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Saturnia Hikari

@saturniahikari.bsky.social

Wanderer, gamer, history buff and imperfect Japanese enthusiast. "All Human wisdom can be contained in one phrase. "Wait & Hope." "
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We used to call this an implicit racial appeal and scholars used to fight over whether it was racism or ideology driving reactions to it. This used to be a thing in political science. True story.
JD Vance in Virginia to Kamala Harris: "What the hell have you done other than collect a government check for the past 20 years?"
Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threadswww.threads.net JD Vance in Virginia to Kamala Harris: "What the hell have you done other than collect a government check for the past 20 years?"
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@sailorsoapbox.bsky.social So Mars has sulfur... Interesting.
Surprised it wasn't talked about here, but in really cool shit that was announced today, but the Curiosity rover discovered on May 30th was elementary sulfur! Never seen before on Mars and just something really amazing on discovering on Mars. www.nasa.gov/missions/mar...
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@sailorsoapbox.bsky.social So a JPN fan on the other Social Media site decided to run the Senshi & cats on a psych test...
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@sailorsoapbox.bsky.social ... Huh. Lunar time zone. Interesting.
Moon is getting a time zone! 🌔Defining how to implement Coordinated Lunar Time will require international agreements, the memo said, through "existing standards bodies" and among the 36 nations that have signed a pact called the Artemis Accords involving how countries act in space and on the moon.
Exclusive: White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonwww.reuters.com The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing lunar race among nations and private companies.
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But sure let's keep privatizing things because "that's more efficient"
It’s only near the end of this story, past lots of wailing about the supposed Biden administration’s failures, that you learn that General Dynamics has operated the processing system (written in COBOL!) for 40 years and is lagging behind in upgrades despite a contract worth ~$30 million annually.
College admissions face new turmoil after Biden’s Education Department fumbleapple.news The Government Accountability Office has opened two new investigations into the administration’s handling of the situation.
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Kudos to @washingtonpost.com for highlighting policy in their coverage of Trump and Biden on their homepage this morning. The differences are stark.
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Even sucking up the the oligarchs this hard couldn't save him
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@katara27.bsky.social *pokes* Glad you joined the azure sky. I haven't posted much, just using this acc to keep up w/news & art among other things.
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20 days left for Sakura's birthday 🌸
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I met Justice Thomas once and when he found out what I did he said “ah yes, history … is important” and then immediately pivoted away, ending the exchange without another word. Pretty sure that was the depth of his knowledge
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Wow shocked that appointing a Federalist Society guy to investigate Biden's document handling turned out embarrassingly for the Biden administration rather than winning fairness brownie points that all the DOJ protocols were being followed or whatever.
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