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The October Country - ER - 11/3/2021 4:46:19 AM

Dune - podrock - 10/23/2021 6:45:57 AM
- The movie requires yet another treatment. - ER - 10/23/2021 2:45:54 PM
  - A review (hopefully spoiler free) - podrock - 10/24/2021 5:13:58 PM

From Space Weather: An amazing "carrot" plasma jet - podrock - 9/25/2021 7:10:22 PM
- Another example from above - RL - 10/20/2021 2:06:50 PM
- Pixie? - ER - 9/25/2021 8:54:24 PM
  - Same thing - podrock - 9/25/2021 9:53:32 PM

23,000 year old human footprints in New Mexico? - podrock - 9/24/2021 3:18:29 PM
- I am sure the exact location is a closely held secret - RL - 9/27/2021 1:17:36 PM
  - Lake Lucero, New Mexico . . . - DanS - 10/17/2021 10:18:07 PM
  - My guess - podrock - 9/27/2021 4:39:47 PM
    - FYI... - RL - 9/27/2021 6:58:50 PM
      - Thanks - podrock - 9/27/2021 9:00:13 PM
    - I honestly don't remember almost killing you - RL - 9/27/2021 4:48:22 PM
      - The story: - podrock - 9/27/2021 8:52:15 PM
        
        I am fairly certain I was not the thrower - RL - 10/3/2021 8:30:48 PM
        
        I'm certain you were not the perp - podrock - 10/4/2021 12:00:09 AM
- How did they get here? - ER - 9/24/2021 6:24:11 PM
  - from what I read lately, - podrock - 9/24/2021 8:39:02 PM
    - So is it possible this was a wave of humans that died out? - RL - 9/25/2021 2:05:37 AM
      - interesting idea. - podrock - 9/25/2021 4:45:02 AM
        
        Just saw this... - RL - 9/25/2021 6:18:01 AM
        
        There is a chance that Australia supplied a strong population in South America . . . - DanS - 9/29/2021 6:32:33 PM
        
        Its like a fire in a movie warehouse. - ER - 9/25/2021 1:24:49 PM
        
        Great analogy... - RL - 9/27/2021 7:31:06 PM
    - But what was the playa like 23000 years ago? - ER - 9/25/2021 12:44:55 AM
      - I'll have to check - podrock - 9/25/2021 1:39:22 AM

Curiositystream - Raoul - 10/14/2021 5:40:52 PM
- Looks interesting - podrock - 10/15/2021 7:51:24 PM

Ice on the water, fire in the sky. - ER - 10/6/2021 1:33:57 PM

Cool 3D Earthquake Map of Iceland - podrock - 9/30/2021 7:48:15 PM
- Where are the earthquakes? - ER - 9/30/2021 11:37:51 PM
  - hmm... - podrock - 10/1/2021 12:13:08 AM
    - I see them now. - ER - 10/1/2021 3:51:45 AM
      - Agreed - podrock - 10/1/2021 6:37:52 AM

Interesting happenings at Katla? - Pebble - 9/28/2021 7:29:45 PM
- and now Kīlauea wakes up. - podrock - 9/30/2021 2:31:09 AM
  - From USGS Volcanos Twitter - podrock - 10/1/2021 12:23:01 AM
- Those of us watching volcanos in Iceland have found these seismic charts to be quite informative. - podrock - 9/28/2021 8:08:38 PM
- Pebble, your image didn't go through for some reason - podrock - 9/28/2021 7:54:34 PM
  - Re: Pebble, your image didn't go through for some reason - Pebble - 9/28/2021 8:35:03 PM
    - I became allergic to chalk dust over the years - podrock - 9/29/2021 12:59:29 AM

The Quantum Origin of Space-Time - RL - 6/3/2021 1:28:16 AM
- Its a great tragedy. - ER - 6/3/2021 4:02:01 AM
  - I don't think the human mind CAN understand it... - RL - 6/4/2021 1:39:59 AM
    - Re: I don't think the human mind CAN understand it... - Raoul - 9/30/2021 9:38:00 AM

I'm re-reading "The Forest and the Sea" by Marston Bates (1960). - ER - 9/22/2021 3:09:41 AM

