Hey all, I work at the Paris Observatory, and a poster just caught my eye saying there will be a public tour on the 22nd of September (which doesn't happen very often). They didn't offer any info, but if you call the observatory they will likely know. If they don't know, PM me and I'll try to see if I can track down the registration info (as it's registration-only, from what the poster said).

Anyway, it could be neat as it's a part of the city not many people get to see (and the oldest continually operating observatory in the world).

Edit: I went back to check the poster and I totally missed that it said 'dedicated to friends and family of staff' on the bottom! I'm really sorry about that. But here's the poster and contact info anyway: https://imgur.com/a/kjyAigT Maybe ask them if they have any spaces available, or if there will be a public tour anytime soon. Again, sorry for getting any hopes up.

https://trinitysecret.com/the-other-lessons-of-trinity/

THE OTHER LESSONS OF TRINITY

When I wrote TRINITY in June 2021, based in part on testimony professionally recorded by Paola Harris, it was predictable that some ufologists would react to the book with skepticism. We’ve always welcomed professional critics and healthy arguments from which we could all learn. In this case, however, the attack claiming the book was based on a hoax was grossly misleading: any joker inventing the crash of an unknown object on his land, weeks after the first atomic bomb, wouldn’t remain silent about it for over sixty years. That alone discounts the idea of a hoax: you don’t come up with a joke only to wait that long to tell the punch line, especially when there are two other witnesses (curiously unmentioned in the attacks against the book) testifying to the actual crash and its aftermath. But implications of the San Antonio event for later cases such as Roswell are uncomfortable for many readers because they involve a drastic revision of the UFO record: they wish the episode could be erased from history.

The first attack against the book was not professional at all. Even before TRINITY was published, vicious insinuations were planted throughout the social networks, stating that the book had been cancelled due to gross inaccuracies. In reality, I did postpone publication by a couple of weeks because Paola had discovered another confirming witness and we felt readers should know about the important observations she made over several years on-site.

Today, with TRINITY well-established in its American and French editions, to be followed by several other translations in 2022, renewed criticism has appeared among the chaos of US social networks with the vicious personal attacks customary for such media. Obviously we won’t respond at that level; nor is that necessary, even for “an old man in a hurry” like me. We can let later developments decide the outcome. In this particular case, however, some of the attacks are so blatantly biased they actually border on systematic disinformation, and must be denounced for the interest of readers and future research.

There are two major misunderstandings in the attack against our book. The first has to do with the recovered “bracket,” which one quoted “expert” vaguely said he “thought it was from a windmill.” TRINITY makes it clear that, after listening to the testimony and

Many countries have a variety of active and passive sensors detecting, tracking, and imaging unknown space objects 24 hours a day, in some cases through world-wide networks. This post focuses on France's current and near-term planned space surveillance, situational awareness, and active defense capabilities.

On July 25, 2019 French Defense Minister (ministre des Armées) Florence Parly revealed a new national space strategy to support the "Space Command" (commandement de l'espace) being stood up that September under the Air Force, hereafter to be known as the "Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace" or Army of the Air and Space ( https://www.vie-publique.fr/discours/268578-florence-parly-25072019-strategie-spatiale-de-defense ). Noting that "the means to hinder, neutralize or destroy the opposing space capacities exist and are developing", she stated that France would "liberate" military operations from legal restrictions placed on civilian space programs to "give them sufficient leeway to fully protect our defense interests" (to include French commercial satellites). This would entail a new weapons program called "Space Mastery" (Maîtrise de l'Espace), integrating "surveillance and active defense" (la surveillance et la défense active). Active defense "could involve the use of high-power lasers deployed from our satellites" or from "patrolling nanosatellites" to be launched starting 2023. As to French space surveillance and situation awareness, which is explored below, she listed several existing resources: Graves and Satam radars, CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) TAROT and Ariane Group Geotracker telescope networks, and Thales commercial space surveillance satellite constellations. Finally, in mentioning France's partnership with the EU in creating "a future common capacity for knowledge of the space situation", she stated "And I am particularly counting on Germany to constitute a beating heart of space surveillance".

Radar Space Surveillance Resources:

GRAVES, the "Grand Réseau Adapté à la VEille Spatiale" or Large (Radar) Array for Space Surveillance has been operated by the French Air and Space Force since 2005. The stated purpose is to detect and catalog satellites (originally specified to be a minimum 1 square-meter target) at 400 to 1,000 km range. An unstated purpose was apparently to obtain leverage over the American Space Surveillance Network, which the French pointedly noted published the orbits of French spy satellites without thei

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Below is a list of Disneyland and Walt Disney World restaurants listed in descending order of the number of alerts set in MouseDining's system. This can be used as a measure for the most sought after Disney dining reservations.

Guests can use this information to gauge demand for a particular restaurant/reservation and set expectations accordingly. The higher up in this list, the more competition there will be for a particular reservation.

I'll try to post something like this weekly to see how this list changes and restaurants move up and down this list over time.

Please comment below if you find this information useful and how you use it to help plan your Disney vacation.

1. Space 220
2. Topolino's Terrace - Flavors of the Riviera
3. Cinderella's Royal Table
4. Chef Mickey's
5. Blue Bayou Restaurant
6. Be Our Guest
7. Space 220 Lounge
8. Ohana
9. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant
10. Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White
11. Oga's Cantina (Disney World)
12. Oga's Cantina (Disneyland)
13. Tusker House Restaurant
14. Yak & Yeti Restaurant
15. Lamplight Lounge
16. Hollywood & Vine
17. Beaches & Cream Soda Shop
18. T-REX
19. California Grill
20. Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'
21. Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
22. Garden Grill Restaurant
23. 50's Prime Time Cafe
24. Carnation Cafe
25. Carthay Circle Restaurant
26. Cafe Orleans
27. Steakhouse 71
28. Teppan Edo
29. Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
30. Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen
31. Le Cellier Steakhouse
32. Magic Key Terrace - Magic Key Holder Dining
33. Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
34. Sanaa
35. Biergarten Restaurant
36. Coral Reef Restaurant
37. The BOATHOUSE Restaurant
38. Plaza Inn
39. Rainforest Cafe at Disney's Animal Kingdom
40. Napa Rose
41. San Angel Inn Restaurante
42. Narcoossee's
43. Carthay Circle Lounge
44. Rose & Crown Dining Room
45. The Crystal Palace
46. Storytellers Cafe
47. Goofy's Kitchen
48. Tony's Town Square Restaurant
49. Kona Cafe
50. The Plaza Restaurant
51. Minnie & Friends - Breakfast in the Park
52. Liberty Tree Tavern
53. The Hollywood Brown Derby
54. Rainforest Cafe at Disney Springs Marketplace
55. Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
56. Plaza Inn Dining Package with Parade Viewing
57. La Hacienda de San Angel
58. Cape May Cafe
59. Citricos
60. Tortilla Jo's
61. La Creperie de Paris
62. Spice Road Table
63. Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
64. Wine Country Trattoria
65. 1900 Park Fare
66. Ale & Compass Restaurant
67. Hoop-

It’s pronounced “Noel.”