Am I the only person obsessed with the Michelson-Morley experiment

Space age plastic: from The Goodies episode Radio Goodies, 1970

Andrew Feinstein, genocide scholar and Jewish former member of the ANC, on western complicity in the Gaza genocide:

'The so-called western world is prepared to sacrifice the entire architecture of international law that has been in place post-World War 2 specifically to prevent…

The Labor government should immediately recognise Palestine.

Labor must also end military exports & stop military contracts with Israel, and stop backing the invasion.

No need to wait. There’s no barrier to this happening right now.

Podcast: Discovering 49 galaxies in 3 hours spaceconnectonline.com.au/discovery/6181…

A close shave: recent conjunction illustrates growing collision risk in Low Earth Orbit spaceconnectonline.com.au/situational-aw…

Australian Space Command shake-up as new JCG chief announced spaceconnectonline.com.au/industry/6184-…

Talk about everyone wants a revolution but no one wants to do the dishes. Feminist men, a word: learn to do all those things and DO them. Take the notes. Organize the group gift. Keep track of birthdays. Take the lunch order and call it in. DO a feminism, don’t just say it.

“joke” that his handwriting or note-taking (or both) are terrible, so not him, which gives me the moment to note that people who practice a skill will improve, which is why women seem to be better at it. It’s not mostly natural inclination, my dudes, it’s just practice.

When I teach professionals, I sometimes put them in groups to discuss and take notes. I specifically name that women are overwhelmingly called upon to serve as recorders, so I ask that every group assign a man to do this. The reactions are *wild*. Regularly, one man makes a 1/x

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94. to.pbs.org/3vKZ7Eq

For those who missed the eclipse, you can get almost the same experience with this 'Tortilla/Avocado Eclipse Simulator.'

Capitalist ideology is so pervasive that is is natural for us to think of things that are not inherently profitable as 'wastes of time' or 'guilty pleasures' and we give ourselves a hard time for engaging in them.

And our societies and communities suffer for this.

Our education is judged by how lucrative it is.

Our capacity to obtain basic survival needs is dependent on how much profit we generate

Our hobbies are measured by monetization potential

Our medical care is tied to our ability to generate profit

Fundamentally, one's basic human value is calculated by how much profit or loss they will incur over their lifetime, whether that be for themselves, their families, their employers, their communities or their nation.

This calculation underpins most of our valuations.

This weekend, Radio TV Solutions will be holding a 3 day marathon fundraiser event for the people of Palestine. All weekend long, we will be streaming a variety of games and events in an effort to raise money for on-the-ground aid groups and direct Palestinian support campaigns.

Academics and politicians are calling for a UK government-funded scheme, originally designed for Ukrainian scholars, to be “urgently” expanded to Palestinians
timeshighereducation.com/news/extend-re…

Keep Science Alive protest at Parliament House steps, Sat 13/04/2024, 11am fb.me/e/1SfHMJD6h