I had the idea for @blackjoy after thinking about how #racism becomes ingrained through seeing negative images of black people in mass media. Out of that came a bot that toots pictures of #BlackJoy.

For a long time I've wanted to do the same for #indigenous people, but life has gotten in the way. I still want to do so.

In the meantime, I want to recommend @indigneousphoto - tooting archival photos of indigenous people as they are, or were. Let the pictures and stories speak for themselves.

I've been asked if there's a place folks can contribute to the zeroes.ca operating costs:

Recurring Donations:  https://liberapay.com/zeroesca

1-Time Donations:  https://ko-fi.com/zeroesca

If -- and only if -- you have extra to spare.

Stay safe! #COVIDIsNotOver #ZeroesCA

Hágase la luz.
Light. @Mastodon

#riptwitter

I spoke to TIME magazine about the vital role that Twitter plays in crisis- and disaster-related communication — serving as a hub for firsthand witness/survivor accounts, news gathering, emergency alerts & guidance, real-time updates on closures & safe passageways, direct contact with emergency services, etc — and how catastrophic it would be to lose this, especially since we have nothing to take its place yet.

https://time.com/6233609/uva-shooting-twitter-crisis/

Saturn, when viewed in the near-infrared methane absorption band, appears blue. You're able to peer through the upper hazes into the clouds below and the bands and belts start to take shape. It's still false color, but almost looks like a whole new planet.

Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

#Space #Science #Cassini #NASA #Astrodon

My father loved
to repeat the advice
a kind man had given,
namely: that one
should look
for the helpers.

And though
my father never told me
how to find or recognize
such people
sometimes when I look
I still see someone
wearing a mask
and for a moment I think:
there is a helper.