Jolene Creighton

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Spoiler alert: The Sun is tiny

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Visualizing the difference between 100, 1000, a million, and a billion:

Astronomy has lots of big numbers. For example, the Milky Way has about 200 billion stars.

But just how big are these numbers? A handy image to give some context

[From Quarks to Quasars @QuarksQuasars]

Earth compared to a CME:

Solar storms are the most powerful explosions in our solar system, and they can release massive balls of plasma far larger than Earth.

Fortunately, Earth has a magnetic field and several other handy defenses — like being 93 million miles from the Sun.

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

You're looking at 45,000+ galaxies.

This image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) — a massive science program that’s revolutionizing what we know about galaxies in the early universe: https://t.co/5gqntO0C4S

Here are the highlights ⬇️

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Gather data.
Analyze it carefully.
Set your priorities.
Build your strategies.
Hire the people you need.

Then get ready to soar.

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Timeliness isn’t everything.

Building the foundations necessary to consistently be on top of things? Now that’s everything.

Work smarter, not harder.

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@nftnow @Renault_NFT @RenaissanceNFT OOOOOO 😀🩰

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@Shadowe12 @sxtvik @nftnow @MadLadsNFT @Claynosaurz Per FCC guidelines, we state if something is an ad or sponsored in the article and in any social posts about the article.

This isn't an ad.

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@sxtvik @nftnow @MadLadsNFT @Claynosaurz Executive Editor here. I lead the newsroom and approve coverage. Per our Ethics Policy, I can't (and don't) own NFTs. Happy to revisit team disclosures though, so thanks for the feedback.

You can learn more here https://t.co/5gz9gJYmxE

[Downs & Towns 📷 @DownsandTowns]

One year ago today I was at Vanderbilt hospital recovering from an 8-hour brain surgery.

Super grateful for every single day!

⁦@nftnow⁩

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@nick_huggins_ @nftnow @mattmedved @BeyerEfendi Very glad we connected 🙂

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@YouMeIGaming @__Talley__ @nftnow @kmoney Indeed. Someone else mentioned this earlier today, and I looked up the article where we initially mentioned this. But it really deserves its own page and needs to be expanded etc https://t.co/MpsXHDbBV2

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@__Talley__ @YouMeIGaming @nftnow @kmoney Also we are working on making more public facing documents to make the selection process more transparent and clarify things like this.

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@__Talley__ @YouMeIGaming @nftnow @kmoney ^correct. We have ethics policies that prevent employees etc. from selection. Otherwise, he would have had my vote. But shhh don’t tell him that 🙂

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@kmoney <3

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@swannynfteth @nftnow Hello hello! The list of criteria can be found here. But I agree that we could write an article expanding on this and link to it in the Ethics Policy pinned on our homepage. Will discuss with the team. Thanks! https://t.co/MpsXHDbBV2

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@Noahbolanowski @Nate_Rivers @nftnow I understand the concern here. But we do our best to be both transparent and fair. Removing all trace would cause issues with the former. This policy also aligns with what we do in our own content if there are issues. Always open to other ideas though.

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@rae_isla @nftnow @webmusicboi It is well deserved!

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We did it! The @nftnow team just finished writing all 200 bios for this year's NFT100 honorees.

For context, that's about *83 hours* of writing.

🙌 @SagaofSarah @erikalee @webmusicboi @BeyerEfendi

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@FranzNFTs @nftnow I'm learning this way. NFT makes sense. "Digital collectible" sounds like a trading card and "digital asset" sounds like just a financial vehicle.

That said, it's important to focus on the thing attached to it -- digital art or a membership pass etc. That's what really matters.