Mountain girl for life

Did the movie Contact recycle Carl Sagan quotes, or are people just posting lines from the movie as his statements? There was a similar quote from “Carl Sagan” about it being an awful waste of space that was also in Contact, so I am curious if he is the originator of some of these profound ideas.

It worked for Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite, so …

National parks are absolute treasures

I think it’s finally time for me to get my blue “Bernie 2016” T-shirt out of storage

Bird flu was discovered in migrating fowl in my county. I’m worried that my backyard flock would get it. Enclosure? Seems both pricey and risky

I wish I could. I live in a rural area full of magats and I bet that my house would get egged (at best) or have M-80s thrown in my yard, since everyone seems to have a shit-ton of those for every random holiday weekend

A large American flag hangs upside down from the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

Iconic. Distress flag hung in protest from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. #Resist

The media needs to stop using the phrase "Trump outlawed diversity programs" and just say it like it is: Trump legalized discrimination against women and POC.

Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Gotta say that I followed you cuz I thought that it was real scientists trying to fly below the radar. Not impressed with teenage insults

God DAMN I am getting bored with privileged dickheads floating ridiculous ideas cuz they will never accept advice from actual experts in a particular field

Do you guys remember the corrupt developer’s home in the movie “The Devil’s Advocate “? This has that same vibe

We want you to address the climate crisis.

FACT

"We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just back off and let the idiots speak. That appears to be the law of the land."
Hunter S. Thompson — Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

It’s fun having boys

I’m confused. Elon Musk posted on X today, stating, “Medicare is where the big money fraud is happening.” How could he know that (and know where to cut) without an extensive audit, including access to people’s private medical info? My parents are on Medicare and I want them to be safe.

No science? No history? No art? GAH

Here’s my dog, to relieve some stress