Pole Shift

It's so chilly in Bangkok right now I'm wearing a scarf to keep warm. The earth's magnetosphere is dwindling and so in the spirit of "cheer up it could be worse" I thought I'd post Patrick Geryl's pole shift interview by Camelot because it's just so deliciously disastrous. I'm not sure he's buying into the expando earth model so hey, it could all be a bit wrong, but most people who have crunched his numbers say there's a lot there that is right. Worth a look if only to re-evaluate ideas such as what would the climate be like in Thailand if the equator was somewhere over Antarctica after a pole shift? Glad I packed my Beijng winter gear these days.

Saving Face - The Space Race (Behind the scenes at Hollywood)

Did Kubrick film back ups of the moon landing in case things didn't work out, leaving NASA embarrassed in the psychologically crucial space race? Here's a paper by Jay Weidner on the topic. I'm sure they did land there at some point but that doesn't trouble me as much as the odd idea I hold that the moon isn't quite what it seems. It's a little too perfect. Precise even. It's like the BMW of celestial bodies. A thing of beauty but slightly terrifying.

Precession, Obliquity, Eccentricy & Milankovitch Cycles

The entire playlist is here if the above doesn't roll over. It's a podcast if your eyeballs are needed elsewhere.