#coincidence — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Doyle

   “You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”
   “A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting.”
   “You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
Story (1891-08), “The Red-Headed League,” The Strand Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2

More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

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Her dad died in 2018. He’s in her wedding photos anyway.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-mia-chard-father-camera-wedding-double-exposure/

When 4 "Coincidences" Stop Being Coincidences

A 5.6km object is heading toward Jupiter with four characteristics that break the rules:

🎯 Targeting precision - Arriving at the exact gravitational boundary used for orbital insertion (1 in 25,000 odds)

⚖️ Impossible density - Would need to be lighter than cotton candy while staying intact (physics violation) (or hollow)

🔬 Industrial chemistry - Spectral signature matches refined aerospace alloys, not space ice

🎮 Active control - Jets that defy rotational physics without stabilization systems

Combined probability: <1 in 100,000
But that is just a number, let's visualise 1:100000;

3I/ATLAS arriving at Jupiter's Hill sphere boundary after a course correction is like watching five cars in a row all have license plates ending in 777 - while they're all driving to the same address - and they all arrived exactly on time.

Or

Three spins of a Roulette Wheel landing on the same number.

March 2026 Jupiter encounter = the moment of truth.
My prediction: Something totally anomalous will happen which will either be under-reported or, totally ignored or misrepresented. Can't wait!

And in a new paper NASA documents how it shut down ("contingency mode") it's TESS probe just when it could have gathered precise data about #3iAtlas (https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21569)

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Halloween is right around the corner. Cover of my book, BEER POUR, blends in on the table of merchandise at Alecraft Brewery in PA. At least during Halloween! #friday #FollowFriday #FridayVibes #brewery #halloween2025 #halloween #black #orange #bookcover #mastodon #Books #book #Bookstodon #fortuitous #coincidence #holiday #grateful #Storytelling #story #novel #sale #show #beerglass #author #indie #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #brewmaster #ale #beverages #beverage #display #seasonal #fun #thanks

Now I Have to Go

There is going to be a ton of back story to this one. You’ve been warned.

My maternal grandmother’s maiden name was Bridget Murphy. Her friends called her Bride, or Bridie. She had a bunch of kids (five, but one passed as an infant) and those kids all had kids of their own and two of those kids had a lot of kids of their own. That means I have roughly 25,000 first cousins (I exaggerate of course, but only a little). Many of us are on a Facebook Messenger chat thread together.

One of my zillion first cousins’ daughter got married this weekend. It was a destination wedding. The destination was in Ireland. Glorious! Some of my cousins have been sending photos from the trip to the Messenger thread. One of them just sent something that changed my personal mindset about visiting Ireland. How so?

I have always wanted to visit Ireland but now… now I HAVE TO VISIT IRELAND!

The photo was of a store front. The name of the store:

Bridie Murphy’s Home Bakery.

Yes, I now have to go to Ireland. I have to go to the land where Bridie Murphy’s Home Bakery exists. It is a must. It is a moral imperative. It has to happen.

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