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Big Journalism is a corporate enterprise. It doesn't give a damn about democracy.
"Big Journalism" is a corporate enterprise. It doesn't give a damn about 'democracy'.

Women weren't allowed into Princeton's graduate astronomy program when Vera Rubin applied in 1948, so she attended Cornell instead.

Her groundbreaking work on galaxy rotation rates provided the first evidence for the existence of dark matter, a seminal breakthrough that led to the creation of a whole new field of astronomy.

Initially criticized for her theories, she was eventually awarded the National Medal of Science.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/07/23/vera-rubin-berkeley-commencement-address/

#WomensHistoryMonth

photo: Carnegie Institute

Trailblazing Astronomer Vera Rubin on Science, Stereotypes, and Success

“We need senators who have studied physics and representatives who understand ecology.”

The Marginalian

FU(K FB

FB deleted my account because, ironies of Irony, I reposed a meme I had copied from a FB page.

As a rational human, of course I disagreed with FB's AI filter and requested a review.

After more than 30 days, this is the response I got...

"We can't review this decision because too much time has passed since your account was disabled."

No explanation, nothing. Just delete because they can’t be bothered.

I, for one, do not welcome our social media AI overlords.

Current state of cold in southern NH.
This solar + storage project could be a US grid game changer

The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a solar and storage project that could shore up grid stability.

Electrek
Who is Ron DeSantis anyway? | Renegade Cut (2023) DeSantis grew up in a conservative, almost all white middle class town. Then got a law degree and okayed torture in Guantanamo. DeSantis is a far right Catholic cryptofasist.

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reddit
Centrist Democratic PAC’s Sole Funder Is a Republican Megadonor

The Moderate PAC is seeking to destroy progressive primary challengers to centrist Democrats — but its only funder is Republican megadonor Jeffrey Yass.

The Intercept
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