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2025-Jan-17 20:38:50 Roman bath complex unearthed in Pompeii, complete with paintwork.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do |
2025-Jan-17 01:19:24 Initial Starship v2 explosion analysis:
RT https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880060983734858130 |
2025-Jan-16 23:29:42 The cool booster catch video.
#space #SpaceX RT https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1880024050048589841 |
2025-Jan-16 23:28:03 Starship Flight 7
the booster: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880025578398720330 the upper stage: https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 #space #SpaceX |
2025-Jan-16 15:25:53 RT https://x.com/MasashiJSHIRAKA/status/1879871952179101977 |
2025-Jan-16 15:22:40 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reached orbit on the first launch attempt last night.
#space https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-1-mission |
2025-Jan-14 23:25:47 Ryan is installing a permanent magnet irradiation experiment.
https://mastodon.online/@evenkolder/113829281432989186 |
2025-Jan-14 22:51:19 Loop-the-loop with a barnacle washed up from the sea.
RT https://x.com/LegoLostAtSea/status/1879163892812910763 |
2025-Jan-14 18:29:46 Moment slackliner conquers highline walk between Dubai towers
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cdjd3rgdxj2o |
2025-Jan-14 02:33:32 #Mars disappearing behind the Moon.
#astronomy #space
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2025-Jan-13 23:37:24 Mars is about to disappear behind the Moon.
#space #astronomy https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/lunar-occultation-mars-13-january-2025 |
2025-Jan-13 23:32:21 Always thought wireless keyboards were a stupid idea. |
2025-Jan-13 15:23:56 Finally managed to turn off Google Assistant (voice recognition), that keeps popping up when I don't want it on my Android phone.
Settings -> Google (services) -> All services -> Search, Assistant & Voice -> Google Assistant -> General -> slide "Google Assistant" to off. |
2025-Jan-13 01:33:05 The big X3D Ryzen 9000 chips are here:
#CPU #computing https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60334-amd-officially-announces-ryzen-9-9000x3d-series-desktop-processors-with-3d-v-cache |
2025-Jan-12 05:24:00 My social media posts now show on the bottom of my website https://stephenbrooks.org/ . I hope to add an RSS feed of this later. |
2025-Jan-11 21:50:00 Just a dusting of snow this evening.
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2025-Jan-11 20:09:00 The McRib is back, but not available after midnight because it becomes evil. |
2025-Jan-11 01:35:00 Single Rotor Moiré Clock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubjwEHqmXWg |
2025-Jan-11 00:16:00 They've re-used a Falcon 9 booster 25 times, which is about how many times I can drive my Audi before it wants a quart of oil. |
2025-Jan-10 03:41:00 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-says-intels-horrible-product-is-causing-ryzen-9-9800x3d-shortages |
2025-Jan-09 23:08:00 Apparently #VLC has skins.
#video #software https://videolan.org/vlc/skins.html |
2025-Jan-09 22:36:10 New images of #Mercury captured by UK spacecraft.
#space #astronomy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2v2r1jm7go |
2025-Jan-09 22:36:00 Can you get two totally different particles to have the same optics in the same place at the same time? I think this note shows it is possible, at least approximately. #physics #accelerators #iontraps
https://stephenbrooks.org/ap/report/2025-3/ponderomotive.pdf |
2025-Jan-09 01:51:00 Why am I making ice cubes in my freezer when I could just put them outside? |
2025-Jan-09 00:00:00 RT https://fosstodon.org/@foo/113795261121148837 |
2025-Jan-08 23:57:00 Starship Flight test 7 is scheduled for no earlier than Monday, January 13.
#SpaceX #rocket https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7 |
2025-Jan-08 23:56:00 Cat getting on a bus.
RT https://x.com/CatWorkers/status/1876800740062294038 |
2025-Jan-08 23:54:00 My well-used and battered Sennheiser HD206 headphones finally fell apart. I don't think they sell them any more. I look in the drawer and there's a spare pair! |
2025-Jan-08 01:55:00 😆
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70e2g09ng9o |
2025-Jan-08 01:07:00 🤨
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2025-Jan-06 23:50:00 Growing lettuce on the ISS.
#space #NASA https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/space-gardens/ |
2025-Jan-06 23:27:00 Talk that a Raptor engine from Starship Booster 12 will be re-flown on Flight 7 in a few days.
#space #SpaceX [infographic] RT https://x.com/spacesudoer/status/1875950119071445433 |
2025-Jan-04 15:00:00 RT https://banderkat.social/@sciencetechimages/113479028611911172 |
2025-Jan-04 14:00:00 RT https://astrodon.social/@cgbassa/113770318993975063 |
2025-Jan-04 13:31:00 Saw a widgeon on a lake today. #bird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigeon |
2025-Jan-04 13:00:00 Optical illusion (I see blue and yellow).
[video] RT https://x.com/shapoco/status/1875247116358217736 |
2025-Jan-04 12:57:00 New Year's cat.
RT https://x.com/sanrinoq/status/1875486124317274304 |
2025-Jan-03 20:34:00 Bournemouth beach.
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2025-Jan-03 17:07:00 Upgrades to be tested on Starship flight 7:
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1875219215390757043 |
2025-Jan-03 16:59:00 The Moon is right next to Venus now. #space #astronomy
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2025-Jan-02 23:11:00 The forestry commission land had a fence around it to stop the trees from getting out. 🌲 |
2025-Jan-02 22:42:00 A mole farted through grass, having swallowed a handful of grains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C4%8D_prst_skrz_krk |
2025-Jan-02 22:03:00 UK's biggest #dinosaur footprint site discovered.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24nzeqq1l2o |
2025-Jan-02 20:50:00 A few hours later Mars 🔴 is visible further on. Also very bright but not as red as I expected. |
2025-Jan-02 17:32:00 In the early evening sky in a row:
Crescent Moon 🌒 - Venus ⚪ - (Saturn 🪐) --- (Aldebaran 🟠) - Jupiter ⚪ --- is a big gap to the other side of the sky and (bracketed) things are dimmer. #space #astronomy |
2025-Jan-02 16:58:10
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2025-Jan-02 16:58:00 Lichen dripping water.
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2025-Jan-02 16:52:00
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2025-Jan-02 16:47:00 Went for a walk in the New Forest. |
2025-Jan-02 16:09:00 RT https://x.com/BobGolen/status/1874600577835155680 |
2025-Jan-01 21:00:00 RT https://social.avali.zone/@avali/113752197580397306 |
2025-Jan-01 20:18:00 Tomorrow's World predictions from 1995 for 2025. #future
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o |
2025-Jan-01 19:07:00 These job ads are a little worrying. |
2025-Jan-01 14:00:00 RT https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/113752873453490050 |
2025-Jan-01 13:59:00 😶 |
2025-Jan-01 13:26:00 Left-over spaghetti is now on the bird table. Will the crows eat the spaghetti? |
2025-Jan-01 01:00:00 RT https://astrodon.social/@esoastronomy/113752700085566049 |
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