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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 16m

I'm convinced that projects like this are just a way to allow other rich people and governments to bribe them

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 1h

A US tech bro corp in the US has decided the night sky should go away. They've made that decision for everyone on Earth.

Naturally they've named the first searing orbital array (many times brighter than the moon) after Eärendil, the light bearer, from Tolkien's work
www.space.com/space-explor...

Company's plan to launch 4,000 space mirrors alarms scientists

Reflect Orbital says their light-on-demand idea has generated significant interest from commercial and government customers.

www.space.com

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 2h

I remember lots of ranting about him being stupid whenever he appeared on tv so I genuinely think the difference between then and now is that the media wasn't *as* captured by the wealthy as it is now

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 9h

Tats are so common among my social circles that I forgot how many people on here are upper middle class from weird gated communities

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SirTidehunter115 @tide115.bsky.social · 10h

Mechtober 6 - Teamwork

"Sometimes, you just gotta improvise."
- uncredited tanker alongside a blackout drunk Rack pilot

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 11h

You are literally going around calling anarchists "libs" just because they point out that you are annoying

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 15h

it's crazy that twitchcon had the Concrete Trap Pit that someone shattered their spine on in 2022 and seemingly did not improve from that point

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Keith J Carberry @keithjcarberry.contentburger.biz · Nov 7

digimon fan who's never heard of a werewolf watching horror movies: oh my god he's turning into some sort of WereGarurumon

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 11h

An advertisement for Anusol, calms inflammation of the rectum

Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 11h

It's not lost on me that the people doing whataboutism to defend this dude are also rhe same ones who discourage voting every couple years even though it only takes ten minutes of your time

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 11h

You are so lucky to be a teenager in the prime of your youth, don't waste it sputtering incoherently online

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Nov 22

A mystery in space: Why do astronauts frequently report seeing light flashes (LF) while in orbit?

Let's get the easy answers out of the way:
Hypothesis 1: Aliens.
Hypothesis 2: SPACE MADNESS.

After that, it gets a little more complicated..

(🧑‍🎨: Sergio Sciutto)

A simulation of a cosmic ray shower formed when a proton with 1TeV (1e12 eV) of energy hits the atmosphere about 20km above the ground. The ground shown here is a 8km x 8km map of Chicago's lakefront. This visualization was made by Dinoj Surendran, Mark SubbaRao, and Randy Landsberg of the COSMUS group at the University of Chicago, with the help of physicists at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and the Pierre Auger Observatory. The simulation was done using the AIRES package by physicist Sergio Sciutto of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Nov 22

To learn more:
Universe Today has an article, including some details of the research and experiences of astronauts here:
www.universetoday.com/94714/seeing...

And an article on how similar the phenomenon is to flashes seen in proton therapy patients on Earth.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

'Seeing' Cosmic Rays in Space

Astronauts have long reported the experience of seeing flashes while they are in space, even when their eyes are closed. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both reported these flashes during the Apollo 11...

www.universetoday.com

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 12h

I have relatives that fucking despised bush and then voted for trump three times

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not watching your tiktok slop, jump off putins cock

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 13h

FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social

Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids

State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.

news.wttw.com

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 12h

Don't pretend you give a fuck about Palestinians

Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 13h

Hey real quick what do you think about Uyghurs, Tibetans, Taiwanese, and Georgians? Should all Americans lay down and die because of the fash within our borders? Fuck off back to Leftbook with your authoritarian bootlocking

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 13h

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.

All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."

It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 14h

Sure but I think the wealthy trying to push the world to this point are overestimating the degree to which 21st century economics can withstand their fucking around

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 14h

There's plenty of rural drug houses that have multiple cameras set up to tvs without any internet connection to speak of. Idk how long it would take to build up the capacity of a 8tb harddrive but it seems pretty doable to review the weekly footage and delete anything you don't need to keep

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 15h

Ursula K Le Guin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/le_gui... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Bart van Erkel, Peter Gudynas, Wojtek Siudmak and Peter Goodfellow):

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 16h

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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