Mastodawn

Highest Canadian nerd achievement UNLOCKED I'M SO EXCITED!!!!

QUIRKS AND QUARKS!!!!!!!!

And that was all because of Mastodon, thanks all! (Especially @mayintoronto whose comment got a Quirks and Quarks producer to get in touch with me via BlueSky-Fedi bridge. Wild. WILD.)

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Prof. Sam Lawler Oct 27

I wish I got to go on Quirks and Quarks and talk about a less depressing topic, but hey, this is SUCH a great opportunity to teach a *lot* of people in Canada about the terrible things that are happening in orbit, and in the upper atmosphere, and on the ground due to the wildly unregulated commercialization of orbit.

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Prof. Sam Lawler Oct 27

I just sent probably the most pretentious email I've ever sent in my life to some colleagues: "I'd love to meet up for lunch! But my interview with Bob McDonald for Quirks and Quarks might get scheduled at that time."

(AAAAHHHH!!! SO EXCITED!!!)

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Prof. Sam Lawler Oct 27

I just did my pre-interview for Quirks and Quarks. I am slightly less excited now, just because the pre-interview made it clear how completely fucking depressing this interview is going to be!

I have nothing good to say. I have no concrete actions for people to take. All I have are predictions about how unsafe, destructive, and environmentally catastrophic Reflect Orbital will be.

I sure hope I get a chance to work in something about how incredible the unpolluted night sky is, at least? Ooof.

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🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽

@sundogplanets yes, well, not every interview can be about quirks. Some have to be about quarks, and that is OK.