Notices by Hollie (hollie@social.coop)

Posting from phanpy.social for the first time, I really like it! It's a website that lets you read and post to the Fediverse. My favorite iOS app, Toot!, may not be around forever and I've never found a solution I liked as much. But this might just be it. I'm especially liking the view where you can see what the folks you're following have posted in the last hour, and you can filter out boosts and only see their original posts. The ease of accessing lists is nice too.

I was curious what it's like to post photos from the site, so here's Cal last night, sitting on a bag for some reason. Such a goofball. If he fits, he sits. The alt description field in Phanpy is big and easy to use, I like it a lot, and the image was easy to upload.

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The poor dogs are now dealing with a thunderstorm! The humans are obviously fine but Finnegan can't figure out why we aren't more upset! Zoe (the Labrador) is doing fine too, lol. A big boom hit and I had to move from my chair to the couch so the little guy can be in my lap. Poor Finn! I can feel his heart beating against my leg.

Houston, we have a thunderstorm. I repeat! We have a thunderstorm.

(He stopped whining once he got to this spot lol)

@annika This brings up just SO many questions.

Not the least of all is, can you write notes on them?

Six minutes suddenly sounds like forever.

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I did a web search for Mach 32 in MPH, and got three different answers. So...roughly 24,000 mph but nobody knows for sure?

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How cool would it be to be the helicopter pilot that took the astronauts back to the ship, duuuude, that's the job I wish I could have. :)

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In case you're curious what I'm watching, it's NASA's official broadcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhDuOHMp0A

"As the earth grows larger in the field of view" yeah because they're going to be FALLING. My mind can't get over this. My palms literally start to sweat when I think about it, sitting at my desk, on the earth. Tipping out of orbit, like just tipping over a cliff.

This is why I don't want to go to space, lol. When friends get talking about this and begin "what if" questions and I admit I wouldn't actually go up, they ask why and I say it's because it's basically the worst possible fear-of-heights scenario we know of. I like helicopters (yeah, I have been in one). In aviation they're like the horse and carriage of altitude. 😅 (fear of heights doesn't have to be logical)

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"We've now armed the pyros" okay NASA that can't mean what it sounds like

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Okay that separation was amazing.

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"Just 2800 miles from earth"

STRAIGHT UP
<palms sweat profusely>

it's fine we're all fiiiiine

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"Less than nine minutes away from entry interface"

Like if this doesn't make your heart sore with awe and feel kinda sappy about it then you probably don't want to hang out with me

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They're doing such a great job of explaining what's going on, it's so cool.

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Honestly I want to take a screenshot of this view so that the next time I'm in an airplane that is about to land and I look out the window and feel sick at the height I'm about descend, I can see the screenshot and think, "Hey, it could be worse!" 😆

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EVERYBODY REMEMBER TO BREATHE

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In a neat little bit of synchronicity, when the chutes came out, there was a big flash of lightning and boom of thunder in the rain cloud over our house in Oregon. :)

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They did it! :D
They're down!

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Hand me the Kleenex

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I love how calm everyone is, the whole time. Their voices are just steady and down to business. So professional.

I would need so much propranolol to do this job. 😅 (beta blockers, they help your heart not to beat super hard)

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"no joy on SAR radio" is such a great phrase

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