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Will Work for Launch. Spacecraft troubleshooter at Flying Circuits. Building hardware for the ISS (and beyond!) with BioServe Space Technologies at CU Boulder. Former toymaking elf at Sparkfun Electronics. Friend of parrots. He/him/ally.

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Agreed!

07.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I (he/him) have gotten SO many social $ for simply stepping in to do the dishes at dinner parties; it's literally the least I can do and disturbing that it's not the norm.

07.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it markwaynes or markswayne

05.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2

Oof. πŸ˜” And also with you.πŸ™πŸ»

07.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a country we simply love to fuck around and truly believe we will never find out

07.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The world may suck, but it sucks less as long as anonymous weirdos are sending obscure niche art out into the ether.

07.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A United regional CRJ achieving deliverance via the blessed green spray of multiple deicing trucks. Amen.

A United regional CRJ achieving deliverance via the blessed green spray of multiple deicing trucks. Amen.

Listening to my fellow passengers gripe about our deicing delay, and remembering the wise words of my aero professor who spake thus: "the Top of the Wing is Sacred"πŸ™πŸ»

07.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target The binary asteroid's orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact.

Big day for #DARTMission alums, as here’s some more work released today!

Remember how we said that yes, we were technically also changing Didymos’s orbit around the Sun, but by a small, unmeasurable amount?

So, it _was_ a very small amount but Rahil Makadia et al showed it was _not_ unmeasurable.

06.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm still disappointed from way back when 🍎 changed from 🌈 to βšͺ

06.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Deal with it! πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜‚

06.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2777 πŸ” 665 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 46

80s computers were woke.

06.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Apple logo

Apple logo

Commodore 64 logo

Commodore 64 logo

ZX Spectrum logo

ZX Spectrum logo

Amiga logo

Amiga logo

Rainbows in computer logos 🌈

06.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9
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Ever Wanted To Know What It Smelled Like Before Getting Eaten By A T. Rex? Good News – You Can! London’s Natural History Museum had to swap out T. rex breath for β€œMaastrichtian Miasma” because it was too disgusting.

I spoke to @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social yesterday about making synthetic T. rex breath for Sue’s exhibit!

www.iflscience.com/what-did-t-r...

06.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sign says honey I shrunk the kids taped to a glass window. Beneath it a tiny bear, axolotl, goose and flamingo

Sign says honey I shrunk the kids taped to a glass window. Beneath it a tiny bear, axolotl, goose and flamingo

Then disaster struck.

This appeared in the atrium and the giant goose, bear(s), axolotl and flamingo are GONE

24.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Which of these two arcades is the "world largest"β€”and does it matter? While semantics count for some, gamers win either way.

Yes, there are two arcades in the US labeled as the world’s largest, and while that may seem a bit paradoxical, a visit to both proves that while only one can be the biggest, both are the greatest.

06.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
Snowy pine trees under a starry night sky filled with the colorful clouds and stars of the Milky Way core. Photo: Bill Dunford. Fuck Musk.

Snowy pine trees under a starry night sky filled with the colorful clouds and stars of the Milky Way core. Photo: Bill Dunford. Fuck Musk.

Want to say FU to Musk and save worldwide skies from two supervillain plans to disfigure them?

SpaceX wants to launch a million sats. Reflect Orbital wants to provide "sunlight on demand" using huge space mirrors.

Step-by-step how-to for FCC comments. Takes 15 min:

darksky.org/news/two-sat...

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A four-panel comic strip featuring Millie and her Mom, two foxes.
First panel:
Millie: (in bed) "MAHHHHHHHM!"
Second panel:
Mom: "What is it, honey?
Millie: "I had a really really bad dream!"
Third panel:
Millie: "I dreamed I had to come up with something funny to say EVERY DAY!!"
Fourth panel:
Mom: "That's a nightmare?"
Millie: "Well, partly I just like to complain."

A four-panel comic strip featuring Millie and her Mom, two foxes. First panel: Millie: (in bed) "MAHHHHHHHM!" Second panel: Mom: "What is it, honey? Millie: "I had a really really bad dream!" Third panel: Millie: "I dreamed I had to come up with something funny to say EVERY DAY!!" Fourth panel: Mom: "That's a nightmare?" Millie: "Well, partly I just like to complain."

I think every cartoonist has drawn some version of this.
ozyandmillie.org/2003/04-25/i...

06.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

How am I going to gyre and gimble in the wabe without my laudanum?

06.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bored of Peace

06.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if you could update The West Wing for 2026 by adding a laugh track.

06.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A one month chart of oil prices

A one month chart of oil prices

Oil prices are going parabolic. This is insane.

06.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1490 πŸ” 376 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 392
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a pig is sticking its head out of a car window and holding a red straw and says weeeee . Alt: a pig is sticking its head out of a car window and holding a red straw and says weeeee .
06.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ask your doctor about Medicationβ„’

06.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Early medieval bone pin… oops, sorry, Mesolithic bone pin

06.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning from @hookland.bsky.social

06.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about a future archaeologist digging up one of my coffee mugs and authoring a paper on how I held it as I stirred it based on the scuff marks; opposite the handle for some reason. Good morning! πŸ’€

06.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf you’re going to put your hand in your pocket during trial do it elegantly like Cary Grant would” I told my law students.

β€œCary Grant” I repeated. Blank stares.

β€œGeorge Clooney?” Stares.

Arthritis can’t compete with this pain.

06.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

08.09.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 14076 πŸ” 2912 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 288

β€œI’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. β€œI don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. β€œMaybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

08.09.2025 00:51 πŸ‘ 12583 πŸ” 2351 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 78