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Voyager & Cassini! AAS Carl Sagan Medal 2010. Asteroid Porco 7231. Inaugural NatGeo Eliza Scidmore Award. Living my best life.
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Carolyn Porco
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Great news!! Pres Biden has signed into law the Advance Act, to accelerate the development/deployment of advanced civilian #nuclear reactors. An overwhelming Congressional bi-partisan bicameral majority has agreed!
The message has sunk in. Nuclear #energy is our future!
tinyurl.com/3znjk9n8
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Carolyn Porco
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I'm sure it has. But it didn't travel across the solar system and enter orbit around the most splendid, phenomenologically rich planet in our solar system.
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Carolyn Porco
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Hey! Sunday nite will mark 20yrs since Cassini's arrival at Saturn & the start of the most magnificent exploration (outside Voyager) our species has ever undertaken!
I have a *big* post planned for the occasion.
Please subscribe to carolynporco.substack.com & remember w/ me the glory of it all!🪐
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Carolyn Porco
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Good research is not be based on motives, just facts.
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Carolyn Porco
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It is not bunk science. Moreover, offshore wind farms are a poor source of energy: unreliable, intermittent, and will be ever more expensive as the marine environment is far more corrosive than a land environment so there will be high maintenance, failure, etc. Finally, it damages wildlife.
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Carolyn Porco
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Hey Everyone ...
REACT Alliance is a grassroots org here on the Central Coast of CA working tirelessly to prevent the developmnt of a monstrous 300-turbine wind farm off the S Big Sur Coast.
I just gave $. Pls Join me in supporting them.
Send your donations via t.co/THRk66GhWa
Thank you!
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Carolyn Porco
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So sad. Ed Stone, the #Voyager Project Scientist, died 2 days ago.
Voyager was the pinnacle in spaceflight that it became because of him. tinyurl.com/bdz7wbfe
It was such a joy to recall the mission w/ Ed & others in 2017 on the 40th annvsry of its launch.
It was a pleasure flying w/ you Ed.
RIP
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Carolyn Porco
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I just ran across a book that proposes an evolution of the Universe counter to the usual. It's called Darwinian Physics.
Sounds intriguing. amazon.com/dp/B0CNM7YFMZ/
Any of you know anything abt this? Brilliant idea? Crazy nonsense?
#cosmology #space #astrodon #physics #news #Darwin
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Carolyn Porco
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Fabulous! What is the newest, coolest thing we're learning about Io recently?
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Carolyn Porco
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I didn't realize this is what was going to happen. It's not a good idea b/c the character limits are different. And I get to say more on Mastodon. So in what mastodon community are they posted? What happens to my own direct posts to Mastodon?
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Carolyn Porco
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@volcanopele.bsky.social This is for you!
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Carolyn Porco
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See for yourself ....
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Carolyn Porco
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OMG! Democracy Docket newsletter just reported ... "A New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts in the hush money case — marking the first time a former U.S. president has ever been criminally convicted. Sentencing will take place on July 11 at 10 a.m. EDT" CNN also. Woohoo!
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Carolyn Porco
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Thank you for this. I'm not fully sure I understand what you said and what I've adopted, but I'll go with it!
So I'm confused. Even if my Mastodon post is not about space, science, Saturn, or anything astronomical, I should still use #space and #astrodon? And what about here on Blue Sky?
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Carolyn Porco
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And I just followed. But I'd rather just be a member of that community. How?
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Carolyn Porco
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Is that astrodon? How can I move over to that feed?
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Carolyn Porco
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Wow. I've never heard of the State Dept's Bureau of Intelligence & Research. Apparently it rocks!
"INR is the Cassandra of American intelligence, and it earned that reputation the hard way."
Gr8 read & lessons within in keeping organizations small & individuals responsible. tinyurl.com/mt6bykdu
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Carolyn Porco
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That's illogical, Captain. Trump was/is exceptionally incautious about all else, including what came/comes out of his mouth. And if he were so cautious about his finances, he wouldn't have been the abject failure he was in business.
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Carolyn Porco
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It's outrageous!
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Carolyn Porco
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I wonder if this means that I'll receive back some of the $2600 I spent on one Taylor Swift ticket for a middling seat. #TaylorSwift #music #news
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Carolyn Porco
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Must be some kind of virus spreading over the globe...
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The New York Times
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Breaking News: U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in April, a downshift in the pace of hiring. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%.
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Carolyn Porco
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The latest issue in Coming of Age in the Solar System newsletter is out! Today it's another episode in 'Remembering Cassini', a 20th anniversary celebration of major milestones in the mission along w/ behind-the-scenes stories. Want to get notices to your inbox? Subscribe at link above. Enjoy!
