TimePencil

@timepencil
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Squeeze me and watch the fireworks erupt.

Ex-mil, ex-sec, ex-treme, & ex-plosive.

Go ahead. Squeeze me. Crack that vial.

@badastro

Hi Phil,

I just read your newsletter and was pleased to hear you've deleted your Xit account.

Well done, Sir. You have my respect!

It is always a good thing when an astronomer can 'see the light', especially from such a 'dark place' as Xitter!

Tired of zoom, meet, w/e video conferencing software collecting your data?

Signal's got you❤️

NEW: call links let you start a video call with your fave Signal users easily, no group needed. Announcing these, and other improvements to calling here👇

https://signal.org/blog/call-links/

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In this thread I'll be compiling a list of organizations who plan to fight against the abuses of power and bad policies of the forthcoming Trump presidency. They will work better if they work together and we all know about them and help them.

I'm listing them in no particular order, just the order I find out about them. If you know more of them, please tell me!

(1/n)

@theonion

This is clearly in line with the original vision that became, arguably, the world's most successful trilogy.

If the first instalment was called "Info Wars," surely the next instalment will be known as "The Onion Strikes Back".

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.

NBC News

lol #Austrian Airlines leaving the #youknowwhat platform 😆

edit: #AustrianAirlines

Looking after the kids.

My @smh cartoon.

Today is a good day to remember the time I told my Jewish grandmother, who had been an officer in the Red Army all through WWII, about the debate over punching Nazis.

"This is trick question," she said, narrowing her eyes. "When you are done punching, Nazi is still alive, yes?"

Really. Seriously.
If you hear kids saying it, call out their better beings. Educate them. Show them how to love this world instead of raping it.

Remember to look into the #introduction tag from time to time and boost the people there. This is a reminder for myself too because I sometimes forget, but it's important to help new users feel welcome and create their social group here.

In the past few days there's been a significant uptick in new users (unsurprisingly) on the order of 15x as much as usual. So let's make them feel welcome.

I made my thousandth edit to Wikimedia Commons today :)