datboymcgee
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professional doohickey engineer, employed at thingamabob incorporated
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The "dusk chorus" - as evening falls on Mangala, its binary companion's infrastructure belt of orbiting power stations catches the sun, brightening to become a ring of stars circling the little Mars analog. (mocked up in Celestia)
December 14, 2024 at 5:56 AM
The "dusk chorus" - as evening falls on Mangala, its binary companion's infrastructure belt of orbiting power stations catches the sun, brightening to become a ring of stars circling the little Mars analog. (mocked up in Celestia)
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>turning the White House into a fucking Trump convention center
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
>turning the White House into a fucking Trump convention center
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July 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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even at the time, Mark Twain was roasting this kind of airless romanticization of aristocracy in the South as "the sillinesses and emptinesses, sham grandeurs, sham gauds, and sham chivalries of a brainless and worthless long-vanished society"
July 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
even at the time, Mark Twain was roasting this kind of airless romanticization of aristocracy in the South as "the sillinesses and emptinesses, sham grandeurs, sham gauds, and sham chivalries of a brainless and worthless long-vanished society"
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Theia: The Plot Device
Theia is commonly depicted as a generic airless planet with lava pools on its cratered surface...essentially the popular, outdated depiction of how Earth was when it was young. Here's my take on this hypothetical planet.
#astronomy #space #art #SolarSystem #planet #Theia
Theia is commonly depicted as a generic airless planet with lava pools on its cratered surface...essentially the popular, outdated depiction of how Earth was when it was young. Here's my take on this hypothetical planet.
#astronomy #space #art #SolarSystem #planet #Theia
July 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Theia: The Plot Device
Theia is commonly depicted as a generic airless planet with lava pools on its cratered surface...essentially the popular, outdated depiction of how Earth was when it was young. Here's my take on this hypothetical planet.
#astronomy #space #art #SolarSystem #planet #Theia
Theia is commonly depicted as a generic airless planet with lava pools on its cratered surface...essentially the popular, outdated depiction of how Earth was when it was young. Here's my take on this hypothetical planet.
#astronomy #space #art #SolarSystem #planet #Theia
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An archaic Martian launch vehicle
May 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An archaic Martian launch vehicle
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Memory, my only anchor, I love you!
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Memory, my only anchor, I love you!
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Laser-Thermal Rocket in Waterskiing configuration.
Less mass due to use of tensile structural members, and acceleration is in the same direction whether thrusting or spinning.
#lego #space #rocket #spacecraft #spaceship
Less mass due to use of tensile structural members, and acceleration is in the same direction whether thrusting or spinning.
#lego #space #rocket #spacecraft #spaceship
June 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Laser-Thermal Rocket in Waterskiing configuration.
Less mass due to use of tensile structural members, and acceleration is in the same direction whether thrusting or spinning.
#lego #space #rocket #spacecraft #spaceship
Less mass due to use of tensile structural members, and acceleration is in the same direction whether thrusting or spinning.
#lego #space #rocket #spacecraft #spaceship
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To the front, the National colors are unfurled, “the grand old ensign that first waved in battle at Saratoga in 1777, and which these people coming would rob of half its stars, stood up, and the west wind kissed it as the sergeants sloped its lance towards the enemy,” recalls Haskell
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To the front, the National colors are unfurled, “the grand old ensign that first waved in battle at Saratoga in 1777, and which these people coming would rob of half its stars, stood up, and the west wind kissed it as the sergeants sloped its lance towards the enemy,” recalls Haskell
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i think we've bred our politicians to mostly be cowards because they think their job is following polls instead of shaping them, like there has been a profound regression in political leadership over the past few generations, which coincides with the total collapse of Congress as a governing body
cowardice is a much bigger problem that outright evil or cartoonish corruption
i think a vast majority of democrats are basically good, with a significant portion of them being really indecisive cowards until faced with the obvious, but there are a lot of stinkers
June 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i think we've bred our politicians to mostly be cowards because they think their job is following polls instead of shaping them, like there has been a profound regression in political leadership over the past few generations, which coincides with the total collapse of Congress as a governing body
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Hegseth bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched about fitness standards and ivory tower officers and, ugh, 'dust on your boots' and he immediately hands field grade commissions to out of shape nerds who put his brother on a corporate board or some shit.
