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Technician/artist. Googly-eye enthusiast. Several kinds of nerd. Unusual skill set. Toronto, Ontario. he/him.
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Not sure which of my coworkers titled this picture in our reference collection but I’m a big fan

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Really vividly remember the first time I heard this. One of those life-altering records.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

"Moments before the shaking started they reacted" No, they felt the sharp "pop" of the faster Primary wave (P-wave) arrive a few seconds before the Secondary wave (S-wave) and surface waves generated by it arrived. Your phone app early warning works by exploiting that same difference.

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

"SERIES 78, AERO SPACE DEFENSE COMMAND BOX 1 OF 2 V-0092," slide 34 of 38 [gallery]

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Hanster...

submitted 9 hours ago • 8 comments

one of the funnier things about being obsessed with both sports in politics is the dramatic contrast in views of age politics: 34?! what a wunderkind, they can’t even run for president yet, they’ll be around forever sports: 34?! so ancient, how have their knees not fallen off yet

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

Lest we forget.

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

Today is Sextidi the 26th of Germinal in the year 233. Germinal is the month of sprouting. Today we celebrate lilac. #JacobinDay More information on lilac

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

1978: Prehistoric Monsters and Wildlife from Airfix (+Tyrannosaurus Rex; Triceratops; Stegosaurus; Corythosaurus; Dimetrodon; Ankylosaurus; Bullfinches; Robins; and Blue Tits)

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

alt text: a bicycle set that has split open and is exuding the gel inside which looks like barbecued pork or something. It's raining, so everything is moist

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

Trail mix, Newfoundland-style. Three species of blueberry (lowbush, alpine and northern), crowberry and cloudberry (called bakeapple in NL). From July to freeze-up in December, there are dozens of delicious berry species to snack on while hiking/backpacking here. #hiking #backpackibg #foraging

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

oranges, painted by james marion shull, 1928

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

I’ll take headlines I didn’t expect to read today for $500, Alex

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

Canadian street artist Uber5000 in Scarborough.

submitted 11 hours ago • 13 comments

Don't get carried away

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

too good not to supply the missing ALT text picard: a man just fell off the roof of a nightclub riker: who was it? picard: all i know is he wasn't a bouncer riker: [facepalm]

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Marmite people, this an Article 5 situation. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

Saw wood ducks today! Also saw a lady mallard try really hard to drown a dude mallard. He managed to escape, but she chased him in flight to who-knows-where. She was MAD.

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

We got hold of one of those Alexis Microverb4 effects units and its so baffling it feels like someone has broken reality, and not in a good way. We've done a write up here, but don't expect any answers because absolutely nothing makes sense anymore Yes the print has been milled off that DSP chip...

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

A slime star on an underhang! 1580 m #okeanos #saveNOAA Volador Seamount#echinoday

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Looking forward to a nice convo with a journalist writing about space, space stunts, and the failure of Gerry O'Neill's vision for the humanization of space. Happy to talk with others.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Quite an effective advanced alert there. At Kaiser in Los Feliz and we all had about 60 seconds before we felt the shaking

submitted 15 hours ago • 10 comments

The science behind the #SciArt! Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

xkcd.com/723/

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

this is good news, for me, anyway.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Trying this again since I have more followers 😁 Does anyone have a good supplier for die-cut fridge magnets 🧲 in Canada? Merci 🙏

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

There are still grownups surprised that they are real

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

The fan's a nice touch, but I'm going to ask the waiter if they could move the gasoline generator out of the dining room.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

This is #TorontoDanforth Lake Shore Blvd (westbound) east of Carlaw Av Can't say I've ever heard my elected municipal representative say these words out loud. It's nice to know someone in the city is conscious of these absolute truths. h/t Kay Pea #BikeTO

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

I applaud this, but "weirdest thing possible" is a gauntlet thrown down.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments