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· Mar 15
a thread of bookmarked threads, since bluesky doesn't yet have bookmarks
did you know?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
did you know?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
also, unrelated to the real world stuff, there's something annoying about how Altered Carbon's main story thrust, all of the big driving issues, are ones that emerge out of a universe-internal fictitious technology, rather than a transposition of real world issues
when I watched Altered Carbon, I thought to myself that it was absurd that they would have all this sophisticated technology, AI, etc. and still force people to work shit jobs, pay for things, etc SURELY they'd create a Star Trek utopia
the last few years have changed my mind
the last few years have changed my mind
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
also, unrelated to the real world stuff, there's something annoying about how Altered Carbon's main story thrust, all of the big driving issues, are ones that emerge out of a universe-internal fictitious technology, rather than a transposition of real world issues
when I watched Altered Carbon, I thought to myself that it was absurd that they would have all this sophisticated technology, AI, etc. and still force people to work shit jobs, pay for things, etc SURELY they'd create a Star Trek utopia
the last few years have changed my mind
the last few years have changed my mind
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
when I watched Altered Carbon, I thought to myself that it was absurd that they would have all this sophisticated technology, AI, etc. and still force people to work shit jobs, pay for things, etc SURELY they'd create a Star Trek utopia
the last few years have changed my mind
the last few years have changed my mind
I made a video sharing a bit about how you can use registration pins for laser cutting multi-layer parts that need alignment of features on multiple layers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUuA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUuA...
Laser Cutter Registration Pins
YouTube video by Rebecca Valentine
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I made a video sharing a bit about how you can use registration pins for laser cutting multi-layer parts that need alignment of features on multiple layers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUuA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUuA...
learned how to make screw threads and splines in OpenSCAD and used that to build a depthing tool inspired by ClickSpring's depthing tool
now I can learn how to make clocks :)
now I can learn how to make clocks :)
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
learned how to make screw threads and splines in OpenSCAD and used that to build a depthing tool inspired by ClickSpring's depthing tool
now I can learn how to make clocks :)
now I can learn how to make clocks :)
@marcidy.bsky.social have you watched Josh from XBoxLive's vid on horror?
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
@marcidy.bsky.social have you watched Josh from XBoxLive's vid on horror?
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this is so funny. if its true that pilot will never buy drinks or live it down and i hope his callsign became something really stupid like Standard or Cruise (missile)
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
this is so funny. if its true that pilot will never buy drinks or live it down and i hope his callsign became something really stupid like Standard or Cruise (missile)
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if this is really what happened and isn't just business insider being vague this is incredible.
F/A-18 on landing approach out-maneuvers American air to air missile under ideal missile conditions, what an advertisement for the SuperHornet and what a funny way to reveal the SM-2 kinda sucks.
F/A-18 on landing approach out-maneuvers American air to air missile under ideal missile conditions, what an advertisement for the SuperHornet and what a funny way to reveal the SM-2 kinda sucks.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
if this is really what happened and isn't just business insider being vague this is incredible.
F/A-18 on landing approach out-maneuvers American air to air missile under ideal missile conditions, what an advertisement for the SuperHornet and what a funny way to reveal the SM-2 kinda sucks.
F/A-18 on landing approach out-maneuvers American air to air missile under ideal missile conditions, what an advertisement for the SuperHornet and what a funny way to reveal the SM-2 kinda sucks.
Starbuck in the miniseries is so fuckin hot
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Starbuck in the miniseries is so fuckin hot
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A better example: Nazi Germany itself had a brain drain.
The US sent a polymath baseball player as a spy on their atomic bomb program, with the goal of assassinating the heads if they were close.
They weren't, so Heisenberg wasn't assassinated.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Berg
The US sent a polymath baseball player as a spy on their atomic bomb program, with the goal of assassinating the heads if they were close.
They weren't, so Heisenberg wasn't assassinated.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Berg
Moe Berg - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Consider Max Born, forced by the nazis in 1933 as one of their very first acts in power to leave Gottingen and flee to Cambridge, along with basically all their other best physicists.
www.cantorsparadise.com/the-great-pu...
www.cantorsparadise.com/the-great-pu...
The Great Purge of 1933
How Antisemitism Destroyed Mathematics in Germany
www.cantorsparadise.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The Nazis' famous occultist weird science shit, happened because *a decade earlier* they'd destroyed all German science and education immediately upon gaining power.
Los Alamos happened in the US because that's where they'd exiled all their best physicists in 1933.
Los Alamos happened in the US because that's where they'd exiled all their best physicists in 1933.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The Nazis' famous occultist weird science shit, happened because *a decade earlier* they'd destroyed all German science and education immediately upon gaining power.
