<![CDATA[Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026?]]>Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? (...Surely I wasn't the only one who got a parade of wacko/scared/bizzare emails about that...?)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/762a665d-bb9a-4422-b587-7d672746fd3f/remember-when-comet-3i-was-going-to-turn-out-to-be-an-alien-spaceship-and-maneuver-around-and-attack-earth-in-early-2026RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:06:28 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 03:51:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Sadly there are some people in this world whose disconnection from reality is so profound, there is literally no way to bring them to see the world is not how they conceive it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116488455752208262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116488455752208262Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:25:58 GMT]]>@sundogplanets What powers he has! Lol!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116488454714890535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116488454714890535Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:25:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:12:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Ah. Maybe Donnie has other pseudonyms the periodically uses from elsewhere in the world...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116488399884041182https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116488399884041182Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:12:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets oh but I am

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488387367260632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488387367260632Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:17 GMT]]>@edgeofeurope Ohhh ok. Sorry I called you grumpypants 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488385180885199https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488385180885199Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:07:30 GMT]]>@sundogplanets no, I'm not calling you a Karen at all. I was comparing whoever wrote that mail to Karens.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488382084684606https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488382084684606Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:07:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:51 GMT]]>@rickf Nope, different person, different country.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488379523323300https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488379523323300Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:11 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I'd like to point out that they were very respectful and actually addressed you as "Professor."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116488376939766743https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116488376939766743Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:05 GMT]]>@sergio_101 Thanks for trying to educate!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488376485524436https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488376485524436Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:05:34 GMT]]>@edgeofeurope Nice, first time I've been called a Karen directly! Thanks for that, grumpypants.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488374461018348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488374461018348Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:02:35 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Let me guess, the email came from a "Professor John Barron" from Palm Beach, Florida?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116488362779413108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116488362779413108Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:02:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:39 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I run a hacker/maker/arts festival called Electromagnetic Field (@emf) and our inbox is a constant feed of conspiracy nonsense about radio waves

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/jonty/statuses/116488359082486968https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/jonty/statuses/116488359082486968Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:21 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Maybe a decade ago, I found a hive of flat earthers posting proofs of their view of the universe. I thought, hmm.. this isn't how this works, so I engaged. Politely. Thinking it might be a good time to explain how we know how these things work.

I became the target of this group, and still take heat for it today. I still think it would be cool to see their mathematical model.

But i get some awesomely insane emails and DMs.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/users/sergio_101/statuses/116488357919349406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/users/sergio_101/statuses/116488357919349406Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:15 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I want to believe that this is tongue-in-cheek satire, but I honestly can’t tell anymore.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/gregly/statuses/116488357534064316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/gregly/statuses/116488357534064316Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:01:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:00:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Wonder what brand of aluminum that person makes their hat from 🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/Thorium/statuses/116488354633177326https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/Thorium/statuses/116488354633177326Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:00:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:55:29 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Would be interesting to know how president Trump managed that feat. But I suppose nothing is impossible for true believers.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/users/kallekn/statuses/116488334826904900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/users/kallekn/statuses/116488334826904900Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:55:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets thank you for the added slug of weirdness in an otherwise dull day

That's a real eyebrow raiser

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/graemewinter/statuses/116488332326784954https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/graemewinter/statuses/116488332326784954Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:11 GMT]]>@sundogplanets thats some time cube tier shit

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/hi_cial/statuses/116488329698612819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/hi_cial/statuses/116488329698612819Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:00 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I do not watch "Karen" videos of people losing their wits and being paraded on the internet for laughs and clicks. It saddens me and I see nothing delightful in it. And this is much the same.
So someone wrote a rambling mail. Let it rest.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488328974120123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116488328974120123Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:54:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:53:58 GMT]]>One thing that was fun about being in New Zealand and working with the University of Canterbury interstellar objects group for a few weeks was hearing all the stories about weird emails/calls/interactions with Avi Loeb-adjacent conspiracy theory/alien people. Interstellar objects seem to particularly attract that kind of attention (I'm sure Loeb hasn't helped)

But even with all those stories about the weird world of interstellar object conspiracy theorists, this email was the winner

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488328848395006https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116488328848395006Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:53:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:51:10 GMT]]>Prof. Sam Lawler Hilarious. A part of me is wondering, though, if this might just be joke? Hard to say.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.kliklak.net/item/4748a8f1-90f1-4ec0-bd56-7a90ec40c7dahttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.kliklak.net/item/4748a8f1-90f1-4ec0-bd56-7a90ec40c7daWed, 29 Apr 2026 13:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:49:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

This deserves to be printed and framed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116488311400037982https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116488311400037982Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:47:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Uh. Okay. What? That is THE WEIRDEST thing I've seen in a long time, so that's saying something.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.4142.io/users/andy/statuses/116488305115127896https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.4142.io/users/andy/statuses/116488305115127896Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when comet 3I was going to turn out to be an alien spaceship and maneuver around and attack Earth in early 2026? on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:46:32 GMT]]>@sundogplanets That’s certainly… special

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rebelrebel62/statuses/116488299620249379https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rebelrebel62/statuses/116488299620249379Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:46:32 GMT