot

@cthululemon @AkaSci there has been work on that actually... and we're appreciating the personhood of such beings more too. I guess this is the 'woke science' the creeps cry about? Treating others with empathy....

@AkaSci As much as I think the current Data Center Boom (TM) is a massive bubble that will end badly with a LOT of bag holders, if we really really needed *that much* compute we have plenty of cold surface area that just needs "bring heavy things and folks in and out" infrastructure.

@AkaSci Good on Bruce. He picks up the mantle of a long line. Neil Young, Ohio. Woodie Guthrie with too many to list.