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Thorn

@coelliptic.bsky.social

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haunted queerdo doing mad science. working on space stuff (not for that guy). into electronics, amateur radio, airplanes, and other assorted nerd things. bad at german and icelandic. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ she/they los angeles

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · Mar 14

My girlfriend rescues stranded seals. I put trash on the moon

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 16m

The shell, that is

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 17m

I've been informed by the naturalist who lives with me for some reason that this looks like a "Mexican turbosnail"

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 19m

Love getting letters from companies I've never heard of telling me they had my data and then oops it's on the dark web

Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21m

This is none of my business but I need Rebecca Ferguson to be in better shows

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Penny Shortage @cheatlines.co · 1h

I know back when, when I learned to fly, my instructor was yellin' in my ear
Power in
Carb heat cold
Climbout pitch
Flaps to go
Take her round the patch one more time again

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 1h

Yesssssssss!!!

Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 1h

There's a video compilation of people making terrible landings set to a folksy tune with the refrain "you can always go around!" And it would make a perfect training video if it didn't end with an Airbus having an actual incident

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

[googles something] [every result is a video] welp. guess i'll never know

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 6h

Try to say "pp" in the ICAO phonetic alphabet and see if anyone has any idea what the hell you're talking about

Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 7h

Oh yeah that makes way more sense than a leather bin

Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 8h

Is that a trash can

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 9h

I know zero people who can give a clear yes/no answer to whether a specific item is export controlled

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 1d

TIL a container as long as the radius of the observable universe and as tall as the average width of an atomic nucleus would hold about 3 gallons

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 11h

"Boeing vs. Airbus" people are so weird (the answer is Airbus tho)

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

...in matters of taste?

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

[googles something] [every result is a video] welp. guess i'll never know

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

I need the hot dog resistors

Two through-hole resistors. They are the shape and color of bun-length hot dogs

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

The poster is always right

Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21h

About once a week I think about how we used to go to Blockbuster and pick a movie based entirely on vibes

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 22h

Not gonna chartpost but I just saw survey results that say the #1 emotion US adults feel after reading the news is "informed" - though evidently not about what is and isn't an emotion