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[R @christinavqz]

@hikosaemon Great show!

[R @christinavqz]

Nice!

[R @christinavqz]

Way too cute!

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

A cuteness break from all the madness, friends. 🦉💕

[R @christinavqz]

Anti-mask protest. Not just a thing in the west. 😞
#Japan #COVID #Japan_COVID

[Tokyo Lens @Tokyo_Lens]

Not surprised about anti-maskers

I AM surprised that they are repeatedly granted permits from the city for this demonstration

Standing in front of one of Tokyo’s most crowded stations/areas, yelling loudly with no masks during a pandemic

The city granted them permits for this

[R @christinavqz]

Sad. Small restaurants in #Japan are the best.
I wonder how many I’ve been to that have closed shop.
#COVID19 #ramen #japanesefood

[The Japan Times @japantimes]

Tokyo’s tiny ramen bars close up shop rather than raise prices https://t.co/oxOAa5LYgy

[R @christinavqz]

Amazingly cool and dangerous. I wouldn’t do that. 🤔 maybe. We #geologists do take risks for the sake of #Science.

[R @christinavqz]

@hikosaemon I’m so with you on that. A few years back at my last company’s event I had the pleasure of having John Callus from @NASAJPL , project manager for Mars Exploration Rover present and the house was packed. What a delight! Everyone felt like a kid, nerds and geeks.

[R @christinavqz]

A peek into life’s (human and animal) interactions in ancient #WhiteSands National Park during the #Pleistocene is such a fascinating discovery.
I need to revisit this park and explore it with a new set of eyes.
Read the paper @ https://t.co/OlQN3ImMIm https://t.co/siWdzlPBen

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

"One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time." ― Carl Sagan

[R @christinavqz]

Naturally released compared to mining #methane-hydrates.
Countries like #japan view it as a means for #energy independence.
Views debated in @sciam
“Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with more climate warming effect than carbon dioxide...”

https://t.co/8cCth1g3TC

[R @christinavqz]

#Mining the #oceans are sure to produce that dreadful #UnintendedConsequences
What will be done to minimize , mitigate them?
On land reclamation is one way but how would you use those practices on an ocean floor? Many questions and challenges to work through.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The ocean floor is the remotest part of the planet. But it is attracting massive interest from mining companies that are keen to exploit its buried treasure. Film supported by @blancpain1735 https://t.co/VN1GCnfRvd

[R @christinavqz]

And what would we be stirring up, releasing?
Would methane hydrates be one of mined for say, energy?
#ClimateChange #methanegas
#methane-hydrates #environment

[R @christinavqz]

First US high-speed train from Dallas to Houston is continuing to move forward.
“The system ⁦@TexasCentral⁩ Railroad proposes to build in Texas will replicate the service-proven Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail system...” https://t.co/cnLb7EwKMU

[Jasper Scherer @jaspscherer]

New: 1,000 people voted in the first 12 minutes of early voting in Harris County, per @HarrisVotes. More than 8,200 voted within the first hour of polls opening. #txlege https://t.co/fEBR2PbFPg

[Hikosaemon @hikosaemon]

Japan minister: Renewable energy to be 'major power source' https://t.co/4rsdYPXYRI (Nikkei Asian Review)

[Jack Horner @dustydino]

These small raptorial dinosaurs with recurved claws and bladed, serrated teeth, defy the notion that a dinosaur apex predator needs to have been large. Just imagine, just one of these clinging to your back, slashing and feeding on you while you thrashed helplessly. #FossilFriday

[R @christinavqz]

Wow! Beautiful video by
@JocAPhotography
Stunning land and look at how amazingly calm the #woodpecker looks as if that hand were a tree limb.
#NaturePhotography
#birds
#nature

[Jocelyn Anderson Photography @JocAPhotography]

I love the landing by this female Downy Woodpecker.

[R @christinavqz]

The illusion of a waterfall 🔥 at Horsetail Fall, a most beautiful yearly natural phenomena - am awestruck!
@Rainmaker1973
@YosemiteNPS
#Science #nature #geology #earth

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Federal judge blocks Abbott order that shuttered Harris’ extra ballot dropoff sites https://t.co/TGHVm8RpRa

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“She has taught me to sense when a signature of style is simply serving as a crutch; to recognize when the familiar is inhibiting the potentially extraordinary.” https://t.co/uYe8GAVUzI