Ranch water made from Topo Chico lime + Pantalones Tequila. But I prefer the black peppery hints of Don Julio, so I tried dropping a few whole black peppercorns in the bottle of Pantalones, and I think it actually got the flavor closer to where I wanted it. Or maybe it was in my head.
Based on one of your comments clarifying what you're wondering, I don't know that this helps you in what you're looking for, but the "OMG particle" came to my mind. It was traveling at such high energy when it hit our atmosphere that...
If the proton originated from a distance of 1.5 billion light years, it would take approximately 1.71 days in the reference frame of the proton to travel that distance.
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The energy of the particle was some 40 million times that of the highest-energy protons that have been produced in any terrestrial particle accelerator.
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In the center-of-mass frame of reference (which moved at almost the speed of light in our frame of reference), the products of the collision [with a particle in our atmosphere ] would therefore have had around 2900 TeV of energy, enough to transform the nucleus into many particles, moving apart at almost the speed of light even in this center-of-mass frame of reference. As with other cosmic rays, this generated a cascade of relativistic particles as the particles interacted with other nuclei.
I don't know if that cascade is the same as the Cherenkov radiation it produced, but that radiation is how they detected this particle, and it's interesting a.f.
[It is] emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes through a dielectric medium (such as distilled water) at a speed greater than the phase velocity (speed of propagation of a wavefront in a medium) of light in that medium. ... Its cause is similar to the cause of a sonic boom....
I.e., (layman's understanding here) the particle, having a dual particle- and wave-like nature, is propagating through the vacuum of space "close" to the max speed of propagation of causality itself. As it encounters a medium, our atmosphere, it is going faster than causality itself can possibly propagate through that medium. But the energy is still there and isn't going to just vanish, so it has to split out into multiple particles that would, with their fraction of the original energy, then be able to propagate through the medium. Or something amazing like that?
Edit: My layman's understanding of Cherenkov radiation requires a bigger disclaimer, like a strike-through. :)
So I was using a wood sealer (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AQTX3XU) on my newly built catio. Unfortunately I didn't notice how much I had sprayed on the adjacent window....
Glad to hear the Lights Out campaign is working. I hope more people pay attention. All Texans can appreciate living in a region so important to so many species, and taking care of Texas means taking care of an amazing chunk of nature. Turning off unneeded lights by 11pm is such an easy way to do that.
The court is also considering the state’s request to dismiss the suit on the grounds that it is protected by sovereign immunity, a legal principle that shields governmental agencies and officials from most lawsuits.
The state saying it can’t be sued sounds just as ridiculous as someone claiming they’re a “sovereign citizen”.
"I think it is very well documented that heat has contributed to deaths in this prison system,” said Joe Moody, a member of the Texas House who is one of several Democrats that have tried to pass legislation to air condition state prisons for years.
“There’s no need for us to continue to allow folks to cook — literally cook — in our prisons. And that’s something we should always find unacceptable,” he said.
Moody’s bill again failed in the last legislative session. The Republican-dominated state Senate stripped more than $500 million out of the budget that would have dramatically increased air conditioning in prisons throughout the system. But there is a chance that the bill could be resurrected in a special session.
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Is there a temperature so hot that relativistic effects are noticeable?
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So I was using a wood sealer (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AQTX3XU) on my newly built catio. Unfortunately I didn't notice how much I had sprayed on the adjacent window....
Texas' skyscrapers are going dark to keep billions of birds safe ( www.bbc.com )
Texas paid bitcoin miner Riot $31.7 million to shut down during heat wave in August ( www.cnbc.com )
[Axios] Texas leaves nearly a quarter of 988 calls unanswered ( www.axios.com )
[Houston Chronicle] Texas women recount traumatic pregnancies in hearing over state's abortion ban ( archive.ph )
[Texas Public Radio] Texas prisoners struggle to endure heat wave in facilities without air conditioning ( www.tpr.org )