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Inside: Canada's privatised shadow civil service; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mck…
#Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Canada's privatised shadow civil service; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mck…
#Pluralistic 1/
From Feb 8-17, I'll be in Australia, touring my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We'll be in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, and I hope to see you!
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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.
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L’Italia ha costruito buona parte dei moduli pressurizzati della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale ed è coinvolta sia nella prossima stazione lunare sia in quella privata Axiom. Ma come è cominciato tutto? Per scoprirlo bisogna tornare indietro nel tempo di più di mezzo secolo. /1
Nel 1969 il programma Apollo sta per terminare e si comincia a pensare a un nuovo progetto: lo #SpaceShuttle. Questa volta gli Stati Uniti si aprono alla collaborazione internazionale e l’amministratore della #NASA compie una serie di visite esplorative in Europa. /2
Le nazioni europee sono divise: se Germania e Italia sono favorevoli al progetto, Francia e Gran Bretagna sono molto più dubbiose e richiedono in cambio la disponibilità di razzi americani per il lancio di satelliti europei. /3
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 03/10/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/03/10/dai…
Adaptation, not irrigation, recommended for Midwest corn farmers
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#adaptation #agriculture #midwest #CornProduction
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#adaptation #agriculture #midwest #CornProduction
Chemical signal in plants reduces growth processes in favor of defense
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#PlantGrowth #ChemicalStimulus
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#PlantGrowth #ChemicalStimulus
On 7/18/74, @NASA bought a @Boeing 747-123 from @AmericanAir for ~$15.6 million. According to NASA, “At the time of purchase, the aircraft had logged about 9,000 flight hours.”
It’s pictured here shortly after conversion in this #NASA photo. #OnThisDay
It’s pictured here shortly after conversion in this #NASA photo. #OnThisDay
The red, white, & blue paint stripes from the @AmericanAir livery was even left in place. The NASA Worm logo was added on the tail. More historical pictures can be seen here:
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#TheWormisBack
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#TheWormisBack
Growing up, I heard there was a secret "NASA" rocket testing facility in northern Nevada (home for me), but I never knew what it was. Today, I finally found out...
Thanks to @Erdayastronaut, while digging into aerospike engine history, he came across this test site in Nevada called the "Nevada Field Laboratory" (NFL) which is tucked away between Reno, NV and Pyramid Lake 📍 Map: maps.apple.com/?address=Reno,…
