Space Geek, Podcaster, YouTuber, JavaScript Developer. 🇨🇦 in 🇲🇽 Host @we_martians & @offnom
Mérida, Yucatán
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"spacex good government bad"
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we asked, but @SpaceX didn’t actually confirm that dragon xl is real, so
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currently on my annual "wow Canada has gotten expensive" trip, but poking my head up for air tomorrow for @offnom and counting on @acolangelo to catch me up
has there been any space news in the last three weeks or
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The topic of Starliner is back in our newsletter today. Are the astronauts stranded? Probably not. Can NASA just say if Starliner can come home right now? Also probably not bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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I had some complicated feelings during the Hubble reboost mission debate that a 10 year old paper on space religion helped me sort through.
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jake is traveling this week so no live show, but we did prep one for you, don’t worry
Jake traveling also means I forgot to tweet this before now, but the show is premiering on youtube so it’s 22 mins in right now and you can join in (or watch it later)
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that time @JakeOnOrbit suggested using the ol’ ULA Sniper as a testing apparatus
unreal
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In honor of Juneteenth, I wrote my first-ever op-ed, which SpaceNews published today. I encourage you to read it and check out the fantastic work the @PGSFellowship is doing to improve diversity in the space sector.
America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally flew. Now it’s time to make more spacenews.com/americas-first…
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UK to be blasted by 48 hour 26C heatwave with five cities in England the hottest mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk…
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The Oilers cap we bought in Edmonton when we lived there for the 2006 cup run. It’s made its way down the priority cap list to work hat and it’s on its last legs, but 18 years later it’s back to get this team through the finals. #GoOilers
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When I moved to Yucatán, I also standardized on one type of footwear - none.
I never lose socks, I never have to match, and it's free! Checkmate.
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I wrote up some lessons on Web Accessibility that I learned while building a cool SVG Map component where users could select states/provinces visually.
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Shout out to @SaraSoueidan whose Practical Accessibility course primed me with lots of the skills I needed to see this through properly.
Her course is on sale currently, too! Check it out if you're interested in this topic.
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I get asked a lot by students about dependencies and how to select them in a web project, so I wrote out some thoughts on how I do it!
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I am making mead. I have no idea what I'm doing . Pray for me.
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Written almost 10 years ago, "Just" remains one of the most impactful posts I've written: bradfrost.com/blog/post/just…
“Just” is a dangerous word.
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