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Father, writer, artist, mental health advocate, LGBT+ ally, tech enthusiast, physicist, Scouter, all-around nice guy. He/him. Opinions? My own.

Ontario
Joined April 2008
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Oh and @RogersHelps can suck a big bag of greasy pig feces
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Just wanted to log on and wish everyone a Happy New Year
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“ We are one planet and one species. We either learn how to live in harmony with each other and our natural world, or we inflame a culture of division”
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Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies bit.ly/3LKMw7G
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Feel my power, puny mortals
Storm Ian delays launch of Nasa's Artemis I Moon rocket bbc.in/3DN3lgt
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“You sent all the way to Chicago and no cole slaw?”
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Thoughtful piece. My "Oh Shit" moment came early in my days as Environment Minister. We need to be absolutely clear-eyed about the accelerating climate crisis while using fear, anger & hope to activate us to do everything needed to ensure a safe climate. correspondent.afp.com/watchi…
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This year, Whitby & municipalities across Durham have partnered with Feed the Need to help combat hunger in our community. Residents can donate online: for every $1 donated, $7 worth of food and other needed products can be distributed to those in need. whitby.ca/en/news/durham-reg…
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What a year this week has been.
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“I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most: ’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.“ - Tennyson
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I hope this all gets better. Seriously.
That's some "Event Horizon" level stuff right there.
The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!
Two years ago, I teamed up with fellow astrophotographer and planetary scientist @MatherneConnor to capture the most ridiculously detailed moon image we could. Over the last few months we put our heads together again to come up with something even clearer. Behold:
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Most people aren’t faking sick, they are faking well. Read. That. Again.
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Replying to @raeintheworld
I wondered the best way to reply to this, but in the end reflected on how complex the human heart is, and how time is really all we have to heal it.
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