Walking Evening News: The Earth’s rotation is overspeeding again⚠

Original link: https://sehseh.substack.com/p/04a

Good night,

With record-breaking high temperatures all over the world, taking pets out for a walk is a big challenge. Someone in Japan invented a ” fan vest ” for dogs, inspired by the fan vests common in construction sites and factories, but it has become a mini version, which is cute and can blow away the heat in the body. I still have to remind the shit shoveling officers that in order to avoid heatstroke in the furry child and yourself, it is better to go for a walk in the early morning or at night!


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Global Hotspot

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on the 1st that the U.S. military had killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri. Zawahiri is the soul of the organization and has been the leader since bin Laden’s death. Including the September 11 attacks, he planned almost all major attacks of the group.

The U.S. military will withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021, always carefully maintaining its long-range attack capability. The attack was to use a drone to precisely track and kill Zawahiri on the balcony of a mansion in Kabul. The U.S. had signed an agreement with the Taliban, which pledged not to allow al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups to operate in areas under its control, but al-Zawahiri was able to live in central Kabul, prompting the U.S. to imply that the Taliban violated the agreement.

Zawahiri in 1992. (Associated Press)

out of gender

On July 28, a collective sexual assault case occurred in Johannesburg, South Africa. A group of armed gangsters poured into a MV shooting site, sexually assaulted eight female staff members, stole all valuable equipment, and then walked away. The case shocked the public, and the South African police also quickly arrested more than 80 suspects. However, the police claimed that the perpetrators were all illegal migrant workers from nearby mines, and the truth still needs to be verified.

The case has drawn anger from local society and women’s groups, and the long-debated policy of chemical castration has once again become the center of public opinion. On the other hand, the ageing issue of the serious lack of armed police force in South Africa has once again been brought into the focus of discussion.

I can’t just see

On June 29 this year, scientists recorded the shortest day since 1960, highlighting the phenomenon that the Earth’s rotation has become faster in recent years. However, the reduction in sunshine time that day was only 1.59 milliseconds (one thousandth of a second), and human body senses could not detect it. Over the past few years, the earth has been “overspeeding” several times, and the daylight on July 26 was 1.5 milliseconds less, almost breaking the record again.

The Earth’s rotation is affected by factors such as the moon’s gravity, oceans, and atmospheric flows. In theory, it should slowly slow down (400 million years ago, there were only 22 hours in a day), and it may even be necessary to add “leap seconds” to keep the Earth up to date. However, in recent years, the phenomenon that the earth rotates too fast has occurred frequently, which may affect scientific and technological applications such as GPS positioning that require accurate measurement.

Quote of the day

Sulu: I’ll protect you, fair maiden!

Uhura: Sorry, neither! – Star Trek: Season 1; Episode 4

African-American actress Nichelle Nichols passed away on the 29th at the age of 89. She played the role of communications officer Nyota Uhura in the classic series “StarCraft”. She is the first African-American female character who is not a slave in American film history. An intimate plot of whites and non-whites.

In the “StarCraft” scene, Sulu, the mad helmsman fantasizes about being a medieval knight, shouts to protect women, and is rejected by Uhura. “fair maiden” literally translates as a beautiful lady, but another meaning is “a fair-skinned unmarried girl”. Uhura’s quick words not only openly admit “racial differences”, but also declare that he “has had a sexual relationship”. The sentence is still the unscripted performance of Nichelle Nichols! In 1966 can be said to be very avant-garde. ?

Nichelle Nichols (AP)

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