Fifty years ago, Frank Drake sent a hopeful signal to the stars, the Arecibo Message. His daughter Nadia Drake (who happens to be a friend) marks the anniversary with a great piece of writing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arecibo-message-earths-first-interstellar-transmission-turns-50/#science #astronomy

Just Mark Zuckerberg harassing people using a public beach as he has done before. All beaches in Hawaii are public but Mr Facebook thinks he owns this one.

@brianvastag In fairness, May 2020 it was -0.1%

Lost in all of the #election talk: Bomb threats originating in Russia were called into many heavily Democratic polling places, temporarily closing them. I see almost no one talking about this on social media or mass media. Another act of war from Russia on behalf of Trump and the US response is to let them own us. Fucking joke of a country. #USpol