Matt Williams

@storybywill

Space and astronomy journalist, science communicator, SF author, TKD, and family man! Views are my own.

Esquimalt, BC
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Joined April 2011
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    Nov 11

    Where is the EU at ? Climate finance is not charity, it’s justice! Your leadership is missing- All eyes on you! You must Come on Merkel, and ! The world needs you now!

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  2. Nov 11

    Last night, I saw a film. As I recall, it was the DUNE film! After the show, I decided to stay Looked up at the credits, saw they thanked KJA and I-- SCREAMED WTAF?!

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  3. Nov 11

    At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

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  4. Nov 9

    Justin Trudeau: Demand an Inquiry into the Sixties Scoop! - Sign the Petition! via

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  5. Nov 8

    Court Turns Down Blue Origin's Attempt to Prevent SpaceX's Lander Contract via

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  6. Nov 8

    Astronomers Measure the Atmosphere on a Planet Hundreds of Light-Years Away via

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  8. Nov 5

    Will Water Bears be the First Interstellar Astronauts? via

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  9. Nov 4

    I just published Apotheosis on Medium! This story tells explores what happens when molecular assemblers are programmed to think and begin to see their makers as gods!

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  10. Nov 4

    Week: 1. Jinxing, 2. Innana, 3. Parvati, 4. Kukulkan, 5. Kileken Mos: 1. Anahita, 2. Aphrodite, 3. Atahensic, 4. Attar , 5. Chapska, 6. Cliodhna, 7. Kokopelli, 8. Oshun , 9. Quetzalcoatl, 10. Barnumbirr, 11. Śukra, 12. Tioumoutriri, 13. Wünelve, 14. Zohra, 15. Kokopelli 5/5

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  11. Nov 4

    Doing the math, I found that a 5-day week, 15 month year and a "leap year" every 10 years (three days shorter) would work. And the months and days all take their names from different cultures and the names they ascribed to the planet Venus or the associated fertility goddesses.

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  12. Nov 4

    So I decided to try for a calendar for Venus! First, humans will need to speed up the planet's rotation to give it a 24 hour period (an essential aspect of terraforming Venus). Once that is done, the planet will need to have a calendar that can accommodate a 224.7 day year. 3/5

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  13. Nov 4

    It's specially made for Mars, which has a very similar diurnal cycle to Earth - a day (or Sol) is 26 hours long. But since a year is almost twice as long, the calendar has 24 months with 28 days each (except the month of Kumbha, which has 27). 2/5

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  14. Nov 4

    Recently, I learned about the Darian Calendar. It was crafted by aerospace engineer Thomas Gangale in 1985, who named it after his son Darius. It was also adopted by the Mars Society in 1998 and will be the official calendar of Martian settlers.

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    Recently, I learned about the Darian Calendar. It was crafted by aerospace engineer Thomas Gangale in 1985, who named it after his son Darius. It was also adopted by the Mars Society in 1998 and will be the official calendar of Martian settlers.

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  16. Nov 4

    Second: You're thinking of Jeff Bezos, people! You know, bald head, penis rockets, employees pissing in bottles! FFS, didn't anyone ever tell you to make sure your self-righteous anger was aimed at the right people?

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  17. Nov 4

    Since then, he founded Paypal, became CEO of Tesla and made EVs mainstream, led the way in reusable rockets, invented the Hyperloop, founded the Boring Company, Tesla Energy (solar), and became the richest man in the world. What have you done with your lives, people? 2/2

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  18. Nov 4

    One, Elon Musk was born middle-class in South Africa to a mother who was a model/dietician and a father who was an engineer. He sold his first bit of code at age 12, was severely bullied (hospitalized once), and worked odd jobs to put himself through school. 1/2

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  19. Nov 4

    Once again, I see people taking to Twitter to justify their personal enmity of Elon Musk. Apparently, he isn't really an innovator, was born rich, and got wealthy off of others. The obvious socialist virtue-signaling aside (i.e., "he's rich so he's evil) I got two points for ya:

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  20. Nov 3

    Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? via

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