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https://nypost.com/2024/12/22/us-news/suspect-accused-of-setting-nyc-subway-rider-on-fire-arrested/

People keep playing the NYC subway odds.

On another note, don't wear clothing that immediately goes up in flames.

HAHAHAHA

Following this post about the ISS falling, I started watching its orbit.

First thing of note - the ISS has a much higher LOWER atmospheric drag value in its orbital elements than with other craft at that altitude, like 2-4 times higher by one order of magnitude. That can be due to having a large cross-section with hollow volume inside, though. With LESS drag, it should be EASIER to keep in orbit.

At the time (2024-12-18) its lowest altitude was 409.74 km; the projected descent was around 0.15 daily, which is indeed around 4.5 km monthly, close to the 5 about which "FEMA"-anon was doomsaying. Other craft drag too, though - anything as low as 400 is going to need tangential propulsion to keep speed up.

Since then (5 days ago) the ISS has been given a 4 km RADIAL boost to raise its orbit, now with a low of 413.20. This has delayed its timing and placed it some 10 degrees off its previous point above Earth, unlike other craft for which the older elements could still be used now.

Will keep watching and comparing it, and maybe try to get older data for comparison. If radial boosts are a regular occurrence then something's off, it should be a gradual tangential push to counter the drag.

EDIT: Misread the drag term, ISS is actually smoother and having to boost it upwards is sort of bad.

https://drunkard.com/10_06_andre_giant/#:~:text=These%20were%20standard%2012%2Dounce,Andre%20drank%20119%20of%20them.

In the 1970s, Andre was holding court at a beach-front bar in the Carolinas, boozing it up with fellow wrestlers Blackjack Mulligan, Dick Murdoch, and the inimitable Ric Flair. They’d been drinking with gusto for hours when Flair goaded Mulligan and Murdoch into some slap-boxing with Andre, who had poured over 60 beers down his gullet. One of the two “accidentally” sucker-punched Andre. The Giant became enraged, grabbed both Mulligan (6’5”, 250 lbs.) and Murdoch (6’3”, 240 lbs.) and dragged them into the ocean, one in each hand, where he proceeded to hold them under water. Flair intervened, and Andre released the men, assuring them he was only playing around. Murdoch and Mulligan, who had nearly drowned, weren’t so sure, but neither messed with Andre the Giant again. RE.