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I talk about communication, connection, and perspective to help you find the profound in everyday life.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined November 2008
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Saddened to learn of the loss of Fred Espenak, one of the world’s authorities on eclipses, astrophotography, and all things up there in the sky. His work has been a huge help in my own skywatching mission. I do not think we shall soon see his equal.
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I will die on the following flowering hills: - Earth is a planet, and space and nature are not separate things - Exploring space helps us understand and protect this planet - The lesson of space exploration is NOT that we should colonize Mars, but protect this irreplaceable Earth
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What an incredible feeling it brings to see a machine built by people making tracks on another world. That's a car-sized science rover being directed by a whole *team*, imaged by another spacecraft (and *its* team) from Mars orbit. 😍🛰️ jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-orbit…
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20 years ago this week, humans landed a probe on Titan, a hazy moon of Saturn. We did this impossible thing because we wondered what lay beneath the clouds. Nothing is impossible with wonder.
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@ErikWernquist Your artwork here is still amazing, years later!
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As 2025 begins, I've been thinking about something that keeps surfacing in unexpected places: The gap between who we are and who we could be isn't bridged by waiting for perfect answers or playing it safe. 🧵
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The answers we're seeking rarely arrive fully formed. They emerge gradually, through action and experience, through being willing to show up and engage with life's possibilities.
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This year will bring significant changes for many of us. I'm choosing to meet those changes not with trepidation, but with curiosity and intention. Sometimes, the boldest choice is simply to believe in yourself enough to begin.
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Monsters are (/were) real.
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Great discussion about the philosophy of science as it relates to UAP w/ my SCU colleague @MichaelGlawson and celebrated Stanford researcher @GarryPNolan. To my science community friends, if you don’t respect my interest in UAP, you should darn well respect Garry’s.
New podcast episode! 🛸 How does one navigate the intellectual landscape around the UAP topic? Enjoy the latest long-form conversation on "The Anomalous Review" as we speak with Dr. Garry Nolan. Find it on the major platforms, or via the links on our website: explorescu.org/podcast.
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My copy of @LueElizondo’s “Imminent” arrives tomorrow, and thus my weekend is (ahem) booked. Can’t wait!
Comments on @60minutes by former Pentagon and Intelligence official @LueElizondo put the global spotlight on the government’s look into UAPs. In his new book, Elizondo writes they are “not made by humans” — adding they present a “very serious national security issue.”
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Add SCU to your “must listen” list! 🎤🛸🎧 The first three episodes of our podcast, “The Anomalous Review,” are now available on major platforms. Learn more at explorescu.org/podcast.
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Here are my top 3 meteor captures from this year's super cloudy Perseid meteor shower. 🌠📷☁️
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If you're curious about how the mind-bending topic of UAP can be subjected to serious research, give this new podcast a listen! 🛸🎙️🎧 Host @MichaelGlawson has done a fantastic job. Pleased to have helped launch this show as one of my first contributions to SCU.
Grab your headphones! The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) has a new podcast! “The Anomalous Review” offers a satisfying, long-form listening experience perfect for anyone interested in the serious study of UAP. Learn more at explorescu.org/podcast SCU's host and producer for the show is SCU member Dr. Michael Glawson, a philosopher of science and technology whose writing you may have read on The Debrief website. He asks thoughtful questions of the guests and brings a refreshingly multi-disciplinary perspective to the UAP conversation. Please consider sharing the podcast with your own network.
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How often does the Moon plow through the Pleiades? Working on it.
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Turns out it's infrequent for the Moon to go right through the middle of M45. There's no interesting timespan on which this happens when the event's visible in the sky. This century there are a couple of years it happens twice; rest of the time it's a few to many years inbetween.
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