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Carolyn Porco
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Pay attention to what Robert Reich, who worked in 3 US Presidential administrations -- Ford, Clinton, Obama -- has to say abt the playbook, being followed today by Trump, for toppling a democracy and replacing it with fascism:
x.com/RBReich/stat...
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Carolyn Porco
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They don't conflate weapons with civil energy because of something a French government official said.
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Carolyn Porco
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This morning, I posted a new issue of my 'Coming of Age in the Solar System' newsletter to my Substack account.
It's an interview I gave recently and essentially tells the history of my thinking on the issue of nuclear energy.
I hope you find it informative.
tinyurl.com/y67tznd3
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Carolyn Porco
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Biden hit the ball out of the park last night in his #SOTU address! It's clear: the man is a consummate civil servant, deft politician and still very much on his game.
For the Dems, it was a party!
For the GOP, well, the face of Mike Johnson thru the event said it all. tinyurl.com/ywkw3kep
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Carolyn Porco
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NATO is one member stronger today. Sweden is finally in!
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Carolyn Porco
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Yes, it rocked!
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Carolyn Porco
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In case you missed this ...
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Carolyn Porco
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I'm literally feeling sick. Then there's the news that some merger between Truth Social & some other big corp *may* give him $4B in assets! If so, he could possibly borrow the $$ he owes resulting from his civil lawsuit to wriggle free. 🤦
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Carolyn Porco
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Damn!
Supreme Court to decide Trump immunity claim, further delaying election subversion trial
www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/p...
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Carolyn Porco
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I just read this. How god-awful. I'm so sorry to hear this :-(
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Stan Stewart (muz4now)
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Incredible Owl Camouflage on Display #nature
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Carolyn Porco
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OTD 20ya, we on Cassini officially signaled the start of our final approach to Saturn w/ the release of a now familiar image.
Remember the Cassini years with me ... how we got there, what we saw, what it meant, the stories, the triumphs, the science, by subscribing here: tinyurl.com/2xabtmap
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Carolyn Porco
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I tune in every so often b/c I still have friends there. But their numbers are dwindling, too. In the meantime, I check in to see how bad it's getting. The answer? Very bad.
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Carolyn Porco
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It's getting very scary.
Please, PLEASE RETWEET👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 so that everyone can look this squarely in the eye and then ...
DO. SOMETHING. ABOUT. IT!
What's that? VOTE BLUE IN NOVEMBER!
twitter.com/i/status/176...
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Carolyn Porco
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Lovely image!
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Carolyn Porco
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I didn't even know they still made phones that small. I stayed w/ Google Pixl & got an Pixl 8. It's supposed to be fully supported til 2030. That made it very attractive to me, & I have been on Google phones for a long while now. So, less change of habit required. Thanks for the info, though!
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Carolyn Porco
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Last I heard, they were still working on it. But I did see a quote from someone involved in the issue along the lines of 'It will a miracle if we manage to get it back' ☹️
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Carolyn Porco
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Score one for the USA!
In an historic unanimous ruling, Federal appeals court denies Trump blanket immunity from alleged crimes he committed during his Presidency.
Trump can petition the Supreme Court to take the case, but no guarantee that they will. #news #Trump #immunity
tinyurl.com/4xn5d3rf
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Carolyn Porco
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Thank you for this. It was just the kind of information we need in order to prepare. [And thanks for including mention of the Central Coast]
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Carolyn Porco
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Wow! Thanks. That is highest praise in my book.
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Carolyn Porco
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Well, well.... how honored I am to be in the lineup of the 10 Most Influential People in Space!
Thank you, TimesNow!
timesnownews.com/web-stories/...
[Not sure how I feel about being there with, and *after*, the car dude 🤔]
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Carolyn Porco
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Finally, some mainstream news organization is telling it like it is.
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Carolyn Porco
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I meant, can you give a synopsis here on BlueSKy?
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Carolyn Porco
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Glad to see you are on BlueSky. I won't be able to attend your YouTube session. Can you give a synopsis of what you see? What/When is the major pattern change coming? My greatest fear, given what happened last year in my locale: Are we headed into 'atmospheric rivers' like last year or worse?
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Carolyn Porco
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Seems the argument was successful.
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Carolyn Porco
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Beautifully imaginative!
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Trump lawyer: “There's nothing in the case law or the statutes...that says qualificatn to be on a ballot is a pre-condition to appear on the ballot".
By simple logic => Qualificatn to be X is not a pre-condition to be X, where X = doctor, lawyer, etc.
Not in Kansas anymore.
tinyurl.com/5n96cm47
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