Bruce McCandless floating untethered in space anove the Earth.

this ICONIC and terrifying photo was taken on this day in 1984.

it shows astronaut bruce mccandless floating UNTETHERED in space.

Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

@kumail.bsky.social when does it come out ?! Can’t wait for it !!

The USA can afford universal healthcare by:
- Redirecting existing spending
- Replacing inefficient premiums with payroll funding
- Enforcing real cost controls
- Having the highest earners to contribute more
-Making the transition gradual

The barrier is political and structural, not financial.

Start with talking to European leaders where this exists if you want solutions, not Jo shmo on Bluesky - many would be eager to help you if you will push for it

As a comp professional, he is being misleading: yes, a forced sell off by all the billionaires could be bad for the markets, BUT the billionaires COULD transfer their owned shares to employees or charities without selling them, places there won’t be a large overnight sell off to spread their wealth

As a comp professional, that’s not possible as you would either have to greatly reduce ee’s salaries which wouldn’t work (can’t pay bills) or give a substantial amount of equity to make it most of their pay, which would probably be more than the annual share pool and too high an acceptable burnrate

😳😮😲. As the Joe Turns

Do not move on to the next question, he will say “I don’t know, I have to look into it, etc” but stick on the topic and ask follow ups. Stick to 1-3 main topic questions and really lean in that he is ignorant. Push him out off his comfort zone of deny deny deny. Don’t let him onto the next question

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

A photo showing Carl Sagan’s pale blue dot quote on top of the picture that inspired the quote. There is a small dot (Earth) which has a red circle around it, zooming in on it.

posting this today in honor of sagan 🥹🌌