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Markle2k

Markle2k

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geocaching biker I comment on other stuff, but my main interests for this account is taking in news and info about Ukraine and electrification. If you like what I post, great. But if 🇺🇦/⚡🔋 is not in your posts, I may not follow back Nothing personal

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Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 9h

Off-year elections actually tend to go to Republicans because of the senior vote that always shows up

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 9h

Magda.

Goebbels' wife's name was Magda

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 10h

I hate it when people use their own terms and don't define them
Any idea what the p subscript on the gigawatts is?
They say "go here for the data" and its just a sales pitch with no information

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 16h

You've got my permission

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 16h

Euros love them (and some jurisdictions require nothing but) but I hate the extra effort and the wear on the sidewall of the tire

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 16h

Display Port? The one that has the form factor of USB-C?

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 16h

Or it is just a crude attempt at removing some of his agency and psychically (to their typical readers) emasculating him

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

Even Antonov in Ukraine couldn't quite improve on the founder's design quite enough to put it back in production in 2013

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

Do you even bother to read your own sources? Not all Republicans were MAGA-controlled. Many of those who voted for the package then announced that they were not running for re-election
As I said, you don't understand how US politics works these days

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

Who was in charge of the US House of Representatives in 2022?

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

He dug his hole deeper, actually. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives was a Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, in 2022. Republican won a majority in November, but in January 2023, it took FIFTEEN ballots for Republicans to agree to have Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, a job he had for >9 months

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

Who was House Speaker in 2022?

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 17h

The An-2 is a solid🇺🇦design. Antonov's first after doing gliders. It's one of the world's most-produced aircraft. License-built in🇵🇱🇨🇳. Discontinued in 2009, it was the longest-produced aircraft in the world. It was passed by the Cessna 172 and 182, still in production
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucHh...

Antonov AN2 Colt Auburn Air Fair walk around and operational compilation

YouTube video by blancolirio

www.youtube.com

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 19h

It's All-American and fairly common. A good one to know and remember

"Whoa! Hey! Slow your roll buddy! You haven't even shown that you can ... (name activity here)!"

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 19h

Sulfuric acid is a major base chemical for industry. That's where a lot of the sulfur will end up

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 19h

In the cracking process, you can increase the fraction that yields high-octane base stock, reducing the amount of octane enhancer that needs to be added. That process requires a catalyst. That catalyst is poisoned (rendered ineffective) by sulf(ph)ur

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 19h

Urals crude is crap (so is Venezuelan) so it trades at a discount. They do have a premium crude back east that used to get a premium over the world standard Brent crude, but the recent sanctions f-ed that up for them

Sulfur is a catalyst poison for the process that makes high-octane base stock

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 19h

Sulphites (SO2 ion) show up in preservatives. Sulphides (S^2- ion) tend to be poison

For completeness, sulphates (SO4 2- ion) tend to be laxatives

Suffixes in chemistry are very important. Know your IUPAC terminology

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 20h

Look at the population pyramid in China
It's very male-biased (for some quite unfortunate and unintended-by-the-state reasons)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HxU...

Population pyramid of China showing strong male-biased skewing since pre-birth sex determination was available

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 20h

Premium quality comment

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 20h

I got to watch your video finally (had to put together a toy train)
I'm not sure why they asked a lawyer to comment on firefighting efforts

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 21h

Denys Davydov (Ukrainian War YouTuber and 737 captain) has more video, including 2 from initial impact into UPS(?) facility. The plane never really got far off the ground before settling in. An MD-11 should climb out on two engines just fine. Poss eng separation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S40l...

UPS MD-11 Air Crash | Engine Explosion, Fire | Initial Analysis

YouTube video by Pilot Blog

www.youtube.com

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 21h

Blancolirio has some video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3lX...
Big fire on the #1 (port side) engine right at rotation
I'm looking at this real-time. I heard about it scrolling through your feed for the Russia NWF data

UPS#2976 KSDF 4 Nov 2025

YouTube video by blancolirio

www.youtube.com

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 22h

Looking at the ADS-B data, they seem to have accelerated down the runway alright, but they never established any sort of climb rate
The plane's day started in Ontario, California. It flew to Louiville. Then Baltimore. Back to Louisville. And then this

Markle2k @markle2k.bsky.social · 22h

280,000 gallons of fuel would be in the range of 1.9M lbs. It varies a little with temperature, but Jet-A is 6.75 lbs/gal