Writer, Editor & Consultant – Strategic comms – Exec ghostwriting – Research. Love books and cooking with habaneros. At your service.
Greater New York Area
Joined March 2009
- Tweets2.6K
- Following2.1K
- Followers1.2K
- Likes497
Perspective check: Our solar system hurtles around the Milky Way Galaxy in a corkscrew fashion at 500,000 mph (800,000 km/h). And It still takes 230 million years to make one trip. 🤯
We were taught that Earth orbits the Sun in a closed circle. In reality, Earth has never returned to the same point in space once in 4.5 billion years.
Right now, the Sun is carrying Earth and every planet around the center of the Milky Way at 230 km/s (828,000 km/h), more than 18,000 kilometers every 80 seconds.
Because the Solar System is tilted 60.2° to the galactic plane and bobs up and down through the galactic disc roughly every 30 million years, the planets trace open 3D corkscrew helices across deep space rather than flat loops.
The last time the Sun stood where it stands today, one Galactic Year (230 million years) ago, the very first dinosaurs were only beginning to appear on Earth. Since forming 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun has completed only 20 laps.
Two heavy hitters, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) helped transform #Halloween from a traditional harvest festival into a celebration of Gothic horror and the macabre we know today. 🧛♂️🦇🧟♂️🎃
You never know just how powerful a written note can be. And we can all do it, merely with a pen and paper. A thank you note, or words of encouragement or support, can make a difference in someone’s life. 🗒️🖊️
I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.
Cue Soundgarden’s 1994 “Black Hole Sun” futurism.com/space/astronome…
In interviews, Johnny Depp has said that he sees himself more as a failed rock star than a successful actor. Career perspective. 🤔
“I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.” — Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969) #FIFAWorldCup #NBAFinals #NBAChampionship
Stopped by Walt Whitman's birthplace.
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
The world wants simple labels, but Whitman reminds us that we’re allowed to change our minds or hold contradictory ideas. 🤔
#WaltWhitman #Poetry
The author of the Headless Horseman, a 19th-century viral stunt, a beloved folksy character, and a pair of shorts: the long, strange trip of the name Knickerbocker. 🏀 #nyknicks
If you're a @nyknicks fan, you may know that the original - and still official - name of the basketball team is the New York Knickerbockers. But where did the name "Knickerbocker" come from? And how is it connected to NYC? 🏀
Find out here: on.nyc.gov/4eqOY3b
#AlwaysKnicks
For many people careers aren't ending at retirement.
Nearly one in five older Americans in the labor force in 2025 #BLSData bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/nearly…
ALT Line chart showing labor force participation rates by age and sex, 2000 to 2025, annual averages
We all want the big moments, but day to day it’s about rolling up your sleeves and getting the real work done. #artemis2
“I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”
Mission specialists like @Astro_Christina train for all roles so they can jump in wherever they’re needed. Sometimes that means fixing vital machinery, like the spacecraft toilet.
We think the world is mapped and known. Makes you wonder how much is still out there. 🗺️🌏
Captivated by the @netflix documentary Apollo 11. 🌓And it’s remarkable how JFK’s words in 1961 set in motion a chain of events that culminated in a manned moon mission in 1969. The power of declaring a dream and building it into existence.
"So for all the young people out there, those dreams are formed now. Go chase 'em and go get em, because our country loves sports and it brings us together unlike anything else." --Mike Tirico #winterolympics #olympics #motivation #goals
There should be an Olympic sport for commuting. 🚉
🥇 Sprinting to catch the train as the doors close
🥈 Subway platform slalom
🥉 Traffic endurance: longest time spent motionless Bonus points for doing it all with coffee in one hand. #Olympics2026 #Olympics