Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
Nice small collection of unusual photos of Martian landscapes from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at Daily Overview. I don’t know what the blue triangle thing is.
The description doesn’t say, but I’m guessing most of them are false-color or exaggerated.
(Images originally from NASA)
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/dailyoverview/issues/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-433906
Spoiler: This did not repeat itself.
Local schools are bringing grades 4-5 back starting tomorrow, divided into two cohorts so that only half the students will be on campus (more to the point, in a classroom) on a given day. Got a text reminding parents to “dress your child for the weather” and I’m like — well, ok, it’s not like we’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors. Checked the forecast just in case and HOLY CRAP THEY’RE ACTUALLY EXPECTING RAIN TOMORROW
I’m torn between
AAAH! CROWDS! SUPER-SPREADER POTENTIAL
and
OK, studies seem to show that schools, with proper precautions, don’t spread any more than the communities they’re in
and
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
and
JFC THIS KID NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ONCE IN A WHILE
Anyway, he’s not in tomorrow’s cohort and we’re still sorting out how this fits with his IEP but I’m so fucking tired of everything. I miss the days when my social anxiety was unfounded
Sure, Pokemon Go, I’m a passenger. In my living room.
Kid’s friend on Zoom, shouting “Siri, I didn’t ask you!”
I don’t get it – this kid has been fighting bedtime every night for weeks, and he’s been on a tear all freaking day…but tonight he calmly logged off the computer, did Duolingo, then went and got ready for bed.
I mean, I’m not complaining, I just wish I knew what the difference was!
“Did you seriously break the game without even being in it?”
“…yeah…”
Kid typed a Minecraft command in zoom chat that would give every player a zillion diamonds. One of the other kids actually pasted it into the game, and it crashed.
Interesting story about scientists who develop allergies to their subject of research through repeated exposure. Studying ragweed pollen and developing hay fever is one thing. Developing anaphylaxis to snake venom – even venom that’s normally harmless to humans – is another.
I think my favorite was the butterfly researcher who developed severe asthma when exposed to sulphur butterflies, so he switched to killer bees.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/scientist-allergies-research
kid is not having a good day. which means neither are we
new category for household chores: “at least my sense of smell is still working”
Sounds like it’s recorder season at the elementary school
“Binary file catalina.out matches”
Gee, THANKS so much, grep
I love how searching for “mockingbird” on Flickr turns up photos of both mockingbirds and cosplayers dressed as Mockingbird among the results from people I follow.
Reminder to self: car repairs ALWAYS take longer than expected. Always.
(a few hours later)
Got the car home around 4:30, promptly ran over the first aid kit I’d taken out and left in a precarious spot where it apparently fell into the path of the tire. Had to clean up shards of plastic all over the garage before actually parking the car. 🤦♂️
Cables, cables everywhere
And not the one to sync
Random fact: The mural that used to be on the previous bar at that location is a Pokemon Go Gym.
Completely unrelated to the route I took, of course.
Saw this sign today outside a local…bar? Lounge works, I guess.
Sort of “I like less than half of you more than you deserve, and more than half of you..” wait, I got that wrong, didn’t I?
I do miss having a keyboard, but I don’t think I should hook up an Android 2.3 device to the internet 😬
Found the ancient G2 (HTC Desire) phone (back when there were Android phones with actual KEYBOARDS!). It still runs. Wondering if there’s something I can put on there that’s newer than the ancient version of Android it has, but it’s too old for LineageOS.
Anyone know what might run on it?
The kid’s been showing everyone these Device Orchestra videos…like “Never Gonna Give You Up” played on electric toothbrushes.
https://youtu.be/jzwMjOl8Iyo