"Voyager 1 is on track to become the first man-made object to travel a full light-day from Earth."
NASA's Voyager 1 Is About To Make History Again - BGR
Voyager 1 is going to achieve another monumental feat in a few weeks -- it will be the first spacecraft to travel a light day away from Earth.
www.bgr.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Voyager 1 is on track to become the first man-made object to travel a full light-day from Earth."
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
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You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM
You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???
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I've been sitting on this picture for a while. I think a new master in the art of punctuation has announced themselves.
November 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM
I've been sitting on this picture for a while. I think a new master in the art of punctuation has announced themselves.
Cricket has peaked.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
It has now been confirmed by CWI that both Jamaica and Barbados forfeited Super50 final as neither captain showed up for toss
As such there will be no champion
Never a dull day!
It has now been confirmed by CWI that both Jamaica and Barbados forfeited Super50 final as neither captain showed up for toss
As such there will be no champion
Never a dull day!
November 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Cricket has peaked.
Planting a flag for Bluesky calcio.
Oggi gioca la Lazio.
Oggi gioca la Lazio.
a logo for ss lazio is displayed on a black screen
Alt: a logo for ss lazio is displayed on a black screen
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Planting a flag for Bluesky calcio.
Oggi gioca la Lazio.
Oggi gioca la Lazio.
"The trouble is convincing people their family trees don't continually bifurcate back in time. Ultimately the constraints of an historical breeding population of finite size cause reticulations in the tree. These reticulations will more often involve male than female ancestors."
The Missing Men in Your Family Tree
archive.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 AM
"The trouble is convincing people their family trees don't continually bifurcate back in time. Ultimately the constraints of an historical breeding population of finite size cause reticulations in the tree. These reticulations will more often involve male than female ancestors."
The terror of getting a new phone and trying to figure out all your passwords..
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 AM
The terror of getting a new phone and trying to figure out all your passwords..
They don't make 'em like they used to.
Reminder that, 250 years before social media was invented, Lichtenberg has sussed that the "marketplace of ideas" was bullshit.
November 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
They don't make 'em like they used to.
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Sometimes, the simplest questions lead to the most profound of results.
For example, a child might ask, "Why is the sky dark at night?" Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you'll never guess which one…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
🧪🔭
For example, a child might ask, "Why is the sky dark at night?" Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you'll never guess which one…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
🧪🔭
Why Is the Night Sky Dark? You Can Thank the Big Bang
Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for centuries
www.scientificamerican.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Sometimes, the simplest questions lead to the most profound of results.
For example, a child might ask, "Why is the sky dark at night?" Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you'll never guess which one…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
🧪🔭
For example, a child might ask, "Why is the sky dark at night?" Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you'll never guess which one…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
🧪🔭
Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters
November 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters
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On this day, 76 years ago, Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' (1948) premiered in Rome, Italy.
November 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
On this day, 76 years ago, Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' (1948) premiered in Rome, Italy.
On peeing in space.
Let's talk about peeing in space.
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias (Published 2019)
The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
On peeing in space.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:36 AM
The #Jaguar rebranding hardly keeps to its motto of "Copy nothing", but is nevertheless an interesting example of bygone status symbols trying to stay afloat.
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
The #Jaguar rebranding hardly keeps to its motto of "Copy nothing", but is nevertheless an interesting example of bygone status symbols trying to stay afloat.
The 1999-2000 years in film and music were so prophetic with regard to struggles we saw coming but, a quarter of a century on, have so far failed to prevent.
I am teaching both Kornbluh's great little book on Fight Club and Clover's book on The Matrix. I was tempted to go all in and make the whole class about 1999 in movies.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2018/02/work...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2018/02/work...
Work Like It is 1999: A Year of the Refusal of Work in Film
www.unemployednegativity.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
The 1999-2000 years in film and music were so prophetic with regard to struggles we saw coming but, a quarter of a century on, have so far failed to prevent.
This is pretty fantastic. Maps, history, slight digs at Juve...it has all you need!
If Dundee were Akragas: An alternate football universe
What if Serie A's clubs had sprung up not in Italy, but in Scotland?
Here's a slow thread on how Italian calcio might be understood within a Caledonian context.
This thread could be a bombscare...
What if Serie A's clubs had sprung up not in Italy, but in Scotland?
Here's a slow thread on how Italian calcio might be understood within a Caledonian context.
This thread could be a bombscare...
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM
This is pretty fantastic. Maps, history, slight digs at Juve...it has all you need!
Dear Autocorrect, it's never "ducking".
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Dear Autocorrect, it's never "ducking".
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Aurora over an erupting volcano in Iceland. 😵
November 19, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Aurora over an erupting volcano in Iceland. 😵
Due to lack of interest, tomorrow has been canceled.
November 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Due to lack of interest, tomorrow has been canceled.
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A cross-section through the quail neural tube. Look at those beautiful microtubules! ❣️ Imaged by the wonderful Dr Siew Zhuan Tan 🧪 #devbio
November 14, 2024 at 1:33 AM
A cross-section through the quail neural tube. Look at those beautiful microtubules! ❣️ Imaged by the wonderful Dr Siew Zhuan Tan 🧪 #devbio