Dirk
@dirknc.bsky.social
R&D engineer, parent, combat robot builder. Stand back, I’m about to science.
Reposted by Dirk
Reposted by Dirk
People keep asking me if Dems are divided between left and center of party. Nope. We are divided over old and new ways of fighting. That 20th Century playbook ain’t stopping a dictator.
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
People keep asking me if Dems are divided between left and center of party. Nope. We are divided over old and new ways of fighting. That 20th Century playbook ain’t stopping a dictator.
Reposted by Dirk
@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
March 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
Reposted by Dirk
Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.
March 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.
Feeling rather old after discovering that new engineers in our company have no idea what this is.
February 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Feeling rather old after discovering that new engineers in our company have no idea what this is.
TIL I learned that orcas are the apex marine predator of moose. Maybe the new weirdest fact I know, courtesy of @ologies.bsky.social.
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
TIL I learned that orcas are the apex marine predator of moose. Maybe the new weirdest fact I know, courtesy of @ologies.bsky.social.
Reposted by Dirk
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
Fascinating read, great reporting.
NEW: I got a RARE look inside the underground complex where America conducts its subcritical nuclear weapons experiments.
I was told reporters hadn't been down there since the mid-1990s. Read on to learn how American maintains its stockpile without underground tests.
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
I was told reporters hadn't been down there since the mid-1990s. Read on to learn how American maintains its stockpile without underground tests.
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
Step inside the secret lab where America tests its nukes
A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a live test could come soon.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Fascinating read, great reporting.
Reposted by Dirk
it’s so insane to me that people work for ICE like did you watch star wars and think man i want to be like the guys in the plastic white suits who can’t aim for shit
January 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
it’s so insane to me that people work for ICE like did you watch star wars and think man i want to be like the guys in the plastic white suits who can’t aim for shit
The great molasses flood of Boston has always been the weirdest tragedy.
Here I am, a factory worker enjoying his lunch in the North End of Boston on January 15, 1919. I’ve survived the influenza pandemic, I’m feeling good about life, and I’ve never been more confident I will not be swallowed up by a flood of liquid sugarcane extract
January 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The great molasses flood of Boston has always been the weirdest tragedy.
Reposted by Dirk
No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
January 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
Reposted by Dirk
Men with realistic ideas of their professional athlete potential lol
January 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Men with realistic ideas of their professional athlete potential lol
Reposted by Dirk
Ryan Day at Ohio State:
1-4 vs Michigan
69-6 vs everyone else
1-4 vs Michigan
69-6 vs everyone else
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Ryan Day at Ohio State:
1-4 vs Michigan
69-6 vs everyone else
1-4 vs Michigan
69-6 vs everyone else
Reposted by Dirk
Reposted by Dirk
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
Reposted by Dirk
Last week, we took a look at where the top 36 drafted WRs ranked at the end of the season. If you didn't get a chance to check that out, I have included the thread below.
Now, it is time to talk RBs 👇
Now, it is time to talk RBs 👇
Now that the 2024 fantasy season has officially wrapped, I wanted to dive into how players stacked up to preseason expectations using consensus ADP vs. where they finished in 0.5 PPR and 4-point passing TD formats. Who lived up to the hype? Who overdelivered? Who made you question your life choices?
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last week, we took a look at where the top 36 drafted WRs ranked at the end of the season. If you didn't get a chance to check that out, I have included the thread below.
Now, it is time to talk RBs 👇
Now, it is time to talk RBs 👇
Reposted by Dirk
I love many, many things about this paper, but Venus being referred to as 'Earth's evil twin' might be top of the list 😂
Here’s a fun (short) paper by a NASA scientist explaining why we should go build cloud cities on Venus because “At cloud-top level, Venus is the paradise planet” ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation...
ntrs.nasa.gov
January 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I love many, many things about this paper, but Venus being referred to as 'Earth's evil twin' might be top of the list 😂
Reposted by Dirk
Deport the stupid fucking geico lizard
January 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Deport the stupid fucking geico lizard
Spent a day down a rabbit hole reading dissertations on proper frisbee design. Made some tweaks to #combatrobot full body spinner, and it’s now stable at 3x previous speed with no hw changes. Exciting when a little knowledge is rewarded to quickly.
January 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Spent a day down a rabbit hole reading dissertations on proper frisbee design. Made some tweaks to #combatrobot full body spinner, and it’s now stable at 3x previous speed with no hw changes. Exciting when a little knowledge is rewarded to quickly.
Reposted by Dirk
anagramming these “merry christmas” blocks is the only thing my husband has done the entire time we’ve been at his mom’s house
December 24, 2024 at 11:17 PM
anagramming these “merry christmas” blocks is the only thing my husband has done the entire time we’ve been at his mom’s house
Reposted by Dirk
If I didn’t follow you back, it’s nothing personal; it’s just that I clicked on your profile, coldly appraised every post you’ve ever written, and determined that you lack excellence.
December 14, 2024 at 6:05 PM
If I didn’t follow you back, it’s nothing personal; it’s just that I clicked on your profile, coldly appraised every post you’ve ever written, and determined that you lack excellence.
Good morning from a field. Drove north to find cold & quiet. Beautiful weekend
December 7, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Good morning from a field. Drove north to find cold & quiet. Beautiful weekend