Rick Knowles

@spoggioli1 @NPR I have enjoyed your professionalism and your amazing reporting. Thank you for bringing the world alive! I, too, am retiring this year. May we both find the next phase as challenging as the last! Arrivederci!

Today is MY last day with ⁦@NPR⁩ after 41 years! I want to thank the most curious, attentive and loyal listeners a reporter could ever hope for and who traveled alongside me on a long, wild ride. Arrivederci!!!

@irbybandman I’m sorry to hear that but I completely understand! I’m retiring this year after 25 years! I always thought I’d die doing this job but the lack of respect made me realize it’s time to move on. I’ll miss the kids but that’s about it. Good luck!

@Marina_Sirtis I’m sorry all this is happening. There are plenty of people like me that enjoy your work. Hang in there! I too will probably leave this platform and that might not be a bad thing!😀

@alanalda I just watched the pilot episode this evening. Brought back memories of watching MASH with my father. I still use some of your Scientific Frontiers with my biology students. Thank you!

Mike Farrell and I today toasting the 50th anniversary of the show that changed our lives - and our brilliant pals who made it what it was. MASH was a great gift to us.

@Sheryl_EH @kmcgair @teachbk And we are!

Someone (not in education) was surprised to hear that teachers have to set up their own classrooms. She thought we had someone to do that for us and we just walk in the first day and start teaching. I had to explain it takes days of prep + physical labor. And we don’t get paid.

@AlanTudyk Fried pie is a great idea. But Episode 10 was very meaningful to me. Thanks for what you do!

There’s much talk these days of what being a man entails. I’m more of a man than someone like Tucker Carlson will ever be because I have experienced grave injustice yet chosen the path of compassion, truth and forgiveness. It’s a quiet strength he’ll never know.

The Martian surface can be rocky, sharp, and unforgiving – so after nearly 10 years, my wheels have taken a beating. The good news is that this is not impacting my mission.

Finally saw the @Netflix film “Don’t Look Up,” a fictional tale of a Nation distracted by pop-culture and divided on whether to heed dire warnings of scientists. Everything I know about news-cycles, talk shows, social media, & politics tells me the film was instead a documentary

Looking for the perfect hardy plant for your apartment? Welwitschia, a two-leafed plant, can live for more than 1,000 years, @nytimes reports. Unfortunately, you'll have to go to the arid desert between Namibia and Angola to find it: nyti.ms/2WUENP4

Today, July 5, 2021, Earth in its oval orbit is farther from the Sun than any other time of year. Perihelion: 91.4 million miles – Jan 2, 2021 Aphelion: 94.5 million miles – July 5, 2021 We’re also moving slowest in our orbit. That’s why Summer lasts 5 days longer than Winter.

@robreiner I am so sorry. Your father was so talented. My own father and I would watch him together. Great memories!

June Solstice 2021 “First day of Summer” — Northern Hemisphere dwellers. “First day of Winter” — Southern Hemisphere dwellers. “Midsummer” — Brits & Shakespeare Fans “Sun on the Ecliptic reaches maximum northerly separation from the Celestial Equator” — Astro-geeks

The bristlecone pine is known for thriving under harsh, dry conditions. The species is also known for its extreme longevity, with some living up to 5,000 years. sciencefriday.com/videos/tough-t…

I will miss these guys! Some awesome kids the last day of school! @MariaKnowles19 @LHSJays

Reptile Day in Zoology. Many brave students!! Love all of my Zoology classes. @KnowlesAPBio

Learning about genetics and albinos with some awesome students and some special guests! @LHSJAYS @MariaKnowles19