nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr haha it seems like it’s a volcano hike tradition here to put on something red or orange for the hike and most people do!
nostr:npub19ynzrws2lw3rc62d58g8f3xns5t5tgdppghmdvtjvcatze9peypqck06qv Wow, that's a great tradition! I love it!
I had enough meetings this morning that I finally finished my #ReynaKAL! And I've really enjoyed watching everyone else's progress on it, thanks for sharing! I'm not thrilled about the yarn I used, but the shawl was immediately snatched up and worn by my 11yo, so it's a success.
I'm going to a conference next week, so I need a new #knitting project that will keep me focused: not too complicated to keep me from listening to talks, but complicated enough to be interesting. Suggestions?
nostr:npub19ynzrws2lw3rc62d58g8f3xns5t5tgdppghmdvtjvcatze9peypqck06qv I LOVE that you dressed up to match the volcano!! And yeah, I agree, lava is so incredibly awesome
Some of the best academic advice I ever got was "A paper is never really done, at some point you just have to set it free."
And yet...I find myself with a nearly-done paper that I just keep making more and more plots for! Someday I'll set it free, but not today, apparently.
Finally, 3 and half hours after getting up and starting chores, I get to sit down and eat breakfast. (Most days aren't this bad, had several once-every-few-days chores that all lined up and needed to be done today).
Anyway, good morning!
side-complaint: I LOOOVE stellarium's free webapp (https://stellarium-web.org/), but I really wish there was a way to turn off the satellites? Yes, I am painfully aware there are loads of satellites flying through, please don't also stress me out with them while I'm planning out a public observing session!
Instead of reading what is undoubtedly a useless and infuriating email full of stupid buzzwords from the Sask Party (the local oil-owned conservatives), I made a nice dinner for my friend who's door-knocking as he runs against these jerks.
Sask residents who have by-elections happening on Aug 10: for the love of Earth, go VOTE.
Uggghhhh I got a response back to one of my oh-my-god-why-aren't-you-doing-anything-about-climate-change-please-fund-education letters, this one from the minister of higher ed (took ~6 weeks to respond). I don't think I can handle actually reading it. (Today is not my day for email).
Pretty sure I saw some of these airglow ripples when I went outside to look at stars in the middle of the night last night: https://spaceweather.com/
It wasn't quite like auroras I've seen (although I'm still quite new at seeing auroras regularly).
Also, we've gotten to the point in the year at my latitude where there is true darkness for a bit in the middle of the night, and no sunlit satellites! That was extremely enjoyable to see the Milky Way with NO STUPID SATELLITES crawling across it.