A recommendation: an excellent documentary on Netflix, from 2024

“What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates”

The interactive interface is entirely open to the public via the official DESI Legacy Imaging Viewer portal. Visitors can seamlessly zoom, pan, and query specific cosmic coordinates. What was once exclusive laboratory data has been transformed into an accessible tool for everyone: citizen scientists and astronomy hobbyists alike. Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab, says: “For our team, these data are fundamental to the investigation of the expansion history of the Universe and the formation of our galaxy. But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to marvel at their wonders.”

See it here:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/

example viewing:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer#NGC%206289

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There is “late capitalism “ and Milton Friedman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism

https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/denisovans-were-tall/

Was Goliath actually a Denisovan ?

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https://www.shesbirdie.com/

https://dna-explained.com/2026/08/05/the-dangerous-dark-side-of-ai-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

This link goes to Roberta Estes’ blog. It has lots of things to do or not do to protect yourself in our computer world. Anything Roberta writes is long, but this is worth it.

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The naming system I use to find any file in Google Drive in seconds https://share.google/Cy0n9bpzWssfcXExx

While heatwaves are nothing new to American summers, the regularity and severity of such events is worsening due to the human-caused climate crisis. The release of heat-trapping gases due to the burning of fossil fuels has caused global temperatures to escalate above anything previously experienced during human civilization.

“We are experiencing exactly what the climate models in the 1990s said we should experience now,” said Andy Pershing, chief program officer at Climate Central, a climate change communications non-profit.

“That is, more frequent, more severe heatwaves, bigger temperature anomalies, more humidity, higher overnight temperatures. These are all part and parcel of the climate story.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting in The Guardian

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In relation to the Earth, I’m not that far away from where I was born. But in relation to the Universe, I’m millions if not billions of miles away from where I was actually born, and I’ll likely never return there.

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https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

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It is easy to contact your government representatives. Let them know what you think about things. Click below to speak your mind:

https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Like… things I am against…..

the Iran War (any war)
ICE
congress people investing in stocks, etc. while in office
prisons being run by private companies
tariffs
fossil fuel power
semi-automatic guns

Like… things I am for…..

Medicare for all
flat federal tax for all, with no exemptions allowed
no cap on Social Security contributions
solar power, nuclear power
gun controls
open borders

Like… I could go on and on….. the point of this post is to remind us all to contact your representatives at

https://neurosciencenews.com/working-memory-conscious-awareness-31081/

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https://share.google/eqpU2pXbadkfijCvb

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Clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels now in every part of the world. Only fossilized ideas, ossified politicians, and blind, profit-driven corporations are keeping us from moving forward.

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/50-incredibly-cool-charts-fs

Fascinating!