Andrew
@andrew-mark.bsky.social
'Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity.'
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” ~ Malcolm X #QuoteDiem
Science shouldn’t be a partisan issue. From cancer treatments to extreme weather alerts, science makes everyone’s life better, regardless of political affiliation. But science becomes partisan when corrupt politicians defund research, fire scientists, and censor data, harming us all.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov
Earth. As seen by the Apollo 15 crew. Hard to see country borders from this far out.
I don’t know, I just don’t think we should be making decisions with geopolitical implications that could result in millions of deaths and catastrophic damage based on a passage in Genesis.
"We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." ~ Carl Sagan
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
"You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it." Friedrich Nietzsche
"The delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. CS
This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
"We can pray over the sick or we can give them medicine. The scientific treatments are far more effective than the alternatives. The faithful would rather see their children die than give them antibiotics. Abandoning science means abandoning much more than air conditioners, radios, and fast cars."
AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
theguardian.com
You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
Carl Sagan, Give Us Hope: An Open Letter to the Next President (with Ann Druyan) 1988
''Two possibilities exist, either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying'' -- Arthur C. Clarke
Of all the thirty-five anniversaries of this iconic image, today’s is the grimmest. Those in power ransack our future and steer us toward catastrophe. “…there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.”
Putting RFK Jr in charge of our nation’s health is like putting Jeffrey Epstein in charge of child safety.
