Last nite, after 50 yrs, I re-watched All the President's Men. Not only was I reminded of Redford's role in that story, his brilliant rebelliousness & why I so admired him - his pic was pinned to my Caltech grad office bulletin board for yrs - but how much farther we have fallen since.

The Russians are like gnats. You swat at them and they turn up elsewhere.

What's this Tuesday shit? The rapture happened last week. They only took Robert Redford.

For those who may not know ... the magnetic field of Uranus is tilted ~60 deg relative to its spin axis. So it looks like the aurorae are occurring near the equator, because, in fact, they are! Within ~ 30deg of the equator.

I guess they no longer trust Hegseth with Signal? Jokes aside this is v freaking weird. Calling them in from around the world?

This is most cool!

I'm feeling more and more like this every day. Is this advancing age?

Remind me never to read anything written by this author again. In what seems a very lazy attempt to be ... what? ... edgy?incisive? cynical? ... he ends up incoherent, w/ no resolution whatsoever. I can't even find what one might call a 'point' in this piece. www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...

Redford looks like Brad Pitt here.

I spent the past 10 days on a boat in the fjords of eastern Greenland with no Internet or news access and apparently missed a lot. After 24 hours back in so-called civilization, I’m not quite sure why I left the boat, TBH.

Hey, let's not forget, please!, that Kirk targeted women, too! He advised TaylorSwift to 'submit to her man'. The guy was a massive, hate-spewing, 'my kind is the best kind' of jerk.

This is astonishing to me ... that it is legal for one person to accumulate an entire air force, including fighter jets,"one larger & more capable than what many entire nations possess". Am I the only one terrified by this?! 📰

Does anyone have a transcript of this video clip they could pass around? Would be interesting to see if we could figure out who the stated individual recipients are. 'One Royal Prince' is pretty obvious.

Wow! How far we have come from this dignified display of statesmanship.

OH, and this pic below was taken at Sundance Festival during the premiere of the movie Ethel, about Ethel Kennedy, wife of slain Senator Bobby Kennedy. Do you see that fella in the background on the right hand side? Is he who I think it is!? 😱

In looking for stuff on the internet abt Robert Redford, one of my all time heroes, I came aX this from 2012. Wow! TWO of my all time heroes in one pic. Apparently Taylor has worked w/ the RobertRedford Ctr, aimed at supporting environ solutions thru story-telling. A bright spot in my day. 🎥📰🧡

This is just one example when it would be REALLY GOOD to have an edit function on this site. Hey, Blue Sky, are you listening?

OMG. And it hasn't even been a year yet.

This news makes me happy. I do hope they are successful. In fact, I think the 'billionaire' should just bequeath the land to them. What do you think? 📰⛰️

‪ These guys didn't do their homework! Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) has been shown to be woefully incomplete. Levelized Full System Cost of Energy (LFSCOE) is the 1st step in the right direction. Check out the Conclusions to this paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📰🧪

Heads up! My hero Robert Reich reported in his newsletter today that ppl purchasing his book 'Coming Up Short' are being defrauded & receiving books w/ either empty pages or 'AI crap' in them. Amazon is now not policing its sellers! Probably b/c consumer protections are gone. What's next? 📰

God damn it! Robert Redford has died. Forget the stupid fanfare showered on him b/c of his good looks. He was an individual who genuinely, actively cared abt the impt things in human life, like the responsibilities we share for each other and our planet. A sad day indeed. RIP oh glorious one! 📰

I know that I'm really stressed out, even more than I can consciously admit, when I start reading online recipes. I just came upon this one. Sounds fabulous! Can't wait 'til I get this Enceladus plume paper out the door, cause I'm gonna have me some mushroom soup when I do! 🍲

Simply extraordinary ... that moment that first gravitational wave was discovered. Really happy I lived to see it. 📰🔭🧪

... and he's a Republican who loves guns. 📰 Try again, MAGA.

Looks like they got him ...

And elsewhere in the universe ....

Toxic Empathy?! The first I heard of Kirk was a tweet advising Taylor Swift to submit to her man. Then I learned he wanted to see women denied the right to vote. He was simply the personification of hideous, old fashioned male chauvinism dressed up in a slick, quicksilver amoral faux-finish. 📰

Well, well. Now why would Germany be in the position to have to push for this? Anyone care to venture a guess? 📰

Charlie Kirk is dead. 📰 apnews.com/live/utah-va...

