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This is the next move to restore net neutrality

If it feels like you’re fighting battles on every side, you’re not alone. The struggle is terrifyingly real. But we can still make this year the best possible version of 2018 it can be. There’s a new opportunity to restore strong net neutrality protections: The Congressional Review Act.

What is the Congressional Review Act?

The CRA lets the House and Senate repeal administrative laws—rules and regulations set by governmental agencies—with a simple majority in both houses. The resolutions can’t be blocked by leadership, amended, or filibustered.

This congress has used the CRA more than any other to overturn regulations that protect vulnerable people and the environment, but this time we can use it for a good purpose—to reverse the FCC’s decision and restore net neutrality.

We just need #OneMoreVote

Battle For The Net has secured commitments from 50 senators. One more and we can take this fight to the House. These are the targets:

• John Kennedy (Louisiana) | 202-224-4623 | Email
  
• John McCain (Arizona) | 202-224-2235 | Email
  
• Orrin Hatch (Utah) | 202-224-5251 | Email
  
• Dean Heller (Nevada) | 202-224-6244 | Email
  

If you live in these states, we need you. Even if you don’t, you can still help the cause.

Go to battleforthenet.com to write or call your representatives.

Tell them to support the “Resolution of Disapproval” and overturn the FCC’s December 14 “Restoring Internet Freedom” vote. 

cosmicvastness:

APEX relax

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a telescope located high in the Chilean desert, near ESO’s Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA). Here, one of the Observing Specialists, Claudio Agurto, is taking a well-deserved break from observing the Universe, on one of the many sand dunes surrounding the facility.

Credit: C. Duran/ESO

I’ve never lived anywhere that had a clear, dark night sky like this fellow is enjoying in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Light pollution obscures my ability to see the universe. 😕

just–space:

Total Solar Eclipse in Indonesia - March 2016

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Just think, we’re having one of these in 2017 across most of the USA. People are planning to take a trip so they will be in the path of totality. I’m considering it myself…

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littlelimpstiff14u2:

Panoramic Photographs of New York Churches by Richard Silver

Richard Silver (previously) has a unique way of looking at architecture, building composite photographs from several images that seamlessly reveal a structure’s interior. His new series captures the insides of New York churches, and are perfectly timed for the Pope’s impending arrival on U.S. soil. These images are composed of 6-10 shots, forming a vertical panorama so cohesive that it might give you vertigo.

Although Silver has been to hundreds of churches during his career and many years of travel, it’s only recently that he figured out how to capture the expansive inner beauty of their architecture. “Finding the perfect location in the center aisle then shooting vertically from the pew to the back of the church gives the perspective that only architecture of this style can portray,” says Silver.

Amazing panoramic photos of church interiors in NYC.

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littlelimpstiff14u2:

The Weeping Stones

Created with bio luminescent shrimp found in the Seto Inland Sea in Okayama, Japan.

About TDUB Photo–Tdubphoto is fully equipped commercial photo and video company based in Okayama, Japan. Passion is what drives Canadian photographer Trevor Williams and British videographer Jonathan Galione who both enjoy bringing their unique creative view to a wide variety of projects.

Trevor Williams

Trevor arrived in Japan in 2001. He has worked professionally since 2009 and shoots everything from domestic commercial work to creative stock, as well as news and reportage for Getty Images. He loves anything with a shutter button and when he is not working he prefers to be somewhere outdoors.

Jonathan Galione

Jonathan came to Japan in 2012, but he has been working as a professional cameraman since 2005, working on movies, commercials and dramas all over the globe. Jonathan loves technology and learning about new techniques and how to implement them into Tdubphoto’s work.

It comes with great pleasure to announce that Trevor Williams has become the official Japanese LED Lenser Ambassador! LED Lenser is the world leader in handheld torches and other products. They have started an Ambassador program with 7 Ambassadors spread across the globe. He is honored to be selected for Japan and to be part of such an amazing team of talented artists. LED Lenser Japan has outfitted him with a whole new set of tools to push the limits of light painting and night photography.

Bioluminescence adds amazing beauty to these starry nighttime photos!

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burntcopper:

things english speakers know, but don’t know we know.

An interesting observation about the English language…

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littlelimpstiff14u2:

Pilot Captures Amazing Thunderstorm Photo at 37,000 Feet Over the Pacific Ocean

Over the last few years we’ve seen our fair share of storm and lightning photographs, but this shot from Ecuador Airlines pilot Santiago Borja might top them all. Taken from a Boeing 767-300 cockpit at the precise moment of a lightning flash, the image captures a powerful thunderstorm forming above the Pacific Ocean just south of Panama. A difficult shot considering the turbulent weather and near pitch-dark setting.

“I like this photo so much because you can feel the amazing size of the storm and its power,” he tells the Washington Post. “But at the same time it’s wonderful how peacefully you can fly around it in still air without touching it.”

Thanks Colossal!

I saw one of these pictures in isolation on FB without information on its source. Happily this posting on Tumblr has some info, so I am re-posting to Facebook.

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