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Amateur rocketeer, FreeCAD developer, government employee, and reluctant runner. Opinions are my own.
I'll follow you back if you're interesting and posts original, unless your feed is in a language I don't understand. I find a lot of things interesting.
I'll follow you back if you're interesting and posts original, unless your feed is in a language I don't understand. I find a lot of things interesting.
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Lest We Forget
Wreath laying at the Newfoundland War Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Park, July 1, 1926
(In Newfoundland and Labrador, we honour those who served on both Remembrance Day and on July 1st, Memorial Day)
From PANL Item A 11-168
Wreath laying at the Newfoundland War Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Park, July 1, 1926
(In Newfoundland and Labrador, we honour those who served on both Remembrance Day and on July 1st, Memorial Day)
From PANL Item A 11-168
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Lest We Forget
Wreath laying at the Newfoundland War Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Park, July 1, 1926
(In Newfoundland and Labrador, we honour those who served on both Remembrance Day and on July 1st, Memorial Day)
From PANL Item A 11-168
Wreath laying at the Newfoundland War Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Park, July 1, 1926
(In Newfoundland and Labrador, we honour those who served on both Remembrance Day and on July 1st, Memorial Day)
From PANL Item A 11-168
First snow of the year (5-30 cm expected) but I have fresh baked bread and a pork roast in the oven. Not a bad day to be indoors 🙂#CanadianLife
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
First snow of the year (5-30 cm expected) but I have fresh baked bread and a pork roast in the oven. Not a bad day to be indoors 🙂#CanadianLife
Um, wait... what!?!
Alan Arnett Mcleod was a hero.
While seriously wounded, he stood on the wing of his burning plane and flew it back to Allied territory. After he crash-landed, he carried his injured observer to safety while under heavy fire.
This is his amazing story.
🧵 1/11
While seriously wounded, he stood on the wing of his burning plane and flew it back to Allied territory. After he crash-landed, he carried his injured observer to safety while under heavy fire.
This is his amazing story.
🧵 1/11
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Um, wait... what!?!
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🪸 Reef Dreams VI ⭐ Ft. Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🪸 Reef Dreams VI ⭐ Ft. Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
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Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”
Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”
OROMOCTO, NB - A local man almost lost his home yesterday after his Amazon Alexa smart home device burst into flames. Lloyd Wentworth, 38, says the fire started as he was preparing dinner in his bunga...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”
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More fixes this week in #FreeCAD
We plan on creating a 1.1 release branch next week with a first Release Candidate version.
There are still around 15 blocker issues which need to be fixed before the stable release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/10/22/w...
We plan on creating a 1.1 release branch next week with a first Release Candidate version.
There are still around 15 blocker issues which need to be fixed before the stable release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/10/22/w...
WIP Wednesday, 22 October 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: PaddleStroke added code to prevent Polar Pattern and Offset from creating reversed arcs and fixed another bug where Ctrl+A would not select points …
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October 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
More fixes this week in #FreeCAD
We plan on creating a 1.1 release branch next week with a first Release Candidate version.
There are still around 15 blocker issues which need to be fixed before the stable release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/10/22/w...
We plan on creating a 1.1 release branch next week with a first Release Candidate version.
There are still around 15 blocker issues which need to be fixed before the stable release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/10/22/w...
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Significant Dates in our Naval History
21OCT 1910
HMCS Niobe arrives in Halifax,1st Canadian warship to arrive at her base in Canada for the nascent Canadian navy
When HMCS Niobe was acquired in 1910,it rushed to arrive in Halifax on Trafalgar Day
2014-This day was changed to Niobe Day by the RCN
21OCT 1910
HMCS Niobe arrives in Halifax,1st Canadian warship to arrive at her base in Canada for the nascent Canadian navy
When HMCS Niobe was acquired in 1910,it rushed to arrive in Halifax on Trafalgar Day
2014-This day was changed to Niobe Day by the RCN
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Significant Dates in our Naval History
21OCT 1910
HMCS Niobe arrives in Halifax,1st Canadian warship to arrive at her base in Canada for the nascent Canadian navy
When HMCS Niobe was acquired in 1910,it rushed to arrive in Halifax on Trafalgar Day
2014-This day was changed to Niobe Day by the RCN
21OCT 1910
HMCS Niobe arrives in Halifax,1st Canadian warship to arrive at her base in Canada for the nascent Canadian navy
When HMCS Niobe was acquired in 1910,it rushed to arrive in Halifax on Trafalgar Day
2014-This day was changed to Niobe Day by the RCN
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🙂↕️ Blue Ringed Octopus 🐙
🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and 🪸 Patiently woven from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and 🪸 Patiently woven from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🙂↕️ Blue Ringed Octopus 🐙
🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and 🪸 Patiently woven from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and 🪸 Patiently woven from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
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I'm probably not alone as an artist who's a bit burnt out and drained right now. But this. This right here keeps the fire going. Science like Doug's allows my art to exist. We all have to keep working and making and showing up so everybody gets to do what they want to do.
On Monday I braced for this most recent round of JPL layoffs by looking around my office for what I cared about most to take it home in case I never got to return. I grabbed just one thing - the beautiful bowl by @amyraehill.bsky.social inspired by the false color postcard I took with Curiosity.
October 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I'm probably not alone as an artist who's a bit burnt out and drained right now. But this. This right here keeps the fire going. Science like Doug's allows my art to exist. We all have to keep working and making and showing up so everybody gets to do what they want to do.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
Top 10 Rocket Workbench translations:
sv-SE 98% (0% approved)
pl 90% (11% approved)
es-ES 63% (4% approved)
fr 42% (4% approved)
de 38% (1% approved)
pt-BR 34% (0% approved)
el 24% (0% approved)
pt-PT 21% (0% approved)
ru 19% (0% approved)
it 14% (0% approved)
#FreeCAD
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sv-SE 98% (0% approved)
pl 90% (11% approved)
es-ES 63% (4% approved)
fr 42% (4% approved)
de 38% (1% approved)
pt-BR 34% (0% approved)
el 24% (0% approved)
pt-PT 21% (0% approved)
ru 19% (0% approved)
it 14% (0% approved)
#FreeCAD
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October 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Top 10 Rocket Workbench translations:
sv-SE 98% (0% approved)
pl 90% (11% approved)
es-ES 63% (4% approved)
fr 42% (4% approved)
de 38% (1% approved)
pt-BR 34% (0% approved)
el 24% (0% approved)
pt-PT 21% (0% approved)
ru 19% (0% approved)
it 14% (0% approved)
#FreeCAD
github.com/davesrockets...
sv-SE 98% (0% approved)
pl 90% (11% approved)
es-ES 63% (4% approved)
fr 42% (4% approved)
de 38% (1% approved)
pt-BR 34% (0% approved)
el 24% (0% approved)
pt-PT 21% (0% approved)
ru 19% (0% approved)
it 14% (0% approved)
#FreeCAD
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It's #Spacetober so I'll try to keep it coming with Amy Rae Hill's Greatest Hits™️
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It's #Spacetober so I'll try to keep it coming with Amy Rae Hill's Greatest Hits™️
How about OpenRocket exports? #FreeCAD #RocketWorkbench
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
How about OpenRocket exports? #FreeCAD #RocketWorkbench
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Forged in #FreeCAD: XYZ Micro Manipulator for Sub Micron Motion Control
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Forged in FreeCAD: XYZ Micro Manipulator for Sub Micron Motion Control
It's a wonderful thing when you see a very cool opensource hardware project and then a further delight when you see that the toolchain to build the device is also completely open. Using FreeCAD, Ki…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Forged in #FreeCAD: XYZ Micro Manipulator for Sub Micron Motion Control
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Topical History at CVMM
Nazis national heroes Blutzeuges “blood witness”
Today we recall how Hitler turned thugs,butchers & hate-speech propagandists into dead martyrs with state funerals fit to enter the Nazi Vallhalla 'Cult of the Dead'
A 'must read'
ghil.hypotheses.org/2454
Nazis national heroes Blutzeuges “blood witness”
Today we recall how Hitler turned thugs,butchers & hate-speech propagandists into dead martyrs with state funerals fit to enter the Nazi Vallhalla 'Cult of the Dead'
A 'must read'
ghil.hypotheses.org/2454
September 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Topical History at CVMM
Nazis national heroes Blutzeuges “blood witness”
Today we recall how Hitler turned thugs,butchers & hate-speech propagandists into dead martyrs with state funerals fit to enter the Nazi Vallhalla 'Cult of the Dead'
A 'must read'
ghil.hypotheses.org/2454
Nazis national heroes Blutzeuges “blood witness”
Today we recall how Hitler turned thugs,butchers & hate-speech propagandists into dead martyrs with state funerals fit to enter the Nazi Vallhalla 'Cult of the Dead'
A 'must read'
ghil.hypotheses.org/2454
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I'm turning this presentation into a paper to be published this winter. Details soon.
The presentation about fire in St John's referenced below can be found in the current issue of NQ (Newfoundland Quarterly) as the @nlhistorical.bsky.social Aspects article. It's a great read.
The presentation about fire in St John's referenced below can be found in the current issue of NQ (Newfoundland Quarterly) as the @nlhistorical.bsky.social Aspects article. It's a great read.
Had a good session at @can-arch.bsky.social this morning, but had to rush home to help with a broken bathroom pipe.
The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.
The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm turning this presentation into a paper to be published this winter. Details soon.
The presentation about fire in St John's referenced below can be found in the current issue of NQ (Newfoundland Quarterly) as the @nlhistorical.bsky.social Aspects article. It's a great read.
The presentation about fire in St John's referenced below can be found in the current issue of NQ (Newfoundland Quarterly) as the @nlhistorical.bsky.social Aspects article. It's a great read.
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If a snail had left Donetsk on February 24, 2022, by today it would have crossed all of Ukraine and reached Romania. The huge Russian army also left Donetsk on February 24, 2022, but since then it has not managed to advance beyond Donetsk region.
September 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
If a snail had left Donetsk on February 24, 2022, by today it would have crossed all of Ukraine and reached Romania. The huge Russian army also left Donetsk on February 24, 2022, but since then it has not managed to advance beyond Donetsk region.
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We are in feature freeze for the next version of FreeCAD.
Help us iron out the latest bugs for a faster 1.1 release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/17/w...
#FreeCAD
Help us iron out the latest bugs for a faster 1.1 release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/17/w...
#FreeCAD
WIP Wednesday, 17 September 2025
The main development branch of FreeCAD entered the hard feature freeze on Monday, so we are now pretty much in bugfix mode until the release of v1.1. There is no schedule for the release other than…
blog.freecad.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We are in feature freeze for the next version of FreeCAD.
Help us iron out the latest bugs for a faster 1.1 release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/17/w...
#FreeCAD
Help us iron out the latest bugs for a faster 1.1 release.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/17/w...
#FreeCAD
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Caribbean Reef Octopuses 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Caribbean Reef Octopuses 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
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Getting started with FEM in FreeCAD.
FEM is a workbench used to simulate various physical phenomena with the finite element method.
Get to know the basics of simulating your designs and analyze results like stresses and strains.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/16/g...
#FreeCAD #FEM #FEA #OpenSource
FEM is a workbench used to simulate various physical phenomena with the finite element method.
Get to know the basics of simulating your designs and analyze results like stresses and strains.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/16/g...
#FreeCAD #FEM #FEA #OpenSource
Getting started with FEM
FEM is a highly specialized workbench used to simulate various physical phenomena with the finite element method. The workbench is very actively developed, and thus it’s recommended to always use t…
blog.freecad.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Getting started with FEM in FreeCAD.
FEM is a workbench used to simulate various physical phenomena with the finite element method.
Get to know the basics of simulating your designs and analyze results like stresses and strains.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/16/g...
#FreeCAD #FEM #FEA #OpenSource
FEM is a workbench used to simulate various physical phenomena with the finite element method.
Get to know the basics of simulating your designs and analyze results like stresses and strains.
blog.freecad.org/2025/09/16/g...
#FreeCAD #FEM #FEA #OpenSource
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Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
OREM, UT - Americans who champion the right to bear arms were shocked Wednesday as controversial commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, as opposed to the ordinarily acceptable trend of mass shootings in schools.
www.thebeaverton.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
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Wow! 127 years of recording large, global #earthquakes in Victoria, Canada!
On September 3, 1898, a Milne seismograph began operation in the basement of the old Customs House building on the Victoria waterfront. It was one of the first seismographs in Canada:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
⚒️🧪🇨🇦
On September 3, 1898, a Milne seismograph began operation in the basement of the old Customs House building on the Victoria waterfront. It was one of the first seismographs in Canada:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
⚒️🧪🇨🇦
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Wow! 127 years of recording large, global #earthquakes in Victoria, Canada!
On September 3, 1898, a Milne seismograph began operation in the basement of the old Customs House building on the Victoria waterfront. It was one of the first seismographs in Canada:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
⚒️🧪🇨🇦
On September 3, 1898, a Milne seismograph began operation in the basement of the old Customs House building on the Victoria waterfront. It was one of the first seismographs in Canada:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
⚒️🧪🇨🇦
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Restock today at 10am PT! Good day for Mars fans
Restock preview:
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Shop:
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#sciart #bsnm
Restock preview:
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Shop:
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#sciart #bsnm
September 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Restock today at 10am PT! Good day for Mars fans
Restock preview:
amyraehill.com
Shop:
amyraehill.shop
#sciart #bsnm
Restock preview:
amyraehill.com
Shop:
amyraehill.shop
#sciart #bsnm