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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Modern astrophysics exists because a house fell on a teenage orphan.

    Who as a result got adopted by a prince.

    He got access to a royal lab for glassmaking.

    Then he tried fixing color aberration in his microscope lenses.

    Then he noticed the rainbow had holes in it. Huh.

    Then he died. Glassmaking and tuberculosis are fast friends.

    Then Bunsen invented his burner, which made spectra that matched the rainbow holes. Huh.

    Now we know what stars and planetary atmospheres are made of!
















  • This is one of the reasons I practice atheopaganism. It’s psychologically helpful for me to be tuned to the natural, annual cycle. It gives a rhythm to life that’s separate from the more artificial, civil-labor thing. It also inspires gratitude for some of the little complexities of nature I wouldn’t otherwise notice.