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What Happens If You Press All the Buttons at Perth Observatory?

I visited Perth Observatory during the day (because apparently stars aren’t required for an existential crisis) — and ended up getting a personal tour from Paul Wadham, the actual Operations Manager. Legend.

He showed me antique telescopes, answered my weird space questions with alarming patience, and introduced me to an atomic clock that I may or may not now be emotionally dependent on.

No stars. Just me, Paul, and the unstoppable march of time. ⏱️🔭🌞

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Good morning, friends. ⏰🕰️☕

10 March 2024

Oh gee, I looked at my bedside clock when I awoke this morning, saw that is was seven AM, and jumped out of bed like I was late for something. I usually get up around six or earlier. I'd forgotten about the end of daylight savings time and I have one of those atomic clocks that automatically, gets the time from a time server somewhere. Whenever I mention atomic clocks, I visualize that they have a tiny nuclear reactor inside 😂. They just have that name; they really receive the time information from a real atomic clock that measures time from the frequency of atoms. Anyway, I guess seven O'clock is the new six O'clock, or is it the other way around.

“I've lived on the equator all my life and we never had to change clocks. Now they're telling me time goes forward an hour after midnight? What is this, Narnia?” - Joyce Rachelle