The August numbers - ER - 9/8/2021 12:32:28 AM

Curiosity enters new "terrain". - RobVG - 8/17/2021 6:35:28 PM
- Cool! - DanS - 9/7/2021 12:03:22 AM

Multiyear ice - ER - 8/19/2021 3:40:47 PM
- There was rain on the Greenland Ice sheet. - podrock - 8/23/2021 9:18:20 PM
  - We are only at the very start of an exponential curve of catastrophe... - RL - 8/25/2021 3:18:18 AM

Ruining AMOC - RL - 8/6/2021 2:02:52 AM
- July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded - RL - 8/13/2021 8:46:57 PM
- 119.8 degrees F... hottest recorded temperature in Europe - RL - 8/11/2021 10:26:57 PM
- Code red for humanity - RL - 8/10/2021 12:35:15 AM
  - The IPCC report - RL - 8/11/2021 2:43:29 AM
- The Republicans would love it. - ER - 8/6/2021 3:30:34 AM
- If this happens, much of civilization will collapse... - RL - 8/6/2021 2:05:39 AM
  - Tipping point - podrock - 8/6/2021 2:27:05 AM

Lunar scopes - RobVG - 8/3/2021 2:45:28 AM
- There may be no atmosphere... but dust still moves around on the moon - RL - 8/4/2021 1:03:04 AM
  - Electrostatic . . . - DanS - 8/5/2021 8:59:14 PM
    - Not that simple... - RL - 8/5/2021 9:36:09 PM
  - Learn something ever day. Thanks n/t - RobVG - 8/4/2021 5:07:11 AM

Back to settle an argument: The size of the Universe - RobVG - 8/1/2021 8:21:21 PM
- Maybe its a moot point. - ER - 8/2/2021 12:48:40 PM
  - "Small steps, Ellie, small steps" - podrock - 8/4/2021 1:11:16 AM
    - Oh, I'm not advocating we give up on science. - ER - 8/4/2021 3:15:28 AM
  - Yup - RobVG - 8/2/2021 8:22:15 PM
    - Stoner? Moi? - ER - 8/3/2021 1:58:21 AM
- Space itself is expanding.... - RL - 8/1/2021 9:59:32 PM
  - Thank you - RobVG - 8/1/2021 11:53:24 PM
    - There are things in the planning stages now that- in some ways- will allow us to do things far beyond JWST at a lower cost - RL - 8/2/2021 2:28:26 AM
      - Does it have anything to do with global arrays? n/t - RobVG - 8/2/2021 7:31:03 PM
        
        No... - RL - 8/3/2021 1:40:34 AM
    - I am pretty sure all work will largely stop at NASA during the JWST launch - RL - 8/2/2021 12:33:29 AM
      - Pic I took of JWST before it was moved for launch prep - RL - 8/2/2021 3:20:55 AM
        
        How did you get in? Do they give tours? n/t - RobVG - 8/2/2021 7:32:40 PM
        
        Well... - RL - 8/2/2021 8:42:48 PM
      - It was set to launch but if I remember right, there's a problem with the Arian5. - RobVG - 8/2/2021 1:00:34 AM
- There are some things Man was not meant to know... - ER - 8/1/2021 9:46:02 PM

Change of pace? - ER - 8/3/2021 11:58:38 PM

Neck and Neck - ER - 7/20/2021 11:46:19 PM

Solstice ice report - ER - 7/7/2021 6:21:56 PM
- Who should we believe... scientists or Republicans? - RL - 7/8/2021 3:10:49 AM
  - They're evolving on this. - ER - 7/8/2021 4:07:32 AM
    - They don't believe in evolution either... - RL - 7/8/2021 7:41:23 PM
      - Its tempting to believe... - ER - 7/9/2021 12:52:44 AM

Happy 4th of July - ER - 7/6/2021 1:37:56 AM
- It will rapidly get worse... - RL - 7/7/2021 1:50:45 AM

Large scale structure, evolution and dynamics of the universe - ER - 6/18/2021 6:35:52 PM
- Kinda funny . . . - DanS - 6/29/2021 10:34:15 PM
  - It could be anything. - ER - 6/30/2021 12:30:38 AM

New research shows that the amount of heat the planet traps has roughly doubled since 2005 - RL - 6/18/2021 3:53:55 AM
- Why? - ER - 6/18/2021 3:00:58 PM

