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The big news today is the total eclipse of the sun—at least, for people with a Ph.D. in astrophysics who
wrote a thesis on the sun's atmosphere, like (V). Also for people who want to use Big Data to study astronomy, like this:
But this is a politics-oriented site so we need a connection between the sun and politics. How about: "We are near solar max and it is making the politicians crazier than usual?" Nah, solar max is too hard to predict exactly; it could be next year instead of this year.
But wait. Large Marge to the rescue! Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), always a good source for exciting political news, tweeted: "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens." And don't forget, after her earlier comment about Jewish space lasers causing wildfires, she is a recognized authority on the causality between space and stuff down here on the earth. The Good News here is that after repenting, we get 20 years to party again, as the next solar eclipse visible in the U.S. will not be until August 2044.
We will know by this evening whether the eclipse happened; it's the interpretation that is the difficult part. Greene isn't the only one who connects celestial mechanics with the Bible. Watch this video. It's 8 minutes long, but extremely well produced and shows the connection between the war in Ukraine, the Hebrew alphabet, the 2022 midterm elections, and the eclipse. You can't make this stuff up.
Anyway, enjoy the eclipse, and even if you are a staunch supporter of the former president, PLEASE do not look at the sun today without protective glasses as he did during the 2017 eclipse.
If you do, you may not be able to read our blog tomorrow. Or see anything again. Ever. So please be careful. In a pinch, try a home-made camera obscura and look at the projected image of the sun, not the sun itself. That is completely safe. This technique for studying solar eclipses goes back centuries. (V)