I try to give him the benefit of the doubt & think, "Well what if he's disabled?" But I have an inoperable CNS malignancy & severe nerve damage. I grew up with 1-armed osteosarcoma patients. All of us would return to rd 1 of chemo again before doing this to a pizza. Exile on Elba. Now.

Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 14h ago

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

It's remote, but there's a chance this might turn into a real race & not a dithering boondoggle.

Back to the Moon

IEEE Spectrum examines the United States’ and China’s efforts to land on the moon.

spectrum.ieee.org

Wearables are highly inaccurate & there is an ocean of uncontrolled variables here but sure, why not? There might be some conclusions to be drawn or at least theorized in aggregate and not all science need be super super serious. It gets surprisingly cool in an eclipse so likely to see something.

Solaris App Turns a Total Eclipse Into a Massive Heart Study

Researchers will gather smartwatch data to learn how an eclipse affects human health

spectrum.ieee.org

Nice one! Here's the full sequence of those inflight pics! A camera mounted on one of the 'Propulseurs d'Appoint à Poudre', or solid propellant boosters, allowed observation of their separation from the launcher's first stage on this first Ariane 3 flight. See www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/esp...

ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications@esaconnectivity.esa.int · yesterday

🎥Movie streaming takes less than a second today thanks to decades of innovation in satellite broadcasting 📺 #OTD in 1984, the European Communications Satellite 2 launched aboard Ariane 3 flight V10, expanding sat comms and international TV across Europe🛰️🌍 @esa.int @eurospacehistory.bsky.social

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Fucking Every Word@everyword.bsky.social · yesterday

fucking czars

Monument to the Conquerors of Space, (1977), Dzhezkazgan, Kazakh SSR. Artist: L. Pak, Architect: K. Turlybaev, Sculptor: N. Andreev

Phobos Over Mars - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2q7SEgp

Henry Leland said you fix a part with a gauge, not with a file, and it's wild to live in the era where the 20th c approach to mass production is applied to something that used to be so gruellingly specialized as code bug fixing & optimization. Stamp the part. Doesn't fit? Adjust die, stamp again.

posts inspector@pippy.bsky.social · 3d ago

1) Artisinal code is unfortunately meaningless. The industrialization of our craft is improving quality. So, this is irrelevant. 2) “The point is the code” vs “The point is the software”

We opened an ICU that had been shuttered for well over a decade so that a hospital that has 18 MICU beds could fit 46 patients on ventilators

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

We have invented plant Ozempic. scientistssoconcerned.gif

Newly unearthed mechanism that helps plants 'feel full' could help crops use fertilizer more efficiently

New York University researchers have pinpointed the molecular players responsible for plants "feeling full" once they've taken up enough nitrogen—a finding that could help scientists develop plants th...

phys.org

"On the Beach" was no slouch and "Threads" is also quite bracing and good. I may.. uhh.. have watched every end of the world movie. Reasons.

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Robocop's exposed lips to God's ears.

Robocop (1987)@robocop1987.bsky.social · 3d ago

But he's not gonna live forever.

The whole AI mess has been a massive W for Team Lifelong Struggle With Self Loathing and our inherent distrust of anything that shows us kindness, it’s a shame we aren’t worthy of it!

Even if you don't live down here we probably make your gas, chemicals, import a huge portion of your goods, and launch our nation's rockets, among other vital economic interests. Our politics are ass but megastorms w/o effective recovery will make *everything* much more ass. 🤞

Chron.com@chron.com · 4d ago

Forecasters say El Niño is expected to play a major role.

Me 10 mins into The East Palace, "Oh so this is The Witcher but allowed to have its core identity and not suck?" Cool.

It looks like Halo: Campaign Evolved is.. "fine". They made some small changes, but well, this is something you do not do to the sacred works. Especially the Magnum. I don't think 343 will ever get it "right" (Kirkland-era Bungie), but not going to rage out over passable member berry slop.

Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off

Part Time Yeen@parttimeyeen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

(voice from the back) ATSA HUUUGE BITCH!

Astronomers finally measure the full size of the largest known galaxy

Researchers have obtained the deepest images ever taken of IC 1101, allowing them to identify the galaxy's outer edge for the first time. The observations confirm it as the largest known galaxy, spann...

phys.org

Notorious MBD:

Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5d ago

BEING PAID,—what will compare with it?

Todd: "Look we even have a new logo too, everything's changed I swear!" Asha, continuing to swing a length of cut fire hose: "WHERE THE FUCK ARE FALLOUT AND ELDER SCROLLS, TODD?!"

Bethesda Has a New Logo to Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary — and It Harkens Back to the Studio's Old Terminator Games

Bethesda has unveiled a new logo to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary.

ign.com

I attempted to put upper and lower bounds on what it would cost to repurpose Perseverance's testbed twin and send it to the Moon. It's not the cheap and fast mission people hope it is. www.planetary.org/articles/the...

The Cost of a PROMISE

NASA may send an engineering test of the Perseverance rover to the Moon, but at what price?

planetary.org

One of my checks for "is this my kind of person?" is you LOVE books. Banning them must be repulsive to you, burning them a thing that gives you nightmares. Across our existence they're one of the most durable, reliable ways to talk to & educate each other. Sacred things. Each loss heart break.

Lost Forever: 5 Great Books We Never Got to Read

YouTube video by Epic History

youtu.be

I'm not throwing this stuff under other people's hope/cope posting but neither Talarico nor Hinojosa get within 2% of winning. Don't dream off polls. I know my ppl & too many are thin, scared, boot-licking crab bucketers & the state is rigged to over weigh their votes.

Me and the boys when the basement N64 stopped working:

Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5d ago

Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable.

Danish artist P S Krøyer depicts his wife Marie in their sunny garden in the artist colony at Skagen, which they had rented to provide peace and quiet for the birth of their daughter (1895)

The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.