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'Is the world to be brought to a disastrous standstill because of one man and his yes men?' - Edinburgh Evening News, 17 August 1939

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I have once again encountered this exact situation in real life. XKCD is far too prescient. xkcd.com/2501/ 🧪

submitted 46 days ago • 8 comments

I suspect the New Glenn target parking orbit was 161 x 2400 km x 30 deg. No word yet on actual parameters achieved. Stage 2 restart scheduled for 0800 UTC to send it to 2400 x 19300 km x 30 deg.

submitted 52 days ago • 7 comments

🌟The Evening Sky Map (PDF) for January 2025 is now available. Free download at: skymaps.com/tesm/ Featuring a Sky Calendar and easy-to-use Sky Maps for the northern & southern hemispheres, and equatorial regions. Please RT/share & enjoy the stars! 🔭🧪 #astronomy #stargazing #space

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!!

submitted 74 days ago • 129 comments

Why am I on Bluesky? In my opinion, X (Twitter) failed us. Here (Bluesky) at the present time I'm able to blog and see followers get real-time engagement opportunities. It's that simple. I post in the hope of engagement and you have demonstrated here it works better. I welcome comment.

submitted 76 days ago • 14 comments

Fascinating video by AlphaPhoenix where he built a camera that can see laser beam incrementally illuminating a room.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

On Christmas Eve, the #ParkerSolarProbe will make its closest pass ever to the Sun, flying at a record-breaking 191 km/s! 🌞 It will pass just 6.1 million km above the Sun's photosphere, navigating through the scorching corona. 🔥

submitted 78 days ago • 5 comments

Just found a thread here similar to what we shared on "the other" platform when it was first reported - 'Ingenuity' has had a whole (different) world of firsts; this is the latest

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

stop asking "how elon broke bad" and start asking why you failed to see him for who he has always been

submitted 83 days ago • 32 comments

To everyone coming into my DM’s saying “but but I want to go to Mars” Go. Call me when you get there. I want to hear your dying words.

submitted 82 days ago • 14 comments

Whenever someone tests a mic circuit: "One Two One Two" I like to ask them if they're reminding everyone how many AU (Astronomical Units) there are in a Light Week (distance light travels in a week) It's important to establish that I'm nerdy from the 'get-go' 😉

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Sad reality

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment