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

Thu Dec 9 06:19:41 CET 2021

A shame but oh well.
Thanks for the headsup, once it's live our team will retweet, facebook
post, insta, tiktok and snap it...
Cheers!

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, 23:44 Noor, <hernoor08 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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