Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
@astrogrant First. “WORLDS” is kind of hard to read in the second imo, due to the ring-like structure cutting across and the faded lower parts of the letters.
Been listening to nothing but Sufjan and Frightened Rabbit for two weeks as it gets cold in Chicago, I am absolutely going to need psychiatric help soon
“I don’t find myself investing much in the kingdom of heaven. It has always been this way for me, even as a child.”
@NifMuhammad on Red Dead Redemption. https://t.co/UpiF8tXRyp
TOUCHDOWN! The #OSIRISREx sample capsule landed at the Utah Test and Training Range at 10:52am ET (1452 UTC) after a 3.86-billion mile journey. This marks the US's first sample return mission of its kind and will open a time capsule to the beginnings of our solar system.
I’ve been thinking about this and it’s a quietly radicalizing realization that rapacious profit seeking has hollowed out so much of what’s fun and community enhancing in our society. So many things just stopped existing because they don’t return 300% to awful people.