13 July 2021
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Happy 77th Birthday, Ernö Rubik
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My first cube was in 1980. Spent a week solving it, when I surely should have been doing something else. Got below 5-mins after a month. I’ve had one on my desk ever since.
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p.s. Those Mutton Chops were in style back then. Just sayin’.
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If you are refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe it’s because you are getting your medical advice from news pundits, fearmongers, conspiracy theorists, and other deeply misinformed people, rather than from Medical Professionals.
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A message that occasionally bears repeating. Delivered as my five-word acceptance speech for @startalk winning @thewebbyawards 2021 for Best Science & Education Podcast.
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In any case, Happy 77th Birthday, Ernö Rubik, born July 13, 1944
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Godspeed @williamshatner.
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Will reach Mach 3 (3x the speed of sound) on ascent.
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That’s 0.00034% of Warp Factor 1, but it’s a start.
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First signs of life on Mars, from @NASA’s #ingenuity helicopter, or not.
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Oct 20, 2021 — Full Moon today.
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FYI: The strength of the Moon’s tides on Earth have nothing to do with the Moon’s phase.
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During Full Moon, the (weaker) Sun tides add directly to the Moon’s, leaving us all to think the Full Moon itself exacts magic forces on Earth. It does not.
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Right now, in the USA, 99% of people being hospitalized & dying from COVID-19 are those who chose not to be vaccinated.
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This confirms that whoever’s been advising you to decline the Vaccine, does not value your health or longevity.
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A form of biological “unnatural” selection.
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NEWS FLASH: Astrophysicists recently discovered a planet in the Galaxy populated entirely by semi-autonomous Robots.
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It’s called Mars.
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LANDERS: Viking 1 & 2, Phoenix, InSight, Mars-3. ROVERS: Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, Zhurong. COPTER: Ingenuity.
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Happy Father’s Day to all Dads out there.
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My Dad, helping me assemble my first telescope, for my 12th birthday – a zillion years ago.
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As the lone occupant of Apollo 11’s Command Module, in 1969 he was officially the most isolated human there ever was, while in orbit over the Moon’s far side — 2,200 miles from Neil & Buzz, themselves bounding in the Sea of Tranquility
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Godspeed Michael Collins (1930 – 2021)
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In remembrance…
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[ WTC 1, World Financial Center Plaza. Sony Cybershot, Zeiss Lens. July 2, 2001 ]
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In remembrance…
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[ WTC 1, World Financial Center Plaza. Sony Cybershot, Zeiss Lens. July 2, 2001 ]
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A reminder that before anybody had a space program, we didn’t have satellite images of hurricanes, and we largely had no clue what they would do next. Just saying.
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Hmm. Makes you wonder which came first, the #stanleycup or @nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope.
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Resident of NYC and not yet vaccinated?
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Can now get a walk-in COVID Vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Ocean Life. Apparently our Blue Whale is a bonafide resident of the city, and got the vaccine first, in her left “shoulder”.
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(www.amnh.org)
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July 4, 1776 — Independence Day in America
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We celebrate the day we declared independence from Britain, long preceding the day we actually attained it.
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That’s badass.
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The Opening Ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, with 206 countries, has salvaged and celebrated whatever dignity remains in this World after 18-months of viral invasion, fear, ignorance, hatred, and loss.
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Thank you Japan.
An almost-perfect solar system rap by @keatsdidit [2m 50s]
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September 22, 2021
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Happy Equinox to all Earthlings.
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Latin for equal-night, today we all get 12 hrs of day & night — except we don’t.
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FYI: Sunlight crossing from the vacuum of space into Earth’s atmosphere refracts, adding a few minutes more light at sunrise & sunset than we’d otherwise receive.
[Photo: Sunrise over the Bronx, New York. Fall Equinox, 1975, Kodacolor II, Pentax SP500, Vivitar 205mm zoom]
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A greeting card from @troyclothandpaper that is simultaneously flattering and awkward.
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An overdue reminder of what can happen when you go to the Moon.
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Relative to a Schoolroom Globe…
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Planet Mars is a mile away (1.6 kilometers).
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The Moon is 30 feet away (10 meters).
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The International Space Station orbits 3/8th of an inch (1 centimeter) above the surface.
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Branson & Bezos this month ascend the thickness of two dimes (2 millimeters) above the surface.
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I’m just sayin’.
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Tried hard to teach @chucknicecomic about lunar tides, but instead he taught me that the Earth & Moon require Couples Therapy.
[@StarTalk excerpt: 6 min]
StarTalk Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Mom.
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