Nick Sagan
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"Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake."
~ Rod Serling
~ Rod Serling
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"Human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake."
~ Rod Serling
~ Rod Serling
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The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
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On 13 February 1990, from a distance of 6.4 billion km, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft turned around and photographed our homeworld.
About halfway up on the right side is a tiny speck of light, about one pixel across.
"That's home. That's us.
A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
—Carl Sagan
About halfway up on the right side is a tiny speck of light, about one pixel across.
"That's home. That's us.
A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
—Carl Sagan
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
On 13 February 1990, from a distance of 6.4 billion km, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft turned around and photographed our homeworld.
About halfway up on the right side is a tiny speck of light, about one pixel across.
"That's home. That's us.
A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
—Carl Sagan
About halfway up on the right side is a tiny speck of light, about one pixel across.
"That's home. That's us.
A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
—Carl Sagan
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"...No matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. Our potential for tenacity and optimism continues..." ~ Rod Serling
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"...No matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. Our potential for tenacity and optimism continues..." ~ Rod Serling
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what the symbols on the voyager golden record mean ✨
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
what the symbols on the voyager golden record mean ✨
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Carl Sagan on star wars in 1978.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Carl Sagan on star wars in 1978.
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"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️
Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️
Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️
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Still slaps, though I’m utterly heartbroken by its prescience.
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Still slaps, though I’m utterly heartbroken by its prescience.
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"Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated."
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated."
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life & Death at the Brink of the Millennium
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"For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness."
-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
October 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness."
-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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In the 1995 book The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan warned that the US was turning its back on science, and that the consequences would be dire.
Near the start of their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez argue that what the astronomer feared is now coming to pass.
Near the start of their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez argue that what the astronomer feared is now coming to pass.
Two top scientists tackle Trump's idiocracy
In a new book, Michael Mann and Peter Hotez examine the risks posed by entrenched beliefs, corporate greed, and regressive governments.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In the 1995 book The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan warned that the US was turning its back on science, and that the consequences would be dire.
Near the start of their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez argue that what the astronomer feared is now coming to pass.
Near the start of their new book, Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez argue that what the astronomer feared is now coming to pass.
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: NASA’s next-gen Habitable Worlds Observatory may be our best chance to find alien life. But can a nation busy ripping itself apart unite to launch a mission to solve life’s cosmic mysteries? By @nadiadrake.bsky.social (and me).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground
www.scientificamerican.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: NASA’s next-gen Habitable Worlds Observatory may be our best chance to find alien life. But can a nation busy ripping itself apart unite to launch a mission to solve life’s cosmic mysteries? By @nadiadrake.bsky.social (and me).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
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"The bamboozle has captured us.”
July 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The bamboozle has captured us.”
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We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces.
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces.
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Happy Birthday, Ann Druyan! 🎉
Born June 13, 1949, she’s an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer, and science communicator who helped shape how millions of us see the cosmos.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate her legacy. 🧵
Born June 13, 1949, she’s an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer, and science communicator who helped shape how millions of us see the cosmos.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate her legacy. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy Birthday, Ann Druyan! 🎉
Born June 13, 1949, she’s an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer, and science communicator who helped shape how millions of us see the cosmos.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate her legacy. 🧵
Born June 13, 1949, she’s an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer, and science communicator who helped shape how millions of us see the cosmos.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate her legacy. 🧵
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#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐
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June 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This comment period ends today, 5/23, at 11:59 pm ET. Please do comment asap if you believe the government should allow us to get COVID vaccinations. I can't believe we even have to petition them about this, but here we are.
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This comment period ends today, 5/23, at 11:59 pm ET. Please do comment asap if you believe the government should allow us to get COVID vaccinations. I can't believe we even have to petition them about this, but here we are.
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Carl Sagan: Goal For Human Species
May 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan: Goal For Human Species
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Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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“For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone.”
- Rod Serling
- Rod Serling
May 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone.”
- Rod Serling
- Rod Serling
“In the last few millennia we have made astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“In the last few millennia we have made astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival.”
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Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. - Carl Sagan
April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. - Carl Sagan