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Post by trueblue on Apr 24, 2023 12:16:25 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Apr 24, 2023 12:16:52 GMT -6
My entire twitter feed is aurora borealis and Tucker/CNN dude.
Anyone see the crazy AB last night? At 8 PM, we dragged the children to the car and started driving west to try and get away from DC and see it. I don't think we saw it in the true sense, but we saw some interesting colored skies (like Caribbean green 1.5 hours after sunset), which we are calling a win.
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Post by trueblue on Apr 24, 2023 12:18:18 GMT -6
Does anyone know, off hand, why the AB is visible so far south? I could google but if we’re about to perish in a solar storm apocalypse I’d prefer not to know, ya know?
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Post by Bookshelves on Apr 24, 2023 12:22:50 GMT -6
Does anyone know, off hand, why the AB is visible so far south? I could google but if we’re about to perish in a solar storm apocalypse I’d prefer not to know, ya know? I think it is fairly common (something about plasma and happening every few years — there was a good NYT article about it). Go forth and enjoy Tucker Carlson Canning Day in peace.
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Post by Bookshelves on Apr 24, 2023 12:23:35 GMT -6
We are supposed to be able to see it tonight, but it is too cloudy. In related news, I just bought a vitamin D supplement, about 4 months too late.
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Post by elle on Apr 24, 2023 12:34:24 GMT -6
Good question.
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Post by sterling on Apr 24, 2023 12:35:06 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Apr 24, 2023 12:37:05 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Apr 24, 2023 12:43:41 GMT -6
My entire twitter feed is aurora borealis and Tucker/CNN dude. Anyone see the crazy AB last night? At 8 PM, we dragged the children to the call and started driving west to try and get away from DC to try and see it. I don't think we saw it in the true sense, but we saw some interesting colored skies (like Caribbean green 1.5 hours after sunset), which we are calling a win. It was still cloudy last night so we didn't see them, though other parts of CT apparently did. This is a neat shot:
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Post by starbuck on Apr 24, 2023 12:46:28 GMT -6
TW
I just got wrecked. So Friday our school Principal sent out a small not that there was an overnight "vandalism" at the school. Another mom just texted me that it was, in fact, someone SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL at 4am. And the county has advised the school NOT to share this information with parents or the public, they want to keep it quiet. Supposedly they got the suspect.
But fuck.
What do I do? This cannot be swept under the rug by our MAGA school board. WTAF. Call the media?
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Post by byjove on Apr 24, 2023 12:52:39 GMT -6
Does anyone know, off hand, why the AB is visible so far south? I could google but if we’re about to perish in a solar storm apocalypse I’d prefer not to know, ya know? There was an incredibly strong geomagnetic storm associated with a recent CME- like off the charts. I saw anecdotally the highest since sometime in the 1990s? Not something to worry too much about- unless you were trying to use a high frequency radio.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 24, 2023 12:59:16 GMT -6
starbuck Ho.ly.fuck. I'm sorry. I don't know what the right call for you is, but them hiding that is a whole lot of bullshit.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 24, 2023 13:00:35 GMT -6
Between the settlement and now the firing, I am even more convinced there is a whole lot of bad stuff Faux doesn't want coming out.
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Post by byjove on Apr 24, 2023 13:02:49 GMT -6
starbuck , how responsive is your school board or SI? If you email and say WE ALL KNOW and we will going to be the media to demand more information if you do not address it with school families, would they respond?
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Post by kbw on Apr 24, 2023 13:15:02 GMT -6
Can we talk about Montana Bill 645 (I heard about it from someone who shared something on sm). Unless I’m misinterpretings/mind understanding , if you’ve ever had a Covid vaccine you would no longer be able to donate blood/plasma. That could be catastrophic considering blood banks are already in such short supply.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 24, 2023 13:42:58 GMT -6
I forgot that the dinner is this weekend. It's on my birthday every few years haha. Last year it was on my birthday.
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Post by starbuck on Apr 24, 2023 13:54:36 GMT -6
starbuck , how responsive is your school board or SI? If you email and say WE ALL KNOW and we will going to be the media to demand more information if you do not address it with school families, would they respond? I'll do that. I just emailed the principal and tried to nicely WTAF her, because she may be in a tight spot. But also, WE ALL KNOW. And then I'll email the board. Other parents are out there tagging media. We're about to make such a fucking fuss.
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Post by cnf on Apr 24, 2023 14:25:07 GMT -6
My entire twitter feed is aurora borealis and Tucker/CNN dude. Anyone see the crazy AB last night? At 8 PM, we dragged the children to the car and started driving west to try and get away from DC and see it. I don't think we saw it in the true sense, but we saw some interesting colored skies (like Caribbean green 1.5 hours after sunset), which we are calling a win. I wanted to see it. That's twice in a month span it's been visible by me. We had cloud coverage until really late. One of my coworkers said he didn't see it until like 2am, but he had amazing pictures.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 24, 2023 14:47:58 GMT -6
byjove, I took the dog out at about midnight to try to see the AB. It was pretty clear around us, but not dark enough. It sounds like you really need a long exposure camera to capture it around here, even out in Shenandoah.
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Post by starbuck on Apr 24, 2023 15:20:06 GMT -6
TW I just got wrecked. So Friday our school Principal sent out a small not that there was an overnight "vandalism" at the school. Another mom just texted me that it was, in fact, someone SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL at 4am. And the county has advised the school NOT to share this information with parents or the public, they want to keep it quiet. Supposedly they got the suspect. But fuck. What do I do? This cannot be swept under the rug by our MAGA school board. WTAF. Call the media? The principal referred me to the county's school seargent. I spoke with him. There's nobody in custody. They had "indoor recess" Friday as a result. But still no communication to parents?! He said they have "promising leads" but couldn't share more. I'm flabbergasted at this lack of response and transparency. I've emailed the school board members. Friend is working on the media. What the fuck.
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Post by jaygee on Apr 24, 2023 15:22:49 GMT -6
starbuck I’d be in burn it down mode. Parents should know a reasonable explanation of the incident. Not anything to jeopardize an investigation but enough to know what happened.
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Post by byjove on Apr 24, 2023 15:27:58 GMT -6
TW I just got wrecked. So Friday our school Principal sent out a small not that there was an overnight "vandalism" at the school. Another mom just texted me that it was, in fact, someone SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL at 4am. And the county has advised the school NOT to share this information with parents or the public, they want to keep it quiet. Supposedly they got the suspect. But fuck. What do I do? This cannot be swept under the rug by our MAGA school board. WTAF. Call the media? The principal referred me to the county's school seargent. I spoke with him. There's nobody in custody. They had "indoor recess" Friday as a result. But still no communication to parents?! He said they have "promising leads" but couldn't share more. I'm flabbergasted at this lack of response and transparency. I've emailed the school board members. Friend is working on the media. What the fuck. Ok, they definitely warrants more escalation! What the fuck
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Post by bobyn on Apr 24, 2023 15:28:19 GMT -6
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Post by kbw on Apr 24, 2023 15:36:22 GMT -6
Yeah that response from the school would have me in over drive mode. That is not an acceptable response at all.
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Post by beepers on Apr 24, 2023 16:04:29 GMT -6
Does anyone know, off hand, why the AB is visible so far south? I could google but if we’re about to perish in a solar storm apocalypse I’d prefer not to know, ya know? I think there are cycles of increased solar activity every so often (7?? 11? Years). So we are in one of those cycles now and I think April is also always a higher time in the year too. So it’s like the high of the high now. But happens not infrequently. We saw them from our house last month (MH’s and DS’s first time!) but it was too cloudy here last night. MH is already texting me about tonight because it’s clear skies now
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Post by elle on Apr 24, 2023 16:09:55 GMT -6
I would be absolutely incandescent with rage at that (lack of) response and (non) sharing of pertinent info starbuck. Burn it down mode for sure.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 24, 2023 16:10:26 GMT -6
starbuck Good on you and the other parents.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 24, 2023 16:12:49 GMT -6
I went into conservative Re.ddit to see what they're saying about the Faux firing and a lot of them seem to think that between this and the settlement, Mur.d.och has "gone over to the dark side" and is helping the "MSM" silence T.u.ck.er.
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Post by beaf12 on Apr 24, 2023 16:52:55 GMT -6
Does anyone know, off hand, why the AB is visible so far south? I could google but if we’re about to perish in a solar storm apocalypse I’d prefer not to know, ya know? I think there are cycles of increased solar activity every so often (7?? 11? Years). So we are in one of those cycles now and I think April is also always a higher time in the year too. So it’s like the high of the high now. But happens not infrequently. We saw them from our house last month (MH’s and DS’s first time!) but it was too cloudy here last night. MH is already texting me about tonight because it’s clear skies now We tried to see them last night but it was too cloudy and I value sleep too much to chase a non-cloudy, not too bright spot to try too see them. I’m always bummed when I see the beautiful pictures, but also I can’t function at work with no sleep. We have regularly been in northern MN and ND and I’ve never seen them. So I am following it more closely to hopefully get a glimpse soon. The park we went to last night was only 20 minutes away and was packed with people, so I think if it’s not cloudy it’s a good spot to try again.
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Post by elle on Apr 24, 2023 17:12:42 GMT -6
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