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We're All Mad (Online) Here @cerulea.bsky.social · 5h

He simply cannot resist the siren's call of Cat Tail. The cat has been so graciously tolerant. #birds CC @banditelli.org

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

😂

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 11h

I guess this is a general travel thread. Wizz Air states that you are not allow to carry either sharp objects or blunt objects with you on board the flight. I struggle a little with this, ontologically.

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Full of Helena 🇵🇸 @thegayagenda95.bsky.social · 20h

Therapist: “Anime George Constanza isn’t real, he can’t hurt you.

Anime George Costanza: (see image)”

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 7h

The fundamental physics of the universe are tired of being blamed for the screw-ups of human people 😑

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William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.social · 7h

Leaving the Kennedy Space Center today, got a nice view of a New Glenn first stage heading to the pad…

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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 9h

it’s Neal Stephenson’s world, we’re just living in it

Sean Dague @dague.net · 9h

I think highly subsidized L3 creates dangerous arbitrage escape that makes the whole system even more expensive.

eTransit vans full of Bitcoin mining hardware kind of arbitrage escape.

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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 9h

full disclosure: my mom and I are sharing a Kia EV6 and I charge it overnight in the free slow ass L2 village charger and take those electrons home in the morning like a kid with a bucket of water on my head

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Cosmic Clau @cosmicclau.bsky.social · 16h

autocorrect keeps changing but to bit and in to I and at this point I don't believe it has any interest in being helpful and is just trying to be a massive prick

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21h

A shameful continued destruction of the innovation engine of the United States. For nothing! For no reason!

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

doomscroll break

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Flying Circuits @flyingcircuits.bsky.social · 11h

This accounting of what's been going on at NASA is a gut punch.

It describes the preparations they're making for upcoming disastrous (AND ILLEGAL) cuts in funding, and the first losses of priceless facilities, hardware, and staffing.

Burning our investment.
Dismantling our future.
#saveNASA

Shea (she/her) @solarshea.bsky.social · 1d

Shared with permission from Carl Stahle, Retired, Vice President of Goddard Retirees and Alumni Association, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center

Link in the document text: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

(Original LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/carl-s...)

@roguenasa.altgov.info

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Shea (she/her) @solarshea.bsky.social · 1d

Shared with permission from Carl Stahle, Retired, Vice President of Goddard Retirees and Alumni Association, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center

Link in the document text: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

(Original LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/carl-s...)

@roguenasa.altgov.info

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Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 14h

Dolly Parton's sister asked for prayers because Dolly's feeling unwell. The reaction across social media - from those of all faiths and none - suggests that if an American wins the Nobel Peace Prize, it should be this generous, kind, hardworking joybringer.
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Dolly Parton's sister provides update after telling fans to pray for star

Freida Parton concerned fans with a social media message saying she was "was up all night praying" for the country music icon.

www.newsweek.com

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · Apr 24

Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/

Screenshot of skeet about a Hungarian engineer who got stopped at the airport and was sent home rather than being admitted to the USA. The visible text of the article says "Gabor watned to spend just three months in America. He had arranged with his workplace" and then it's cut off.

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Flying Circuits @flyingcircuits.bsky.social · 13h

LOGGING ON (🏅)

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 17h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 1d

Processing Astro data is like artwork… eventually you develop your own personal style…

Mine is a bit like being punched the face by a rainbow. 😂

😂 look, Life can be incredibly stressful at times so it’s nice to have a pop of colour to bring a bit of joy to life.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 3d

I’ve said it before, but chatbot user interfaces that pretend to be human or human-like need to be banned.

It’s a deceitful, dehumanizing and deeply unethical scam.

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Flying Circuits @flyingcircuits.bsky.social · 18h

Apologies; I didn't recognize "wiki" as a top-level domain. 💀 I'll be in Rura Penthe if you need me!

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 20h

Not only does this torpedo billions of dollars of private investments, and thousands of American jobs, but it also means that future industrial policy won’t be effective because firms can’t trust the US government to honor contracts.

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

heatmap.news

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Softail @black-softail.net · 20h

wizard frog is the tank man of Portland and I am so ready for it

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 20h

Again, I just want to reiterate: we are in a golden age for people that want to crime. Go plan the most elaborate heist you can imagine. You'll get away with it, all the feds are otherwise occupied.

CNN @cnn.com · 21h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 19h

A couple more lights on the rotting corpse at the back right of the 2nd picture and I'm done with Halloween until it's time to release the wolves from the basement in two weeks.

halloween props lit in a variety of colors in a yard. mostly tombstones and bones

halloween props lit in a variety of colors in a yard. zombies, ghouls, skeletons

close up of cemetery but the plague doctor is better lit this time.

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Mike Raphone @cheatlines.co · 19h

At the library for 10 years today. On my first day i looked out the window at my new desk and saw these glowing yellow trees over the HVAC units and thought "This might just work"

Glowing yellow aspen seen from a flat roof supporting a large hvac unit

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Christian Lane is my name not a preachy road @chrstianlane.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man. Do I have to light this?

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