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ZachWeinersmith

@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social

The SMBC guy.
New book: A City on Mars (Nov 2)

Co-author of Soonish
Illustrator of Open Borders
Scop of Bea Wolf.

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ZachWeinersmith, to random
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OK guys, A City on Mars is out.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639449/a-city-on-mars-by-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith/

Heretofore I've had to hold back a bit on discussing it, but now the book is going out into the world, so Ask Me Anything about space settlement: science, politics, law, historiography, etc. I'll do my best to answer.

badastro, to random
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My good friends @ZachWeinersmith and Kelly Weinersmith wrote an amazing book and you should read what I wrote about why you should read what they wrote.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/wanna-build-a-city-on-mars-better

wjt, to random
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TFW you accidentally preorder Kelly Weinersmith and @ZachWeinersmith's new book A City On Mars twice from two different booksellers

David_Kelly_SF, to books

New Science & Sci-fi reads for November, this month featuring books by @romatheengineer, @MurHerself, @marthawells @ZachWeinersmith, and @pluralistic
among others https://davidmkelly.com/new-reads-nov-2023/

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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BAHFEST IS BACK!
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/bah-4
tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bahfest-ig-nobel-2023-tickets-713070271377

marcrr, to random

@ZachWeinersmith solves climate change with maths! https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bah-4

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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A red-letter day in the Kingdom of Weinersmith
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/space-billionaires-sex.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

mistersql,
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@ZachWeinersmith Guest link for non-subscribers

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/space-billionaires-sex.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8Ew.UwC5.UdBFF-wXTJUq&smid=url-share

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Niche gripe: pop sci books that cite a psych study and say something like "people who [x] are more likely to [y]" without mentioning the effect size, and then treat the result as if it's a statement about humanity. Like, in science a 3% increase is HUGE, but probably doesn't mean a lot about how to think about humans at large.

eleanorrees,
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@ZachWeinersmith a nice visual illustration of that:

sohkamyung, to space
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Should be a fun read. Book by Kelly and @ZachWeinersmith

"Blending in history, law, and psychology alongside the hard sciences, the book gives a frank and honest summary of the field. It could have been the research notes for an Ursula K. Le Guin, or a James S. A. Corey story, except that it’s filled with jokes, palette cleansing anecdotes and charming cartoon illustrations."

https://astrobites.org/2023/10/31/book-review-a-city-on-mars-by-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith/

rberger, to random
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Is It Time to Pull Up Stakes and Head for Mars?

Probably not, Kelly and @ZachWeinersmith argue in “A City on Mars.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/books/review/kelly-zach-weinersmith-city-on-mars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6kw.Qau1.ZAfcLLYCgcSo&smid=url-share

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Working on a comic and accidentally created an extraordinarily valuable math symbol

jcutting,
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@ZachWeinersmith may I suggest the shrugging equals sign?

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Calling all econ and space and space-econ reports. Have I got a paper for you: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/authShare/S0265964623000590/20231026T152000Z/1?md5=d6f99d09e22541208d8bd044dc4d266a&dgcid=author

moani, to random
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Great review from @ZachWeinersmith A Space Settler Walks into a Dome … https://main-sciam-nature.content.pugpig.com/pugpig_content/24142CC1-9F1E-403B-AF679DF42B7E53BA_sciam-atom/why-settling-mars-is-a-terrible-idea.html

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Game:

Suppose JK Rowling were not British. What names do her British token characters have?

Edit: Please feel free to provide sample dialog from your character(s).

lizardbill,
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@ZachWeinersmith Benedict Cumberbatch

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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One of my fantasy uses for future AI is that it could read every book and watch every bit of film and then embed that information to locations on Earth for lookup. E.g. I was reading "Chips" Channon's diaries, and so a famed MP at one point shit himself on accident and you could probably stand in the exact spot where it happened:

TomF,
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@ZachWeinersmith Apparently India House was where the Foreign Office is today (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Office - see picture caption), on the corner with Downing Street (where the PM works).

So it would have been a few minutes walk down to the House of Commons. Though if nobody observed it, maybe he managed to make it inside the building before filling his trousers?

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Lovely review of A City on Mars here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-settling-mars-is-a-terrible-idea/

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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For those interested, today's congressional shitshow is now being voted upon: https://www.c-span.org/video/?531158-1/house-session&live

unikitty,

@ZachWeinersmith
The chyron appears to be writing a rap about it.

Probably a good career move in case this whole Congress thing doesn't work out.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Just a reminder that private American citizens can now sponsor refugees for resettlement:

https://welcomecorps.org/resources/faqs/

Not everyone has the means, but if you do, it might be worth thinking about.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Good morning! If you missed out on the new book explaining all of cosmology, or want a signed copy of A City on Mars, there's still a little time to grab it by signing up on pledgemanager: https://zachary-weiner.pledgemanager.com/projects/universe-abridged/participate/

DamonHD, to random
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got several (good!) sets of comments in for my working paper which I will deal with tomorrow plus a v good phonecall, and just booked tickets for me and friends for / ! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bahfest-ig-nobel-2023-tickets-713070271377

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ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Best review I could've hoped for: https://afuse8production.slj.com/

The combination of "it's super weird" and "there's no marketing hook" and "it's really good" is exactly what I dreamed of for Bea Wolf.

teroshan,

@ZachWeinersmith Here's the link to the actual review

https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/09/27/review-of-the-day-bea-wolf-by-zach-weinersmith-ill-boulet/

I'm still waiting for a cold and rainy day to read my copy of Béa Wolf under a pillow fort :)

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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So I can't talk too much about what's IN the book yet, because that's how publishing works, but like... there is now every single day an article that is basically wrong, or treating a question as mysterious when there are actual answers, about space settlement. Please consider reading if these things interest you: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639449/a-city-on-mars-by-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith/

ZachWeinersmith, to comics
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Research
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/research (click to do your research and see the bonus panel)

yetanotherjesse,
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@ZachWeinersmith Where was this bonus panel when my mother was hounding me to watch 2000 Mules!?

Also for folks who don't want to tweak their necks, the last panel, rotated for your pleasure.

ZachWeinersmith, to comics
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Longtermism
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/longtermism-2 (click for full comic)

ccwscott,

@ZachWeinersmith actually sending this to my kids

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