If the moon were only 1 pixel: a ginormously accurate scale model of the solar system!! joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace
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Good, now step one. Un-redact Bill "Boris" Barr's redactions of the Mueller report. Along with flags showing WHAT Barr redacted. Go back to just the source-protection redactions made by intel professionals.
news.google.com/articles/CAIiE
Hannah Arendt in "The Origins of Totalitarianism": βTotalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.β
My bro and colleague and visionary Greg Bear is having complications from heart surgery. He is a very good man. Please keep him in your thoughts.
Space is hard. So let's all offer a "hang-in there" encouragement to the folks at #SpaceX
If God wanted Donald Trump to be president - why did he need so much help from the Russians? cnn.com/2019/01/30/pol
A bit that says it all, from a top Republican factotum: "Science is a Democrat thing."
In another galaxy, a red super-giant (like Betelgeuse) was acting suspiciously and young researchers decided to keep an eye on it for 100+ days, and⦠paydirt! A Type II supernova! 1st time humanity collected data before the big event. Oh, the physics!
Artificial intelligence better than doctors at identifying risks that predict heart attacks sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/s
California Congressman Ted Lieu working hard to hold Trump accountable. Follow him at
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics. -Erma Bombeck, author (1927-1996)
Unbelievable beauty from NASA's Juno spacecraft... as if painted by Van God
A Japanese spacecraft is just hours away from a historic attempt to land two tiny, hopping robots on the big asteroid Ryugu, and you can see near real-time photos of the spaceflight action. This video is truly wonderful.
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. β Robert A. Heinlein
If Nate Silver was our Hari Seldon, then Donald Trump is the Mule. Some of you get it.
Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov said similar things a couple of decades earlier.
Ukrainian soldiers re-enact a famous painting depicting Dnieper Cossacks penning impudent response to threats by the Ottoman Sultan. One version by Rapin's - removed for safety from Kharkiv Museum months ago, may be back on display there, now.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_
Great stuff from #xkcd: Why Asimov Put the Three Laws of Robotics in the Order He Did xkcd.com/1613/
Would any 20th Century sci fi author - even on LSD - have foreseen the bootlicking devotion of today's right wing to Moscow?
Even Fox admits it's huge news, The last thing they'll ever do is admit that the Pelosi Bill that was designed to achieve exactly this result... worked.
The great sci fi author - my bro Greg Bear is having complications from heart surgery. Please keep him in your thoughts: he is a very good man.
Sixty years -since I was 12- I've heard the same lame yammers. Across those 6 decades I've explored concepts of the 'alien' via SETI, astrophysics &TONS of SF.) UFO-jibbers have always been the dumbest, illogical BORES. ZZZ.
When arming teachers isnβt enoughβ¦ guns for toddlers? presents a brutal #WhoIsAmerica
slate.com/culture/2018/0
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A non-partisan justification for court packing? We used to have nine federal districts and nine supreme court justices--one assigned to each. Now we have thirteen districts. So thirteen justices.
I had no idea that muon (cosmic ray generated) tomography for imaging inside stone had advanced this far, since we funded a study using it for asteroid interiors - at NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
MIT scientists develop porous graphene-based material 10X stronger than steel, but only 5% as dense fastcodesign.com/3066988/mit-in
Nearly 60% decline in sperm counts in western world since the 70s researchgate.net/blog/post/sper
We just watched the Japanese film version (on Netflix) of Robert Heinlein's great classic "The Door Into Summer." Except for a few embellishments which (mostly) improved the story a bit, it is terrifically faithful and well done. Way-fun! (sub-titles)
By far a better man... and deeply under-rated as a president. It is proof of utter hypocrisy that those most loudly supporting Trump - the most opposite-to-Jesus living human - sneer at this fellow who taught Baptist sunday school for 80 years.
cnn.com/2023/02/18/pol
Can you be sued by a door demanding micropayments? A prescient scene from Philip K. Dickβs 1969 novel, Ubik:
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GFWill is desperate to calibrate himself as a neutral arbiter who was never-Trump. I do not forgive 40 years spent offering polysyllabic incantations to excuse a US conservatism spiraling into insanity & treason. Too late fellah.
