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Probably unplanned? I saw it from London falling across the skies, probably landed somewhere in the UK I guess?
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Probably unplanned? I saw it from London falling across the skies, probably landed somewhere in the UK I guess?
You are, sadly, correct
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You are, sadly, correct
Going by the number of events reported on there (by dozens of people each time at roughly the same minutes) and the fact that I've seen one twice, I guess they're probably fairly common!
But they're only visible for a few seconds at best, so also easy to miss
But they're only visible for a few seconds at best, so also easy to miss
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Going by the number of events reported on there (by dozens of people each time at roughly the same minutes) and the fact that I've seen one twice, I guess they're probably fairly common!
But they're only visible for a few seconds at best, so also easy to miss
But they're only visible for a few seconds at best, so also easy to miss
Update: It does not work for Papyrus but *does* work for Comic sans. Make of that what you will
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Update: It does not work for Papyrus but *does* work for Comic sans. Make of that what you will
In the sky? 😂 My post above was unrelated to the meteor
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
In the sky? 😂 My post above was unrelated to the meteor
You missed a 4 hour episode by us? 🥺😞
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You missed a 4 hour episode by us? 🥺😞
I have found many a post on here because I included alt text in my images, even though my captions weren't very memorable
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I have found many a post on here because I included alt text in my images, even though my captions weren't very memorable
I saw this one last year x.com/UK_Fireball/...
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I saw this one last year x.com/UK_Fireball/...
It was quite bright, orange and yellow, and a bit fat
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It was quite bright, orange and yellow, and a bit fat
I saw one last year too and someone directed me to ukfall.org.uk/report-a-fir... to help crowdsource where it landed, so this time I submitted it straight away.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I saw one last year too and someone directed me to ukfall.org.uk/report-a-fir... to help crowdsource where it landed, so this time I submitted it straight away.
Oh now I'm stuck trying to figure out what the x and s are.
Xerus...?! Slow loris?
Xerus...?! Slow loris?
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh now I'm stuck trying to figure out what the x and s are.
Xerus...?! Slow loris?
Xerus...?! Slow loris?
That's global marketing right there
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
That's global marketing right there
Yeah it's so strange - I'd think even a simple text matching tool could figure out all my orders were vegetarian, and that customizing it to some degree would help them earn more
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yeah it's so strange - I'd think even a simple text matching tool could figure out all my orders were vegetarian, and that customizing it to some degree would help them earn more
How come the D is for dalmatian instead of just dog?
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How come the D is for dalmatian instead of just dog?
Thank you! I saw the headline on STAT but didn't properly read. I hope they publish the paper soon
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you! I saw the headline on STAT but didn't properly read. I hope they publish the paper soon