Boyd Waters
@watersb
Daddy-hood. Computers. Radio Astronomy. Education. Words. Periods.
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In the Kharkiv region, russian occupiers destroyed a UTR-2, the world's largest low-frequency radio telescope at decametre wavelengths, which was built in 1972. Wherever the russian barbarians go, they leave behind only destruction. 📷 @MVS_UA
Reminder: This is who the Republican Party elects + elevates to positions of power. This is how they act in the halls of Congress, and this the example they set for acolytes to follow. These people want media to “both sides” fascism. Don’t fall for it. ⬇️
U.S. agencies warn of potential attacks by extremists tied to the midterm elections npr.org/2022/10/29/113…
Absolutely incredible that @nytimes didn’t put above the fold an attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House—amid escalating political violence! The @nytimes repeatedly is failing to meet the moment here.
The Battle of Bamber Bridge, 1943. Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil. US military authorities demanded the town’s pubs impose a colour bar, the local landlords responded with signs that read “Black Troops Only” which pissed them off. A THREAD
In this horrifying clip, Donald Trump proposes throwing reporters in jail, where they'll be raped until they give up their sources. His crowd laughed.
💥BREAKING: On Day 200 of his hungerstrike Alaa's sister @sana2 is starting a sit-in at the UK Foreign Office until the government takes serious action to #SaveAlaa. "In 10 months they've failed to secure even a basic consular visit. Time is running out to save my brother's life"
Be sure to check your kids' Halloween candy this year. My neighbor found Stage Manager for iPad in her Mars bar
Our sources report: #Lukashenko agreed to deploy 120K soldiers 🇷🇺 during November-February. 🇧🇾 undertakes to supply 100K mobilized soldiers in addition. Lukashenko is preparing for a full-scale war. The West must issue an ultimatum he cannot refuse
The rich man does not even have a name; instead the poor man has a name, Lazarus, which means “God helps”. Despite his marginalised condition, his dignity is intact because he lives in a relationship with God, the unshakeable hope of his life.
Anyone who says societal pandemic precautions aren’t needed anymore in the US because “we have the tools” to deal with Covid needs to read this thread in its entirety.
Bill Barr tells Fox that NYAG Letitia James "grossly overreaches when she tries to drag the children into this" because Eric, Don Jr., and Ivanka, are not "expected in the real world to due their own due diligence."
In its most lethal year, 1996, AIDS took about 1,100 lives in the United States each week. Last week, COVID took at least 4,100 lives….and this is considered so unremarkable by news media, institutions and politicians that this pandemic is over?
Covid-19 disrupted education around the world, with more extended school closures in LMICs In a new paper with @singhabhi & @marome1, we present evidence on learning loss, recovery, and impacts of remediation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu riseprogramme.org/publications/c… 1/11
I volunteer as a translator with asylees coming through the Texas border and I wanted to make a thread on who these migrants are, what help is actually needed and why what DeSantis and Abbott are doing is so needlessly cruel. Everyone is talking about it, but so few understand
📡This weekend, the host country of the ALMA Observatory, Chile, celebrates its national holidays! ¡Felices Fiestas Patrias amigos chilenos!🇨🇱 📷: @jcrojas819
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