Transparency in action: Blackmail loses all power when dragged out of the shadows into the light
medium.com/@jeffreypbezos
In Orwellian societies, the Telescreen only looks in one direction, never at #BigBrother. Every tyrant seeks, above all, to be safe from the accountability that comes with light.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. βHaruki Murakami
Wow, a breathtaking composite image from NASA's New Horizons probe. pbs.twimg.com/media/CxE-n_RX
My latest posting suggests why we may need extra "designated survivors" for Trump's State of the Union speech. And why both the far left and the entire right tend to see history as "fore-ordained." And how ANGER is used against us. davidbrin.blogspot.com/2019/02/more-d
Remember, your adversary is never more than 90% wrong. And you are never more than 90% right. Thereβs always something to learn.
I'm pleased to announce the return of SUNDIVER! My first novel, published 38 years ago, but out of print for a few years. I've revised, tidied errors and added a new intro about the scientific & personal journey to this book and the Uplift Universe:Β davidbrin.com/sundiver.html
Heinleinβs writings seem remarkably relevant todayβ¦
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/lookin
An inspiring tale about the first Asian-American woman naval officer who taught air combat during WWII. npr.org/2019/08/17/751
Magnificence! NASA releases new images of Jupiterβs turbulent clouds from Junoβs flyby #Junocam
nasa.gov/image-feature/
Too big to fail? How 37 banks become 4 mega-banks in the last two decades realitieswatch.com/37-banks-becam
My latest posting: Maddow, Mueller, McConnell - and the mess we're in...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2019/01/maddow
Follow the money... bloomberg.com/news/articles/
Has anyone noticed the similarities in the story arc of Bakhmut and a place called Stalingrad, 81 years ago? Unfolding events bear remarkable similarity. That may end tomorrow. But I would not mind if Prigozhin's nickname became "Paulus."
One of my favorite novels - w/ a cover by one of my favorite artists: Rendezvous with Rama - by Jim Burns, via
Blast from the past: Omni Magazine back in print...on the newsstands Oct 24
Take a moment to be amazed... Juno's first closeups of Jupiter's Great Red Spot spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/12/fir
Excellent! High-school student explains relativity and reference frames
Now that's what I call engineering! Thrusters that haven't been used in 37 years - still reliable!
The military officer corps is reliable to stand by us. I explain. Then 5 ways Mitch McConnell may be surprised soon. Finally, scenarios if Two Scoops tries 'squatting' in the White House. A longer blog, with stuff you'll not see elsewhere.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2020/11/be-afr
Do not accept moralizing from fundamentalists who rally for a man who is the opposite of Jesus in every respect. They share one thing. Hate.
There's a reason both the US Defense Dept. and NASA are being more "open about UFO/UAPs." And it it not because of aliens. You don't need teaser-teens from Algedeberainiac Sixty-leven to explain any of it. The more plausible theory is daunting enough.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2021/07/whats-
Excellent interview in Entertainment Weekly re: The Postman and its pertinence to these troubled times... and the rise of neo-feudalism that it predicted, along with deliberate efforts to burn down an American institution that predates even the Revolution
Be thankful! We are still beneficiaries of the greatest hopeful era our species ever knew. Thank you ancestors who struggled to bring us here. We vow to carry it forward.
You never notice propaganda you already agree with.
Is this so hard? UN-REDACT THE MUELLER REPORT! Leave blanks requested by intel/prosecutors but reveal how much more was crossed out by Barr's sharpie to protect Trump. Un-redacting is QUICK, legit, and will seize headlines and possibly influence the GOP split and impeachment.
The sky is very different in exotic wavelengths. So NASA is doing something cool... establishing new Constellations(!) based on the brightest objects in the X-Ray and Gamma Ray spectrum. One of the top beings so deified? GODZILLA!
japantoday.com/category/natio?
