Snugbucket
@snugbucket.bsky.social
Parody, sarcasm, irony and meh. I've got it all. Cars with engines, four wheels (or maybe three). Originator of the twitter words '{insert famous Kiwi legend's name here} Kiwi Legend....🇳🇿".
A 3D-printed bottle can change from a green check to a red warning when its cap is loose, using mechanically shifting optical layers instead of internal electronics.
These 3D-printed objects can tell you if they're being used properly
Imagine a bottle of hazardous chemicals sitting on a laboratory shelf that changes its appearance to alert scientists that its lid is not properly secured, potentially preventing a dangerous spill.
techxplore.com
“Doreen! There’s a spider on you! One of those big, hairy, brown ones with the long legs that can move like the wind itself!”
Yemeni Houthis claim to have struck a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile, forcing it to turn back; no word from Saudi officials https://www.factal.com
Iran's President Pezeshkian said that it is very difficult to communicate with the country's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at this time. Pezeshkian added that Khamenei has an exceptional, multi-dimensional, and dynamic personality.-Kann
🚨 OPEN CALL: Run your code in deep space! For the first time, we are opening access to a living mission. We’ll be turning our Hera asteroid mission into a flying software lab 150M km from Earth. Open to AI, robotics, gaming, etc! 💻 Submit your idea 👉 t.co/Sn54Xne6Oz
German police say a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig airport late yesterday evening. At about the same time, a DHL flight collided with a separate object on approach and diverted to Hanover. www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf... 19 flights were diverted way from LEJ in total.
Mercedes is at Bonneville for SpeedWeek, you wanna see some cool salt stuff? Go here: tinyurl.com/39d2emfk
Incident: EAT B752 at Leipzig on Aug 5th 2026, go around and collision with unknown object #B752 #D-ALEU #QY-9LE http://avherald.com/h?article=53cc9c81
for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!
![Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage.[1]
An organ in St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt in 2001 began a performance that is due to end in 2640. This makes it the longest running non-computerized piece currently being performed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreiabq354dz537iuzii7lwylq56yyr4bcrzkj32by4z7fq3clewmssy)
And reports of a hotter version continue to circulate.
Toyota GR GT to Add A80 Supra-Style Targa Top Variant, Report Claims
And reports of a hotter version continue to circulate.
bit.ly
🤔 According to a Treasury spokesperson Fly Baghdad Airlines is being removed from the SDN List after going through OFAC’s comprehensive administrative reconsideration process and has demonstrated major changes to their operations such that their listing is no longer warranted.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6h agoThe United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
Incident: Smartwings B38M at Funchal on Apr 12th 2026, tail scrape on departure #B38M #OK-TSI #QS-1171 http://avherald.com/h?article=53cca943
Accident: India A20N enroute on Aug 4th 2026, severee turbulence injures 17 people #A20N #VT-EXO #AI-2379 http://avherald.com/h?article=53cc9465
Tiny plasma vortices have been visualized on the sun’s surface for the first time. Some fringed structures are only about 20 kilometers wide, and their swirling motion could help explain twisted magnetic fields.
Tiny vortices discovered on the sun's surface
Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) in the U.S. have made a discovery in solar physics.
phys.org
Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in, The Way of the Dragon (1972).
Dubai Media Office said that the fire that broke out last night in the Jebel Ali area was the result of an accident in one of the workshops, leading to the ignition of several trucks and caravans.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 20h agoSmoke rising from Dubai's Jebel Ali Industrial Area following reports of several explosions. Possibly just an industrial accident, no official word from authorities as of now.
Europe's forests are losing more biomass than previously thought. A study published in @natgeosci.nature.com and supported by ESA's Climate Change Initiative found that biomass losses per hectare have increased by 46% since 2018, with drought and insect outbreaks driving increasingly severe losses.
Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018
Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situatio...
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More than a third of people with PTSD reported no nightmares after 10 weeks of bedtime dronabinol. It reduced nightmare burden more than placebo, but not overall PTSD severity.
Cannabis-derived THC shows promise for treating PTSD-related nightmares
Drastic or even life-threatening events can have lingering effects, like an echo. This is referred to as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
medicalxpress.com
Walter Röhrl’s development car for the Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.8, complete with his signature on the fuel cap… Hard to think of a more significant 964.
OTD in 1940, USSR formally annexed Latvia. Soviets troops had been "invited in" (in accordance with absolutely nothing to do with our treaty with Nazis) & then held "elections" where 99%+ voted to join USSR. None of this should sound familiar to you.
Convair XF92A. This beauty first flew on 18 September 1948 and paved the way for Convair designs like the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, B-58 Hustler, F2Y Sea Dart, and XFY-1 Pogo. 📷 catalog.archives.gov/id/348099125
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.
Once again we wake up to the news of horrible atrocities by Russia through its aerial attacks on Ukraine. Russia must pay for the destruction it has caused. And we are using the proceeds from the immobilised Russian assets to make sure it does.
Happy 12th anniversary of the day Kim Jong Un visited the lube factory.
