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Religious Naturalist Assoc.<p>Want to learn more about the Religious Naturalist view? Watch a live streamed presentation June 26th at 10:30 a.m. PDT/ 1:30 p.m. EDT from the Star Island Conference of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ReligiousNaturalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousNaturalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ReligiousNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IRAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV7u8vC4RRY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=gV7u8vC4RRY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
jon zellweger<p>One could argue that the shift from <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pensions" target="_blank">#pensions</a> to <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IRAs" target="_blank">#IRAs</a> demands a strong stock market to safeguard retirements (given <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SocialSecurity%E2%80%99s" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity’s</a> limitations), but I’ve yet to hear that argument from Congress. That silence is telling — this bill is a handout to the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23donorclass" target="_blank">#donorclass</a>. To the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23oligarchy" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a>. 12/15</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Remember those <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAs</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/401Ks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>401Ks</span></a> we got sold on in the 80s? The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>'s idea was if Americans' retirement money was invested in the stock market, they'd be more invested in &amp; therefore more sympathetic to the desires of corporate interests. </p><p>But were corporate interests invested in &amp; sympathetic to our needs?</p><p>Nope.</p><p>And now they want to do the same to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> &amp; make us 100% dependent on such vagaries of the stock market in our old age.</p><p>One month we can pay bills, the next not.</p><p>Whatev.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>They weren't wrong.</p><p>That's the one thing you can say about today's dismal stock market.</p><p>Yesterday's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> futures predicted the damage from Trump's "Day of Liberation" would be this bad for the market. </p><p>And, frankly, anyone could have.</p><p>Sorry, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAs</span></a>/#401Ks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>⚖️👍165 cases next.🇸🇬<br>First <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prosecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecution</span></a> of ‘99-to-1’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> purchase: Mother, son charged with giving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/falseinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falseinfo</span></a><br>"On May 7, then-FM Lawrence Wong said <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAS</span></a> will claw back abt $60mil in ABSD &amp; surcharges aft uncovering 166 cases of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatehome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatehome</span></a> purchases tt involved the use of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/99to1scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>99to1scheme</span></a>. A reward based on 15% of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxrecovered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxrecovered</span></a>, capped at $100,000, will be given to informants if e information or docs provided lead to a recovery of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> tt wld hv otherwise been lost"<br><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/first-prosecution-of-99-to-1-property-purchase-mother-son-charged-with-giving-false-info-to-iras" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">straitstimes.com/singapore/cou</span><span class="invisible">rts-crime/first-prosecution-of-99-to-1-property-purchase-mother-son-charged-with-giving-false-info-to-iras</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Discovery of a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/nova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nova</span></a> super-remnant cavity surrounding RS Ophiuchi: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05855" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2402.05855</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - while the image doesn't look like much the remarkable thing is that 40+ years old <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/archival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archival</span></a> data from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IRAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAS</span></a> satellite were used for this discovery, i.e. from the great great grand daddy or so of Webb!</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Coming up in some 5 hours (1:00 UTC Wednesday): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r58Jdh8Us8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-r58Jdh8Us</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> = "Celebrating NASA’s 40-Year Legacy of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Infrared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrared</span></a> Astronomy from Space" with the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IRAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAS</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Spitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spitzer</span></a> satellites.</p>
Louise Locock<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@cmsdengl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cmsdengl</span></a></span> To be fair it's not the work itself. It's all the soul-destroying, joy-draining research monitoring and reporting bureaucracy. The thought that I will never again have to wrestle with R&amp;D approvals or ResearchFish makes my heart sing.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResearchFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchFish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>&amp;D <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRAS</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>The End of Cold Dark Matter? </p><p>Amazing Nature cover 32 years ago with quite a provocative question !</p><p>The full issue: <a href="https://nature.com/nature/volumes/349/issues/6304" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/nature/volumes/349/</span><span class="invisible">issues/6304</span></a> <br>The paper: <a href="https://nature.com/articles/349032a0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nature.com/articles/349032a0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>News &amp; Views article: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/349014a0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nature.com/articles/349014a0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkmatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/covers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturecovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturecovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>galaxies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iras</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>Time is of the essence<br>Invest now for greater wealth<br>Late start handicaps growth</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/iras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iras</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/wealthbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/business/investing-taxes-ira-401k-penalty.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/02/25/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/investing-taxes-ira-401k-penalty.html</span></a></p>
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