Here’s a link to the first photos from my mission to the sun, written about here.
Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2022 Nov 25
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Load More..."...the story Trudeau told about the OPS plan — that it was terribly disappointing, that it had to-be-determined-later where the meat of a plan should be — is very different from testimony delivered by 2 of his highest advisors only days earlier."
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulwells/p/prime-minister-trudeau-and-chekhovs?r=exstm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=emailon Thursdays I volunteer at a food bank. Today we had one of our biggest days: 300 ppl showed up for food. (Before COVID, it was < 100) If your east toronto store, restaurant etc has surplus to donate, pls DM for donation details. Esp. welcome: PB, rice, tuna, cereal, fem hygiene
Words Worth Noting - November 25, 2022 https://thejohnrobson.com/blog/2022/11/25/words-worth-noting-november-25-2022
This is amazing. Good job to your community, @seanconwayptbo https://twitter.com/PtboExaminer/status/1595937699923652609
Curve Lake First Nation plans to produce 275,000 pounds of white fish annually; New band-owned aquaculture facility planned, including hydroponic veggie growing https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/2022/11/24/curve-lake-first-nation-plans-to-produce-275000-pounds-of-white-fish-annually.html via @ptboexaminer
As I grow older, my emphasis seems to be shifting from “What do I know?” to “What difference does it make?” This applies particularly to religion; I have a friend who insists that Jesus is God, or God is Jesus, and I ask, “What difference does it make?” If it doesn’t affect his relationship with the cashier at the grocery store, it’s meaningless. I ask the same question of the NASA solar mission (even though I admit to being fascinated by such things as the sun getting hotter as you move away from it) but I wonder what difference that knowledge will make to us humans on this earth. Will it change the way I live? Will it change the way I interact with you, say, or with my grandson? I’m not saying that NASA shouldn’t have done it, but I’d like them to spell out how this new (and unspecified) knowledge that they expect to gather might make a difference.
Jim T
Jim T – I don’t know whether NASA could put forward a compelling case for this mission. I think in general it’s hard to argue for basic research on practical grounds – at least, on specific and practical grounds. My impression is that they often don’t know what will come of a line of enquiry, but they’re pretty sure that something will.