Del - Martian Observer
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Interests: Mars, space, photography, and blender 3D. Location: Hampshire, UK. Mars images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/134331707@N02/albums/72177720313447009 Mars images and updates: @mars.martian-observer.net Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/martian_observer
Good to see the taint of neo-Nazism still makes the public baulk in this day and age
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
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Wildfires in the south of France have revealed a cache of 400 World War Two shells and munitions - some of which may have been detonated by the heat - in the village of Le Porge, according to local authorities.
France wildfires reveal hundreds of WW2 shells in village
Explosions heard in Le Porge as the wildfires raged are believed to have have been the old munitions.
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i'm old enough to remember when windows vista was too annoying
worm@rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · yesterdaythe answer to the question in the headline can be found in the subheading
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Shadow selfie captured 15 hours ago by Perseverance #Mars Aug. 4, 2026 - Sol 1939 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
97-year-old Betty Bromage, who suffered a stroke in 2025, has broken the Guinness World Record for being the oldest female wing walker (again)
Gloucestershire woman, 97, breaks record for oldest wingwalker
She has carried out six charity wing walks over the past decade.
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Outside, the thunderous roar of the Definit-Kil cannon continued to rip at the force-field.
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
Falcon 9 stage now 28100 km from the lunar surface closing at 2600 km/hr
Sad to hear of the death of Emperor Palpatine. He was larger-than-life, always outspoken and secretly very kind in private.
HiPOD: Wonderfully Strange The aim of this image is to provide high-res data of these fascinating “cellular” formations on the surface of a debris covered glacier. We can investigate if they are linked to an interaction between crater ejecta and ice. https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_092807_1375
🟠 PERSEVERANCE 1932 © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T VR - www.360cities.net/image/persev... Gigapan - gigapan.com/gigapans/239... GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/vOZNAE8... Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com #Mars #science #NASA
Space kit for future ‘away missions’ tested in Scotland www.space-park.co.uk/2026/07/spac... via Space Park Leicester.
Space kit for future ‘away missions’ tested in Scotland
Portable spectrometer developed by University of Leicester designed for use by astronauts on the Moon tested in Scotland
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Going to Hell for this, but that’s not the first time a Virgin Media customer’s had a stroke. Well done Stephen. #NiceThings
Leeds engineer arrived to fit broadband, ended up saving someone's life
A routine home visit turned into a lifesaving moment for Stephen Parsonage
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Me, when I see people saying they've got rain and thunderstorms where they are:
#rewilding brings hope for a better future for nature and people. Thanks @healrewilding.org.uk !
Del - Martian Observer@martian-observer.net · yesterdayRewilding project brings beaver boom and benefits dementia patients #NiceThings
Here’s a PDF. Worth a few minutes of your time. users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do...
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Following a remarkably dry July, we have a full rundown of the month's rainfall, sunshine and temperature stats. Bringing you this deep dive is Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern. Watch or listen in full on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3szt...
Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time as the classic film prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Actor Matthew Rhys will voice Han Solo, with Rhys Ifans as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Princess Leia. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Star Wars dubbed in Welsh for the first time to celebrate landmark anniversary
The Welsh language version of the classic 1977 film will feature Matthew Rhys as Han Solo.
bbc.co.uk
Hey 🫵🏾 go wash that Stanley cup and/or reusable water bottle. (Idc if you only use it for water, you're drinking biofilm after a while✨)
Here is an enormous late 1970s study that sought to choose MSR landing sites based on Viking data. The US has been choosing not to do MSR for a few generations now. The latest US MSR debacle is only the latest US MSR debacle. spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2021/12/mars...
Mars Sample Return Site Selection and Sample Acquisition Study (1980)
The story of spaceflight told through missions and programs that did not happen - that is, the great majority of them.
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A bat expert, who lost part of her brain as a result of a life-threatening accident in Gabon in 2002 just weeks away from completing her PhD but who went on to discover a new species, has been honoured by the University of York
Bat expert who lost part of her brain discovers new species
Dr Nancy Irwin was a bat scientist when a life-threatening accident in Gabon put her career on hold.
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I read this story long before the pandemic, but it's forever associated with the pandemic for me now because in April 2020, my makeshift home desk was by a window overlooking an elevated train station, and I could see the trains come in, doors open to empty cars, no one get on or off, doors close
Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
maybe copilot knows why www.techspot.com/news/113326-...
Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why
The shift stands out because the change was not gradual but abrupt. Linux's rise came largely at Windows' expense, while OS X saw only limited movement over...
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Not optimistic it will discover extraterrestrial life in the universe, but you never know 🔭 🧪
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · yesterdayLego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · yesterdaynews.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
