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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 17h

Because there isn’t enough crap already going on with travel. There’s a New Luggage Scam Targeting Checked Bags—Here’s What You Need to Know - Travel Leisure apple.news/ADWmNePj3T62...

There’s a New Luggage Scam Targeting Checked Bags—Here’s What You Need to Know — Travel + Leisure

Scammers are reportedly stealing baggage tags to file fake “lost luggage” claims and collect compensation.

apple.news

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks.

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 20h

For about 5 minutes at a time. Why can’t we have great optical coatings keep them clean by themselves?

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 20h

Because they are heavier or because they are lighter? I will say my low profile run flat tires are a disaster from a replacement standpoint due to damage by not wear and tear. Don’t know anything about tire sizing on EVs generally.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 22h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 1d

There has been continued sabotage against telecoms infrastructure along roads of southeast Sweden. These are the roads, ports and railways necessary for moving troops to Gotland

Yesterday it was revealed that a fiber optic cable undergoing maintenance has been cut on several spots along highway E22

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

Intelligence agencies say that Russian spies, posing as diplomats, often run assets or operations beyond their host countries, in order to better elude surveillance on.ft.com/4pZoHgg

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount

Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomats

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23h

Germany will authorize police to shoot down threatening drones, says the interior minister. The country is also exchanging information with Israel and Ukraine to strengthen its own anti-drone defenses. -AFP

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23h

Thales Belgium CEO Quevrin reports increased drone flights over top secret factories in recent months, including Evegnee Fort site in eastern Liege region.-Politico Europe

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 23h

Isn't it always this way?

The four horsemen of the apocalypse in the movie are not what I was expecting from reading the book first.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

#WarRavagedPortland

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 23h

Alternatively method: microwave until one spot is hotter than the sun and will burn your tongue and the roof of your mouth and the rest is still frozen.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 1d

NextEra SVP Petter Skantze says battery storage is now “the cheapest form of new capacity” in the US w/ “order of magnitude” faster deployment than gas w/ more modularity & flexible siting to enable higher system utilization & large load integration — #GridFWD in Monterey, CA 🔌💡

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 1d

This was probably the only thing I remember absolutely being opposed to in Spanish food. I wasn’t a fan of blood sausage, but I drew the line at crayfish heads. Nope. But I do appreciate how so many people love them. Just not me.

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

I would, too.

James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

And by real I mean that there are effects not that it’s an actual dissertation. I doubt it is. But it could be!

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, this is funny. And real.

Dissertation cover page with title “The Psychological Effects of Reviewer-2 on Early Career Researchers”

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

Same but at the mall. (Yes, they still exist!)

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

Another interesting area of innovation - could be useful, too, in tracking ships thought to be launching drones over, for instance, Western NATO countries. Might also be useful in places like the South China Sea and any narrow sea lanes.

James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Undersea cable attacks drive sea drone development — Stark's Vanta unmanned vessels could be an affordable solution to protecting vital infrastructure

Sensor-packed mass-produced craft have a range of up to 900 nautical miles (1,667 km).

www.tomshardware.com

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting range of options, policy and separation of responsibilities. www.dw.com/en/german-ar...

How Germany plans to fix its drone problem – DW – 10/02/2025

Germany's army was only recently equipped with armed combat drones. And the country has plenty of work to do when it comes to defending against enemy drones in German skies.

www.dw.com

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 6d

I used to enjoy video gaming. The last time I opened one I used to play regularly was 2008. I bought Starfield with the intent of trying to game again, played about 2.5 hours, and that was 2 years ago now. I tried Civilization V a few years ago for about 4 hours. Did I change?

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 9d

It looks like Osmosis (2025) by Agnès Largeaud is the 1,000th game added to this list on @boardgamegeek.com! 🎉

Thanks to @mcfluffy.bsky.social for that one, and to several others who contributed yesterday, including @bartgamedesign.bsky.social and @sblendito.bsky.social! Keep 'em coming!

Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 10d

I just noticed this list is up to 988 games. Who wants to find the missing 12 that will get us to 1000?
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/297...

Games by Women & People of Marginalized Genders

There are several other geeklists that limit themselves in some way (one game per designer, noteworthy games). What if we tried to make a list that has all the games we know of that have at least one ...

boardgamegeek.com

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James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social · 10d

I understand the sentiment, but I also think throwing out useful experience and expertise is a problem. The right guardrails need to be there (and there is evidence we don't get them right), but if we are going to get "all of nation" to address our threats, we need to include those who can help. 2¢

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