I have fond memories of a time when, if people said plainly lunatic extremist things, even if they were once in a crappy band and had a rich dad, they were just ignored by the media.

The rule of law was gone the moment SCOTUS declared Trump has immunity for "official acts." Democracy was utterly lost in November 2024. Project 2025 is 53% implemented. VP Harris endlessly warned us, and here we are, astronauts standing slavishly, fearfully, by his side.

To those of you more knowledgeable abt these things than I ... can you tell us if it's even possible for the Dems to execute a blue wave in Nov after what the SCOTUS just did to the Voting Act? 📰 #USPOL #Election2026 #uspolitics [I expect we'll see more of this 👇]

Question: Why is the UK not deep purple? What's up with that?

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

This is a wonderful thing ... for now. But what happens when all sides have the same technology? Will the humans all go on vacation and sip mai-tai's on some beach in the tropics while the robots destroy one another? 📰

In case you missed this ...

What's this about MAGA's loudest sales people suddenly regretting their support of Trump? Hear what Mother Jones has to say about these "phoney outrage artists". #USPOL 📰

As someone who is getting up there, I am quite aware of how fragile existence can be for the elderly/infirm. This piece 👇 spells out the regs that sent elderly poor ppl into the streets (under Reagan's admin of course) & make it illegal for 4+ seniors to share a home w/ a caregiver. Fix it! 📰⚕️

Yes! Let's hear it for publicly funded education!!

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

DesmondMorris, renowned observer of human behavior who left behind provocative ideas & many books (eg, 'The Naked Ape'), died today. 📰📚🧪🦍 Between Oxbridge alumni JaredDiamond, RichardDawkins & Morris, 20th C England profoundly shaped our understanding of life & ourselves. Shoutout to my UK friends!

Here's a prediction that never crossed my mind. W/in 35yrs, we could see an (accidental) AI-generated nuclear war! 😲 "If you have 20 min to decide whether to send a few 100 nuclear missiles to both China&Russia, [we] might feel it's wiser for AI to make that decision. But AI ...hallucinates." 📰🧪

Did u know? The US NuclearRegulatoryCommission approved extension of ops for DiabloCanyon nuclear power plant to 2045! Now it's up to California. Don't screw this up, CA! Clean, low-cost, persistent electricity for the next 20yrs & a more stable power grid are within our reach. Make is so! 📰🧪

Wow! Just wow! Prescient, heart-felt, knowledgeable, determined.

Yes! It's amazing the breakthroughs you make in your sleep or when you're not paying attention.

Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. Doctors recommended surgical intervention but Einstein declined, saying “I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly." Here is his office as he left it. 🧪 ⚛️ Image: R. Morse/LIFE

How low can news reporting go?! 1.5 wks ago, a Fox News anchor described Apollo 17 astro Jack Schmidt as the last surviving astro to walk on the moon. Well here's news for her: Buzz Aldrin is still alive! Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave! 📰🚀🛰️👨‍🚀 tinyurl.com/4rea4yb3

A clever summation of what passes for American leadership at this moment. 👏

Off the topic, I was at your Ted presentation in 2007 where you showed Cassini pictures of Saturn. I was one of the gasping weepers. Thank you.

Christopher Columbus, historically assumed to be Italian, kept his ancestry secret. But recent DNA analysis on the remains, located in Spain, of his direct descendants apparently indicates he was Spanish. I wonder why he hid his ancestry. Maybe he was ashamed of the Spanish Inquisition? 📰🧪

There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

Thank the great singularity in the sky for Marc Elias!!! 📰📜

The amazing story of the origin of the word 'totalitarian' and the man who coined it, founded a newspaper to fight it, and was beaten to death by fascists because of it. Remember Giovanni Amendola. 📰📚📜

Has Blue Sky been hacked? I seem to be having loading problems. Others too?

Serious questions for all of you: 1. How much longer will Trump be in office? (Consider termination by any means: death, impeachment, term limit, etc) 2. Would a Vance admin be worse, better, the same? (Consider domestic & int'l policies, immigration, economy, Amer citizens' well-being, etc) 📰🧪

Guess I'll be blocking the Space account.

My favorite film from the year I turned 18. Jeremiah Johnson. A Robert Redford film through & through ... intelligent, realistic, & well-made. Filmed in part on his property in Utah on a v low budget. It became a massive commercial success. 📽️🎨 www.facebook.com/1041641727/v...

This is why the channels of communication should never fall into the hands of wealthy, self-interested individuals.

Rep. Andy Ogles on Eric Swalwell: "Let's hang him. Rapists should be hung, period."

If you think the Pope is a radical leftist, wait till you meet his boss.

Yes! Glory be to the Hungarian people. 👏👏👏 Now, here's looking at us, America! 📰

A sign of hope! Hungary's Viktor Orban it out! Could this be the turning tide that drives out the far right across the globe? 🤞🤞🤞 📰

Uh oh ... not good.

Big boo-boo! I meant EDT. Here we go again: How lovely to see their smiling happy faces! For your possible interest ... I'll be giving a brief 'Artemis wrap-up' live interview for BBC TV this evening at 6pm EDT (11pm UK time). 📰🛰️ #ArtemisII

Could my dear UK followers please parse this Guardian news item for me? Does Prince Harry really deserve this? Was he as bad as they say he was? Is that cause for a lawsuit? [I thought only Americans were this lawsuit-happy.] 📰

If this result stands the test of time, it would be awesome.📰🧪📚💉

Just saw Artemis crew report on the moon's color & surprised to see it was brown. That was taken as a new finding. Sorry but pty sci'tists long have known its color & NeilArmstrong described the surface as being like black asphalt illuminated by a flood light. More homework needed, NASA. 📰🧪🌒

Even if the MAGAtes are voted out entirely in future elections, it could take a generation to undo the damage they have done to America and the world. And some damage may be irreversible. Take this, for instance 👇 ... 📰🧪🌎

I'm surprised that I knew not this story of a poor girl, living in a fishing village on the south coast of England in the early 1800s, who discovered a fossil that began the field of paleontology. Of course, the scientific establishment took her work, gave her no credit, & tried to bury her. 🧪🌎🦖

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Now this cld be a decisive step in the right direction... a consortium of 85 nations w/ sufficiently large combined resources to take significant steps to fight climate change. 📰🧪 And the governor of CA, the 4th largest economy in the world, is there along side them, telling them 'Trump ain't us'.👏

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

Excuse me for not being elated at Artemis II breaking the Apollo 'farthest humans from the Earth' record, but it's really v small potatoes in the scheme of things. What's worth shouting abt? NASA finally has gotten its act together & after much political opposition is back in the game. 📰🚀🌙

Along these lines ... NASA is one of the smallest government agencies. It's budget is only ~0.4% of the entire US budget. That is, if it's budget were tripled, it still would be unnoticeable. Give the 'expense' argument a rest. It's bogus. 🚀🧪

Well, well. After 30yrs as a '60 Minutes' correspondent, Steve Croft gives the low-down on what it was like in the 'snake pit' he found on that show as he walks out the door. I have a v similar story to tell. Maybe all hi-powered positions are like that? Good luck to Croft. He will be missed.📰

OMG! The prettiest Easter eggs I ever saw!

I second this graphic 👇 ...

Yesterday, after the Artemis launch and like the gentleman below, I cried...uncontrollably. Since then, I've been asking myself, Why? It's not like it was our first trip to the moon. I will write more about this in the future. The answer holds, I believe, relevant truths about us all. 📰🧪🚀

And back here on Earth, on Artemis launch day ... From the sublime to horrific cruelty in one species. 📰