Thank you all for making this year’s February birthday fund-raising drive the best yet!
My February fund-raising campaign for Behind the Black, in honor of my personal birthday, is now over.
This year was by far the best yet. I continue to be speechless at the willingness of you, my readers, to support my work, when you have no obligation to do so. Thank you! I will try to live up to your expectations.
I will keep this thank you notice up through the end of this week, as my weak effort to thank you all. Those who decide now to donate or subscribe are of course still welcome to do so, using either Paypal, Patreon, Zelle, or by sending a check, following the instructions in the tip jar on this page. You can always buy one of histories — (Genesis, Leaving Earth, or Conscious Choice) — or my science fiction novel, Pioneer.
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Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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I made a paypal donation using the link in your tip jar section.
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George C: Thank you. I have been aware of this for awhile, and have just been lazy about fixing it.
I finally took care of the problem. Thank you again for prompting me.
….. and fixed in under 47 minutes.
Bob,
USPS did 2021 stamp series called Sun Science, which according to info on back of the stamps, is photos from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). You probably already know all this, but wasn’t sure you had seen the stamps. I am curious abort their comments on back re: ” Each back-and-white image is colorized to the bright hues seen here. ”
Rarely, it seems, just maybe the USPS and NASA did a joint useful public info program !!?
Highlight of my week to hear you talk of space on Batchelor each week !!
j bailey
hopefully an old fashioned check in the mail works.
Mer: It does, and is very much appreciated.
Fantastic. If you see an envelope from NH, just let me know so I know it got there. Thanks
Congratulations Mr. Z.!
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They call it the “value-for-value model.”
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(Highly recommend, they do 2 shows/week.)
Thank You
Wayne
Will check it out and subscribed.