Mark

@markmba.bsky.social

Follow Back, married father, MBA, hockey, 🚫DMs, 🚫requests, liberal democrat 💙, cannabis, hiking, son of WWII US Navy vet., vegetarian, rescue cat, music, Deadhead.

We, allegedly, can't afford to look after vulnerable people. Now, it seems, we can't afford to 'do' science, or to teach our people about the universe we live in. Should we all just go and live in a cave? Or ask those who can afford it to contribute a bit more in tax? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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A look back at a special studio moment. While recording his 2013 album Wrote A Song For Everyone, John teamed up with Bob Seger to reimagine “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” a song John wrote in 1970. More than four decades later, its message and melody remained as timeless as ever.

Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canada because of **wildfire smoke**—seriously! He is pitting Canada, our closest friend, neighbor, & WA state's most important trading partner, against America and he's expecting YOU to pay for it. This is just plain stupid.

On June 30, the House passed Rep. Thomas Massie’s resolution 420-0. It directs the House Ethics Committee & Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to publicly release the names of lawmakers tied to taxpayer-funded sexual harassment/misconduct settlements, with the amt paid in each case. #ProudBlue

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Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

🔥 Drones hit one of Russia's largest refineries, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region Ukrainian drones attacked the "Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez" oil refinery in the Nizhegorod region, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region.

Jack Smith: James Comey, Letitia James, Jerome Powell. There's not criminality here. I mean, seashells?? The only reasonable explanation is the president has it out for these people. He has people who are his former personal lawyers who are going to do what he says, regardless of the facts or law