I hope all my friends in Portland will stay out of trouble. Just to be on the safe side, if your dog poops in front of a Federal building, be sure to pick it up.

Ha no, I just don’t have any sense! I was out there for two hours, and today I have Flag Elbow and respect for drum and flag corps. Thanks for being there.

I suppose it depends on how we define winning - the crow flew away, but the reflection went out of existence.

A brief video of the crow-VERITAS mirror interaction at Whipple Observatory @mmtobservatory.bsky.social

You might have noticed the wavelength error earlier if you weren’t measuring laser wavelength in inches.

Nobody actually likes Dr Who. They just grew up with it.

Something else this article implies is what a shitshow of collateral damage would have ensued if any of these weapons had been transported to a battle zone and used. The military drops, breaks, loses, and leaves behind things all the time.