If you are in the Midwest, GO LOOK NOW!!!

There are five planets and a thin crescent moon in the sky, ranging from Mercury hovering over the western horizon to Jupiter at 30-40 degrees above the eastern horizon.

Don't dawdle, catch Mercury before it slips away in the next 20 or minutes!!

(You can check it again each night between now and 31-MAR, but who knows when the sky will be this clear again?)

8:03:22 PM    comment []

On considering the recent presidential vote in Taiwan and the disputed outcome, I wonder whether as a global leader we did not set precedent.

Should we have taken to the streets to demand a fair and impartial recount?

Should we have done more to model what it is to protect democracy?

Hmm.

7:31:13 AM    comment []