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yellowstoneten

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spaceflight nerd, if the banner pic didn't give that away new name time! Tali, if you please. (they / them, in a "gender currently under renovation" sort of way)

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 5h

"who the FUCK wrote this janky-ass piece of code oh wait that was me three years ago"

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 1d

the artsiest photo i took in Siena today

Siena's tower, framed by the walls of the courtyard of the Palazzo Pubblico, viewed from the ground floor of the courtyard

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Imagine being a commercial pilot flying into JFK for the first time. 312 NOTAMS.

DXB, by comparison, has 21. HKG has 19.

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 1d

one of my favorite things i've read about JCM - and the moment of insight he must have had when he realized what (mu_0 * epsilon_0) ^ (-1/2) worked out to, numerically:

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Irregular Webcomic! #1420

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 2d

this is letting the offender off lightly, btw. lasering a plane should net you one attempted murder charge per person on board the aircraft.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 5d

fun fact, when i was a kid i thought that capers were what you got if you made pickles out of peas

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 5d

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 5d

today's rides from Avignon over to Nice

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Chris A Field, Otherverse Games @otherverseg.bsky.social · 5d

She's carrying all the groceries inside in one trip.

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 5d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 6d

currently visiting Provence, and i think i found the French equivalent to NFL RedZone

a TV screen with 7 smaller insets showing the UEFA world cup qualifiers currently going on this evening

yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 7d

... i have a slight variant on this, which is that i have to pat the airplane on the outside (just to the right of the door) a couple times on the way in (to say hello) and on the way out (to say good girl, thank you for getting me here safely)

yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 7d

i chose the trains on my current trip in part so that i could get on four different types of rolling stock (two different Italo trains, then two different Frecciarossas)

there will be pictures

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 7d

I lived in fear of this day, and it’s here. I finally got called out by The Onion

The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

Passenger Glued To Airplane Window Like It Fucking 1956 https://theonion.com/passenger-glued-to-airplane-window-like-it-fucking-1956-1832728158/

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 7d

i went on Saturday and had a great time, although i was rather disappointed to spot someone in the row in front of me asking ChatGPT what the play was about

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 7d

inbound aircraft have been informed to expect the CAT I ILS approach

yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social · 8d

and you can get whatever you need by tapping a wristband to a reader and maybe entering a PIN, but since the festival never ends you never need to worry about settling the bill