[MCH Team:Info] [Content] Fwd: (blogpost proposal) Submit a talk above and beyond the final frontier!

Wed Dec 8 22:43:52 CET 2021

Hi Robin,

It seems Twitter previews won't be possible. :/ I'll publish the post
tomorrow.

Noor

On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:39 AM Robin Edgar <robinedgar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure that's fine!
> Very curious if you get the Image previews working, good luck!
>
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021, 23:11 Noor, <hernoor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I like images as well, though currently they don't show up on
>> social media previews (see last one:
>> https://twitter.com/MCH2022Camp/status/1461060663275622407 ). I'm
>> looking into that, and if setting that up doesn't take too long, I'd like
>> to wait to publish until that's dealt with. The tweets about the blog posts
>> get hardly any few likes/RTs.
>>
>> Robin: What do you think of "A car was fired into space" as it was a
>> singular car?
>>
>> Noor
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 6:22 PM Robin Edgar <robinedgar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> I didn't really think about images tbh but maybe
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happy_Trails_CTIO.jpg
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S4-space-junk-045.jpg
>>>
>>> https://pixabay.com/illustrations/space-junk-space-debris-earth-orbits-11644/
>>> https://pixabay.com/photos/junkyard-campfire-moon-homeless-5337048/
>>>
>>> whichever has your preference or if you have any ideas then welcome!
>>> PS just noticed all the spelling mistakes in my last email - that's what
>>> you get when trying to walk around in the snow at -14oC :D
>>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 15:44, boekenwuurm <boekenwuurm at boekenwuurm.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> it is a nice nerdy and fun post, I would keep the references in, as
>>>> Robin said, if you knew about the events is is a nice nod to the space
>>>> nerds and if you don't, the context makes it clear it is a space thing.
>>>>
>>>> Robin: Blogs with images do better in general, also because they appear
>>>> nicer in social media (most of the time). It is not strictly necessary, but
>>>> do you have an idea for a CC-BY-SA licensed image?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Christel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/6/21 2:14 PM, Robin Edgar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Noor,
>>>>
>>>> The thing with the roadster is that it was meant to go in a certain
>>>> direction bit.didn't, which is why I talk of a random direction.
>>>>
>>>> Read ended also has a sexual connotation which I thought was funny. Not
>>>> really hugely laugh out loud but more.gentle snigger type funny....
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021, 00:57 Noor, <hernoor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Robin,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard of some of those events, but I think the wording of a
>>>>> couple was what threw me off (that and a lack of sleep all weekend).
>>>>>
>>>>> Others have made suggestions and I'm okay with "A car was launched
>>>>> into the asteroid belt", since it was only one roadster. And rather than
>>>>> say "rear-ended" (which kinda implies an accidental landing or crash, and
>>>>> also a road accident), can I just say "The Chinese made a landing on the
>>>>> dark side of the moon"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Noor
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 9:43 AM Robin Edgar <robinedgar at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Noor,
>>>>>> I saw that Walter explained the two events you didn't know about.
>>>>>> That whole paragraph is full of events, some of which you may and some of
>>>>>> which you may not know about (eg that the ISS has a drilled leak in it
>>>>>> which was reported to the police by the Russians is a story that didn't
>>>>>> gain much traction with the general public but is pretty spectacular if
>>>>>> you're interested in that kind  of thing). If you start adding links to
>>>>>> this blogpost then I'm pretty sure you'd either need to add around 10 links
>>>>>> in the text or below it as a bibliography. And in this case, if you don't
>>>>>> know the story, you are not the audience of this post anyway :)
>>>>>> Cheers and enjoy your weekend!
>>>>>> Robin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 22:44, Noor via Content <
>>>>>> content at lists.ifcat.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've had those two sentences explained to me now, it's confusing if
>>>>>>> you haven't recently heard the exact events. I could leave the phrases the
>>>>>>> way they are, and just include a link to the news story they refer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 8:56 PM Noor <hernoor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, what does "the moon was rear-ended by the Chinese" mean?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Noor
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 8:47 PM Noor <hernoor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Looks good, but what does "cars have been fired" mean? I've never
>>>>>>>>> heard that expression, maybe "shots have been fired"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Noor
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 6:16 PM Walter van Holst <
>>>>>>>>> walter.van.holst at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Team Info,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Attached a mail with a blogpost by Team:Content member Robin
>>>>>>>>>> Edgar.
>>>>>>>>>> We're comfortable with it as a team, but are also sure you may
>>>>>>>>>> have some
>>>>>>>>>> ideas too. Do your magic and hash it out with Robin.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Walter
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