Sometimes it blows my mind that we can look up and see this giant sphere of rock going past and just have to accept that it’s not going fall and kill us all. Then, remember that lesson that it is indeed falling toward us but keeps missing and that some of us have figured out that it’s actually getting farther away. But, that’s not very reassuring.
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2026
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