Raymond Francis

@cosmicray
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Planetary science & space exploration, plus aviation. Nature, civilization, and humanity matter to me. Living is entry-level cosmonautics; do it as best you can

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Websitehttps://cosmicray.ca/
Raymond Francis4d ago
Cyberlyra4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116642032886164864

Anyone who still thinks this isn't what's happening in #alberta with the so-called #albertaSeparation movement has another think coming. This is a psy-op, plain and simple, hijacking digital social networks to infuse misinformation and turn voters into weapons of distant states as they tear apart their countries and unknowingly vote against their own interests.

We saw it with Brexit and the USA in 2016, in Crimea and eastern Ukraine in 2014, attempted in France in 2017 ... and we are seeing it again now.

Show threadRaymond FrancisMay 18
Follow-up: a less strictly wrong metaphor
Raymond FrancisMay 17
Science education in Arizona may need some reinforcement, at least in biology
Raymond FrancisMar 31
Taylor LorenzMar 30

I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!

Who are the most knowledgeable people in this realm who I should definitely talk to?

What do you think is important to include in my series? I want to hear thoughts!!

Raymond FrancisMar 22
Aerial scouting was an effective, and very scenic, way to find the most intense #wildflower blooms in the Carrizo Plain and Antelope Valley
#flying
Raymond FrancisMar 10
Randahl FinkMar 10

What right will we have to criticize Putin if he kills Ukrainian president Zelenskyy?

From a legal standpoint, the US has illegally killed the leader of Iran in an illegal war which our leaders are not even criticizing. They are just accepting that the US takes out a leader they do not like, thereby destabilizing a nation of 93 million people.

International law does not allow this, but if we do not uphold international law, what boundaries do we have left to limit dictators like Putin?

Raymond FrancisMar 5
Kevin BeaumontMar 5
Raymond FrancisFeb 25

Even though our knowledge has greatly advanced over the decades, I must say the #planetary literature was much more exciting during the Mariner program
#Mars

(Image from here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/146925115304 )

Show threadRaymond FrancisJan 5

And my own commentary before that clown became a ghoul:

https://cosmicray.ca/writing/masque.html

The Masque of the Red Planet

Raymond FrancisJan 5

"Never forget: whenever Elon Musk walks up to a podium to bullshit you about colonizing Mars or whatever, he is walking on the bodies of dead children. He yanked their food and medicine away while telling lies and cracking stupid jokes."

From: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/last-year-and-year-come

#uspol #space #health #publichealth