Squishy

Simulation eh? Yeah, that fits...

[Dean Blundell🇨🇦 @ItsDeanBlundell]

What’s amazing is that every vaccine expert, turned convoy expert, turned forest fire expert, turned free speech expert, turned tariff expert, turned provincial secession expert, turned Ostrich expert, are now Middle East History/war/religious experts.
Fascinating.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I’m feeling at a bit of a loss due to a general negative sentiment about spaceflight, so I wanted to give you a bit of perspective…

In the 60’s, the entire world cheered on Apollo. Rightfully so, as it accelerated humanity forward into the space age. Grainy photos inspired millions, and the rocks brought back changed our understanding of the universe.

But the program wasn’t perfect… it used over 4% of the entire federal budget, was incredibly dangerous by modern standards, and had questionable political motives.

By comparison, the Artemis program is closer to .1% of the federal budget today, and is operating at safety margins that are significantly better than the missions during Apollo. This has of course slowed things down, but the result is a program that can survive in our challenging modern political climate.

Yet in every post about it, I’m seeing constant negative comments. Most seem rooted in a lack of understanding of the mission goals, or why this is such a massive deal after literal decades of proposed returns to the moon that went nowhere.

This is the first crewed mission in our triumphant return to the moon in over 50 years. Unlike the missions from the Apollo Era, there is a massive commercial industry capable of supporting our return to the moon, it’s not all resting on the taxpayer and Congress to fund nasa.

We’re going back to the moon safer and with a significantly smaller budget than we did in the 60s, and this time, the inertia generated by this event isn’t entirely determined by politics. As I write this, private companies are building hardware to use on the moon, despite not being contracted by the government to do this. There is a trillion dollar industry waiting to build infrastructure on the moon. With the weight of a massive Earth-Moon economy looming, we won’t see that go away.

This mission is the first major step towards our spacefaring future and I couldn’t be more optimistic about it.

Go Artemis!

[Antonello Guerrera @antoguerrera]

Extraordinary words by Sir John Major on #Brexit at LSE last night: 🧵 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

1. “In an act of collective folly, the United Kingdom voted to lead to European Union across the world, our enemies celebrated and our friends despair.”

“We left Europe on a minority vote of 37% of the election after a referendum campaign that was packed with misinformation and misjudgment, it left our country poorer, weaker and divorced from the richest free trade market that history has ever seen. National interest was brushed aside by false hopes and promises”.

“False hopes and promises that even a cabinet dominated by front line Brexit enthusiasts was unable to deliver the promises they made, […] while the forecast damage of leaving the European Union has become only too apparent. The nation saw Project Fear become Project Reality very easily. It's no consolation that the majority of the public now overwhelmingly recognizes that it was mislead in their moments of triumph.”

“Brexiteers predicted other countries would follow their lead and leave the European Union. None have. All saw only too clearly that Brexit was packed with disadvantages, as we meet far from others leaving the European Union, as we meet nine further nations now wish to join the European Union, which is an apt comment on how the world saw Britain's decision.”

“United Kingdom once reveled, not long ago, within the memory of everyone present in this room, once reveled in being a leading member of the European Union with half a billion citizens and the undoubted first ally of the United States, the world's most eminent superpower. Today, we know we are neither, and so does the world”.

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@kurri_jari Lol

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

The #BlueJays are armed with skill and determination. And grace, too.

[Lance Kane @LanceKane]

Does that count as a big time much needed save? or we still pretending Skinner doesn't make those

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@friesen_f @kris_sims Sorry, 3000.

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@friesen_f @kris_sims Honestly, the MUCH bigger issue is the framing that there are 300 NEW teachers in the deal. That is tremendously misleading as that would only cover attrition. And, perhaps, not even that. The idea that it would create smaller class sizes is simply false.

[OldTimeHardball @OleTimeHardball]

A player could get a Hit in all 162 games….for 26 straight seasons…and he’d still be 44 Hits shy of Pete Rose

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

Legendary performance...

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 2006 Will Ferrell surprised the SNL audience when he joined musical guest Queens of the Stone Age as his "Cowbell" character from six years earlier. When lead singer Josh Homme kept laughing during rehearsal, he was told to try to think of Will as a serious musician so he wouldn't break 😂

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@JasonGregor Not sure how the shortening of the field to 100 yards keeps the FG in play? An attempt from the 20 yard line would be a 42 yard attempt on a 110 yard field and a 100 yard field, no?? Help me make sense of that decision...

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@nielsonTSN1260 I like the 15 yard endzones and the goalposts moving to the back. Great changes.
However, the field should remain 110yrds and I haven't got a clue about the logic of the rouge changes...

[Squishy @crtjstr10]

@kevinbridges86

In Edmonton tonight, and you were brilliant! Thank you for coming!! It was a laugh 😃

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The Princess Bride (1987) is impossible to remake. Its dialogue, tone, and timing are perfectly calibrated, creating a magic that no reboot could ever capture.

[Washington Football Memories @skinsmemories77]

Next time someone says “watch this great block from the game today,” tell them nah, I’m good…

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

This week in 1974, Evel Knievel attempts to jump Snake River Canyon. He falls short, presumably because his balls were too goddamn heavy.

[Swearing Sports News @SwearingSport]

The most insane goal at 7 a side you’ll ever see…

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

If humans die out, octopuses already have the chops to build the next civilization, scientist claims.

Source: biologist Tim Coulson, Ph.D., who researches ecology and evolution at the University of Oxford.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

This song is timeless. 40 years later and they sound exactly the same as on the album.