Julie
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Hi! I like news, history, nature photography, space, politics, fiction, nonfiction, art & people. Dbl lung transplant recipient. Grateful. Born at 319 PPM. #RVA
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My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
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Just sit with this for a moment, Virginia:
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
Watchdog: Data centers dominate Virginia's incentive spending
Data centers avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Just sit with this for a moment, Virginia:
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
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this feels like another iteration of the "what if I give a homeless man money and he buys booze" thing. So then he bought booze, so what, you are not his personal life coach. You did your bit now go live your life.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
this feels like another iteration of the "what if I give a homeless man money and he buys booze" thing. So then he bought booze, so what, you are not his personal life coach. You did your bit now go live your life.
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Thousands of people gathered Tuesday near Beirut’s destroyed port where Pope Leo XIV celebrated a waterfront Mass. It was an extraordinary end to his first international trip as head of the Roman Catholic Church, which he used to deliver a message of peace to a tumultuous region. trib.al/QaoHdq9
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thousands of people gathered Tuesday near Beirut’s destroyed port where Pope Leo XIV celebrated a waterfront Mass. It was an extraordinary end to his first international trip as head of the Roman Catholic Church, which he used to deliver a message of peace to a tumultuous region. trib.al/QaoHdq9
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“.. An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The classified report was sent to Congress on Tuesday night.”
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“.. An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The classified report was sent to Congress on Tuesday night.”
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Hey, quick question about this photo from Epstein's island: What the fuck
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey, quick question about this photo from Epstein's island: What the fuck
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Former US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will address British MPs next week — an honor twice denied to Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton beats Donald Trump (at addressing British MPs)
The former presidential hopeful will speak in Westminster next week.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Former US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will address British MPs next week — an honor twice denied to Donald Trump.
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This Osprey flew right over my head…Look at that wingspan! And the look I am getting!!!!
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #osprey #birdofprey #birdoftheday
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #osprey #birdofprey #birdoftheday
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This Osprey flew right over my head…Look at that wingspan! And the look I am getting!!!!
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #osprey #birdofprey #birdoftheday
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #osprey #birdofprey #birdoftheday
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Tomorrow, December 4th
Cold Moon
Super Full Moon in Gemini
The last full moon before the Solstice, a time of introspection, renewal, and the opportunity to reflect on the past year as you get ready for the new year.
Cold Moon
Super Full Moon in Gemini
The last full moon before the Solstice, a time of introspection, renewal, and the opportunity to reflect on the past year as you get ready for the new year.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tomorrow, December 4th
Cold Moon
Super Full Moon in Gemini
The last full moon before the Solstice, a time of introspection, renewal, and the opportunity to reflect on the past year as you get ready for the new year.
Cold Moon
Super Full Moon in Gemini
The last full moon before the Solstice, a time of introspection, renewal, and the opportunity to reflect on the past year as you get ready for the new year.
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This makes my blood run cold.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This makes my blood run cold.
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We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
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This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.
He served for 37 years.
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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My kid spent so much time in a tree outside we had a funeral for it when the landlord cut it down. I got a lot wrong but not this.
Read about it in Nature. This article is from 2021.
Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult
Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult
Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My kid spent so much time in a tree outside we had a funeral for it when the landlord cut it down. I got a lot wrong but not this.
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This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.
The US is now a rogue nation.
The US is now a rogue nation.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.
The US is now a rogue nation.
The US is now a rogue nation.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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83 murders...so far...just amongst Venezuelan boaters.
In what is, I'm sure, completely unrelated news: Venezuela has approximately 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, which is the largest amount in the world.
In what is, I'm sure, completely unrelated news: Venezuela has approximately 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, which is the largest amount in the world.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
83 murders...so far...just amongst Venezuelan boaters.
In what is, I'm sure, completely unrelated news: Venezuela has approximately 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, which is the largest amount in the world.
In what is, I'm sure, completely unrelated news: Venezuela has approximately 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, which is the largest amount in the world.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... Fog of war, my ass. Drama queen.
Pete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'
Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have started inquiries into the "double tap" strikes, which critics have said could constitute a war crime.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... Fog of war, my ass. Drama queen.
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Up is down. (And: this is monstrous.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Up is down. (And: this is monstrous.)
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.