Comments on: Big news: Bad Astronomy is moving to Slate magazine

By: realta fuar

realta fuar — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:41:00 +0000

So now the V.B.A. will just get to preach to the choir? Prob’ly a good choice for him.

By: David Kroll

David Kroll — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:11:57 +0000

Heartiest congratulations on the move, Phil!

Yes, you’ll be missed here but I’m hoping that the broader Slate audience exposes you to a wider audience. I recently made the decision to move my PLoS blog to Forbes.com because I felt I’d be reaching a broader demographic of folks who might care about science for different reasons than us (or who don’t care about science at all.)

Four years is a long time in blog years. I hope that the move to Slate inspires you to even greater heights.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:15:28 +0000

For clarity in the off chance this wasn’t already clear:

Phil Plait, I’ll certainly always follow your blog wherever it is. However, I think this current incarnation you’ve got right here is ideal and my fave blog ever and I hate to risk losing that and really wish you weren’t doing this move.

Once again, BA please :

1) Is there any way I or anyone can persuade you not to do this?

2) Any chance that you can keep this one open and going as well? Please?

3) Will we lose everything already here all your articles and our comments or will this at least remain as an archive we can reference back to?

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:22:33 +0000

Well, I guess I’d better catch up soon on the old video posts that I couldn’t watch at work. And I hope I’ll be able to read and comment at Slate from work, because I use BA to fill in my downtime.

By: Chris A.

Chris A. — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:23:15 +0000

Well, this news item doesn’t bode well for the state of skepticism on Phil’s new home:

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/andrew-weilaafp-article-rejected-by-slate/

Let’s hope this is an aberration, not the norm.

By: theoncomingstorm

theoncomingstorm — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:28:03 +0000

Sorry for the late reply. I like many others have posting here before the move to discover and will follow no matter where you go. oh about no trolls coming to your site, bring them on.

By: Kevin C

Kevin C — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:27:58 +0000

Congratulations on Slate. I’m sure you’ll fit in nicely with the magazine’s voice.

On a somewhat unrelated note, I started a website for comets. They are listed in the chronological order in which they enter the inner solar system.

If you’re interested,you can find it at http://www.fallofathousandsuns.com/comets.html

By: anon

anon — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:55:25 +0000

I never comment, but thanks for the great blog.

greetings from .NL

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 08:07:35 +0000

Here’s hoping Slate starts a science and skepticism gabfest starring you!

By: Curt

Curt — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:22:47 +0000

Phil, I think you short-changed yourself on how many years you’ve been writing on the ‘net. You say 2005, but I had email exchanges with you in August of 2001… and knew of you through your original BadAstronomy site. (If you recall, you were in need of a VHS tape of you being interviewed on the Today Show re: the Moon landing hoax… and I was able to send you one.)

Looking forward to reading you on Slate.