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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-27 at 14:43

[#]OTD January 27 1967, the tragic death of Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

[#]space

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-27 at 14:37

this week, anniversaries of five significant #space events

1967-01-27 Apollo I

1986-01-28 Challenger

1958-01-31 Explorer 1

1961-01-31 Ham

2003-02-01 Columbia

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-26 at 12:23

saw another swasticar yesterday

damn, these things are ugly

[#]Toronto

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-24 at 18:03

Chorley Park bikeshare station #Toronto

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-20 at 11:27

apropos of nothing in particular, did you know that January 20 is the Day of Nationwide Sorrow in Azerbaijan

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-17 at 22:45

Spacing magazine did a story on the restoration project in 2022, which includes a nice photo of "Water Molecule" in its new location

https://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/11/23/midtown-torontos-much-loved-largest-green-space-re-opens-after-35-million-and-more-than-four-years-of-construction/

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-17 at 22:35

sorry, it's just "Water Molecule", without the "The"

unfortunately, a water molecule doesn't look anything like a regular dodecahedron with 20 identical atoms at the vertices

i mean, it's a gorgeous work of art, but the name wants to resonate with the theme of water (yes!) but fails (boo!)

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-17 at 22:20

Rosehill Reservoir #Toronto

"The Water Molecule" by Jack Culiner, originally located in the centre of the reservoir roof, was moved to the north edge in 2022 as part of the reservoir restoration project

from the reservoir roof, the Yonge-Bloor skyline

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-16 at 14:18

roses are red

shelter in place

i didn't think the leopards

would eat [chomp]

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-03 at 16:27

"Doomsday is January 3, three years out of four... in leap years, Doomsday is January 4"

so Doomsday 2025 is Friday

and now you can figure out the day of the week for any date this year -- in your head!

https://rudy.ca/doomsday.html

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-02 at 18:40

in 1962 he published a collection of 17 scientific essays in a book called "Fact And Fancy"

i had already read many of his science fiction stories, but this book, which i encountered in high school, turned me on to his non-fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact_and_Fancy

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Written by Rudy on 2025-01-02 at 18:39

[#]OTD January 2 1920, the birth of Isaac Asimov (who died April 6 1992), a professor of biochemistry who was an incredibly prolific author of over 500 books, both non-fiction and fiction, especially science fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

[#]science

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