JWST Cycle 2 Proposal Procrastination Monitor: help us plot the curve of proposal submissions!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3XH1g1gcwxyHnZBaqFV8fWr5lfWHeXgqvFowkABCBC7ZL2A/viewform

There's A LOT of discussion about content moderation right now and very little of it touches on the fact that we've all lived on the big social sites for the last decade-plus thanks to the massively exploitated labor of mostly-invisible moderation workers. The social web at scale wouldn't have happened without these laborers, who in addition to shit wages, have been exposed to literally every imaginable horror.

If we're remaking this world, let's do better on that front.

When I give talks about #JWST I usually get a question about micrometeoroid impacts on the mirror.

NASA published an update about micrometeoroid mitigation today:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/11/15/nasa-webb-micrometeoroid-mitigation-update/

There have been 14 impacts so far on the primary mirror (about two per month), which all fall within pre-launch expectations, except for the big hit they experienced in May. Starting in year 2, they will have micrometeoroid avoidance zones to further protect the mirror.

#Astronomy #Astrodon