Tom - KB9ENS
@kb9ens.mastodon.radio.ap.brid.gy
Hey viewer of my bio. I simply cannot be bothered to set up multiple masto accounts. No guarantees this will stick to any topic in particular. My Bookwyrm (fedi […]
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Woot! In two! Long repeated letters help but I’ll take the win. I copied today's #morsle at 40 WPM on hard mode! https://morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Woot! In two! Long repeated letters help but I’ll take the win. I copied today's #morsle at 40 WPM on hard mode! https://morsle.fun
4 General upgrades and 3 new Technicians. Not bad for an after Thanksgiving session. #HamRadio.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
4 General upgrades and 3 new Technicians. Not bad for an after Thanksgiving session. #HamRadio.
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Lmao this is a long shot, but are any GeoGuessr champs able to help me with a dumb problem
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Lmao this is a long shot, but are any GeoGuessr champs able to help me with a dumb problem
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
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Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
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Good essay on how automated license plate readers are abused, and also in particular their threat to women.
The Police State Gets Flocked
"Among those punished: an Ohio officer who pleaded guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and who looked up information on her; a Michigan officer who looked […]
The Police State Gets Flocked
"Among those punished: an Ohio officer who pleaded guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and who looked up information on her; a Michigan officer who looked […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good essay on how automated license plate readers are abused, and also in particular their threat to women.
The Police State Gets Flocked
"Among those punished: an Ohio officer who pleaded guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and who looked up information on her; a Michigan officer who looked […]
The Police State Gets Flocked
"Among those punished: an Ohio officer who pleaded guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and who looked up information on her; a Michigan officer who looked […]
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#Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so #SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so #SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
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Jair #bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year #prison term for plotting #brazil #coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
👏👏👏👏
#law #democracy #sedition #conspiracy #insurrection […]
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
👏👏👏👏
#law #democracy #sedition #conspiracy #insurrection […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Jair #bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year #prison term for plotting #brazil #coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
👏👏👏👏
#law #democracy #sedition #conspiracy #insurrection […]
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
👏👏👏👏
#law #democracy #sedition #conspiracy #insurrection […]
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Exit strategy? What’s that? 😄🤪🙄
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Exit strategy? What’s that? 😄🤪🙄
Hey #nerds Sarah is up with a new Connections Museum video wherein she and team explains in wonderful detail how. “What’s the point of having something old and real if there’s just a computer hidden inside making it go?”
https://youtu.be/uGKZj5ZXjNc?si=GjTtQtyzuEQBAyp_ @connections
https://youtu.be/uGKZj5ZXjNc?si=GjTtQtyzuEQBAyp_ @connections
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Hey #nerds Sarah is up with a new Connections Museum video wherein she and team explains in wonderful detail how. “What’s the point of having something old and real if there’s just a computer hidden inside making it go?”
https://youtu.be/uGKZj5ZXjNc?si=GjTtQtyzuEQBAyp_ @connections
https://youtu.be/uGKZj5ZXjNc?si=GjTtQtyzuEQBAyp_ @connections
Dispatch, sweet gentleman and follow me. #page42 #page42sentence2
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Dispatch, sweet gentleman and follow me. #page42 #page42sentence2
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The Baltimore Banner: Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
11/19/2025 5:44 p.m.
"...Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she last lived in as a child […]
11/19/2025 5:44 p.m.
"...Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she last lived in as a child […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Baltimore Banner: Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
11/19/2025 5:44 p.m.
"...Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she last lived in as a child […]
11/19/2025 5:44 p.m.
"...Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she last lived in as a child […]
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Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
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Fishcat vs. spear rat. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 161v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fishcat vs. spear rat. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 161v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
Today’s #sota was San Guillermo Mountain in Ventura County California. Nice views fun #hamradio times etc.
but… who you may ask is San Guillermo!? Glad you asked… He was a Frenchman who was told by the pope to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem… when he came back […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
but… who you may ask is San Guillermo!? Glad you asked… He was a Frenchman who was told by the pope to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem… when he came back […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Today’s #sota was San Guillermo Mountain in Ventura County California. Nice views fun #hamradio times etc.
but… who you may ask is San Guillermo!? Glad you asked… He was a Frenchman who was told by the pope to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem… when he came back […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
but… who you may ask is San Guillermo!? Glad you asked… He was a Frenchman who was told by the pope to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem… when he came back […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
Today’s #sota activation of Frazier Mountain brought to you by my 1980s vintage Kenwood. This radio requires an external cure to do iambic keying, but for some reason, it wasn’t working this morning probably the cold. I had to revert to my straight key which […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today’s #sota activation of Frazier Mountain brought to you by my 1980s vintage Kenwood. This radio requires an external cure to do iambic keying, but for some reason, it wasn’t working this morning probably the cold. I had to revert to my straight key which […]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
[Original post on mastodon.radio]
RE: https://mastodon.radio/@VE2UWY/115510818048781632
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mastodon.radio
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
RE: https://mastodon.radio/@VE2UWY/115510818048781632
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My last post showed where Venera 3 entered the atmosphere of Venus, with the surface mapped as we know it now. At the time this was utterly unknown. This region was not even in the area covered by those radar images. But let's look closer anyway. This map […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
My last post showed where Venera 3 entered the atmosphere of Venus, with the surface mapped as we know it now. At the time this was utterly unknown. This region was not even in the area covered by those radar images. But let's look closer anyway. This map […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
#worldseries
I for one only ever listen to the #radio recordings of the 1944 world series. Being raised outside St Lou I find the city having two teams to be a novelty. Plus ... everyone is dead. Takes the anxiety out of the game for me.
https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio
I for one only ever listen to the #radio recordings of the 1944 world series. Being raised outside St Lou I find the city having two teams to be a novelty. Plus ... everyone is dead. Takes the anxiety out of the game for me.
https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
#worldseries
I for one only ever listen to the #radio recordings of the 1944 world series. Being raised outside St Lou I find the city having two teams to be a novelty. Plus ... everyone is dead. Takes the anxiety out of the game for me.
https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio
I for one only ever listen to the #radio recordings of the 1944 world series. Being raised outside St Lou I find the city having two teams to be a novelty. Plus ... everyone is dead. Takes the anxiety out of the game for me.
https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio
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The USA are "World" Champions again for 33rd year in a row.
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The USA are "World" Champions again for 33rd year in a row.
I take from the fireworks that a sport game has ended?
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I take from the fireworks that a sport game has ended?
Main #hamradio station off the air due to house maintenance means... Time to deal with QSL cards. I had two years of "buro" cards (about 9) to deal with and a handful of directs. A first for me was a SWL card via buro from a #sota activation I did in the UK in 2021. Oldest QSO confirmed today […]
Original post on mastodon.radio
mastodon.radio
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM