Category: space
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 26 February – 3 March (no. 27)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 19 – 25 February (no. 26)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“It robs us of hope.”
– Adam Grant (X = @AdamMGrant) Adam Grant is an organisational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking, and potential. His insights to the human condition are often inspiring. The above is an extract of a recent tweet: “Catastrophizing the world’s problems doesn’t motivate us to solve them. It robs…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 12 – 18 February (no. 25)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“I know the stars are my home…”
– Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon (14 March 1934 – 16 January 2017) “I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I know where I am when I look…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 5 – 11 February (no. 24)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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Growth -v- degrowth
– X handle @peterrhague “The battle lines have been drawn, between two different visions of the future: degrowth, deceleration, antinatalism, regulation on one side versus progress, acceleration, pronatalism and freedom on the other. There are plenty of valid criticisms of people in the second camp. But the victory of declinist forces is just so horrific…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 29 January – 4 February (no. 23)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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HAL 9000 quotes you can use at work
– Greg Gilmore I enjoy working with people. My mind is going. I can feel it. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently. I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. This…
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