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Good people of CoSo?
This is just a loving reminder that your brains have not evolved to cope with the stimuli of online environments.
It does you no good to be immersed in images of destruction or harm, particularly if you are not in a position to help.
Stay informed, but take breaks. Look at the sky. Attend to local concerns where you CAN make a difference.
It doesn’t help the world or you if you are chronically destabilized by online content.
🙏💙
'US wants a standard moon time, for new Space Race' ..... 'needed for smooth operations on and around the moon' ..... 'On the moon – where gravity is 1/6 as strong as on Earth – clocks tick faster than they do down here.'
Just found this very interesting, & will watch as it is developed.
https://earthsky.org/human-world/standard-moon-time-white-house-nasa-space-race/
'Fake eclipse glasses polluting marketplace, astronomers warn' .....
@northernbassist @Dreamnghrt
And just to bookend with the other atrocity.
Light Pollution.
I haven’t really seen a night sky since my childhood.
We've lost a hero. Thomas Stafford, veteran of four space missions, including the moon landing dress rehearsal Apollo 10 mission, passed away today after a long illness. He was 93..
Here, he's shaking hands with cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, after Stafford's Apollo rendezvoused with a Soyuz spacecraft in 1975.
link to npr.org story
https://tinyurl.com/ms63b654
I died laughing at this one!! Puppy being puppy, meant well but..... (such a cutie!)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4ax4vzO22U/igsh=MXM5cGk0ZHl6bmJmaA%3D%3D
'Voyager 1 spacecraft has sent a (partly) decipherable message' .... https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-1-message-decipher-progress/
'Will you see Comet Pons-Brooks during the eclipse?' -- This comet visits the inner solar system every 71 years (!!), & will be closest to us on April 21st. During the Eclipse on April 8th, it may be close enough to see between the eclipsed Sun & Jupiter.For a preview of the comet, visit this site for gorgeous photos now:
https://earthsky.org/tonight/12-p-comet-pons-brooks-outburst-millennium-falcon-bright-2024-eclipse/
'Stop Unwanted Robocalls and Texts' .....
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-robocalls-and-texts
More to help us all fight Robocalls, etc ---
'The Government Finally Did Something About Robocalls' .....
Are you as FED UP with calls from Spammers/Scammers/Telemarketers, etc at all hours of EVERY DAY as I am??!
Well, here's your weapon!
'Laws Protecting Consumers From Robocalls and Spoofing' ...
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/laws-protecting-consumers-from-robocalls-and-spoofing.html
I love this idea, and have bought a bag of seeds to sow this Spring!
'How and Why to Grow a Clover Lawn'
'Asteroid that exploded in German skies is rare aubrite' ..... https://earthsky.org/space/small-asteroid-to-hit-earth-no-danger-meteorites-january-21-2024/
the barn is in need of some repairs... this realtor is a master of understatement
https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/8bbbb6cb8a77f78362cf4eb5535cf1e1-uncropped_scaled_within_1536_1152.webp
I don't know if this has been posted already, please forgive me if it has been. I do love seeing articles like this!
'This Medieval Man Was Buried With a Four-Foot-Long Sword in Sweden' .....
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-swede-buried-with-four-foot-long-sword-180983624/
'Total solar eclipse in North America April 8, 2024' ..... https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-solar-eclipse-april8-24/
This article is so intriguing. Loved the videos, too! How has your accent developed, & why has it changed? (I only wish they'd done one on the North Midlands!)
'A Brief History of the United States’ Accents and Dialects' .... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-united-states-accents-and-dialects-180983591/
'Can beavers revitalize California’s mountains and meadows?' .....
https://earthsky.org/earth/beavers-translocation-california-mountains-meadows-ecosystem/
I'm a bit old-fashioned, love Nature, gardening, books, interested in Science, lifelong GDI, have a hefty dose of imagination and a dreaming heart.