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Resolutions and the Flipping of the Heliosphere

I made a new video! My favorite thing about this video is that in it, I mention that one of my resolutions is figuring out time travel. As I was about to publish the video, my friend Josh sent me this image, asking when I discovered time travel:

shedrankheraleatthebar

It worked!

Anyway, happy New Year!

Links:

Wiseman’s resolutions study:
http://www.quirkology.com/UK/Experiment_resolution.shtml

University of Scranton’s resolutions study:

New Years Resolution Statistics

The Sun’s Flipping Magnetic Field:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/the-suns-magnetic-field-is-about-to-flip

Pew survey on book reading:
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-jumps-print-book-reading-declines/

My profile on GoodReads:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16078369-rebecca-watson

My Patreon page:
http://patreon.com/rebecca

My Twitter profile:
http://twitter.com/rebeccawatson

Rebecca Watson

Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor. Twitter @rebeccawatson Mastodon mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson Instagram @actuallyrebeccawatson TikTok @actuallyrebeccawatson YouTube @rebeccawatson BlueSky @rebeccawatson.bsky.social

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6 Comments

  1. I did resolve to quit smoking, but I planned it out for reevaluation over intermittent periods. Also, kicked in a super unrealistic one (finish that novel), for laughs.

  2. I resolved to keep warm, but today’s 5k in -31C weather blew that one!

    Cold weather running will definitelymake you more awesome, if you aren’t already at max awesome.

  3. My resolution is to flip my heliosphere, you need to do that about every three months or you’ll get lumps and it’ll sag in the middle, also I will no longer mainline sarcasm.

    I may have just broken that last one.

  4. I’ll content myself with flipping the bird. I don’t care if my heliosphere gets saggy and lumpy. Besides, it has bad gas.

  5. I am both amused and suffering from stuck eyeballs over that NYT article. A woman drank a whole bottle of wine at a bar and that was newsworthy. NYT newsworthy!

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