Andy Lowry @AndyLowry@qoto.org

@paulknightly
I lived in Mesa in the mid-eighties and remember them well. I once stepped outside to see how bad that would be, and it was pretty bad. Sandy dirt got in my eyes and nose and shirt pocket. A few years later, I also walked through a dust devil in the desert. It was right there, how could I resist? It was a similar experience, though the dust devil had more force.

@arselectronica
Though it would be difficult to keep it from being tainted by attitudes towards Carlos' sex change, I suspect.

@mcnees
And one of the great things about her site is the occasional original song performance, complete with stage gestures and everything. When I first discovered her site-- I think because I'd just read "Lost in Math"-- I surely did not expect the musical numbers. Really delightful!

@mcnees
And thanks again! I should be able to track it down.

@samim
One of the first thoughts is always something like "Wow, it's always been like this and I didn't know."

@CatLovingCommie
Brilliant.

@mcnees @gmusser @QuantaMagazine
Thanks very much for the link. I've pulled up the article and will have a look at it shortly. I'd seen at least one discussion of the paradox on Sabine Hossenfelder's site some time back, but didn't read it at the time because I was still trying to get a basic handle on particle physics at the time. 🤔

@GeekAndDad
And I noticed that I crave more sugar and fat than I used to. The good news is that stage 4 means I don't care about cholesterol any more-- my monthly blood tests don't even bother to look at that. 😆

@GeekAndDad
Yeah, timing medications is something I had to create a spreadsheet for because it had gotten that complicated. I carry a little pillbox in my watch pocket just in case I happen to be out and about when it's time for something or other. And I use alarms on my smartwatch to remind me what to take when. Being sick is not as simple as some might think.😉

@mcnees
Thank you! I see a dive into basic Wikipedia info in my very near future; cosmology is good stuff! 👍

@drdrowland
Ahh, I had not thought of it that way. That would be an interesting thing to contemplate. Trying to remember what happened when and what my time was worth would be a challenge in itself, though I think I could come up with a crude estimate.

@KLlewellin @DolphinSeeker
Thanks for the intro! I'll tag along with you and see where we go.

@mcnees
That's interesting, I didn't know that our sun is not massive enough! What's the approximate amount of mass required?

@drdrowland
What about those of us who are self-taught? My certifications weren't free, but the costs associated with those would be nothing compared to a traditional college education. 😉