"What better way to spend a rainy weekend afternoon with friends or a family game night than with Catan? In today’s world of technologically induced atomization, I was pleasantly surprised to read that the board game industry is thriving. In the age of video games and streaming services, where the standard form of entertainment has become staring at a rectangular piece of glass for three hours, it’s great to know that good old-fashioned cardboard is still bringing folks together in meat space. Today, one of the favourites is Catan."

https://royalendeavour.substack.com/p/why-i-love-setters-of-catan-and-why?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true#:~:text=What%20better%20way,favourites%20is%20Catan.

As a physicist, I'm often asked what book I recommend for advanced high schoolers, home schoolers, or university undergraduates taking the usual calculus-based introduction to mechanics.

Conventional college textbooks are a rip off. A particular text is required, the publisher has a monopoly, and boy do they take advantage of it. What's a more reasonable priced book that covers the same material? This is the one. Physics One: The Alpha Edition. Whether you're looking for a primary text for a home schooler, or a supplemental text to give you a second opinion and an alternate perspective on things, Physics One is an excellent choice. Clear, straight forward, no flashy graphics, but lots of helpful sketches and diagrams.

Note: this book covers linear and rotational motion, Newton's Laws, waves, harmonic motion, and related topics. Sadly nothing on electromagnetism, but perhaps Professor Phillies can be persuaded to tackle that in a companion volume... Physics Two?

Physics One: The Alpha Edition gets my red coffee mug of approval award.

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That's one way to trim branches.. 🌳🚁

Did you know? 🎓

+5 frost damage
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English is my middle name 😁

Delivering sleeping bags with a plane

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Our favorite family game these days is Fire Tower.
https://amzn.to/3wVfbnk

Simple gameplay, but deep strategy, with many opportunities to cooperate or compete.

"Manipulate a raging forest fire to burn down rival fire towers before they get you."

Review:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/226605/fire-tower

Why the Taurus is Off the Table

Simplicius explains why the UK providing its Storm Shadow missile to Ukraine doesn’t pose the same danger to the UK that providing its Taurus missile would to Germany: The majority of people, by the way, don’t actually understand the real reason behind Germany’s trepidation at sending the Taurus. It’s not that Germany is somehow more […]

https://voxday.net/2024/03/16/why-the-taurus-is-off-the-table/

‼️Under a secret contract with US intelligence agencies, Elon Musk's SpaceX is producing a constellation of hundreds of reconnaissance satellites worth almost $2 billion, according to a report by Reuters
🤔🧐🤨

https://news.1rj.ru/str/LauraAbolichannel

Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron

More than 100 such ancient artifacts have been found throughout Europe, but nobody knows what they are

https://earthlymission.com/roman-bronze-dodecahedron-mystery-theoris-hypothesis/

does she know?

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JUST IN - American Airlines Boeing 777 with 249 people on board makes emergency landing in Los Angeles (LAX) after 'mechanical problem' - the Sixth incident in just over week for the plane maker and days after whistleblower allegedly killed himself, Daily Mail reports

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"If you’re standing in a vast Western landscape in sketchy weather and the static electricity in the air makes your hair stand on end, a lightning strike isn’t a risk.

"It’s imminent."

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/03/06/don-day-says-women-in-viral-video-lucky-they-werent-fried-by-lightning/

Never in the time of 61 monarchs has this happened


“At King Charles’s formal crowning at the Coronation, there were some notable firsts. The service witnessed prayers from leaders of the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and other Christian denominations. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a practicing Hindu, read a passage from the Bible. Senior figures from Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and Sikh traditions were involved in the procession through Westminster Abbey and presentation of regalia to the King. They also collectively greeted Charles III with the words: “Neighbours in faith, we acknowledge the value of public service. We unite with people of all faiths and beliefs in thanksgiving, and in service with you for the common good.”

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