Mike Masnick ✅Apr 24, 2023

Randomly noting: if you're in the US, in April of 2024, the US will have a solar eclipse pass over a bunch of states for the first time in 7 years, and for the last time in *decades*.

It is an indescribably wonderful experience to be in the zone of totality. This article kinda covers it:. If you're not sure if you've seen one, you haven't. It's the most bizarre thing where it feels like someone flips a light switch and turns off the sky. https://www.space.com/37791-go-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-person.html

Yes, the Solar Eclipse Is Worth the Hype (Trust Those Who Have Seen One)

E.C. Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory, explains why you should really try to see the 2017 total solar eclipse. (Hint: It’s worth it.)

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Show threadKirk KittellApr 24, 2023
@mmasnick I stayed home from work and made a janky pinhole camera when the 2017 eclipse passed over St. Louis. Total eclipse is not overrated. Absolutely fantastic. It was an exceedingly strange experience. If any ancient or modern cultures considered total eclipses as evidence of the world ending, I can validate the feeling.
Show threadKirk KittellApr 24, 2023
@mmasnick (also I apparently grew better tomatoes when I had an apartment balcony than now when I have a backyard garden)
Show threadGreenDotGuy
@kittell have you tried adding some epsom salt to the soil? Seems weird, but look it up. Tomatoes & peppers love it.
Apr 24, 2023 at 9:18pmWeb
Show threadKirk KittellApr 25, 2023
@DarcMoughty Sure, I'll have a look at it, thanks for the suggestion. If epsom salt works, it works. The soil is more like clay than soil around here. If the epsom salt doesn't work, I'm considering dynamite next.