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Memento Nori

@syrotter.bsky.social

Pretend internet cartoon otter and plush sloth. I'm a writer and scientist and hiker.

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Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you’ve never larped before, it is live action DnD but you are your character and you stay in character for the weekend. In this game, I’m a several thousand year old elf mage whose real motivation for being in our little frontier postal outpost is unclear.

Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 7d ago

If folks are looking for a fun weekend in the woods hiding from realities of the modern world, and are vaguely close to the DC area, I recommend www.mirrorsightlarp.com . Staff and players are great and we are always looking for more players.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · yesterday

Calling my #astrophotography chums in the Americas: will you be staying up late tonight with your telescopes trained on the Einstein Crater? Impact: 02:34 EDT; 4 tonnes of Space-X metal (15m x 4m diameter) travelling 5400mph Expected: 50km high plume containing ~1Mkg of debris 😲🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Will I be able to see the crash?" Probably not, but that doesn't mean friends in the Americas shouldn't try (daylight for those in Europe): look to the eastern limb of the Einstein crater. The @eso.org VLT will observe it & NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking before and after images! 🔭🧪🛰️

Nome@nome.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hey, you ever heard me (constantly) going on about Babylon 5? It's starting to air, in its entirety, on YouTube.

Midnight on the Firing Line | S1 E1 | Babylon 5

YouTube video by Babylon 5

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Nome@nome.bsky.social · last yr.

Broke: Star Trek says humans will abandon all religion in the future. Woke: Dune says religion will continue to be both a source of strength and a tool of control for oppressed peoples. Bespoke: Babylon 5 says we'll get MORE religions, and Jews will have to sort out what alien foods are kosher.

Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you’ve never larped before, it is live action DnD but you are your character and you stay in character for the weekend. In this game, I’m a several thousand year old elf mage whose real motivation for being in our little frontier postal outpost is unclear.

Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 7d ago

If folks are looking for a fun weekend in the woods hiding from realities of the modern world, and are vaguely close to the DC area, I recommend www.mirrorsightlarp.com . Staff and players are great and we are always looking for more players.

Saunieindiego@saunieindiego.bsky.social · 2d ago

Last few hours to comment on this VERY IMPORTANT deep sea mining issue. Please, please, please, take 5 minutes. Talking points on my blog. Link to in and where to comment below. Share share share!

Saunieindiego@saunieindiego.bsky.social · 3d ago

Comments due TOMORROW (8/3) 🚨 NOAA is fast-tracking Pacific deep-sea mining, threatening fragile abyssal ecosystems. ​Only 8 comments have been filed! ​Talking points: birdsmatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/t... ​Comment here: www.regulations.gov/docket/NOAA-... ​#DefendTheDeep #StopDeepSeaMining

Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d ago

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 7d ago

If folks are looking for a fun weekend in the woods hiding from realities of the modern world, and are vaguely close to the DC area, I recommend www.mirrorsightlarp.com . Staff and players are great and we are always looking for more players.

Maryland LARP, MirrorSight LARP Home - Overview

MirrorSight LARP is a realistic high fantasy genre Maryland LARP using the Accelerant system. Set in the world of Eos, we run four to five events per year.

mirrorsightlarp.com

Bobby Schroeder@ponett.dog · 5d ago

the whole article is well worth reading but here's a particularly grim excerpt from near the end, interviewing one of the creators of the three-cueing system so many kids were taught that ruined their ability to read

When I asked him what he makes of the cognitive science research, he told me he thinks scientists focus too much on word recognition. He still doesn't believe accurate word recognition is necessary for reading comprehension. "Word recognition is a preoccupation," he said. "I don't teach word recognition. I teach people to make sense of language. And learning the words is incidental to that." He brought up the example of a child who comes to the word "horse" and says "pony" instead. His argument is that a child will still understand the meaning of the story because horse and pony are the same concept. I pressed him on this. First of all, a pony isn't the same thing as a horse. Second, don't you want to make sure that when a child is learning to read, he understands that /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ says "pony"? And different letters say "horse"? He dismissed my question. "The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense."
Science News@sciencenews.bsky.social · 6d ago

Fires hum. As they suck in air and belch out hot gas, they give off pressure waves below the range of human hearing. Researchers used that infrasound to track a prescribed burn in Idaho from nearly two kilometers away. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fire-sound-monitoring-tracking

Scientists tracked a fire using sound alone

Researchers tracked a prescribed grassland fire using infrasound, sound waves pitched too low for people to hear.

sciencenews.org

Space Telescope Science Institute@stsci.edu · 6d ago

We are fewer than 30 days from the launch of #NASARoman! Roman is set to launch on August 30 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope was assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and had to travel to Kennedy for its launch. 🔭 Credit: NASA's GSFC; Music: “Unity for Liberty,” UPM

Memento Nori@syrotter.bsky.social · 6d ago

What if Egyptian tomb curses weren’t really curses but advice to turn your life around? The Mummy only has your best interests at heart. The Egyptologist scene except instead of covered in locusts he’s covered in butterflies. “What have we done?!”

Space Telescope Science Institute@stsci.edu · 6d ago

The countdown is on for the debut of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is named for NASA’s first chief astronomer. The Roman telescope is slated to launch on Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, per NASA. #NASARoman

Here's What The ‘Most Advanced Telescope Ever' Is Going to Reveal

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is expected to launch Aug. 30 and help unlock mysteries around dark matter, exoplanets and more.

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