I've explored concepts of 'alien' in astronomy, SETI, NASA &scifi) more than anyone on Earth. I depict many kinds of 'contact,' including most likely in the asteroid belt. Show me something - anything - unambiguous and clearly not of human origin, I'll be all over it! Till then-
What? Someone just tweeted to me that I donβt know everything. I donβt. Thatβs why I continue to, you knowβ¦ like read and stuff.
Today's harvest from my garden... loads of kale, an abundance of artichokes, red onions... and a rose for my sweetie!
Want a listing of hard science fiction, largely based on science, by scientists? Of course no such list can be comprehensive. And this one has quirks. Such as the fact that my own works and collaborations are listed only 12 times.
astrosociety.org/file_download/
Space is like politics these days. So much happening that you can't keep up. The difference - space news elevates the spirit. davidbrin.blogspot.com/2018/04/space-
Weβre all guilty of these from time to time. Beautiful chart of cognitive biases that plague our thinking huffingtonpost.com/entry/map-of-c
The truest sign of sapience -- I believe -- is an eager willingness to at least notice the group-think errors of your own side.
Swamp? One HUNDRED times ad many goppers are indicted by grand juries across the nation as dems are. "Saudi Arabia, China and other nations spent more money at the Trump hotel than previously known..."
Fact check: Trump signed the fewest bills into law of any president since Eisenhower, via
Has anyone mentioned this storage room has a freaking COPIER machine?
George W. Bush has been saved by Donald Trump⦠from being labeled the worst president of the 21st Century. Saved, by miles.
A Real Veteran Knows That Respect Cannot Be Compelled, Bought Or Inherited β by Jim Wright americannewsx.com/hot-off-the-pr
No doubt.
The planes leaving Kabul should only carry women and girls. You know why.
Isaac Asimov's Foundation headed toward TV adaptation syfy.com/2017-6-28/davi
Honored to have a chance to visit with the great Cixin Liu while in San Diego - and get his signature on The Three Body Problem
Stand up for science...and our future! #MarchForScience this weekend! Over 500 events across the globe
marchforscience.com
Before jumping to conclusions about the migrant #caravan, consider: The Big Lie, by
stonekettle.com/2018/10/the-bi
Sign of our times? Barnes & Noble store had twelve shelving units devoted to Christianity & Religion; four for Science, Space & Mathematics
βFor a brief time, I was here; and, for a brief time, I mattered.β β the unforgettable Harlan Ellison, who will continue to matterβ¦
vulture.com/2018/06/writer
Can it be so dark? This weird galaxy Is 99.99 % Dark Matter scientificamerican.com/article/this-w
A few suggestions for your summer Sci Fi reading, starting with Kim Stanley Robinsonβs 2140β¦
That hearty-wise laugh: I hear it now &always. Greg was the best of us! As a human, a good man, a leader in our SF guild of explorers. And most admirable of all β a good life partner to the wonderful and kind daughter of Poul and Karen and father to their grandchildren.
LightSail phones home! First confirmed contact with 's crowdfunded #LightSail2 spacecraft - launched aboard a #SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Awaiting more good news... planetary.org/blogs/jason-da
Breakthroughs pioneered by B612 find hundreds of asteroids - some of them dangerous - by mining past data sets. A great way for a small foundation to amplify projects funded by governments. May merit your support. (I am on the B612 advisory board.)
Open your eyes... human generated climate change is real and a danger to our future...
If you want to come away with a vivid sense of 'being there'... may I recommend SUNDIVER?
davidbrin.com/sundiver.html
It was a privilege to have been one of Ursula Le Guinβs students, long ago. Her passionate voice still resonates.
Small suggestion that wonβt fly. AUCTION 1% of vaccine doses to highest bidder. Proceeds to fund health efforts for the poor. And why not? The rich will use bribery to cheat, anyway! So bring it in the open and who knows? ALSO seeing rich pay for shots will ease public fears.