Michael "Bink" Knowles

This is K2-18b.

It’s a planet outside of our solar system, about 2 1/2 times the size of earth, orbiting a small red dwarf star.

The James Webb space telescope spent time studying this planet via spectroscopy and determined it has gases in its atmosphere that are only created through biology!

RIP Professor Ann D. Gordon of Rutgers. She stood firm against the lies invented about Susan B. Anthony by pro-lifers. Gordon emphasized that Anthony dedicated her life to women winning the vote, and didn't spend any energy on the politics of abortion.

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The choir group is impromptu, organized by two guys from Toronto who travel around putting these kind of singing events together. They arrange the music and direct the choir.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir!_...!

YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! / Colin Hay - Men At Work "Overkill"

One of Colin Hay's better compositions for sure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZK...

16-year-old me would have been thrilled. Here's a sugar pine cone .... The first cologne I bought was Sugar Pine essential oil, trying to attract the girls.

Quick Lassen getaway

You had one job...

50 Years Ago: McCune & Meyer Create The JM-3 Integrated Concert Loudspeaker (Part 1) - ProSoundWeb The story of the creation of a three-way loudspeaker in a single enclosure, compact enough to fit into a jet cargo hold, sounding just as brilliant as the Altec 604 but 10 times louder.

Here's part 1 of an article I wrote for ProSoundNews about McCune in the '70s
www.prosoundweb.com/50-years-ago...

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

This is when the mistaken photo is MUCH better

‘Wicked’ Music Producer Greg Wells on Losing a World-Class Studio as Well as Family Home in the Fires — and the Sorrow of Saying Goodbye to the Palisades Greg Wells, music producer of 'Wicked' and many pop hits, talks about losing his home studio in the fire, and saying goodbye to the Pacific Palisades.

variety.com/2025/music/n...

"Why the Supreme Court sucks"
www.fivefourpod.com

Here are the two main dividing lines that people mean when they say Northern California versus Southern California. The black line is the mountain barrier, from Point Conception through the Tehachapis and Sierras. The red line is the 1859 Pico Act, not passed by US Congress.