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Yes, the weight distribution on an aircraft really does affect how well it flies. Our physics guy explains.
Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an Empty Airplane?
Yes, the weight distribution on an aircraft really does affect how well it flies. Our physics guy explains.
www.wired.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
@stevescully.bsky.social Quick correction: RFK hasnt been abandoned for 30 years.

Closer to 20...Nationals used it for two seasons before the new park opened in Anacostia.
December 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
@juliemason.bsky.social True Lies was stolen by Tom Arnold who just chews EVERY scene he's in
December 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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As our collective media consumption patterns become increasingly bifurcated into hyper-specified algorithmically delivered content, the ability to push out a consistently used set of terms and phrases to signal a greater ideological concept is a very valuable political tactic.
November 22, 2024 at 5:41 PM
@juliemason.bsky.social You HAVE to mention Chef Andre is an absolute walking beast mode (for readers here: he's built like a brick wall!)
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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President Joe Biden says the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah will end when the ceasefire deal takes effect starting at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday.
Israeli security cabinet approves Lebanon ceasefire deal, after 11th-hour strikes on central Beirut | CNN
The Israeli security cabinet on Tuesday voted to approve a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, potentially bringing an end to more than a year of cross-border skirmishes with Hezbollah and months of a full-sca...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 PM
November 26, 2024 at 9:35 PM
A study found that communities targeted by sales reps pushing OxyContin in the ’90s moved towards the Republicans by an extra 4.6% in the 2020 House elections. "In a country on a partisan knife's edge, this is a remarkable effect," Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House?
New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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“I think the Arab community got their message across that we could no longer be taken for granted,” said Jumana Judeh, a Christian and a Palestinian American. “Even though we’ve paid a heavy price.
For Arab Americans and Muslims in newly red Dearborn, a mix of defiance, ambivalence, fear
DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS and NPR) —  ‘The Arab community got their message across that we could no longer be taken for granted,’ said one Palestinian American Christian. ‘Even though we’ve paid a heavy…
religionnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
@juliemason.bsky.social my uncle was in charge of renovations in multiple parts of Blair House!
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Today is a good day to read a book from your #tbr pile that you’ve let languish.
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM