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Katie Mack
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Folks the new @Hozier album is extremely good; you gotta check it out
Especially this track itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-pl… trust me on this
Honestly I never really imagined I'd end up being name-checked in a song for talking about how the Universe is eventually going to fade out and die so this is all very exciting for me
Some more context can be found in this article, toward the end irishtimes.com/culture/music/…
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One of the proposals in the “Green New Deal” is to build high-speed train lines so flying is less necessary. This is not a radical proposal. In Japan, the Shinkansen covers distance approx LA-San Francisco in 2.5 hrs. At peak, trains every 10 minutes. The line was built in 1964.
The Shinkansen network has expanded, of course. It now has lines that cover something close to 3,000 km, and it moves around 160 million people a year. At up to 320 km/hr. No seatbelt light. No turbulence. Stations right in city centers. Just imagine what travel could be here.
The population density of Japan is similar to that of the Boston-Washington Corridor. In Europe, smaller pop densities and larger distances also work for high speed trains. There are obstacles to better networks here, but they’re not invincible and they’re well worth fighting.
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Katie Mack
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Last week, I declined to give a comment to a journalist about a story he was writing about another astrophysicist. Today, a quote from me appeared in his story---drastically mischaracterized, and taken out of context from another source.
I won't link to the article. But in general, if you see an article quoting someone as having told a different outlet something, it's a good idea to click through to the source of the quote and see what they actually said, and in what context.
As a side note: based on what the journalist told me when I asked him his angle on the piece, I had a feeling he might mischaracterize anything I told him, which is why I decided not to comment. What I did NOT expect was that he'd also mischaracterize things I told someone else.
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If you can see the Moon tonight, over the next few hours it’s going to start looking pretty awesome. This #LunarEclipse starts really getting going a few minutes from now and gets to maximum in a little over an hour. Timing info & visibility maps: timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/… A map of eclipse visibility. Basically the entire half of the globe centered around Cuba.
A total #LunarEclipse is when the Moon, Earth, and Sun line up perfectly enough that the Moon is entirely in the Earth’s shadow. Here’s a handy graphic:
When the Moon starts to enter the Earth’s shadow, it’ll look like part of the Moon is going dark, in contrast to the section just outside the shadow, still brightly lit. But when it’s ENTIRELY in the shadow, you’ll see something else, much cooler. #LunarEclipse
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