Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck ai art
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Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
· Oct 17
okay we can pin stuff now and tons of people are pouring in from an X debacle… so
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
my timeline will enjoy this
I just imagine you in this guy: www.rv.com/rv/trending-...
Winnebago Once Designed an RV That was a Helicopter
Throughout its 60+ year history, Winnebago has designed some unique and interesting RVs. Even today, the company is at the forefront of innovation as it explores the possibilities of an all-electric c...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM
my timeline will enjoy this
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Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Guitar picks (Dunlop green tortex)
- Bag of Goldfish crackers
- Stack of random Claremont-era X-Men comics
- Miller's Crossing on DVD
- Tony Gwynn rookie card
- Guitar picks (Dunlop green tortex)
- Bag of Goldfish crackers
- Stack of random Claremont-era X-Men comics
- Miller's Crossing on DVD
- Tony Gwynn rookie card
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Guitar picks (Dunlop green tortex)
- Bag of Goldfish crackers
- Stack of random Claremont-era X-Men comics
- Miller's Crossing on DVD
- Tony Gwynn rookie card
- Guitar picks (Dunlop green tortex)
- Bag of Goldfish crackers
- Stack of random Claremont-era X-Men comics
- Miller's Crossing on DVD
- Tony Gwynn rookie card
just learned what “flamping” (camping out of a bush plane) is and i might have a new life goal. would pair exceedingly well with my astronomy hobby.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 AM
just learned what “flamping” (camping out of a bush plane) is and i might have a new life goal. would pair exceedingly well with my astronomy hobby.
okay @jjco.bsky.social asked me to do a loot table for her and it’s:
- Fruit seltzer
- Sweater on needles (unfinished)
- Multi-tool
- Tinned fish
- Spinning wheel
- Fruit seltzer
- Sweater on needles (unfinished)
- Multi-tool
- Tinned fish
- Spinning wheel
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 AM
okay @jjco.bsky.social asked me to do a loot table for her and it’s:
- Fruit seltzer
- Sweater on needles (unfinished)
- Multi-tool
- Tinned fish
- Spinning wheel
- Fruit seltzer
- Sweater on needles (unfinished)
- Multi-tool
- Tinned fish
- Spinning wheel
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
-A half-empty can of Red Bull
-A worn copy of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"
-A tarot deck
-Dryer lint
-A persistent sense of unease
-A half-empty can of Red Bull
-A worn copy of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"
-A tarot deck
-Dryer lint
-A persistent sense of unease
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
-A half-empty can of Red Bull
-A worn copy of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"
-A tarot deck
-Dryer lint
-A persistent sense of unease
-A half-empty can of Red Bull
-A worn copy of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"
-A tarot deck
-Dryer lint
-A persistent sense of unease
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
- sea shells
- cookies
- blank notebooks
- tea sets
- puppies
- sea shells
- cookies
- blank notebooks
- tea sets
- puppies
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- sea shells
- cookies
- blank notebooks
- tea sets
- puppies
- sea shells
- cookies
- blank notebooks
- tea sets
- puppies
incredible incredible incredible content. like, imagine if garfield had a Down To Fuck tshirt, canonically
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
incredible incredible incredible content. like, imagine if garfield had a Down To Fuck tshirt, canonically
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
- two cool but shit condition cameras
- one mall watch
- one vape with a burnt coil
- three broken analog synth
- four linty pocket warmed jelly beans
- two cool but shit condition cameras
- one mall watch
- one vape with a burnt coil
- three broken analog synth
- four linty pocket warmed jelly beans
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- two cool but shit condition cameras
- one mall watch
- one vape with a burnt coil
- three broken analog synth
- four linty pocket warmed jelly beans
- two cool but shit condition cameras
- one mall watch
- one vape with a burnt coil
- three broken analog synth
- four linty pocket warmed jelly beans
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
- loose eurorack cables
- Lexapro
- a bag of pre ground coffee, decaf
- fresh Michigan cherries
- crocheted hat
- loose eurorack cables
- Lexapro
- a bag of pre ground coffee, decaf
- fresh Michigan cherries
- crocheted hat
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- loose eurorack cables
- Lexapro
- a bag of pre ground coffee, decaf
- fresh Michigan cherries
- crocheted hat
- loose eurorack cables
- Lexapro
- a bag of pre ground coffee, decaf
- fresh Michigan cherries
- crocheted hat
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- a dog leash
- Benchmade crooked river mini
- AirPods Pro
- a DW drum key and two Dunlop Jazz III picks
- a copy of COLOR TASTE TEXTURE
- a dog leash
- Benchmade crooked river mini
- AirPods Pro
- a DW drum key and two Dunlop Jazz III picks
- a copy of COLOR TASTE TEXTURE
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
so glad there’s a new love is blind season next week because if I don’t see trash soon ill die
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
so glad there’s a new love is blind season next week because if I don’t see trash soon ill die
garbage pail kid lookin ass
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
garbage pail kid lookin ass
you know who’s not in the epstein files? that’s right. tux the penguin
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM
you know who’s not in the epstein files? that’s right. tux the penguin
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I'm a thermal engineer and ... this is not possible. It's actually hilarious how impossible this is. Even with radiators with e=0.98, you would realistically need 3-5x that ideal area and massive heat pipes (which quickly lose efficiency as a function of length) to dissipate that much heat.
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I'm a thermal engineer and ... this is not possible. It's actually hilarious how impossible this is. Even with radiators with e=0.98, you would realistically need 3-5x that ideal area and massive heat pipes (which quickly lose efficiency as a function of length) to dissipate that much heat.
eat shit bill gates. lol you’re done on a bun dude
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
eat shit bill gates. lol you’re done on a bun dude
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Tonight’s sortie. See if you can spot the other RC airplanes and a tiny mt hood in the distance!
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Tonight’s sortie. See if you can spot the other RC airplanes and a tiny mt hood in the distance!
worth noting money absolutely can buy good will, and it doesn’t take very much. And Yet
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
worth noting money absolutely can buy good will, and it doesn’t take very much. And Yet
Tonight’s sortie. See if you can spot the other RC airplanes and a tiny mt hood in the distance!
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Tonight’s sortie. See if you can spot the other RC airplanes and a tiny mt hood in the distance!
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if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
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if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
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Lol, all I did was play Battletech once and I learned how space vacuum and heat dispersal works
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Lol, all I did was play Battletech once and I learned how space vacuum and heat dispersal works
NOOOOOOOOO NO NOOOOOOOOOO NONONONONO PLEASE LEARN WHAT A VACUUM IS
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
NOOOOOOOOO NO NOOOOOOOOOO NONONONONO PLEASE LEARN WHAT A VACUUM IS
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE