ICYMI: A call for pedantry in free speech debates and for separating Free Speech Rights, Free Speech Culture, And Speech Decency.

https://popehat.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-free-speech-pedantry

Here's the most yellow one I could find for #sundaypixyellow and it also happens to be a #standingstonesunday

I call that a win/win.

#yellow #milkyway #rocks #geology #utah #geologyrocks #nightsky #milkyway #thenighttimeistherighttime #smokeweedeveryday #explore #travel #nomad #astrophotography #sunday #standingstone #devilsgarden #photography #landscape #darkskies #astronomy #winning #sundaywin

"If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes."

Nathalie Robin
#Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence

If you ever had a vaccine, injection or surgery, you’re indebted to the ancient & wondrous horseshoe crab.

Its blue blood contains Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) which clumps at contact with bacterial toxins. Animals are caught for their blood to test sterility of medical equipment & injections.

Unfortunately the harvest is unsustainable & populations are in decline. An effective synthetic substitute has been around for 2 decades & we just need the biomedical industry to switch. #SharedPlanet