The Overprotected Kid | The Atlantic
“As we parents began to see public spaces—playgrounds, streets, public ball fields, the distance between school and home—as dangerous, other, smaller daily decisions fell into place. Ask any of my parenting peers to chronicle a typical week in their child’s life and they will likely mention school, homework, after-school classes, organized playdates, sports teams coached by a fellow parent, and very little free, unsupervised time. Failure to supervise has become, in fact, synonymous with failure to parent.”
Basically, I agree with all this although I recognize that it remains to be seen whether I’ll “do as I say” when Emma is older and letting her walk to school, for instance, is an actual possibility. (Related to this topic is the ridiculousness that I see every week on my subdivision’s Facebook group, but in an attempt to exercise my better judgment I’m going to avoid ranting about that at the moment.)
Neil Armstrong on Being a Nerd | PhD Comics
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This made the rounds on my FB feed a couple weeks ago and is worth a watch and listen.
Soyuz Undocking, Reentry and Landing Explained | ESA
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I’ve watched a lot of videos about Soyuz operations, but I think this is the first time I’ve seen footage from inside the cabin during landing. (Start around the 15:00 mark to see the whole entry. Footage of the “soft” landing is at ~19:00.)
(Bonus: ESA has a good video about the Soyuz launch sequence as well.)
