Inspired by a post that suggested “you look up, at the night sky, at stars whose lights have already gone out,” the link below leads to a list of the 300 brightest stars visible from Earth, down to magnitude 3.54. More would be visible if you live in the country, but my assertion will hold nonetheless.

The most distant of those stars is Deneb, one of the bright stars in the Summer Triangle, at around 3000 light years. That means when you look at Deneb, you are seeing it as it appeared 3000 years ago.

Impressive, but it hasn’t gone out in that time. The shortest-lived stars have lifetimes of millions of years (but most last billions or trillions).

All of those stars are still burning brightly.

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/stars.html

#Astronomy #Poetry #InpsirationalThoughtOfTheDay

Reading people's layoff notes the last few days, I would like to share some reminders:

1. Work will never love you back.

2. "It isn't personal." Ignore people who say that. Your salary, your sense of purpose and work integrity *are* personal, and when they are taken away without warning, it affects *you* personally, even if the decision to cut your position was only about money.

3. Thinking about your emotions through a job loss as grieving can be helpful.

4. Work will never love you back.

No AI will make you...

- write a decent novel
- start a good blog
- publish a newsletter that matters
- become a true artist
- release a lifechanging album
- launch a killer app

...if you won't do the hard f**king work

Use AI if you want. I'm not here to judge that. Not ever.

But don't make the mistake of thinking that AI alone makes you a creator.

It takes more than a tool to do that.

A reminder today that the GOP repealed Roe b/c they’re “Pro-Life”—meaning:
•Living wage❌
•Contraception❌
•$35 Insulin cap❌
•Paid family leave?❌
•Free pre-natal care❌
•Universal healthcare❌
•Extend child tax credit?❌
•Force 11-yr-old rape survivors to give birth✅

GOP was never about life. GOP has always been about control of women and girls.