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Notices by Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net), page 26
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From APoD@botsin.space on Mastodon: Elephant's Trunk and Caravan Image Credit
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Far from Quebec’s fires, smoke cloaks Ontario, U.S. northeast (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Jun 08, 2023 https:// globe2go.pressreader.com/artic le/281487870747422
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Starting to get excited for the road trip to see family in Wisconsin. A little anxious about wildfires in between here and there, however.
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Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
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From MichaelEMann@fediscience.org on Mastodon: "Canada’s wildfire crisis could be a preview of the future: An expert explains why more of the U.S. could be seeing air quality problems rise in the future" | My Q
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I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
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It has been quite a season so far… Number of wildfires across country straining resources (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Jun 05, 2023 https:// globe2go.pressreader.com/artic le/281479280806387
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Some words from a biography of Werner Heisenberg that are just as relevant today as they were in 1933. From "Beyond Uncertainty" by David C. Cassidy. Inoculation against demagoguery is, after all other guardrails have failed, one of the last checks against the total destruction of a democratic state by a singular individual. I just wish I understood completely how to insure such inoculation at a societal level. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/8dbe088d296832f55a0fb860b4878053c76f7ea56e87fb35f043dd99cd1a11ab/view
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Had a great 6.2km run today, with the focus being on enjoying the Junction Creek Path. Ended at Robinson Playground and Lake, which was lovely! https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/338098ddd3aceb6c74c5332e758450818ebd72a47afcc649021c485e8af8bf22/view
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The landscaping will take at least a year or more, but you can't update that view. Relaxing at our new cafe table and enjoying coffee and a homemade cinnamon roll c/o @ jodi Winds out of northwest helping with wildfire smoke. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/3d737c6f72d1dfbd4b0ffd86f80d118d03a70767a4446370b775d2bb74c4e4c5/view
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How it started, how it's going: home office edition. We bought a new construction home, pretty much a blank slate. With the expertise of an excellent tradesman, my home office has been transformed from white void to library and writing heaven. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/d2a91f8921c3aa40cff3b912f1e5eaaa869f2f58e7c1de602f8a7c4e7bb339cb/view
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Despite the smokey air, I had a lovely 4 km run today. Felt really good. The exercise is beginning to work, becoming more of a habit than a chore.
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Historical note: DOOMSDAY CLOCK IS CREATED (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Jun 01, 2023 https:// globe2go.pressreader.com/artic le/281526525439059
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From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Chien-Shiung Wu, who obtained experimental proof of parity violation in weak nuclear decay, was born # OTD in 1912. Her 1956 experiment involving the decay of Cobalt-60 confirmed that the weak interaction does not respect what many had assumed was a fundamental symmetry of nature.
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From drskyskull@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Hey, I was a guest on the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR today to talk about invisibility, and the recording is now available to listen to! https://www. ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mc enroe-show/2023-05-31/invisibility-fascinates-and-frightens-us-but-will-it-ever-become-reality
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Hmm. Looks like Twitter API authentication isn't working for the Python twitter library. I assume this means Twitter has finally shut down its open API? Don't have time to investigate this until the weekend. For now, NavierStokes won't be bridging messages between Twitter and other open social media services. Could be a fluke ... but given the behavior of leadership at Twitter, I am erring more on the side of this being some new money-making bulls**t.
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It has been "hot" in # Sudbury for the past few days. This means temperatures around 85F (about 30C). Having moved from Texas, I find this charming. 🙂 I had a great run on Sunday in the "heat". I regret nothing. I thought it particularly funny when a guy called out from a pickup truck, "Sure is a hot one buddy!" I wasn't even running with water. 85F was an early spring day in Dallas. Here, 85F is somehow the end of the world. I have truly missed a northern climate.
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Got a bumper crop of hydroponic tomatoes this time around! https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/cd35f0a913a2c04ff24c12d531c1e4eba90e0d638a6c24111b4fc3cdf20978be/view
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Good morning! It is the last morning of a much-needed long weekend. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7c0b7492e9acd3d9098765059f617c972ace54ce1e8788e735ac2fb5c0866ea8/view
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What watching my daughter play ‘The Legend of Zelda’ taught me https://www. washingtonpost.com/opinions/20 23/05/18/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-game-parenting/
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