Tootfinder

Before and after pictures of the rocket test 100 years ago today, from the fantastic #Goddard collection at https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardlaunch/ - articles about the historical event and its context also at https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-031626a-robert-goddard-liquid-fuel-rocket-centennial-where-nell.html (small parts of the hardware may have survived after all), https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-origins/ -> https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-space-craze/ -> https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-legacy/ and https://www.space.com/space-exploration/2-seconds-that-changed-the-world-the-1st-liquid-fueled-rocket-launched-100-years-ago-today

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Trump administration
may keep swiftly deporting migrants to countries
where they have no ties 
as a legal challenge unfolds. 
The 2-1 vote on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
contained no explanation.
The panel also expedited the schedule for the case’s next stage.

Cowboys Could Replace Javonte Williams in ‘Blockbuster’ Move for Former 1st-Rounder https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/sign-rb-travis-etienne-free-agency/

The Polar Climate Space:
Our next hackathon/bootcamp on polar climate processes is now open for applications.
Funded by European Space Agency - ESA's climate programe under the #ESApisco project, and in association with the Horizon Europe project #SnowPI, we are looking for talented ECRs and senior researchers who are interested in working with them on small group problems tackling key processes in the #Arctic and #Antarctic.
We will bring together Earth Observation data with high resolution regional climate models to get deeper insights into polar climate processes.
Deadline to apply is 1st May, more details here:
https://climate.esa.int/en/observations-and-modelling/PISCO/news-events/news/the-polar-climate-space-hackathon-save-the-date-and-pre-registration/

Pearls Before Swine
.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/28

#Upcoming “Sol.Hz” by #Seefeel is their first full-length album in fifteen years. A hazy and blissed out collection of fractured melodies and vaporous textures. Available via Warp Records, May 1st. …

Good Morning #Canada
Most of us are celebrating a long weekend because of #FamilyDay, except Quebec and Newfoundland Labrador. Those two provinces will answer the phones while the rest of Canada is off gallivanting across the country. Family Day was first introduced by Don Getty, Premier of Alberta in 1990. Critics pointed out that he launched the new holiday to distract voters from the fact his son was in trouble with the law, accused of selling cocaine to an undercover narc in an Edmonton motel room. Whatever... we now get a break between January 1st and the May 24 long weekend.
It's a good day to look back on the past 30 years of marriage and family trends. Common-law unions are up while traditional marriages are down. Divorces, particularly among younger couples, has decreased, and we have more single parents today. There is no available data on the impact of Family Day on teenage sons selling illegal drugs.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Parents
https://vanierinstitute.ca/resource/then-and-now-a-30-year-look-at-family-structures-in-canada/

Good Morning #Canada
Empire Day was 1st celebrated in May 1898 in Dundas, Ontario, created by Canadian author Clementina Trenholme. It was celebrated at various times of year throughout the British Empire and in 1958 the name was changed to #CommonwealthDay. In 1973, Brian Graves, from the Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada, wrote to PM Pierre Trudeau proposing that Commonwealth Day be observed on the same day throughout the Commonwealth. His proposal was approved at the Third Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, held in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1975. That's why the 2nd Monday in March is so special to Canadians and chock full of awesome activities. (Note: we need a sarcasm font)
Other than flying the Royal Union Flag at federal government buildings and a statement from the Governor General, I suspect the day will slip by quietly for 40 million Canadians. I might honour the day by boiling some food at lunch. (I'm a little bit sorry for that)
#CanadaIsAwesome #Colonialism
https://youtu.be/aWsvHuuV-qE