We’re using data from our #Mars orbiter to scout potential landing sites for a human #JourneyToMars in the 2030s: https://t.co/TP2Aqhl2Rm pic.twitter.com/z0QppvDfDa
— NASA (@NASA) November 15, 2016
I know, I know, cheap punchline, and yet: People who stand to lose everything under a Trump administration are still doing their jobs, acting like there will be a 2030 and that there will be scientists (possibly even American!) around to use the data they are painstakingly assembling today. I choose to find that admirable, right now.
Apart from working for the best and planning for the worst, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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Also, I hope other states will follow Maura Healy’s lead:
Massachusetts’ attorney general is launching a new hotline to report harassment and intimidation of minority groups.
Residents are encouraged to call 1-800-994-3228 or fill out a civil rights complaint form online if they witness or experience bias-motivated threats, harassment or violence against racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women, immigrants and lesbian, gay and transgender individuals.Staff and lawyers in Attorney General Maura Healey’s office are monitoring the hotline.
The office said it will be track reports and refer cases to local law enforcement officials or the office’s Criminal Bureau. Hate crimes are generally prosecuted by local district attorney’s offices.
Healey, an openly gay Democrat, said she’s launching the hotline after reports that people across the country have been targeted and harassed since the election of Donald Trump as president…
Yes, this is a deep-blue “progressive” state, but if you click over to the link [warning: noisy autoplay], we have our share of racist dirtbags.
The Art of the Deal will earn large royalties with Trump's victory. I will continue to give away ever dime I earn. Suggestions welcomed.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) November 14, 2016
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