I ask this in the name of my father (a civil engineer) who passed this torch down for me to carry. Plus it's just such a common mistake, and always jolts me out of the story I'm reading...

Hey Google, you missed one. There, fixed it for you.

And not just for federal relations and public relations, but also for ourselves. Tired of being a "subdivision" or "section" of some other field. And spent most of my academic career in departments whose name seemed to almost deliberately omit my chosen field ("Earth and Space Sciences")

Agree 100%. I've long felt that Planetary Science needs to establish its own identity as a field of science distinct from Astronomy and Geoscience and having our own separate professional organization would be a big first step.

yes, i agree it's important to take every opportunity to help ss distinguish between variables and units. esp problematic is "m" as it's used for both (mass & meters). I've adopted (and teach) the practice of always writing unit symbols in square brackets to make it unambiguous.

Also noticing new things - both gems and goofs:
-In S7E3 as Jon is escorted up to meet Darnerys, the dragon flies over them right after he tells Tyrion "But I'm not Stark".

an apropos quote from Fredric Jameson: "It seems to be easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of the earth and of nature than the breakdown of late capitalism,” he wrote in “The Seeds of Time” (1994). “Perhaps that is due to some weakness in our imaginations.”