lunar17

One of the things I thought was neat when I visited Japan was that some places would give you change back in a dedicated little tray with rubber "fingers" that made the coins easier to pick up, so you didn't struggle to pick them off a flat counter.

Do I have to take my shoes off? This sounds like a shoes-on activity.

Cute, but I don't see Maiyuri dressing like that.

Nice, good to see EVs that aren't crossovers!

Fucking Reagan

A quote from someone who will probably die long before we see the worst effects of climate change.

Science is the pursuit of truth, which is antithetical to an administration of liars.

Space Cadet Pinball is available as a Flatpak? There is still beauty in this world 😭

Let's not body shame when we can brain shame.

True, we've pretty much skipped the "socialist" part of "national socialism".

🎶 turn up the radio 🎶

That's not completely accurate. As the NASA link you shared explains, the normal orbit for the ISS is relatively low at 400km, where atmospheric drag and orbital debris pose a risk. The article agrees that the station could be raised into a graveyard orbit (where it could safely remain for several hundred years; this a standard way to retire space hardware), but this would require more delta V than for a controlled deorbit. In turn, this means a more expensive booster vehicle and mission.

So, the ISS could be safely preserved in high orbit, but no one is willing to pay the price to move it there. This makes me a bit sad, as it means the most expensive and impressive engineering project undertaken by humanity to date will be destroyed.