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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 5h

Listen to Elton John describe the moment he danced with the Queen at Windsor Castle to 'Rock Around the Clock'.

Absolutely hilarious!

www.youtube.com/shorts/kgomn...

Elton John remembers dancing with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle

YouTube video by Alejandro Basso

www.youtube.com

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 6h

The cardinal feature of MAGA and the likes of RFK Jr is the extensive, unfiltered use of psychological projection.

Oh, and hypocrisy too.

I write this in case there is anyone out there who still hasn't seen through this modern-day 'theater of the absurd'.
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 6h

I haven't even read this article yet and I like it!

And I'm not surprised that Ethan is the one to write it.

Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, reductionism can explain everything in the whole Universe

If we strip reality down to the fundamental particles and their interactions, and add in boundary conditions and initial conditions, can we explain the whole Universe?

Reductionism says yes
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #physics

Yes, reductionism can explain everything in the whole Universe

The whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts; that's a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science.

bigthink.com

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 21h

Well, I did it ... and proudly!

Here in California, I voted YES on Prop 50!!

You can't fight a war with a prayer. 📰🗳️

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 2d

I know of her. I met her at TED or some conference. She was/is very impressive.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 2d

Of course. Isn't everyone? (Except the MAGAs of course, but they too will be depressed in time.)

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 2d

I second that emotion! 👇

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 2d

Very nice! Thank you. I have never read any Thomas Hardy (that I know of).

What prompts this poem post?

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 7d

Hard though it may be to believe, @seanonolennon.bsky.social,
that Beautiful Boy, child of John Lennon & Yoko Ono, and
my friend, was born 50 yrs ago today.

Happy Birthday, Sean! I hope you are savoring this landmark event 🎵🎉🎸

And Happy 85th to John, my favorite walrus til the end of days.
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Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 12d

We are the ones we have been waiting for. Don’t give up. Dive in! Canvassing event to help voters say YES to Prop 50 in California. Keep trying.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

Now that should give you a big boost in readership! That is, of course, if it's been translated into Chinese ;-)

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

All points are groundless and mean-spirited. Getting aid to Gaza is what ALL of us should be trying to do.

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

The Guardian reported it.

Shut up.

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

And the angels ascended to heaven

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

To all my followers ... Is what this gentleman says true?

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

And what sustains their grid when there is no wind?

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

Good grief! I am just learning of this.

Israel has detained Greta Thunberg, in harsh conditions -- insufficient food/water and more -- for being part of a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12d

Where is the energy to power electric cars coming from?

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 13d

I'm gettin' ready! Despite a torn meniscus, I'm starting to climb again.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 15d

Oh NO!

First, Robert Redford. Now Jane Goodall. 😭😭😭

Goodbye to another icon among us .., as pure as the driven snow, seeking only to spread love, protect the vulnerable, and encourage understanding of the natural world.

Will we ever see the likes of her again?

RIP dear, dear Jane Goodall. 📰🌎🧪

Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 15d

Jane Goodall dies age 91.

A conservation icon gone.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live

The campaigner, a

www.bbc.co.uk

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 16d

Hmmmm ... I didn't think abt not being a citizen. You're right ... don't need benefits *unless* Trump/GOP decide to withdraw them from those who have 'abandoned' his America.

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 16d

Really? Is that true by and large for Brits ... that they would help someone from afar get settled in, etc? Even an American (who by now are prolly regarded as the Germans of the 21st Century)?

That's too good to believe.

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 16d

All pretty amazing.

I'm told if I try to become a UK citizen, I'll have to take a test. I freaked out. Does that mean, I thought, I'm going to have to know the name of every king of England?!?

If I also have to know the history of royal lineage, I may just put up w/Trump & be done with it!

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 16d

Well, I was assuming that Ethanstan was Angle-Saxon. Yes?

Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 16d

And who was the first Norman king?

And is there any Anglo-Saxon blood in there anywhere?