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David Grinspoon

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Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐ŸŽธโค๏ธ๐Ÿš€ Sagan Medalist, PEN winner, AAAS fellow. Former Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA. Thereโ€™s an asteroid named after me (22410 Grinspoon) which is better than having one with your name on itโ€ฆ

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DC area friends:
Spend New Years grooving with GROOVADELICS at McGintyโ€™s in Silver Spring. Good food, lovely people, dancing to our reggae/funk/blues/soul, no cover, free glass of bubbly at midnight. Join us!

11.12.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
GROOVADELICS  - Dance Hall Queen - 11/22/25
YouTube video by David Grinspoon GROOVADELICS - Dance Hall Queen - 11/22/25

youtu.be/JedqUWR6_GY?...

11.12.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DC area friends:
Spend New Years grooving with GROOVADELICS at McGintyโ€™s in Silver Spring. Good food, lovely people, dancing to our reggae/funk/blues/soul, no cover, free glass of bubbly at midnight. Join us!

11.12.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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De-ICE these flights! Tell ICE Air contractors to halt inhumane ICE Air transports. Our neighbors are being detained, shackled, then flown out of the country in inhumane conditionsโ€”subjected to abuse, sometimes with no emergency plans, no A/C, and broken toilets. De-ICE these flights...

It's time to #DeICETheseFlights. Add your name now: seiu.co/de-ice-flights

Fascism expands when we look away. Share this, organize, and support the groups fighting back.

Cruelty is a choice โ€” and so is resistance.

#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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De-ICE these flights! Tell ICE Air contractors to halt inhumane ICE Air transports. Our neighbors are being detained, shackled, then flown out of the country in inhumane conditionsโ€”subjected to abuse, sometimes with no emergency plans, no A/C, and broken toilets. De-ICE these flights...

We need action:
โ€ข Airlines end deportation contracts
โ€ข End inhumane treatment of detained immigrants
โ€ข End Trump regimeโ€™s ICE terror campaign
โ€ข Guarantee due process for every person on U.S. soil
People deserve dignity, not disappearance. Add your name: seiu.co/de-ice-flights #SEIUPartner @seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These airlines arenโ€™t providing transportation. Theyโ€™re enabling abuse. Reports show assaults, medical neglect, retaliation, and systemic violations of ICEโ€™s own rules. Cruelty outsourced for convenience and monetized for profit. It must end.

#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isnโ€™t โ€œborder security.โ€ Itโ€™s state sanctioned white supremacy.

Did you know? These flights arenโ€™t run by ICE but private airlines like Avelo, GlobalX, Eastern, and Omni profit from trauma funded by taxpayers. Corporate profit is strapped into every seat.

#SEIUPartner @seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DOJ data shows 97% of people ICE detains in Chicago for deportation have NO CRIMINAL RECORD. Trump vowed to target โ€œviolent criminals.โ€ He lied.

The past month: 8 immi judges fired, โ€œremigration nowโ€ Nazi policy & deportations against court orders.

#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SEIUPartner #DeICETheseFlights
@seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to #DeICETheseFlights. Since Trump took office, 200,000+ people have been separated from their families. Many forced onto ICE Air flights, shackled & flown thousands of miles in extreme heat, broken toilets, & no access to safety in an emergency.

But it gets worse.
#SEIUPartner @seiu.org

10.12.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Artistโ€™s conception of probe release as a ring shaped โ€œbusโ€ craft approaches cloud-swirled Venus and several small probes race toward the cloud tops.

Artistโ€™s conception of probe release as a ring shaped โ€œbusโ€ craft approaches cloud-swirled Venus and several small probes race toward the cloud tops.

โ€œlisten: thereโ€™s a hell of a good universe next door: letโ€™s goโ€ - E. E. Cummings

47 years ago today: the Pioneer Venus probes reached Venus, descending through the swirling global clouds and scorching, crushing air to send back word of the unknown gasses and mysterious conditions belowโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿงช

09.12.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A poster for Durty Neil at Hells Bottom in Takoma Park Dec. 10, 7 PM.
No cover!

A poster for Durty Neil at Hells Bottom in Takoma Park Dec. 10, 7 PM. No cover!

DC area peeps: Cone see Durty Neil tomorrow night in Takoma Park! We play only relatively obscure (non radio) Neil Young covers. (Because sad songs make you feel good)
No cover charge but all band tips go to a local immigrant support group.

09.12.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Durty Neil - Walk On
YouTube video by David Grinspoon Durty Neil - Walk On

youtu.be/HF2UdNFuXfI?...

09.12.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A poster for Durty Neil at Hells Bottom in Takoma Park Dec. 10, 7 PM.
No cover!

A poster for Durty Neil at Hells Bottom in Takoma Park Dec. 10, 7 PM. No cover!

DC area peeps: Cone see Durty Neil tomorrow night in Takoma Park! We play only relatively obscure (non radio) Neil Young covers. (Because sad songs make you feel good)
No cover charge but all band tips go to a local immigrant support group.

09.12.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โค๏ธ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’ซ

09.12.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pioneer Venus launching on an Atlas rocket in early 1978.

Pioneer Venus launching on an Atlas rocket in early 1978.

The Pioneer Venus probes mounted on the spacecraft bus, under preparation in a clean room at NASA/Ames Research Center.

The Pioneer Venus probes mounted on the spacecraft bus, under preparation in a clean room at NASA/Ames Research Center.

โ€ฆand maybe others. So many mysteries and answers await us there on Earthโ€™s neighboring twin, about climate change, the origin and fates of Earthlike planets, distribution and limits to life in the universe, and much more. Letโ€™s go!
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๐Ÿงช

09.12.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Beautiful mysterious cloud swirled Venus.

Beautiful mysterious cloud swirled Venus.

No U.S. spacecraft has entered that atmosphere since (unless you count Magellanโ€™s dying moments) Now we are finally preparing to go back! (If the current administration doesnโ€™t succeed in killing U.S. science) With two NASA spacecraft in the early 2030s, and sibling craft from Europe, Indiaโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿงช

09.12.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Artistโ€™s conception of probe release as a ring shaped โ€œbusโ€ craft approaches cloud-swirled Venus and several small probes race toward the cloud tops.

Artistโ€™s conception of probe release as a ring shaped โ€œbusโ€ craft approaches cloud-swirled Venus and several small probes race toward the cloud tops.

โ€œlisten: thereโ€™s a hell of a good universe next door: letโ€™s goโ€ - E. E. Cummings

47 years ago today: the Pioneer Venus probes reached Venus, descending through the swirling global clouds and scorching, crushing air to send back word of the unknown gasses and mysterious conditions belowโ€ฆ
(1/3)
๐Ÿงช

09.12.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Um, HELLO! I mean I get why they wanted to keep it to 67 (Get it?!) but what am I, chopped liver?

08.12.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Three dudes from the band Kiss sucking up to Donald Trump at the once honorable event of the Kennedy Center Honors which is now perhaps irreversibly despoiled and made a mockery of what it once was. The caption reads โ€œThere is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despotโ€™s ass.โ€

Three dudes from the band Kiss sucking up to Donald Trump at the once honorable event of the Kennedy Center Honors which is now perhaps irreversibly despoiled and made a mockery of what it once was. The caption reads โ€œThere is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despotโ€™s ass.โ€

Now we know why these posers called themselves โ€œKissโ€.

08.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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44K views ยท 34K reactions | episode 38 right now kilauea. december 6, 2025 #volcano #hawaii ๐ŸŒ‹โœจ | Nick Petelos episode 38 right now kilauea. december 6, 2025 #volcano #hawaii ๐ŸŒ‹โœจ

Thereโ€™s some cra-zazy fountaining going on at Kilauea!

www.facebook.com/reel/3371407...

08.12.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Have you been watching Cheetah Cub Cam (Smithsonian)?
The babies are so huge now!
Mom is so patient!
๐Ÿงช

07.12.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Have you been watching Cheetah Cub Cam (Smithsonian)?
The babies are so huge now!
Mom is so patient!
๐Ÿงช

07.12.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Perfecto. Thanks @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social

06.12.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nails it!

06.12.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces โ€˜Civilizational Erasureโ€™

The U.S. has now officially declared itself white supremacist and anti- democratic in its foreign policy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

05.12.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Life Out There: Titan Haze
YouTube video by Denver Museum of Nature & Science Life Out There: Titan Haze

This is Titan Haze.
House Band of the Universe.
๐Ÿงช๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿช๐Ÿš€

youtu.be/-cTtVuxBbdA?...

04.12.2025 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unbelievable.

04.12.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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