Silicon Valley Execs Join the Army as Officers (But Won't Have to Attend Boot Camp)
Silicon Valley Execs Join the Army as Officers (But Won't Have to Attend Boot Camp)
The tech industry is fully on board, but the rank and file won't have to do time as grunts.
gizmodo.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hegseth bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched about fitness standards and ivory tower officers and, ugh, 'dust on your boots' and he immediately hands field grade commissions to out of shape nerds who put his brother on a corporate board or some shit.
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A surface Mass Driver hands off passenger pods to a rotovator.
Mass Drivers can also throw directly into orbit, but without an atmosphere in the way a rotovator or vertical skyhook can reach down directly to a surface track.
#space #lego #massdriver #rotovator #skyhook
Mass Drivers can also throw directly into orbit, but without an atmosphere in the way a rotovator or vertical skyhook can reach down directly to a surface track.
#space #lego #massdriver #rotovator #skyhook
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A surface Mass Driver hands off passenger pods to a rotovator.
Mass Drivers can also throw directly into orbit, but without an atmosphere in the way a rotovator or vertical skyhook can reach down directly to a surface track.
#space #lego #massdriver #rotovator #skyhook
Mass Drivers can also throw directly into orbit, but without an atmosphere in the way a rotovator or vertical skyhook can reach down directly to a surface track.
#space #lego #massdriver #rotovator #skyhook
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A disgraceful moment for a great battalion.
BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
June 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A disgraceful moment for a great battalion.
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Chat, is it good when your military in a liberal democracy is talking about Tiananmen Square
"They are also worried about a potential Tiananmen Square moment where you have a protester standing in front of a tank. That is not what America is supposed to look like."
U.S. Officials Fear ‘Tiananmen Square Moment’ at Trump’s Military Parade
U.S. officials are reportedly worried about “a potential Tiananmen Square moment” at Trump’s military parade on Saturday.
www.mediaite.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Chat, is it good when your military in a liberal democracy is talking about Tiananmen Square
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Really not beating the Prussia 1806 allegations
So let’s do a quick review, SecDef: drunk and not capable of performing the duties when sober
OSD: lol unstaffed
CJCS: not qualified for the postion, and lacks the personal relationships to carry out the position.
Sec. army thinks there’s an army officer on the moon
USAF and USN: interim heads
OSD: lol unstaffed
CJCS: not qualified for the postion, and lacks the personal relationships to carry out the position.
Sec. army thinks there’s an army officer on the moon
USAF and USN: interim heads
"Hegseth was different after Signalgate, according to six people in a position to know. He was more prone to anger and less likely to be clean-shaven in the morning."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
June 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Really not beating the Prussia 1806 allegations
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Hey wait a second. That's illegal.
BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
June 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey wait a second. That's illegal.
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The World is crowded and angry in the 201st Century
June 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The World is crowded and angry in the 201st Century
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A major cause of the Revolution of 1848 in Prussia was the use of troops in police functions. Troops were prone to violence in part because of lack of training. The uniform became to be reviled by the public.
Immigration enforcement by troops sets a dangerous precedent, Purdy notes, as they “would be thrust into scenarios they are not trained to navigate, increasing the risk of escalation, legal missteps, civil rights violations, and long-term damage to both civil-military relations and public trust”
I appreciated the opportunity this Memorial Day to write this piece in the @theunpopulist.net on why the politicization and domestic deployment of our military is dangerous for democracy—and damaging for our armed forces.
Here’s what’s at stake:
Here’s what’s at stake:
May 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A major cause of the Revolution of 1848 in Prussia was the use of troops in police functions. Troops were prone to violence in part because of lack of training. The uniform became to be reviled by the public.
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GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND WE KNOW YOU'RE HARBORING NEW COVID VARIANTS
May 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND WE KNOW YOU'RE HARBORING NEW COVID VARIANTS
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"Make a joke that was a bit edgy" is literally this meme
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"Make a joke that was a bit edgy" is literally this meme
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Many are saying
May 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Many are saying
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do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?
Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Medicaid: "The person we're taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work."
May 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?
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American bushido, the obsession with lethality, warrior ethos, and tactical “merit” was the logical endpoint of an all volunteer professional military. But it’s bleeding into the rest of American society in increasingly unhealthy ways. My latest⬇️
The Rise of American Bushido
Part I: The Cult of Lethality, Warrior Ethos, and Tactical Prowess Rolled into One
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
American bushido, the obsession with lethality, warrior ethos, and tactical “merit” was the logical endpoint of an all volunteer professional military. But it’s bleeding into the rest of American society in increasingly unhealthy ways. My latest⬇️