We get much more science for our buck with unmanned missions. There’s no fundamentally new science to be had from returning to the moon, and less than you’d think from a human visit to Mars (yay rivers!),

Let’s be clear here, there’s as many different ideas on how to explore space at NASA as there are people who work there. Right now the group of people who believe in numerous, cheap, and robust missions using robotics and remote sensing are in the majority, and they’re right. 99% of the stuff we could learn on the…

This. Also, the buried lede here is that yesterday’s action also defunds four major climate-observing satellite platforms. Because fuck climate, amirite?

Here, I’ll help: you shouldn’t agree with this. The estimated cost of a manned mission to the Moon is $100B. That is more than five years of NASA budget. If you allocated them an extra $100B, NASA could fund every program on its Discovery, New Frontiers, and Flagship lists (including the longshot ones), put landers on…

That’s disgusting. This is a drink that badly needs an editor because while I’m sure each element tastes fine on its own cranberry-matcha-mocha-peppermint-caramel-strawberry is not a tasty or even coherent flavor combination. I love chocolate mint flavored things, so the green/brown color doesn’t bother me but I…

Short answer: Money.

TBH He should be unwelcome in Israel as well. Literally the only reason why Evangelicals support Israel is because they think Jewish control over Jerusalem will herald the Apocalypse, the second coming of Christ and that all remaining Jews will either convert to Christianity or will be destroyed.

Abortion Jones.

I will continue to say this until I’m dead. Hillary Clinton had the best environmental plan I ever saw. As someone with a Master’s in the discipline, I was always disgusted by how awful and ignorant most politicans’ plans were. Even Democrats. Even Green Party. Clinton’s blew my mind. It would have worked. It would…

I’ve found that when trash dudes use “likeable”, they really mean “bangable” because, in their eyes, a woman’s worth is inexorably linked to whether or not they want to have sex with her.

I’ve had the same conversations with liberals I know who are now falling over themselves to promote their NYT subscriptions simply because trump doesn’t like the paper.

I feel that the spread of Rapture theology* (and it’s marriage to Bircherism thanks to the Left Behind books) is one of the most under-reported, misunderstood, vile & pernicious developments in US, and world, politics. Ten of millions of self-described “Christians” are cheering for more war, famine, pestilence & death…

Some of us DID take it seriously. Some of us practically screamed bloody blue murder and the rest of you patted us patronizingly on the head and told us to hush - we were overreacting.

Gah.... “she doesn’t understand why people who do get harassed don’t say anything.”  This is my mother.

Yes, absolutely. Back in the day, rape was hushed, too, because it was so shameful — for the woman.

Exactly.

Yeah. But having grown up in Sacramento I can tell you that no one considers it Centralia California just because it’s in the (northern part of) the Central Valley. We are NorCal all the way.

I feel like the actual terrible thing was the naked dolls in that Famous video. It’s so weird and violating. Yet rarely discussed.

Why anyone gives these maniacs airtime is beyond me. Debating them just legitimizes them. We need to stop doing this, right away.

Britney? Pipes? I love the woman but not sure what you mean.... ;)