When things get dirty, they tend to lose their shine. 

The best time to observe earthshine is when the Moon is waxing or waning.

Their data source is, to be blunt, cheap, easy, and noisy. (They’re comparing the brightness of two patches of the moon.) From Earth’s Albedo 1998–2017 as Measured From Earthshine ( https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL094888 ) their data was so noisy, they had to make a judgement call even to…

...oh, I thought you said “dumber”, and I’m like “wait, how is this news?”

No credit for that amazing painting??

That’s because we’ll never reach zero cases. Covid-19 is here to stay. I can’t blame these countries for trying their best but let’s be honest, we live in a global economy and everyone realize on commerce to survive. Hopefully see can get enough people vaccinated to significantly lower deaths and hospitalization, but…

Difficult choice for Jacinda...
She has the example of the shit show in Australia - particularly Sydney and Melbourne - under the ‘leadership’ of their cockwomble Trumpeter PM Scott Morrison...
But Delta got a foothold in large part due to the likes of Trump, Modi, Bolsonaro, etc —- and of course the puerile…

I was able to use my pointer finger in a small motion that burns probably 1/100,000th of a Calorie, and saw all of them. Life Pro Tip.

Repost content you lift from reddit so you don't have to actually do your job

#22 steal content from reddit so that you don’t even have to ask your site’s commenters to do the work.

“China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are the only countries still fighting to stay in the covid-zero club.”

Also missing was my Omnibot.

This... isn’t why we need Section 230 at all.

5 more people might be able to buy a PS5 in that extra time. Hell, I might even be able to get one.

Meh, you’re always going to get costume/armor clipping as long as designers continue designing stupid armor.

I call it the “Ask-a-Space-Marine-to-do-Jumping-Jacks Problem”