Month: September 2024

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Doing My Part

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WOKE.

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Wet Venus

A map of Venus showing what it would look like if it possessed the same amount of water as Earth.

Interesting…

I often wonder if humans didn't originate there (or Mars, for that matter), fucked up their ecosphere like we're doing now, and a few thousand (or whatever number constitutes a viable genetic diversity breeding minimum) managed to escape to Earth to start the cycle all over.

Once again I am reminded of the famous line from Battlestar Galactica: "All this has happened before and will happen again."

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Well, That Was an Expensive Morning

I took Rabbit in for an oil change today. Turns out he also needed a fuel line and coolant flush. And there was a crack in the coolant reservoir. (That explained the slow leak on the carport floor.) I thought about putting it off, but I can't afford a really expensive repair, so better to do it now.

Unless we snag a winning lottery ticket, this will be my last car and I've got to keep it working. The good thing is that after January 31st, my mileage will drop to next to nothing…

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Science is Cool

This photograph shows us the other side of the Moon, which we usually do not see. It was captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft.

Humans are exploring space, and frankly at this point I don't care which flag it happens under…