I woke up to this news this morning. So depressing to realize that humans will never change. The pendulum swings. It always has. It always will.

This is a PSA. I paid for an upgrade, from a 'free' account to an 'unlimited' account for the transcription service TurboScribe.ai Now I find it's a scam! They charged me, I got a 'receipt' over email, but I did not actually get an upgrade. Beware!

"The consequences of SocSec# theft are devastating. Bad actors can use these stolen #'s to run up debts in their victims’ names, worm their way into bank accts, steal gov't benefits, &unlock even more private data. (It) increases the odds of an identity theft attempt from ~2% all the way to 97%" 📰

This is a PSA. I paid for an upgrade, from a 'free' account to an 'unlimited' account for the transcription service TurboScribe.ai Now I find it's a scam! They charged me, I got a 'receipt' over email, but I did not actually get an upgrade. Beware!

Of course the media isn't warning of it. They are corporately funded (by and large) and they stand to benefit from it.

I don’t think the Nobel committee gives out peace prizes to deranged despots who want to call their defense departments the Department of War—and who intend to arrogantly ignore the role of Congress to approve such a name change.

Who the f*** is this jackass, Charlie Kirk? Someone slap him upside the head, please. www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

Well, well ... it finally happened! In my high school years, the captain of the football team married the captain of the cheerleaders & they lived happily ever after. I expect no less from T&T. Congratulations to T & T! 🎉💍 [I guess she won't be writing breakup songs any more. ;-) ]

Folks, still having issues w/ my Thunderbird proxy failing to connect to Gmail from my Windows 10 PC. When I open T'bird, I'm asked for 2 accts (not the 3rd) to provide credentials at imap.gmail.com. But when I try that site, nothing happens. Could someone else kindly check that URL?

In case you haven't seen this historical analysis on America's fascism and what makes it different, I recommend it. The similarities, and especially the prognosis, are horrifying but there are some differences that make me hope it can be conquered. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...

... an addendum to previous post Using a Windows Network Diagnostics returns a response "smtp.gmail.com is online but isn't responding to connection attemps" Is anyone else having Gmail problems like this?

Folks... a request ... I'm having recent trouble w/ emailing thru a proxy Gmail acct. My client is Thunderbird; it's connected to a gmail acct. I'm getting msgs 'Outgoing server smtp.gmail.com timed out'; another acct indicates authenticatn problems but suggested fix doesn't work. Help!!!

All I knew of Terrence Stamp, being way across the pond (and I didn't find out for decades later), was that he was involved with *the* most beautiful model in the 60's, Jean Shrimpton. I see now he was a grand, masterpiece of an actor. Makes me sad to see brilliance pass so inevitably away. 📰

Sad to hear of the death of @JeffBezos' mom. Met her & Jeff's Dad at 2007 @TEDTalks. They & Jeff invited me to hang w/ them. Same at 2009 TED. I had occasional email exchanges w/ her for years after. She was sweet, warm, & lovely. RIP Jackie Bezos. 📰

Carl didn't talk this quickly. The vid/audio is speeded up. And of course he's right: People need to be educated on the issues they're voting on! Since that doesn't happen in America, we've ended up where we are now.

I see there is still no way to edit a post on this platform. Does anyone know if that is in the works or will it just never happen?

Well, well ... I blew it this time. Isabelle Boemeke, aka Isodope, is not on bsky! So the handles I put in my last two posts are not her. :-( Sorry! I think she is not on this platform at all but does retain an account onTwitter (X). Anyway, do read her book! 📰🧪

About the RAD FUTURE book launch on 8/12... I am delighted & very proud to say that I am part of @isodope.bsky.social's origin story. She interviewed me a while back on the evolution of my own thinking on nuclear energy. That interview is posted here: tinyurl.com/43y6ua78 Take a read! 📰☢️🧪

Hey! In 2 days, RAD FUTURE, a book explaining #nuclear electricity for lay ppl, written by none other than ‪@isodope.bsky.social‬ .. yep, that girl! .. will be available. I joined her at DiabloCanyon Nuclear PowerPlant for a @nytimes photo shoot. Join the future of abundant clean energy! 📰🧪⚛️