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1. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 20:10:46 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From NASAPersevere https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere on Twitter: Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1362507436611956736/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/70829
2. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 19:00:45 EST Stephen Sekula

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   .@SonChemistry : do you know the timeline of the burst pipe in Fondren Science Building? I ask because instrumentation in my office went offline around 3-4am on the 17th, but I see no evidence of a widespread power outage at that time. I guess it was when water flooded my office.
3. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 11:20:42 EST Stephen Sekula

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   Rolling outage policy appears to conclude, but equipment damage leaves large numbers of people without power. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/18/oncor-ends-controlled-outages-thousands-of-north-texans-still-without-power-due-to-equipment-damage/
4. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 08:31:04 EST Stephen Sekula

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   Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/17/texas-mayor-power-outages-colorado/
5. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 08:21:38 EST Stephen Sekula

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   Fact Checker: Frozen windmills arent to blame for Texass power failure It has been well noted by many friends and colleagues from the upper Midwest that turbines operate just fine in winters in Wisconsin and even the arctic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/18/frozen-windmills-arent-blame-texass-power-failure-neither-is-green-new-deal/
6. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Thursday, 18-Feb-2021 08:21:15 EST Stephen Sekula

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   As millions remain without power amid more snow and ice, blame and questions mount https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/power-outages-winter-storm-texas/2021/02/17/1e848bce-7159-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html
7. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 21:40:54 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From Myrmecos https://twitter.com/Myrmecos on Twitter: Boil your water, Austin. The water you dont have, using energy you dont have either. https://twitter.com/kut/status/1362227776338681857
8. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 21:40:52 EST Stephen Sekula

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   In other news, credulous and incompetent governing force that both gorges itself on, and violently excretes, lies establishes a "Ministry of Truth." https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1362227351799681027
9. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 20:20:58 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From CityofUPTX http://status.hackerposse.com/url/23301 on Twitter: 1/3 Boil Notice - Urgent A boil notice has been issued for all University Park water customers. Earlier tonight, the City experienced multiple water main breaks in rapid succession. Because these breaks occurred as the City was already struggling to regain necessary system water http://status.hackerposse.…
10. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 20:20:55 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From thedailycampus https://twitter.com/thedailycampus on Twitter: #BREAKING: Boil notice issued for university parkdetails to come https://twitter.com/cityofuptx/status/1362196986821230593
11. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 20:00:48 EST Stephen Sekula

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    Collected snow, for melting and then using to flush toilets. #TexasWinterLife https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1362203343964303362/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/70811
12. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 19:50:46 EST Stephen Sekula

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    It was as if a million water pipes were frozen, and suddenly burst. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1362201922397208577/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/70809
13. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 18:40:55 EST Stephen Sekula

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    TFW you are watching Babylon 5 and you see a game of baseball being played on the interior of a large rotating cylinder and you start a discussion with @profcooley about tangent velocities and coriolis effects. Bottom line: we understand baseball on B5 now.
14. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 11:30:45 EST Stephen Sekula

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    This feels like the metaphor most of America needed. "Watch: T**** Plaza implosion signals end of an era in Atlantic City" https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2021/02/17/watch-trump-casino-tower-atlantic-city-implosion/6778261002/
15. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 08:11:17 EST Stephen Sekula

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    NASAs Mars rover, Perseverance, aims for dicey landing to search for ancient life There seem to be about 1 million definitions of a bad day for a Mars mission. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interactive/2021/02/16/mars-rover-perseverance/
16. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 07:51:12 EST Stephen Sekula

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    The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didnt see the need to prepare for cold weather Natural gas turbines and some nuclear power went offline due to cold. With climate change increasingly disrupting polar air flows, this will happen again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
17. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2021 21:10:50 EST Stephen Sekula

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    "How long will my power be out? Heres what you need to know about Texas outages" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/15/how-long-will-my-power-be-out-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-texas-rotating-outages/
18. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2021 20:20:53 EST Stephen Sekula

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    Dont Blame Wind Turbines for Texas Massive Power Outages While wind turbines got mentioned first and loudly, as one would expect the story is complex. https://time.com/5939749/texas-storm-power-outage-wind-turbines/
19. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2021 19:11:03 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From AntarcticReport https://twitter.com/AntarcticReport on Twitter: Happy birthday McMurdo Station - 65 years old today! Established #OnThisDay #OTD in 1956 in the lead up to the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year (IGY). Logistics hub for the US Antarctic Program, its the largest scientific research center in #Antarctica @NSF https://twitter.com/AntarcticReport/status/1361642161205256192/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/70799
20. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2021 19:10:59 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From SMUAware https://twitter.com/SMUAware on Twitter: Hughes Trigg Student Center

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