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The Kardashev Scale: Type 1 to Type 7 Civilizations
YouTube video by Future Business Tech
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Empathy is a superpower.
It's a dreadful, cursed, endlessly painful superpower.
But it's what saves us, over and over and over again.
It's a dreadful, cursed, endlessly painful superpower.
But it's what saves us, over and over and over again.
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Empathy is a superpower.
It's a dreadful, cursed, endlessly painful superpower.
But it's what saves us, over and over and over again.
It's a dreadful, cursed, endlessly painful superpower.
But it's what saves us, over and over and over again.
What a fascinating article on the evolution of recorded music and its parallels to other research.
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
The Sound of Progress: If You Love Music, You Already Love Research
From vinyl to vaccines, here is what music teaches us about research: Progress doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from persistence.
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
What a fascinating article on the evolution of recorded music and its parallels to other research.
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
open.substack.com/pub/techingi...
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"We must not be frightened nor cajoled
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
-Robert Hayden, Words in the Mourning Time
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
-Robert Hayden, Words in the Mourning Time
August 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"We must not be frightened nor cajoled
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
-Robert Hayden, Words in the Mourning Time
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
-Robert Hayden, Words in the Mourning Time
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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Portfolio update : The Mirror of Pride
"She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."
"She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Portfolio update : The Mirror of Pride
"She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."
"She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."
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“Don't force a rose to bloom. It will open when kissed by the sun.”
— RUMI 💙💙
— RUMI 💙💙
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
“Don't force a rose to bloom. It will open when kissed by the sun.”
— RUMI 💙💙
— RUMI 💙💙
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Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask.
I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We Are Not the Generation That Lets This Die
After 250 years of sacrifice, we won’t let apathy be our legacy.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask.
I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
Beautiful coastline in Oregon.
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Beautiful coastline in Oregon.
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“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Feel like there are fewer birds now? It's because there are. Fewer bugs and fewer amphibians, too.
Just for the record, a planet that doesn't support animals... won't support the human animal either.
Just for the record, a planet that doesn't support animals... won't support the human animal either.
Some of the study results suggest that we are “seeing fundamental changes to the environments around us.”
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
Bird populations are declining all across North America
They are "like the canary in the coal mine," one researcher cautions.
www.motherjones.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Feel like there are fewer birds now? It's because there are. Fewer bugs and fewer amphibians, too.
Just for the record, a planet that doesn't support animals... won't support the human animal either.
Just for the record, a planet that doesn't support animals... won't support the human animal either.
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#RockinTuesday Instead of the detail shots, this week lets go with a BIG outcrop!
#geology #easternsierra #californiageology
#geology #easternsierra #californiageology
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#RockinTuesday Instead of the detail shots, this week lets go with a BIG outcrop!
#geology #easternsierra #californiageology
#geology #easternsierra #californiageology
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Happy Saturday!
spring blossom’ splendor
scent luring pollinators
gives promise of pears
#haiku #haikusaturday
spring blossom’ splendor
scent luring pollinators
gives promise of pears
#haiku #haikusaturday
May 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Happy Saturday!
spring blossom’ splendor
scent luring pollinators
gives promise of pears
#haiku #haikusaturday
spring blossom’ splendor
scent luring pollinators
gives promise of pears
#haiku #haikusaturday
In his own world, basking on a warm stone. Chill leopard gecko 🦎.
April 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
In his own world, basking on a warm stone. Chill leopard gecko 🦎.
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Happy Saturday!
ear spread like a wing
napping pup dreams of flying
running after birds
#haiku #haikusaturday
ear spread like a wing
napping pup dreams of flying
running after birds
#haiku #haikusaturday
April 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy Saturday!
ear spread like a wing
napping pup dreams of flying
running after birds
#haiku #haikusaturday
ear spread like a wing
napping pup dreams of flying
running after birds
#haiku #haikusaturday
Amen! 🙏🏽
He’s so good at this.
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Amen! 🙏🏽
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
April 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
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If anybody thinks that Americans are mostly mean and selfish, they ought to come to Oklahoma. If anybody thinks Americans have lost the capacity for love and caring and courage, they ought to come to Oklahoma. -President Bill Clinton
April 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If anybody thinks that Americans are mostly mean and selfish, they ought to come to Oklahoma. If anybody thinks Americans have lost the capacity for love and caring and courage, they ought to come to Oklahoma. -President Bill Clinton
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Black Mirror pitch: POTUS destroys democracy in 90 days.
Everyone watches it happen on their phones.
The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day.
Toiletries are locked behind glass.
An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism.
[fin]
Everyone watches it happen on their phones.
The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day.
Toiletries are locked behind glass.
An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism.
[fin]
April 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Black Mirror pitch: POTUS destroys democracy in 90 days.
Everyone watches it happen on their phones.
The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day.
Toiletries are locked behind glass.
An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism.
[fin]
Everyone watches it happen on their phones.
The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day.
Toiletries are locked behind glass.
An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism.
[fin]
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April 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM