Happy Monday and welcome to another week!
I sincerely hope that at this point in the day you’ve come to terms with the Monday-ness of it all, but for many it was a dark, cold Facebook-less Monday afternoon. 
I’m here for you, poor, unfortunate souls. I’ve curated a list of topics to discuss with family and friends during this difficult time. I’m speaking of face-to-face (#IRL). We will get through this#FacebookDown of 9/28/15 (not to be confused with #FacebookDown of 9/24/15 or #FacebookDown of 9/17/15):
Water on Mars: NASA has confirmed flowing water on Mars. I assume this is an elaborate cross-promotional effort coordinated with the release of “The Martian,” in theaters this Friday.
A special message from Mark Watney. #TheMartian #MarsAnnouncement https://t.co/60wJUzlJue
— The Martian Movie (@MartianMovie) September 28, 2015
Let the colonization begin! But first, the obligatory Twitter jokes:
How does Mars have more water than Los Angeles
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) September 28, 2015
Hey, unless the water you found on Mars was in a cup carried by a full on alien, I'M NOT INTERESTED!
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) September 28, 2015
Also, here’s some science:
What makes liquid water on Mars possible? Perchlorate salts, which may help on our #JourneyToMars! #MarsAnnouncement https://t.co/xpyT9LLweR
— NASA (@NASA) September 28, 2015
It was a busy day for NASA, and had you been able to access Facebook this afternoon you would have been subject to photo after photo after photo of last night’s eclipse. So, if you were in an overcast part of the world and tired of seeing all of the updates about the awesome eclipse that you couldn’t see, consider the outage a blessing, that’s about to end:
Watching the #SuperBloodMoon? Snap a picture & enter our photo contest on @facebook! Details: http://t.co/PuMZ4fv1lF pic.twitter.com/YzdMp65DFY
— NASA (@NASA) September 28, 2015
Finally, the one thing that wasn’t trending today, probably because everyone was busy freaking out about water on Mars, last night’s eclipse, and #FacebookDown, was the premiere of Trevor Noah as the new host of “The Daily Show” …No pressure sir, but you’re competing with NASA and Facebook FOMO (oh and the legacy of Jon Stewart). Best of luck:
.@trevornoah sat down with Rolling Stone. Sit down with him for his first #DailyShow, tonight at 11/10c. http://t.co/yohqCpjPyi
— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) September 28, 2015
…bi-daily smile…
