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hey, do you like cyberpunk but want it to be, like...good?
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
hey, do you like cyberpunk but want it to be, like...good?
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
the 'phoenix moons' hypothesis of martian satellites drifting past the roche limit, breaking up, and reforming at smaller sizes is one of those stories that has been well-supported for a while now but makes 'news' every few years anyways. extremely cool to actually have some new evidence this time!
More evidence that Mars has a colorful history. In the past, the Red Planet probably had rings at certain times, and a larger moon (or moons) at others.
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
the 'phoenix moons' hypothesis of martian satellites drifting past the roche limit, breaking up, and reforming at smaller sizes is one of those stories that has been well-supported for a while now but makes 'news' every few years anyways. extremely cool to actually have some new evidence this time!
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Daniel Vierge's 1871 drawings of female Communards in Paris for Le Monde illustré, it must have been pretty unsettling to the European powers to see women under arms with red scarves and black flags.
January 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Daniel Vierge's 1871 drawings of female Communards in Paris for Le Monde illustré, it must have been pretty unsettling to the European powers to see women under arms with red scarves and black flags.
peak yuri
Early concept art for some of the girls from my WIP sci fi story. Cam is an interceptor/destroyer specialized in fast attacks and Lisse is a long range sniper and surveillance platform.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
peak yuri
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macro lens experiments with the orb weaver spider in the window :3
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
macro lens experiments with the orb weaver spider in the window :3
i love you, interwar battleship masts...
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
i love you, interwar battleship masts...
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This is an odd way to frame a return to traditional food ways that we ought to celebrate and treat as a chance to reflect on the importance of food sovereignty apnews.com/article/shut...
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
A deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is an odd way to frame a return to traditional food ways that we ought to celebrate and treat as a chance to reflect on the importance of food sovereignty apnews.com/article/shut...
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
engagement on the other site sucks, so... boot card
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
engagement on the other site sucks, so... boot card
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I cringe every time someone pronounces the "Alcubierre" in "Alcubierre Drive" as "Al-koo-bee-air", as if it's a French name
It is named after MIGUEL ALCUBIERRE, he is MEXICAN, the name is SPANISH, it is pronounced "Al-koo-byay-rray"!
It is named after MIGUEL ALCUBIERRE, he is MEXICAN, the name is SPANISH, it is pronounced "Al-koo-byay-rray"!
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I cringe every time someone pronounces the "Alcubierre" in "Alcubierre Drive" as "Al-koo-bee-air", as if it's a French name
It is named after MIGUEL ALCUBIERRE, he is MEXICAN, the name is SPANISH, it is pronounced "Al-koo-byay-rray"!
It is named after MIGUEL ALCUBIERRE, he is MEXICAN, the name is SPANISH, it is pronounced "Al-koo-byay-rray"!
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The recent Vekllei post about an unarmed navy reminds me how much I like seeing military hardware for civil service. Bombers into weather researchers, APC's using their amphibious assault capabilities to rescue people in storms, nuclear missiles into satellite launchers
August 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The recent Vekllei post about an unarmed navy reminds me how much I like seeing military hardware for civil service. Bombers into weather researchers, APC's using their amphibious assault capabilities to rescue people in storms, nuclear missiles into satellite launchers
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if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.
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This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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"ESA plans to release imagery by next week. NASA will not be able to release any of its data, or even comment on it, until the U.S. federal government ends the shutdown."
Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is flying past Mars today. Might get some cool views!
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Mars Orbiters Will Have Front-row Seats to Interstellar Comet
Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet will aim a suite of instruments at Comet 3I/ATLAS to capture details about this enigmatic object.
skyandtelescope.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"ESA plans to release imagery by next week. NASA will not be able to release any of its data, or even comment on it, until the U.S. federal government ends the shutdown."
leaving it all behind to become a greeble expert
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
leaving it all behind to become a greeble expert
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Memories of Fiery sunsets.
Grundy, Ontario
Sept 2016
#WeekMforMemories #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #GrundyPP
Grundy, Ontario
Sept 2016
#WeekMforMemories #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #GrundyPP
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Memories of Fiery sunsets.
Grundy, Ontario
Sept 2016
#WeekMforMemories #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #GrundyPP
Grundy, Ontario
Sept 2016
#WeekMforMemories #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #GrundyPP
been on a big sci-fi kick lately, particularly more conceptual authors like peter watts, iain m banks, and ken liu by way of pantheon (but i'm still a sucker for space-focused hard sf, as always) - anything y'all think i should add to my list?
September 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
been on a big sci-fi kick lately, particularly more conceptual authors like peter watts, iain m banks, and ken liu by way of pantheon (but i'm still a sucker for space-focused hard sf, as always) - anything y'all think i should add to my list?
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From NASA:
Minatogawa, Olduvai, and Mungo. What's in a name? A nod to the story of humanity's origins.
New official names for features on Donaldjohanson, an asteroid our Lucy spacecraft visited in April, recognize research & discoveries about early humans on Earth: go.nasa.gov/4goPDS5
Minatogawa, Olduvai, and Mungo. What's in a name? A nod to the story of humanity's origins.
New official names for features on Donaldjohanson, an asteroid our Lucy spacecraft visited in April, recognize research & discoveries about early humans on Earth: go.nasa.gov/4goPDS5
![A map of the asteroid Donaldjohanson, which is gray, lumpy, and cratered. The map identifies several place names, including "Afar Lobus" for the smaller of the asteroids two main lobes, and "Olduvai Lobus" for the larger. Image: NASA Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL
[Ed. note: My only interest geekier than planetary bodies is maps and place names on planetary bodies.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r2vcktgfjfuyjujek7vsnrfk/bafkreialvyfas2xccgzvmi5jr2bhmftscopkzhdcs5rtdr3flj7vpz4wni@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
From NASA:
Minatogawa, Olduvai, and Mungo. What's in a name? A nod to the story of humanity's origins.
New official names for features on Donaldjohanson, an asteroid our Lucy spacecraft visited in April, recognize research & discoveries about early humans on Earth: go.nasa.gov/4goPDS5
Minatogawa, Olduvai, and Mungo. What's in a name? A nod to the story of humanity's origins.
New official names for features on Donaldjohanson, an asteroid our Lucy spacecraft visited in April, recognize research & discoveries about early humans on Earth: go.nasa.gov/4goPDS5
macro lens experiments with the orb weaver spider in the window :3
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
macro lens experiments with the orb weaver spider in the window :3
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
solid paper, but the buried lede here is the suggestion that the explosive arthropod radiation of the cambrian may have been (in part) a *result* of the origin of subjective experience(!!!)
solid paper, but the buried lede here is the suggestion that the explosive arthropod radiation of the cambrian may have been (in part) a *result* of the origin of subjective experience(!!!)
Sex-specific triacylglycerides are widely conserved in Drosophila and mediate mating behavior
Pheromones play an important role in the behavior, ecology, and evolution of many organisms. The structure of many insect pheromones typically consists of a hydrocarbon backbone, occasionally modified...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
solid paper, but the buried lede here is the suggestion that the explosive arthropod radiation of the cambrian may have been (in part) a *result* of the origin of subjective experience(!!!)
solid paper, but the buried lede here is the suggestion that the explosive arthropod radiation of the cambrian may have been (in part) a *result* of the origin of subjective experience(!!!)
@bishonentype.bsky.social are you aware of The Lure (2015) and the platinum blonde polish twink contained therein
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@bishonentype.bsky.social are you aware of The Lure (2015) and the platinum blonde polish twink contained therein
