Galaxies on Instagram: "A day on each planet is defined by how long it takes the planet to rotate once on its axis, and they vary dramatically across the solar system. Mercury spins slowly, so its day lasts about 59 Earth days. Venus rotates even more slowly and in the opposite direction, giving it the longest day of all—243 Earth days. Earth takes 24 hours. Mars rotates in about 24 hours and 37 minutes, making its day very close to ours. Jupiter spins the fastest, completing a rotation in just

Almost on Instagram: "Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous Australian member of parliament, called Queen Elizabeth a “colonizer” while being sworn into the Australian parliament as a Senator on Aug. 1, 2022. Footage of the moment showed Thorpe, who is of DjabWurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent, walking onto the Senate floor with her right first raised above her head. She is then asked to recite the oath written on a card in front of her. “I, sovereign Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm an