Way to go, NASA, you did good!
NASA’s DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid
It was a cosmic smash-up watched around the world.
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Earth Smash!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, NASA, science, yay on September 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Best Defense
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, learning@lunch, NASA, science, space on September 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today is the first test of humanity’s nascent planetary defense system. Like Armageddon, except scientists are the heroes.
NASA will hit an asteroid with a spacecraft to change its course : NPR
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is scheduled to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to test our ability to nudge potentially dangerous near-Earth objects into safer trajectories. That is excellent, and we can watch it.
How to Livestream NASA Smashing an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense Plan
The impact day broadcast of the actual test will start on Monday, September 26 at 6 p.m. EDT, which you can watch on NASA TV, a livestream on NASA’s YouTube channel.
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What will happen and how will we know?
Ground-based telescopes are key to DART asteroid mission success | Space
On Monday (Sept. 26), the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will slam into a small space rock called Dimorphos — on purpose, at a staggering 4 miles (6.6 kilometers) per second. The exercise comes in the name of planetary defense, which aims to protect human civilization from any large asteroid that may be on a collision course. For the mission to succeed, scientists need to measure exactly how much the orbit of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos, speeds up. And the DART spacecraft won’t be in any shape to make that measurement itself, so mission personnel are relying on ground-based telescopes to track the aftermath of impact.
If this trial run works, terrific, but even failure would better prepare us to defend Earth.
Si vis pacem, para [asteroides].
— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (with minor paraphrasing)
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Time for a Nap
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts on September 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today: mushrooms. That is all. (Literally. Eighteen pounds of mushrooms and 8 quarts of mushroom soup is a Lot.)
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Don’t Be Afraid
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, books, Fiction, knowledge, Thoughts on September 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book…”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower
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What Words Can Do
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Fiction, historical fiction, inspiration, Writers, writing on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70
The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Dame Hilary Mantel, has died aged 70, her publisher HarperCollins has confirmed.
Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest English-language novelists of this century, winning the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, which also won the 2012 Costa book of the year.
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Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr said her death is “such a loss”.
“With every book she redefined what words can do,” he tweeted, adding: “She’s the only person I ever interviewed that speaks in whole, flawless paragraphs. I can’t believe we won’t have another book from her.”
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“The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write.”
— Hilary Mantel
Welcome, Fall
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, fall equinox, inspiration, nature, Thoughts, Writers on September 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The winds are cooler, the rains no longer soft. Bird feeders empty faster and the flowers look defiant rather than content.
I love summer, of course, but there’s something special about a hot bowl of soup and a warm blanket and crisp blue days and brightly colored leaves.
It’s a wonderful time of year for just about anything, but especially for taking stock and making plans.
Welcome to Fall.
Autumn equinox is the first day of fall. How is that different from a solstice? : NPR
Fall starts at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, a day officially known as the autumn equinox.
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Twilight Surprise
The sky burns down,
― Elizabeth Barrette, From Nature’s Patient Hands
A rim of coals glowing gold and red,
Limned with orange again
And kissed with hints of pink.
The clouds reflect tangerine and plum,
Overshadowing the silent glory.
Darkness and light,
Balanced upon this equinox,
Dance together like old lovers …
… and beget beauty.
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Watch the Stars
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on September 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Marcus Aurelius
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Exposure Therapy 101
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, rejection, resilience, submissions, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 20, 2022| 1 Comment »
Are you a writer? Afraid of rejection? Wish you had a thicker skin? Practice getting rejected with the Journal of Universal Rejection!
The founding principle of the Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR) is rejection. Universal rejection. That is to say, all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected. Despite that apparent drawback, here are a number of reasons you may choose to submit to the JofUR:
• You can send your manuscript here without suffering waves of anxiety regarding the eventual fate of your submission. You know with 100% certainty that it will not be accepted for publication.
• There are no page-fees.
• You may claim to have submitted to the most prestigious journal (judged by acceptance rate).
• The JofUR is one-of-a-kind. Merely submitting work to it may be considered a badge of honor.
• You retain complete rights to your work, and are free to resubmit to other journals even before our review process is complete.
• Decisions are often (though not always) rendered within hours of submission.
Folks, I conducted my exposure therapy the old-fashioned way, submitting story after story to multiple venues until my skin grew hard as nails. If only I’d known about the JoUR sooner!*
* Seriously though, it’s worth getting past this particular hurdle. Whatever works for you!
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“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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The British Queen and an American Duke
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Duke Ellington, jazz, Queen Elizabeth II, that pesky muse, Thoughts on September 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
As the world says goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II, here’s an interesting story I’d never heard before, starring the British queen and an American duke.
When Duke Ellington Made a Record for Just One Person—Queen Elizabeth
By early 1959, the finished work was ready for performance. The Queen’s Suite was now a 20-minute work in six movements. The band recorded it over the course of three sessions in February and April 1959. A single golden disc was made, and sent to Buckingham Palace.
Now we can listen to it, too.
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Cuteness, Thy Name Is
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, cats, Thoughts on September 18, 2022| 1 Comment »
Ok, fine, we still don’t 100% have a name for the cat but Chewbacca a.k.a. Chewy is currently in final trials. He’s extra large, very furry, talks a lot in a language most don’t understand, and his nickname is appropriate for a lover of food.
He is also an excellent hunter and downright adorable.
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