YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I may be slightly biased as I am a loyal Bruce Springsteen fan, but be sure to give this a listen.

It’s just what many of us need right about now.

It’s time to take care of each other like never before.

youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w

The Hubble Space Telescope is old, but it’s far from busted The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors

Hubble Space Telescope: old and busted or bold and trusted?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

[My words, on Sciam]

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Canadian civil society organizations condemn ICE violence in Minnesota, support calls from U.S. allies for “ICE Out of Everywhere!” Various cities across Canada—We are horrified by the violent and deadly actions of the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and previous threats from President Trump to dispatch the…

Canadian civil society organizations condemn ICE violence in Minnesota, support calls from U.S. allies for “ICE Out of Everywhere!” 

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Freedom Album Cover -Neil Young

Rockin' In The Free World
-Neil Young🎸🎶🎵💙

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YouTube video by TomPettyVEVO Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down (Official Music Video)

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Mushroom near Sulphur Springs, Texas

#photography #nature #macrophotography #mushroom #texas #resist

Expert Comment: Cuts to fundamental research will hurt the UK’s Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford’s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.

Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now! 🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...

🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
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Proposed budget cuts a catastrophe for UK astronomy The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (...

The UK is set to cut its budget for astronomy research by a third.

Since the few high-profile projects they are likely to continue to support, like ELT, tend to be the most expensive, it means even more drastic cuts to the rest of the field. It is effectively the end.

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YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas - Smooth 1999 Live Video

Needed something to get us moving today...
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YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute Zoom into the Crab Nebula

WATCH: The Crab Nebula is an expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Located 6,500 light-years away, this glowing relic has been expanding since the star exploded, and it is now approximately 11 light-years in width.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

Keep crypto corruption out of Canada Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA

Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org

I don't think masked men cavalierly pepper-spraying white women in Santa Barbara is going to improve the administration's PR situation

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”:

youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Stand up to Trump: End the Safe Third Country Agreement Sign the petition calling on Canada to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders.

Trump's America is not a “safe” country for anyone.

That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Sand dunes. On Mars.

Well, basalt grains, not sand. But still. ON MARS.

Tell Hootsuite: No Tech for ICE! Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance too...

@Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-b... @openmedia.org

UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...

ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics

Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...

Genuinely delighted by this news. Mock had become one of my favourite places to discover new comedians in its later years

Good advertising for Nike, I hope they're OK with being associated with this. And if not, they should say they're not.

Make sure I can open my car door in an emergency! Join Consumer Reports in calling on automakers to make electronic door handles safer!

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Tell the FDA to set strict lead limits now! Dangerous lead levels found in protein powder

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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.

Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine A new study finds that men who are anxious about their masculinity are less likely to care about climate change. They may view environmental concern as a feminine trait that threatens their image.

Some men say climate change is “overblown.” Turns out it’s less about the data and more about not wanting to look feminine.

Fragile masculinity = climate denial.

Remind you of anyone…?

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The Irish tír has a similar form to the French terre which is derived from the Latin terra. These probably originated in a Proto-Indo-European word meaning “dry”. The Irish adjective tirim means “dry”…

Reading this now (Xmas prezzie from @bmckastro.bsky.social!) and it is HILARIOUS (& dark)!