The Public Access Weekly: Space madness
Between Juno's visit to Jupiter, the 'beating heart' captured by the Hubble and the discovery of exoplanet HD 131399Ab, the space news this week has been super neat (and a lot less depressing than the Earth news which... let's just not). That we now have video of the moons seen by Galileo in 1610 is amazing, and the neutron star in the center of the Crab Nebula is producing unbelievably gorgeous images. Thanks Nasa!
Regarding comments and the comment system, I need to ask y'all a favor: Please, please for the love of fiber internet and all that is holy stop down voting spam. If you see a spam comment in a thread, please flag it instead. Unlike upvotes and downvotes, flags actually trigger alerts on the backend so I and other moderators can catch it and kill it. Down voting spam does literally nothing (because spambots don't care about your feelings. The jerks.).
Next, how about some Public Access story stats from June, our anniversary month?
125 total articles went live in June. That is the most we've EVER had go up in a month. Ever. In Public Access' entire history. That is some amazing work, and congratulations to each and every contributor!
49 different Public Access members published posts -- including 27 members who put up their very first stories. Welcome to all those new members! We're excited to see what you do next.
The Public Access member with the most posts published in May is: Dianna Labrien who published a whopping 17 posts in June, cementing her place as most-frequent contributor for the second month in a row! She's followed up by Jimmy Rohampton (9 posts) and Allan Smith (8 posts). Nice work everyone!
And the top 10 most read Public Access posts for May (as always, not counting the Public Access Weekly) were:
Happy Birthday Public Access! by Amber Bouman
A dozen dope articles from Public Access' first year by Amber Bouman
Emoji Explosion: Research the Past to Predict the Future by Solomon Wiesen
How Will Virtual Reality Change Our Lives? by Clare Evans
Q&A with Ashley Dickinson of Kinda Kind by Amber Bouman
Map Reveals What Events Your State Actually Cared About This Year by Cosette Jarrett
5 Cool Gadgets For Avid Cyclists by Dianna Labrien
Virtual Reality Adds A New Edge To Tourism Industry by Amit Sen
The Case for Wearable Tech by Kyle A. Turner
StarCraft II Nova Coverts Ops Update by Jerry Li
Looking for something to read? Check out:
Get a good look at what iOS 10 has in store via Chris Velasco's hands-on piece that covers all the particulars of the beta from the redesigned music app to handwriting notes and removing first-party apps.
It is heartbreaking to hear that an accident involving Tesla's Autopilot feature has resulted in a fatality, followed shortly by a claim that the feature was responsible for a car that rolled in Pennsylvania. The argument over who was at fault, and what should be done, will hopefully be helpful in preventing further casualties.
If you've ever wanted to attend the Star Trek Starfleet Academy, well then we have some good news for you.
Looking for something to write about? Mull over:
Pokémon Go was released to iOS and Android this week, or at least I assume it was since my Twitter feed is full of Squirtles and Charmanders. If you've been playing, write up a review or alternately tell us what the best part of playing this AR game is, or share tips and tricks you've found.
Here's a super simple prompt: What blows your mind (as in amazes and impresses you) about the current state of technology development?
What's your favorite website right now? (Aside from Engadget, obviously). Do you ever use StumbleUpon or similar services to find stories to read or new sites to obsess over? Is there a need for Mozilla's Context Graph project?
