Playing D&D today. High-level oneshot. Their mission, should they not try to wriggle out of it?
Gieljan de Vries
@gieljandevries.bsky.social
Writes about science, specialises in physics, nuclear and astro — ideally all at the same time. Em-dasher, forever-DM. Bluesky account #188,507, born at 338 ppm CO2. Dutch & English. He / him.
Ik heb die NS-conducteurs steeds hoger zitten. Dit is al de tweede in korte tijd die vraagt: “routebeschrijving naar de aarde aan de hand van pulsars, toch?” Nerds 💌
Getty makes a ton of money out of selling public domain footage. Which is crazy. But that’s Getty. The footage is usually available free elsewhere but it’s hard to find. Great video that helps you understand where and how to find it. youtu.be/2dzqQItDmdg?...
I Killed A Business Model
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Since we’re considering trade reprisals — I wrote last year about how easy it would be for Canada to make toilet paper completely unavailable to Americans. It could be done without any tariffs or embargoes. It may be happening already. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Every country should have an Electrification Czar except that person should be called the Chargé d’Affaires d’Affaires de Charger.
Felix Hamer • electricfelix@electricfelix.eurosky.social · last mo.Not sure if 2026 will offer a better fast charging photo 😅 #alwaysbecharging lnkd.in/p/eF-HysV2
The crystals have arrived! These are so fragile they can't be exposed to the air, nor moisture. They had to ship them over, instead of flying them, to avoid cosmic radiation during flights. They're going to be used in our dark matter detector: www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/aust... 🔭🧪
Australia’s Dark Matter Quest | Spaceaustralia
A kilometre beneath the surface of regional Victoria, scientists are preparing to switch on one of Australia’s most ambitious physics experiments. Nearing completion, the facility will soon host a sen...
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ARC Dark Matter Centre@darkmatteraus.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe purest sodium iodide crystals ever seen in Australia or in any current physics experiment in the world are now being grown. They will be used in the SABRE South dark matter experiment in regional Australia. See how they will work and the challenges of handling them. youtube.com/shorts/bFmOo... 🧪
Geologists have a higher death rate in movies than Sean Bean 💀 Of the 202 geologists in 141 movies released between 1919 and 2023, 69 die or are found dead, resulting in mortality rate of about a third. Movie geologists were mainly male, white and in khaki. 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Geologists on the silver screen—the sequel
As geologists, our interest is piqued when geological processes—with varying degrees of accuracy—are portrayed in movies and especially when a geologist unexpectedly appears on screen, even in a mino...
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Being an in-house storyteller at the Dutch nuclear/radiation regulator has its perks. Like getting to tell the tale of how we stopped a container with mildly radioactive shoes, and helped trace the original caesium-137 contamination. english.autoriteitnvs.nl/latest/news/...
ANVS and RIVM help trace source of radioactive shoes | Autority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
In 2025, Dutch Customs' radiation portal monitors flagged a container full of faintly radioactive sneakers. The shoes were intercepted and never made it to the market. In this article, ANVS inspector ...
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The nuclear physicist Harriet Brooks, who was probably the first person to notice the recoil of an atomic nucleus due to emissions during nuclear decay, was born #OTD in 1876. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 Credit: Notman Archives/Musée McCord
This awesome animated map shows the decade long journey taken by Odysseus' home from Troy. Best part is that more books are mapped: buff.ly/nbLfG9v
True! However this is hilarious so i chose to believe this
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 3mo agowhy do people ask why Mystique’s belt is made of tiny skulls and where the Skulls came from? Mystique is a shapeshifter. None of that stuff is actually real. She made them up. With the rest of her clothing and appearance
This is almost a (conventional!) rerun of Project Plumbbob. The Orbital Bore Cap redux?
Kevin Rothrock@kevinrothrock.me · 3mo agoThis photo showing how a Ukrainian drone blew the lid off a fuel storage tank in Moscow — the perfect smoke arrangement, even the wispy white trail — looks 100% like a Martian attack. Russia's "Little Green Men" have come home to roost.
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@skerples.bsky.social Can I ask for a judgment call? Running Kidnap the Archpriest for friends, finally. Awesome. Q: PCs had meeting with C.Gomstead, admitted kidnapping plan, got the Archpriest’s schedule. Does G murder Archpriest and frame them? (Would be 2nd game in row w/ surprise corpse.)
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
De bui komt om 16u, 18u, wacht 22u, nee nu echt 23u — meteorologisch edgen dit.
For @dankaszeta.bsky.social's future reference, I compiled the rant from the other day into a convenient and less typo-riddled post.
Welcome to Depleted Uranium Chat! - Funranium Labs
[rubs temples] Do I need to explain depleted uranium again? I don’t wanna explain depleted uranium again. Dammit @dankaszeta.bsky.social The primary bit is covered in the first section of this rant wh...
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Pick a Bond From Photos you already have in your phone
Sophia Jetta@werkoderko.bsky.social · 4mo agoPick a Bond From Photos you already have in your phone
When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone.
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 4mo agowhat are the Six Genders? wrong answers only
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 5mo agoI find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...
Today is Dutch Heritage Day in Canada to honour our troops who died to liberate the Netherlands in WWIII. We spent months in the effort. Lost over 8,000 troops. We’re proud of the relationship we still have with the Dutch people.
Links gaat helemaal nooit geen enkele verkiezing winnen als ze de hele tijd geschrokken naar de parelketting grijpen als er iemand met een bus verf de stad in gaat en er ondertussen extreemrechtse knokploegen met een herdenkingsmars meelopen. GOD. VER. DOMME.
Such a fun way to introduce Call of Cthulhu! The player characters are archeologists exploring an Egyptian tomb. The map gets slowly revealed by brushing the sand away... — at Armageddon Expo Auckland 🇳🇿 . #callofcthulhu #rpg #ttrpg
This isn't a joke. Cis male authors only do this when they're very stressed or feel threatened
Rob Palk@robpalk.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already
