Mauna Kea
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Quickies
Quickies: On the GM strike, Mauna Kea, vaping illnesses, Alexa making a bad nurse
How are you all on this fine Friday? I’m just peachy. MMMMM PEACHES. No, seriously, if you haven’t already read Melanie’s roundup of articles relating to the latest push for impeachment of the Orange Mussolini, I encourage you to check it out, especially the call to action to encourage your representatives to keep putting pressure on this investigation. In other…
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Quickies: Stunning Astronomy paired with Cute Animal Friday
No intro this time… just the stories! The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa catches our galaxy’s supermassive black hole “blowing bubbles” in an image that I find stunning from a technical standpoint AND beautifully ethereal. (If you want to get really nerdy, a freely-available preprint of the scientific journal article can be found on arXiv.) Remember ‘Oumuamua, the asteroid…
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Quickies: “Arresting” Aquaman, “free” rocket, TV Santa, and more…
Somehow it got to be Friday again?! The news cycle is disheartening and overwhelming these days. So here are a few things you might have missed this week… Jason Momoa takes “arrest” photo at Mauna Kea protest… it was staged, but a) his facial expression amused me and b) it helps keep a spotlight on these important protests. NASA is…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Science Paper Dolls, What it Means to be Queer, and Gender Policing Children
Sunday Funny: Agree to disagree? (via Cyanide and Happiness) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art and Astronomy with Special Guest Maki Naro! Learn about the Mauna Kea telescope and it’s impact on native Hawaiians and learn how to create millions of stars. Gotta Formalin ’em All: The Marine Biology of Eugenie Clark, The Shark Lady Dale tells the fascinating…
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