Interesting Article on Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification... - BuckGalaxy - 5/13/2021 9:32:27 PM
- "I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Impress Me." - BuckGalaxy - 5/31/2021 12:10:38 AM
  - Am I reading something into this? - BuckGalaxy - 5/31/2021 5:02:48 AM
    - Check out the "Centauri Dreams" website. - ER - 6/1/2021 3:40:40 AM
    - Yes - RL - 5/31/2021 5:46:47 PM
      - and more... - RL - 6/1/2021 1:07:35 AM
- Navy laser decoys - podrock - 5/27/2021 5:49:30 PM
  - That is what I describe below (but on a smaller scale) in my post ambiguously titled "Well..." - RL - 5/28/2021 4:02:58 AM
- Another view...follow the money - podrock - 5/24/2021 10:19:01 PM
  - More on this from 2017 - RL - 5/25/2021 1:52:27 AM
- IMO they are most likely secret government projects... - BuckGalaxy - 5/15/2021 3:41:25 AM
  - Assuming the behavior described is accurate, then no, they are unlikely the product of any government on Earth - RL - 5/15/2021 4:51:16 AM
    - Its a misinformation campaign. - ER - 5/15/2021 5:52:43 AM
      - I am referring to the cockpit videos that were taken and released to the public... not un-named sources - RL - 5/16/2021 2:50:53 AM
        
        What cockpit videos? - ER - 5/16/2021 3:22:22 PM
        
        Take a look: - RL - 5/16/2021 8:52:52 PM
        
        Sorry, RL - ER - 5/17/2021 4:04:58 AM
        
        ER, they were confirmed as legitimate by the pentagon... - RL - 5/17/2021 4:53:21 AM
        
        I agree with what you say. - ER - 5/17/2021 2:01:29 PM
        
        OK, I just watched the "60 Minutes" report. - ER - 5/17/2021 2:37:14 PM
        
        There are some interesting videos released by Chilean Navy - RL - 5/17/2021 10:51:03 PM
        
        Videos can be faked. - ER - 5/18/2021 3:59:04 AM
        
        Hoaxes, Governments, Corporations, Aliens... - BuckGalaxy - 5/18/2021 1:00:20 AM
        
        I really consider "secret government projects" are a serious contender... - RL - 5/18/2021 1:28:16 AM
        
        You surprise me here RL - BuckGalaxy - 5/18/2021 8:16:21 PM
        
        Do I? (Part 1) - RL - 5/19/2021 12:07:03 AM
        
        ...Part 2 - RL - 5/21/2021 12:10:40 AM
        
        In short... - RL - 5/23/2021 5:21:20 AM
        
        I get your argument - BuckGalaxy - 5/24/2021 6:32:27 PM
        
        Another consideration... - BuckGalaxy - 5/19/2021 8:11:18 PM
        
        Well... - RL - 5/21/2021 12:51:01 AM
        
        Sometime next month we will hopefully have more data - RL - 5/24/2021 2:31:17 AM
        
        EDIT, ABOVE TITLE SHOULD SAY I *DON'T* CONSIDER... - RL - 5/18/2021 1:35:25 AM
        
        Two more possibilities. - ER - 5/18/2021 3:22:02 AM
      - Well -- it was a clever disguise . . . - DanS - 5/15/2021 7:06:12 PM
        
        There is EVERY reason for alien tech to be highly advanced. - ER - 5/16/2021 12:29:58 AM
        
        What REAL alien spacecraft will look like. - ER - 5/16/2021 1:43:59 AM
        
        Been a while . . . - DanS - 6/16/2021 10:26:42 PM
- Thank you, Buck! - DanS - 5/14/2021 10:11:05 PM
- I've seen three UFOs - ER - 5/14/2021 12:08:30 AM

Eruption in Geldingadalir - podrock - 6/13/2021 11:34:12 PM
- embed - podrock - 6/13/2021 11:35:00 PM

The merrie monthe of Maye - ER - 6/9/2021 11:12:29 AM
- Pine Island glacier breakup is accelerating - RL - 6/13/2021 5:30:13 AM
  - And remember... - ER - 6/13/2021 6:44:20 PM

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