When I'm trying to make art of space there's a constant tension between literal interpretation and, for lack of a better word, evocation. Representation that makes you feel a truth rather than think it.

— Lady Lakdawalla of Baltis Vallis (@elakdawalla) October 23, 2020

One of the reasons I like Emily and her science writing is that she’s not a “quant is all that matters” writer and doesn’t think feelings of awe, wonder and joy are the Devil’s Temptations, as many in the science and science-adjacent communities do.

I’m not an Excel spreadsheet. No one is. But some people seem to wish they were.

There’s something very special about catching up with a friend in person. I hope this whole ordeal helps up prioritize the people who matter, to put in the effort to keep long-anticipated plans.

— Milena Rodban (@MilenaRodban) October 21, 2020

Milena was never a proponent of this, but hot damn it sure is a long way from February/March when all the liberals were eager to tell us that Zoom was just as good as in-person get-togethers, and if you said anything else you wanted to kill gramma.

Watching the advocates of this view go completely fucking nuts over the subsequent few months was kind of satisfying, though still sad in its way.

Almost no one ever talks about the great covid realignment, completely forgotten to time pic.twitter.com/xUBjUv0gDm

— Ed West (@edwest) October 20, 2020

I have been thinking about that a lot lately. The liberals are always on the side of bien-pensant conventionality but do respond to evidence — kind of. But they are terrible at the precautionary principle and have little memory of the past.

Just putting this on the ol’ blog so it’s not completely forgotten only to become another “conspiracy theory.”