Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 14, 2021

What if we warned everyone first so they could get to safety?

Happy Hearts n hooves day!

Pause the atmosphere AND the earth.

Yep. Probably not.

Marigold has learned from the example of George McWhirter Fotheringay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles_(short_story)

was worth a try for a thought, huh, Phoebe?

You can.

Just take a picture.

Ah! Someuni has been reading What If?

There goes the sun…

Lovely sky.

This is why pictures exist, you guys.

Marigold knows science?

A lot of things to consider here, earth rotation, atmosphere rotation, the moon, and then earth rotation around the sun, in any case even if everything just stopped, one side of the earth would bake and the other side would freeze.

A thus Pheobe gets a lesson about the transitory nature of beauty.

PROBABLY?

Phoebe. Live the moment♡♡.

I like that Marigold thinks like Randall Munroe.

I mean, obviously when you freeze the sky, that includes the atmosphere, Marigold!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Beautiful artwork.

not to mention the oceans sloshing over.

H. G. Wells wrote a short story about that.

If you “freeze the sky forever” then that mean the atmosphere stops moving in sync with the planet.

Phoebe must not have read What If by Randall Monroe if she’s asking that question

sometimes i wish the earth would oscillate with sinusoidal motion about an axis which is orhogonal to the north and south poles and bisects the east and west hemispheres

that way you could lie on the beach or on a grassy, ghibli-esque scene all day and get sunlight from every angle without having to move.

Marigold?

Question for Dana

How long did it take to make that?

“The atmosphere would still be spinning, and it would sweep everyone away to their deaths.”

I think there was actually an anime show about that, at some point.