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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 5h

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of crayfish
Matsuo Gassan (Japanese, 1815–1875)
School: Ôtsuki School (Japanese)Japanese, Edo period, mid-19th century
Credit Line:Charles Goddard Weld Collection
MFA Boston

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 3h

Already been, but will if I go back!

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 3h

Got a motor, some phenolic cams and what I think are little inverter circuits

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 4h

It's a lot like Active used to be!

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 4h

Oh no

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 4h

Yesssss

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 13h

in 2007, steve jobs promised an all-in-one device that would serve as a cell phone, an ipod, and an internet device. what he introduced next was the Mac Pack: a 135-pound backpack with a pull-over steel dome housing a computer monitor, a 14-foot aerial antenna, and a 900-foot retractable power cable

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 12h

Vivid memories of being bitten by my grandmother's Chihuahua after my mom thought it would be funny to teach me how to say "give me the bone" in Russian.

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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 13h

Concept: transporter-erector-launcher for medium range ballistic missiles disguised as the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 15h

#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.

Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script.

Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 13h

Oh wow

Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 13h

In which Jucika invents the kegerator

Jucika @jucikadaily.bsky.social · 14h

Jucika loves beer.
palackozott sör-bottled beer.
elfogyott-sold out

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photoblair.bsky.social @photoblair.bsky.social · 14h

Parthenogenesis would be an awesome ShriekGabriel cover band.

Scot Turner @scotturner.bsky.social · 16h

Toronto Concert History: 40 years ago today - October 8, 1985 - Shriekback play The Diamond. Vital Sines opened.

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John Coulthart @johncoulthart.com · 14h

You've got the album but have you got the mini-CD? From the brief time when Virgin was pushing these things on a reluctant public.

A 3-inch CD: Another Green World - The Title Music Of Arena (1989) by Brian Eno.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 14h

TOILET SLOTH

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 14h

Coming TODAY to TetZoo the blog, SLOTHS once more...

screengrabs showing old Tet Zoo articles on sloths...

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 15h

Good news, I guess, but “one unit of power” offends my physics and math sensibilities.

They never define what this is, or clarify if they actually mean energy. It’s never compared to anything that would give it context. The number is arbitrary.

Euronews @euronews.com · 20h

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15h

After trillions of Euro in investment and years of grueling (and some say dangerous) experimentation, the Large Pasta Collider has yielded another critical breakthrough in the fundamental physics of pasta dishes.

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

``Pasta alla Cacio e pepe'' is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce ca...

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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TorinnKimbatuul @torinnkimbatuul.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, I work basically parallel to this concept if you want some information.

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arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · 1d

Welp

www.qualcomm.com/news/release...

Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino—Accelerating Developers’ Access to its Leading Edge Computing and AI

www.qualcomm.com

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone waiting for their moment to explain zebrafish antibody staining, today is your day

Meredith Lowry @meredithlowry.bsky.social · 1d

Today in design patents:

D1097199 issued a multi-depth spiral milli fluidic device for whole mount zebrafish antibody staining.

100% only included it for this title. I don't know anything about zebrafish antibody staining but I'm surprised this wasn't shortened.

#DesignPatents

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 2d

Minneapolis, I love you. ❤️

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Electron Valve @electronvalve.co · 2d

Here is a fun project from James Akers - and if you're in New York, he occasionally teaches classes at Urban Glass.

hackaday.com/2025/10/05/w...

expressional.social/@JamesAkers/...

Wearable Neon Necklaces Run On Battery Power

We typically think of neon signs as big commercial advertisements, hanging inside windows and lofted on tall signposts outside highway-adjacent businesses. [James Akers] has gone the other route wi…

hackaday.com

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly the premise of a film every Canadian kid my age saw a million times:
youtu.be/G2r7YoyKDiM?...

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