@sundogplanets The 1959 Morris Mini Minor was between 580 and 686 kg: maybe we can consider that weight as definition of "mini":

@sundogplanets Chickens are full of envy for the geese, who can migrate to a warmer place

@sundogplanets Have we to wait that some space debris will hit Air Force One before somebody will make something?

@sundogplanets My favourite monument is the Trump's Mausoleum.

@sundogplanets @GustavinoBevilacqua @mattblaze Or like how SpaceX made a big thing out of selling Starlink to the Hoh Tribe, only for the tribal government to switch to municipal fiber optic a few years because it was more affordable and reliable.

Came out tasty after giving up on the oven method and just boiling/stirring it on the stovetop! Not exactly risotto, but still delicious, with pumpkin, sage, nutmeg, and some of the aged garlic/black pepper chevre I made months ago. Getting close enough to our trip now that we are only allowed to buy more food if it helps us eat something in the freezer/pantry. It's an exciting game...I've definitely been eating a bit more weird combos as a result!

This is blowing up a bit: not trying to scare you all! There is a *gigantic* set of sunspots coming around the limb of the sun, comparable in size to the sunspots sketched by Carrington. They may or may not send some plasma our way. There is also a minor aurora event predicted for 2 days from now due to interactions between an eruption from this sunspot group and previously emitted solar wind/magnetic fields.ESA has some good info on big solar storms here: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather/Flying_through_the_biggest_solar_storm_ever_recorded

@raucao @skyglowberlin And Starlink quietly stopped using visors many years ago. And made their satellites bigger, and bigger, and bigger.

Related: I just started reading The Inner Clock by Lynne Peeples, all about how our bodies really do need exposure to light at the same time every day, and also need darkness, in order to keep pretty much everything functioning inside us. I'm only a chapter and a half in, but I already think it's really going to change how I use artificial light in my own house... https://lynnepeeples.com/the-inner-clock/

Ok this one is actually quite nice. Just not very many stars. And this is with a ~75% moon, imagine with 4x full moonlight like fucking Reflect Orbital wants to do! Gross. Nevermind, don't imagine that. Just look at this beautiful scene and appreciate the stars you can see, and also appreciate that it's probably not nearly as cold where you live right now.

@sundogplanets it's kind of a touque for your neck so it should really be called a nouque.

I should add...other than obviously consolidate my lists into one list...Are there things that you wished you had brought on a long road trip? Or international trips? Or keeping track of things while frequently moving between hotels/friends' houses on a long trip? Or setting up your house for someone else to live in it temporarily?(I realize these are all incredibly privileged things to worry about, and I'm so grateful I get to do this)