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Dan B.

@birchall

Village idiot in a series of extremely smart villages. Likes: Earth, images, music, space, tech, travel, words Dislikes: Abuse & Spam

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I thought you could only instablock on Instagram. πŸ€”

14.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Starcloud - 5 GW Data Centers in Space, Landscape - September 2024
Starcloud - 5 GW Data Centers in Space, Landscape - September 2024 YouTube video by Starcloud

Are they still talking about doing 4km-square solar arrays? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichl...

14.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3?
Electric, acoustic...?
6-string, 12-string, bass?
Lead, rhythm, bass?
Shred, classical...?
I'm lost.

07.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, but if you were a head of state, you would think.

01.03.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I usually search justice.gov/epstein and didn't find your name there. Do you feel left out?

19.02.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A-ha, that's why they crave electrolytes. Brawndo's got electrolytes.

09.02.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The trouble with Tahitian Tribbles...

07.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How do you do a Doctor-Evil "bites pinky" move before the word "million" in a written application? πŸ€” Anyway, they're clearly doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, to guarantee employment for all of us in the space domain awareness field. πŸ™„

31.01.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, we'll find out whether neon signs are visible from space.

30.01.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember being all excited about TLEs using Alpha-5 getting us another quarter-million possible objects... sigh. πŸ€”

26.01.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also whenever someone says "nominal" or "anomaly" ... and in my line of work, I hear one or the other multiple times a day.

23.01.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm. πŸ€”

22.01.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had never thought of β€œWeekend at Ginsbernies” until now, but you have a point.

21.01.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was just singing that in the shower this morning (as one does).

21.01.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After 20 years of working in windowless control rooms at observatories and such, at least one of which was in a basement, I feel ready. Where do I sign up?

18.01.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€” was there some existing object that happened to go over relatively near where that one was expected to be, or something?

18.01.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Winning elections *should* be about choosing "everybody else" -- but you also have to get "everybody else" to stop believing that making the rich richer is going to also benefit them, real soon now. πŸ™„

13.01.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Autocorrect makes your profile say you're a "Symantec Thinker" and you don't notice, that's okay, since you clearly don't have the language skills to be a "Semantic Thinker." πŸ€”

10.01.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoever has the most vices?

06.01.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why are there never followup questions like "Mister Secretary, can you give an example of something the Cuban government has done that's a problem? Or an example of something the Cuban government has done... at all?"

04.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder why they didn't just say the voice stuff was "to further enhance multilingual customer service," or some such. I would've found that plausible.

04.01.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Massachusetts implemented some sort of extra income tax for rich folks, lots of people said rich folks would leave, tax revenues so far don't look like they left. Hope it works as well for California.

27.12.2025 04:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He already got the FIFA Peace Prize, and Nigeria didn't qualify for the 2026 World Cup, so he doesn't have to worry about being booed at their games.

26.12.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is the bΓ»che de noΓ«l always gun-shaped, or is this one specific to this year, your family, or your sister?

26.12.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! I'm used to seeing pictures from folks on Maunakea, but never had any idea it'd be visible from Haleakala.

24.12.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just look at what Smorkin' did to all those Labbits.

19.12.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to work and missed the Airing of Presidential Grievances, but I guess this means the Festivus season is officially upon us!

18.12.2025 11:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A mesozoic-themed folk act called John Denver the Last Dinosaur

17.12.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But Szmyt had another day where he scored ALL his team's points!

15.12.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And then there was a time where bands would drop a non-anthem that long in the middle of a concept album and no one would realize it was that long. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9v6... πŸ€”

05.12.2025 03:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0