Los Alamos happened in the US because that's where they'd exiled all their best physicists in 1933.
Los Alamos happened in the US because that's where they'd exiled all their best physicists in 1933.
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Fascists always embrace pseudoscience and snake oil and woo and quacks, because it always first attacks the concept of knowledge and expertise and objective reality.
Turns out, shooting all the experts on day one, creates a void for the most obviously ignorant dipshits you've ever seen to thrive.
Turns out, shooting all the experts on day one, creates a void for the most obviously ignorant dipshits you've ever seen to thrive.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Fascists always embrace pseudoscience and snake oil and woo and quacks, because it always first attacks the concept of knowledge and expertise and objective reality.
Turns out, shooting all the experts on day one, creates a void for the most obviously ignorant dipshits you've ever seen to thrive.
Turns out, shooting all the experts on day one, creates a void for the most obviously ignorant dipshits you've ever seen to thrive.
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okay enshittification is getting a bit too on the nose with this one. www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted
Gives new meaning to the 'internet of shit.'
www.404media.co
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
okay enshittification is getting a bit too on the nose with this one. www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
@alexanotherone.bsky.social what is that park pier in your profile pic
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@alexanotherone.bsky.social what is that park pier in your profile pic
even in defending bikes we use language that gives priority to cars
no, tiny cars aren't dangerous, nor are bikes
BIG cars are dangerous, and tiny cars and bikes are endangered
no, tiny cars aren't dangerous, nor are bikes
BIG cars are dangerous, and tiny cars and bikes are endangered
If tiny cars are too dangerous to be allowed on our streets, think of how it feels to be a pedestrian or cyclist!
Unlike Europe and Asia, NHTSA & Congress have failed to create a regulatory category for minicars. Because they flunk US safety rules for full-sized cars, they’re effectively illegal to sell.
Only “collectable” minicars cars 25+ years old can be legally sold (and they’re quite popular).
Only “collectable” minicars cars 25+ years old can be legally sold (and they’re quite popular).
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
even in defending bikes we use language that gives priority to cars
no, tiny cars aren't dangerous, nor are bikes
BIG cars are dangerous, and tiny cars and bikes are endangered
no, tiny cars aren't dangerous, nor are bikes
BIG cars are dangerous, and tiny cars and bikes are endangered
wide text is notorious difficult to read because it's hard to track from one line to the next and your eyes get lost scanning across it. if you're going to infodump, make the text a narrow column instead of a wide one. 10-15 words works best
I talk occasionally about how Electronic Warfare is actually pretty easy to understand, there just aren't any good explanations aimed at laymen, so here's a quick crash course in it I wrote last night on impulse:
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
wide text is notorious difficult to read because it's hard to track from one line to the next and your eyes get lost scanning across it. if you're going to infodump, make the text a narrow column instead of a wide one. 10-15 words works best
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
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These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
why does Hakeem Jeffries come across like he's been lobotomized
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
why does Hakeem Jeffries come across like he's been lobotomized
Camus
When Sartre said “hell is other people,” who was he talking no about?
Vibes-correct answers only.
Vibes-correct answers only.
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Camus
@harvey1966.bsky.social they're making morpheus x.com/joeroganhq/s...
Joe Rogan Podcast News on X: "Joe Rogan: "Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What's more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don't think he could return as artificial intelligence? AI could absolutely return as Jesus." https://t.co/hejH9Evume" / X
Joe Rogan
x.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@harvey1966.bsky.social they're making morpheus x.com/joeroganhq/s...
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A clip of Hegseth discussing the strike the next day with Fox News resurfaced online Monday night. trib.al/rWmW8bN
In the clip, Hegseth said he watched the second strike, to kill survivors from their initial attack, on September 2, "I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat."
In the clip, Hegseth said he watched the second strike, to kill survivors from their initial attack, on September 2, "I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat."
Pete Hegseth Already Admitted He Knew About That Second Strike
The defense secretary bragged in September that he watched the strike.
trib.al
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A clip of Hegseth discussing the strike the next day with Fox News resurfaced online Monday night. trib.al/rWmW8bN
In the clip, Hegseth said he watched the second strike, to kill survivors from their initial attack, on September 2, "I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat."
In the clip, Hegseth said he watched the second strike, to kill survivors from their initial attack, on September 2, "I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat."
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just a quick holiday psa because it's almost december and i see people make this mistake in their festive art every year without fail
November 26, 2024 at 10:02 PM
just a quick holiday psa because it's almost december and i see people make this mistake in their festive art every year without fail