Lasermom @lasermom@qoto.org
Retired community college physics/engineering technology professor. Current consultant developing #PBL case studies in STEM. Grandma. #Knitting #Gardening #Physics_Outreach (especially #optics)
@lasermom on Spoutible too
Joined Nov 2022
@DMRDynamics Thanks for the morning's laugh
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This required a "study"?
"Narcissism reduces the quality of long-term friendships, study finds"
(I can't wait for the follow-up, "Frequency of attending the theater to decrease after death, study finds")
@jeffowski "Conservative" might as well be in quotes
@panamared27401 Truly amazing recovery so far and hopefully will continue. But those who lost loved ones in similar situations may wonder if they also received the same heroic interventions. Would he still be alive if they kept up CPR? Why didn't they try defibrillation on her? Was grandpa just "let go" because of his age or health?
@JohnBarentine@astrodon.socialt's already close to impossible for backyard stargazers.
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If you get a call from a 202 area code tonight it could be the House Republicans asking you to be Speaker
@missy_lynn @cautionarytale@mastodon.world @jake_snowflake
And that's phone PHOBE. Not really a fan of autocorrect. It can't possibly keep up with my scattered brain.
@dankennedy_nu @newshour For someone who witnessed this happen to a loved one it does bring flashbacks though
@mcnees forgot the link
https://youtu.be/N8HchXbZ_-w
@missy_lynn @cautionarytale@mastodon.world @jake_snowflake
As a phone-phone, I'd much prefer a text or email that I can read at my convenience rather than the demanding loud disruption of a phone ringing at random times. Besides, then there's a written record.
@mcnees A favorite poem (about a relative, actually) speaks about the techs who do the work but remain out of sight. Not quite the same but an often repeated story.
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'Bother,' said the Borg, as they assimilated Pooh
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#Astrotourism is booming in the U.S. state of #Utah. The Beehive State attracts more night-sky tourists than almost anywhere else in the world and supports an industry that may be worth billions. The vitality of this business depends strongly on the #DarkSkies of the Colorado Plateau and a growing awareness of the need to protect them.
📷: NPS / Will Pedro
https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/astrotourism-the-special-case-of-utah
Clash of cultures leftover lunch. This descendant of southern Italy preferred the home-made pork bao.
@drvolts Too bad my major appliances picked last year to die.
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Thanks, Biden!
RT @POTUS@twitter.com
Starting right now, you can get tax credits to install more energy efficient appliances for your house. Electric ovens, solar panels, heat pumps: you name it.
Save money while fighting climate change.
Want to learn more? Head over to http://CleanEnergy.gov.
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Yvonne Madelaine Brill was born #OTD in 1924. She was a rocket scientist who invented the hydrazine resistojet, which increased the payload capacity of satellites by reducing the weight of propellant they require. JWST uses hydrazine thrusters!
Photo: W. McNamee/Getty
Eversource thanks for texting at 12:40 that a planned outage would last until 2:30. But power actually went out at 12:30 and was back on my 12:40. Thanks for the opportunity to spend talking with neighbors for 10 dark minutes.
@SarahMackAttack My favorite was, after I gave a mumbled answer to dinosaur (Pokemon, Nintendo, whatever) question, "Well, actually...." Yeah, 6 year olds.
Retired community college physics/engineering technology professor. Current consultant developing #PBL case studies in STEM. Grandma. #Knitting #Gardening #Physics_Outreach (especially #optics)
@lasermom on Spoutible too
Joined Nov 2022
