Linda Leon

« Battle of the Mega Mega Monsters » photos thanks to M-H!

This is a wonderful image. What is the medium?

This is a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82. At a distance of approximately 11.5 million light-years from Earth it is the closest supernova of its type discovered in the past few decades. The explosion is categorized as a Type Ia supernova, which is theorized to be triggered in binary systems consisting of a white dwarf and another star — which could be a second white dwarf, a star like our sun, or a giant star. Astronomers using a ground-based telescope discovered the explosion on January 21, 2014. This Hubble photograph was taken on January 31, as the supernova approached its peak brightness. The Hubble data are expected to help astronomers refine distance measurements to Type Ia supernovae. In addition, the observations could yield insights into what kind of stars were involved in the explosion. Hubble’s ultraviolet-light sensitivity will allow astronomers to probe the environment around the site of the supernova explosion and in the interstellar medium of the host galaxy. Because of their consistent peak brightness, Type Ia supernovae are among the best tools to measure distances in the universe. They were fundamental to the 1998 discovery of the mysterious acceleration of the expanding universe. A hypothesized repulsive force, called dark energy, is thought to cause the acceleration. Among the other major NASA space-based observatories used in the M82 viewing campaign are Spitzer Space Telescope, C...

Hubble Monitors Supernova In Nearby Galaxy M82 - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/kuQfuD

Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital and a prominent voice of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector, is still being arbitrarily detained

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This Picture of the Week shows Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Arp 230 is a galaxy of an uncommon or peculiar shape, and is therefore part of the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies produced by Halton Arp. Its irregular shape is thought to be the result of a violent collision with another galaxy sometime in the past. The collision could also be held responsible for the formation of the galaxy’s polar ring. The outer ring surrounding the galaxy consists of gas and stars and rotates over the poles of the galaxy. It is thought that the orbit of the smaller of the two galaxies that created Arp 230 was perpendicular to the disk of the second, larger galaxy when they collided. In the process of merging the smaller galaxy would have been ripped apart and may have formed the polar ring structure astronomers can observe today. Arp 230 is quite small for a lenticular galaxy, so the two original galaxies forming it must both have been smaller than the Milky Way. A lenticular galaxy is a galaxy with a prominent central bulge and a disk, but no clear spiral arms. They are classified as intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Flickr user Det58 NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomp...

Hubble's View of the Polar Ring of Arp 230 - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/qGYdJJ

I’m not sure if this isn’t paranoia. But it might not be. I’d like to see some better studies to make sure. Because the world, and the tech industry, is full of unscrupulous opportunists.

Ban superintelligent AI until it’s safe Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns. From controlling nuclear weapons, to replacing millions of jobs, to creating dead

Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns. action.eko.org/a/sign-the-s...

Been painting fishes lately. Here is « The Rapids II »

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now Right now, the Sumud Flotilla is a few nautical miles away from Gaza, carrying doctors, journalists, politicians, and activists - all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza and de

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

Now more than ever, Canada must stand up for humanity | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Targeting civilians and health facilities is never acceptable. No excuses, no exceptions. But right now, humanitarian aid – and the people it is meant to assist – are under attack. In conflict zones a...

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This is a worth while petition to sign.

Full colour in Southern Yukon. View of the Whitehorse dam.

Charlie must give Mom a hug from all of us!

Sign petition - Now more than ever | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Join our call to the Canadian government to protect civilians and healthcare in war zones. Add you name to our petition now.

Another important and worthy petition! www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...

Join us for a powerful evening of solidarity and support for #Palestine, featuring:

🎤A conversation between George Stroumboulopoulos C.M. FRCGS & Bushra Khalidi

🎼Musical performance by Jenn Grant

🔗Tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/lets-talk-...

Bearing witness to the disappearing world Are political officials trying to bring on the apocalypse?

Sarah Kendzior "Every Halloween I reread Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes."

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Not In My Name — Canada: Tell the Prime Minister to stop arming Israel Take action: send a letter to the Prime Minister calling to stop arms shipments to Israel.

For heavens sakes; Sign this petition!
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I’m excited to attend this event; fashionable re-uses for our garbage. Congratulations to Janet Patterson and Leslie Leong for organising this great event!

The UN has moved their General Assembly from NYC to Geneva because the US refused visa for the delegation from Palestine.
Closer to recognising the state of Palestine. Closer to the two state solution. 🇵🇸

Call your MP No more empty words. SANCTION ISRAEL

No more empty words in the face of genocide.

We created a really easy tool and script to call your MP now and demand that Canada sanction Israeli officials, implement a two-way arms embargo, and ban trade with Israel and all companies complicit in the genocide. Call now: leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...

Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting | CBC News A prominent conservative figure in American politics and the mastermind behind Project 2025 — the infamous policy blueprint that proposed a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government — will speak to Prim...

This story alarmed me so much that I wrote to my Member of Parliament for the first time in my entire life.

Yikes! Hope some handmaids show up outside the doors!

Israeli Official Says Israel May Halt the Meager Aid Entering Northern Gaza Amid Famine - News From Antiwar.com An Israeli official told The Associated Press on Saturday that Israel is planning to halt or slow the meager aid supplies that are entering Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza as Israel is expa...

Israel: We're going to starve Gaza.

The west: Israel is starving Gaza!

Israel: It is antisemitic to say we are starving Gaza.

The west: Okay sorry.

Israel: We're going to starve Gaza some more.

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Ban Octopus Farming Now – Pass this Groundbreaking Bill Seafood companies are racing to build octopus factory farms in the U.S., trapping intelligent, sensitive animals into tiny tanks, only to slaughter them for profit.But we have a real shot to stop this

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This is full-on authoritarianism.

Free Nicole Collier. #txlege

We All Share a Duty to Speak Out for Gaza's Children Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza.

Here is one of the most moving articles I’ve read about the horror and tragedy that is Gaza. Thank you, Gurdeep Pandher!

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Carney’s Liberals are ramming through an omnibus bill: C-5. The “Polluters First” Bill will let Big Business bulldoze our democracy, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights for profit. It is rushed and reckless. People in Canada want real climate action and solutions to the affordability crisis — but Bill C-5 is a blatant power grab that puts polluters first and leaves communities, workers, and ecosystems behind.

Allies across the country and experts on environmental legislation, have pinpointed some key amendments: Ensure that the duty to Free and Prior Consent of Indigenous communities is upheld in this bill; Remove the provisions that give broad authority to the Cabinet to bypass laws meant to safeguard Canadians, nature, and the climate; Revise the bill to ensure that all projects and assessments comply with—or exceed—the requirements set out in Canada’s foundational environmental legislation; And ensure meaningful public involvement in decision-making: incorporate public participation mechanisms and mandate the Minister to release all relevant information and advice to the public.

ICYMI: Right now, the Senate is deliberating Bill C-5 — an omnibus bill that would allow the federal government to fast-track corporate projects while ignoring environmental protections, public input, and Indigenous consent.

Send a message to senators to #StopBillC5 👉 leadnow.ca/campaigns/se...

URGENT: No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW. The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter Anas Al Sharif. We are w

No more statements of condemnation. No more “keeping dialogue open” to allow trickles of aid deliveries. No more complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. We call on every government in the world to urgently suspend trade and sanction Israel NOW.

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[bunch of guys who haven't read a piece of fiction in 20 years] my feeling is the kids don't read anymore