DavidAttenborough is 100 today. In 2000 RichardDawkins held a party. I was the guest of honor. He invited his friends: DouglasAdams, some Lord whose name I can't recall, & Attenborough. Speaking w/ Sir David was pure joy. Happy B'day Sir! You have been the brightest light to shine on this planet🧪📰

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DesmondMorris, renowned observer of human behavior who left behind provocative ideas & many books (eg, 'The Naked Ape'), died today. 📰📚🧪🦍 Between Oxbridge alumni JaredDiamond, RichardDawkins & Morris, 20th C England profoundly shaped our understanding of life & ourselves. Shoutout to my UK friends!

Did u know? The US NuclearRegulatoryCommission approved extension of ops for DiabloCanyon nuclear power plant to 2045! Now it's up to California. Don't screw this up, CA! Clean, low-cost, persistent electricity for the next 20yrs & a more stable power grid are within our reach. Make is so! 📰🧪

How low can news reporting go?! 1.5 wks ago, a Fox News anchor described Apollo 17 astro Jack Schmidt as the last surviving astro to walk on the moon. Well here's news for her: Buzz Aldrin is still alive! Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave! 📰🚀🛰️👨‍🚀 tinyurl.com/4rea4yb3

Serious questions for all of you: 1. How much longer will Trump be in office? (Consider termination by any means: death, impeachment, term limit, etc) 2. Would a Vance admin be worse, better, the same? (Consider domestic & int'l policies, immigration, economy, Amer citizens' well-being, etc) 📰🧪

My favorite film from the year I turned 18. Jeremiah Johnson. A Robert Redford film through & through ... intelligent, realistic, & well-made. Filmed in part on his property in Utah on a v low budget. It became a massive commercial success. 📽️🎨 www.facebook.com/1041641727/v...

Yesterday, after the Artemis launch and like the gentleman below, I cried...uncontrollably. Since then, I've been asking myself, Why? It's not like it was our first trip to the moon. I will write more about this in the future. The answer holds, I believe, relevant truths about us all. 📰🧪🚀

Truth be told, I'm feeling feelings of nostalgia, exaltation and excitement from a very long time ago ... watching the countdown to the Artemis launch. Are NASA and our international partners really going back to the Moon? Hard to believe we're on the go again, after over 50 yrs. Go Artemis! 📰🧪🚀

Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) was a brilliant Indian theoretical physicist/polymath. He revolutionized quantum mechanics in 1924, developing Bose-Einstein statistics & predicting the Bose-Einstein condensate. Einstein was 1st to recognize his brilliance. Bosons are named for him. 🧪

OTD 25ya, Cassini made its closest approach to Jupiter, our gateway to Saturn. Movies of Jup's atmos, moons & rings, & the greatest Jup portrait ever made were just part of our bounty. Look & recall the wonder of it all! 📰🔭 tinyurl.com/yzpmc9rw - best atm movie! tinyurl.com/2s4k48wa - more movies

Ahoy! Those opposed to offshore wind from both US East & West coasts have joined hands to form the Nat'l Offshore-shore-wind Opposition Alliance (NOOA) to protect the oceans, the Gr8 Lakes, & nearby communities frm the negative impacts of offshore-wind farms. tinyurl.com/45cyrjee Take a look! 📰🧪

In his magnum opus of 60ya, Bob Dylan saw the coming of Trump... "You used to ride on the chrome horse w/ your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that? He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal? How does it feel?"

Hey y'all! Am I the only one who has come to detest her Google phone? The sheer # of ads is crushing, I run from their AI & get nowhere, & it's getting worse. It's become a chore just to avoid the wormholes. Is iPhone any better? Will it even work (& easily) in my fully PC environment? Help! 🙏 🧪

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has died. tinyurl.com/j7cau27e I met him when we were part of a panel discussion on how to improve the portrayal of scientists in TV & in film. I remember most his very dead-fish handshake. He really didn't like women in science. 📰🧪

Today is the day that California can kick the MAGAtes in the teeth, fighting their fire with the richest, most populous, and most electorally strong firehose in the USA. So, get out and vote, California! It's your constitutional right and privilege to do so. 📰

In case you haven't yet seen this announcement from the office of the Governor of California 👇 ... 📰❗ [

I used this view decades ago (now taken from Google Earth) to argue that full-globe Cassini imaging coverage of Saturn's moons was imperative. We won! Hemispheric dichotomies are common across the solar system. If you flew closely over this hemisphere 👇, you'd never know Earth had continents. 🧪🔭📰

Well, I did it ... and proudly! Here in California, I voted YES on Prop 50!! You can't fight a war with a prayer. 📰🗳️

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. 📰

Last nite, after 50 yrs, I re-watched All the President's Men. Not only was I reminded of Redford's role in that story, his brilliant rebelliousness & why I so admired him - his pic was pinned to my Caltech grad office bulletin board for yrs - but how much farther we have fallen since.

In looking for stuff on the internet abt Robert Redford, one of my all time heroes, I came aX this from 2012. Wow! TWO of my all time heroes in one pic. Apparently Taylor has worked w/ the RobertRedford Ctr, aimed at supporting environ solutions thru story-telling. A bright spot in my day. 🎥📰🧡

God damn it! Robert Redford has died. Forget the stupid fanfare showered on him b/c of his good looks. He was an individual who genuinely, actively cared abt the impt things in human life, like the responsibilities we share for each other and our planet. A sad day indeed. RIP oh glorious one! 📰

Hey! In 2 days, RAD FUTURE, a book explaining #nuclear electricity for lay ppl, written by none other than ‪@isodope.bsky.social‬ .. yep, that girl! .. will be available. I joined her at DiabloCanyon Nuclear PowerPlant for a @nytimes photo shoot. Join the future of abundant clean energy! 📰🧪⚛️

I'll see you and raise you one ... or two or three ;-) 🧪🔭

Hey! All of you from the UK and/or familiar with the bridge in this image (taken I think in the Lake District) ... Where is this bridge exactly? It looks like something the Romans would have built. Was it? [Scene comes from my current obsession, the movie 'Miss Potter'] Thank you! 🙏 🎨📽️ 🐇🦆

That's not my kinda movie. I am currently in love w/ Miss Potter, the Hollywood-enhanced version of the life of Beatrix Potter. I'd never seen it b4 a friend living in the English Lake District told me abt it. Now THAT is a lovely movie. I watch it often b4 bedtime. Renee Zellweger rocks! 🎥🎭

Something to think about... "...more than one million additional people living in cities every 5 to 6 days from now until 2100." Even if some don't find that horrific, what abt fresh water (already dwindling), the extra waste (human&other) & extra infrastructure that will be required? 📰🧪🤔

PSA here ... I uploaded a PDF to a site Best PDF. No mention of cost until I had given my email address. I thought it was free. It appears to be a scam. See attached image. Now they want my cc number! Be very aware! Scams are getting v sophisticated. 📰🧪📰

Did you ever see a clothes item that you KNOW was meant for you? I have! 📚🧪🪐