Lance Langston
@lancelangston.bsky.social
Biologist, singer, home microscopist, bird lover, clutterer. Maternal haplogroup: I1A1 Paternal: J-M241
Who are the 5? Good lord?
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Who are the 5? Good lord?
Reposted by Lance Langston
Just got word from my college roommate - who is the state archivist for the state of South Dakota - that due to the DOGE shutdowns of IMLS, they can no longer fund InterLibrary Loan in SD.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
April 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just got word from my college roommate - who is the state archivist for the state of South Dakota - that due to the DOGE shutdowns of IMLS, they can no longer fund InterLibrary Loan in SD.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
This means exchange between libraries, ability to get books delivered across the system, is gone as of 4/30.
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposted by Lance Langston
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon and has just transmitted that first picture from the lunar surface to Earth.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon and has just transmitted that first picture from the lunar surface to Earth.
March 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon and has just transmitted that first picture from the lunar surface to Earth.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon and has just transmitted that first picture from the lunar surface to Earth.
So a 1.3% chance it *doesn’t* safely pass earth? Sounds kinda high.
We're aware of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, estimated at 40-90m in diameter, with current data suggesting a 98.7% chance of safely passing Earth in 2032.
The UK is not expected to be at risk, but the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) will continue to monitor the event.
The UK is not expected to be at risk, but the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) will continue to monitor the event.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So a 1.3% chance it *doesn’t* safely pass earth? Sounds kinda high.
Sometimes it's hard to grasp the concentration of wealth in the US so I ran some numbers using data from the Federal Reserve (fred.stlouisfed.org). There are 134,000 households that comprise the top 0.1% of wealth in the US and together they are worth over $22 trillion. 1/3
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fred.stlouisfed.org
January 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sometimes it's hard to grasp the concentration of wealth in the US so I ran some numbers using data from the Federal Reserve (fred.stlouisfed.org). There are 134,000 households that comprise the top 0.1% of wealth in the US and together they are worth over $22 trillion. 1/3
Looks like the Anthropocene might be a short one as epochs go.
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looks like the Anthropocene might be a short one as epochs go.
My Blue Sky picture of the day. Those are Cedar Waxwings against a brilliant blue sky at my family’s place in Arkansas.
November 13, 2024 at 1:43 PM
My Blue Sky picture of the day. Those are Cedar Waxwings against a brilliant blue sky at my family’s place in Arkansas.
Deleting Xitter was cathartic. I first joined in 2009 and enjoyed following so many excellent people who greatly expanded my perspective on numerous topics in science, politics culture and life. Its decline feels like such a loss and the joy I used to feel was all gone.
November 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Deleting Xitter was cathartic. I first joined in 2009 and enjoyed following so many excellent people who greatly expanded my perspective on numerous topics in science, politics culture and life. Its decline feels like such a loss and the joy I used to feel was all gone.
Happy to be here, seeing people I’ve missed.
November 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Happy to be here, seeing people I’ve missed.