Gert Van den Eynde
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Gert Van den Eynde
@gvdeynde.bsky.social
Dad. Research engineer. Applied mathematics. Nuclear Engineering. GojuRyu TOGKF. Chiro Cookie.
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#NowListening #AlbumOfTheDay

Attracted by the artwork. Nice surprise listening...
Advaitic Songs
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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This is the Ramform Tethys, a Titan-class seismic vessel designed for large-scale, high-density data acquisition (towing seismic sensors). She has three 6,000 kW controllable pitch propellers and carries 24 streamer reels. She's 104.2m/342ft long and 70m/230ft wide
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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This is how fertilizer gets unloaded from a ship.
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Jan De Nul Group officially launched the world’s largest cable-laying vessel. The Fleeming Jenkin is 215 metres long, can carry 28,000 tonnes of cable, and install cables in ultra-deep waters up to 3,000 metres.
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Three golf clubs walk into a bar.

The putter orders a beer.

The wedge orders a tequila.

The third one says, "Nothing for me. I'm the driver".
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The R/P FLIP (Research Platform FLoating Instrument Platform 109m/355ft) is a unique oceanographic research vessel known for its ability to literally flip from a horizontal position to a vertical position.
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Although I love poems and hate to vacuum around a Christmas tree, I find this video a more compelling motivator for watering your Christmas tree.

www.nist.gov/video/christ...
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Weekend reads: ‘The fall of a prolific science journal’; Clinical trials by ‘super-retractors’; ‘How to Study Things That May Not Exist’
Weekend reads: ‘The fall of a prolific science journal’; Clinical trials by ‘super-retractors’; ‘How to Study Things That May Not Exist’
Giving Tuesday was this week, and, like many organizations, we asked for your support. The work we do is funded in part by your donations. If you value our work in rooting out scientific fraud and …
retractionwatch.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Alleen al voor de hoes, hé mensen.
My Top Album of 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Iets voor jou, @v4vinnie.bsky.social ?
I spotted one of our reindeer buses today. 😊
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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1/x As people on X were freaking out about a kite assisted ship (WOKE!!), I have another one: The rotor ship or Flettner ship. It uses large, spinning vertical cylinders called Flettner rotors to harness wind power and propel the vessel through the Magnus effect.
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Er worden hier brieven aan de Sint geschreven. 22yo, 20yo en 16yo... laat dat nog maar een paar jaar zo zijn...
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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weet je wat ook een toffe zou zijn?

het LEGO IDEAS Asterix project waar ik aan meegeholpen heb, heeft nog minder dan 250 stemmen nodig om kans te maken dat LEGO er een échte LEGO set van gaan maken...

wie geeft dat laatste duwtje?

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
R.E.M.
Tool
Belgian Asociality
Nick Cave
Blood Incantation
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

Bjork
Portishead
Nine Inch Nails
Jeff Mills
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

King Sunny Ade
SPK
Diamanda Galás
George Michael
Anthony Braxton
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
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They Banned Woke And Suzy Still Can’t Read
Far-right school board officials are finding out the hard way that the political pendulum has swung
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November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy to read Bart's knowledge on all stuff nautical. Was one of the few reads I really missed after moving here.
1/x So with the introduction of GPS and other GNSS, navigation became easier than before. But what did they use before GNSS? Some might immediately mention astronavigation with the sextant, but there was something else. Something quite precise. I'm talking about DECCA and LORANC
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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1/x OK, I'm going to explain a little bit what exactly happened and what caused the allision between the MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. A 🧵#maritimeincidents
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Iemand goeie ervaring met glas-in-lood maatwerk (modern)?
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Gelukkige 70ste verjaardag Jommeke.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dopesmoker
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October 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM