From a Deckchair on the Iceberg
@different-iceberg.bsky.social
"Some are born swift, some achieve swiftness, and some have swiftness thrust upon them by a pursuing pack of wolves" 😮 🐺🐺🐺
It's ALL Aero. It ALL moves 🌬️💨🏍️
"Why's the car upside down in a canal?" ~ Polizia
"We had to swerve to avoid a Nun" ~ Gene Romero
It's ALL Aero. It ALL moves 🌬️💨🏍️
"Why's the car upside down in a canal?" ~ Polizia
"We had to swerve to avoid a Nun" ~ Gene Romero
Pinned
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I still find myself weeping over how tragically short 'forever' can truly be 😢
I still find myself weeping over how tragically short 'forever' can truly be 😢
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It's Sunday... tell your Mother you love her! 😉
It's Sunday... tell your Mother you love her! 😉
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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It's Sunday... tell your Mother you love her! 😉
It's Sunday... tell your Mother you love her! 😉
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Bezz is the Lion of Noale. AKA: 'Jorge who?'
"I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back" 😉👍
Bezz is the Lion of Noale. AKA: 'Jorge who?'
"I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back" 😉👍
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Bezz is the Lion of Noale. AKA: 'Jorge who?'
"I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back" 😉👍
Bezz is the Lion of Noale. AKA: 'Jorge who?'
"I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back" 😉👍
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To the lad who seemed to always have to walk to school uphill...
.. both ways.
Saúde e boa sorte! 👍
To the lad who seemed to always have to walk to school uphill...
.. both ways.
Saúde e boa sorte! 👍
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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To the lad who seemed to always have to walk to school uphill...
.. both ways.
Saúde e boa sorte! 👍
To the lad who seemed to always have to walk to school uphill...
.. both ways.
Saúde e boa sorte! 👍
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A little light reading (295 pages) from the lost era of: 'actual useful shit on the internet' 😉👍
Worth searching for the older Free & Legal sources (PS, please don't ask for mine) 😈
A little light reading (295 pages) from the lost era of: 'actual useful shit on the internet' 😉👍
Worth searching for the older Free & Legal sources (PS, please don't ask for mine) 😈
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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A little light reading (295 pages) from the lost era of: 'actual useful shit on the internet' 😉👍
Worth searching for the older Free & Legal sources (PS, please don't ask for mine) 😈
A little light reading (295 pages) from the lost era of: 'actual useful shit on the internet' 😉👍
Worth searching for the older Free & Legal sources (PS, please don't ask for mine) 😈
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Tried to watch a few MotoE laps today. Here's what I got from it:
The bikes are so annoyingly quiet that it makes the announcers... still speaking at a normal GP volume... seem like they're now screaming hysterically loud.
They need some serious tweaking of the audio levels 🙉
Tried to watch a few MotoE laps today. Here's what I got from it:
The bikes are so annoyingly quiet that it makes the announcers... still speaking at a normal GP volume... seem like they're now screaming hysterically loud.
They need some serious tweaking of the audio levels 🙉
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Tried to watch a few MotoE laps today. Here's what I got from it:
The bikes are so annoyingly quiet that it makes the announcers... still speaking at a normal GP volume... seem like they're now screaming hysterically loud.
They need some serious tweaking of the audio levels 🙉
Tried to watch a few MotoE laps today. Here's what I got from it:
The bikes are so annoyingly quiet that it makes the announcers... still speaking at a normal GP volume... seem like they're now screaming hysterically loud.
They need some serious tweaking of the audio levels 🙉
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Moto4 in a Nutshell 😈
Moto4 in a Nutshell 😈
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Moto4 in a Nutshell 😈
Moto4 in a Nutshell 😈
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Going to bit a bit spiky for the pre-teens...
.. but well worth the bother if it gets us within 40 lbs of the French 😈
Going to bit a bit spiky for the pre-teens...
.. but well worth the bother if it gets us within 40 lbs of the French 😈
Dr. Oz says Americans will lose an average of 397 pounds per person by the midterm elections. So you better get busy!
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Going to bit a bit spiky for the pre-teens...
.. but well worth the bother if it gets us within 40 lbs of the French 😈
Going to bit a bit spiky for the pre-teens...
.. but well worth the bother if it gets us within 40 lbs of the French 😈
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Glass Transition T° (Tg) is a heartless bitch!
Adhesion loss on a DAMP track isn't just moisture acting as a surface lubricant, but the huge evaporative cooling effect dropping tyre T° below Tg.
Air T° > 30 (86° F) = not an issue 😎
Air T° @ 20° C (68° F) = riding THROUGH Tg to heat tyres 😬
Glass Transition T° (Tg) is a heartless bitch!
Adhesion loss on a DAMP track isn't just moisture acting as a surface lubricant, but the huge evaporative cooling effect dropping tyre T° below Tg.
Air T° > 30 (86° F) = not an issue 😎
Air T° @ 20° C (68° F) = riding THROUGH Tg to heat tyres 😬
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Glass Transition T° (Tg) is a heartless bitch!
Adhesion loss on a DAMP track isn't just moisture acting as a surface lubricant, but the huge evaporative cooling effect dropping tyre T° below Tg.
Air T° > 30 (86° F) = not an issue 😎
Air T° @ 20° C (68° F) = riding THROUGH Tg to heat tyres 😬
Glass Transition T° (Tg) is a heartless bitch!
Adhesion loss on a DAMP track isn't just moisture acting as a surface lubricant, but the huge evaporative cooling effect dropping tyre T° below Tg.
Air T° > 30 (86° F) = not an issue 😎
Air T° @ 20° C (68° F) = riding THROUGH Tg to heat tyres 😬
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Seabiscuit, the heroic little thoroughbred later reincarnated as Nicolò Bulega, was notorious for his slow starts...
... but then, horses don't have ride height devices & launch control 😈
Seabiscuit, the heroic little thoroughbred later reincarnated as Nicolò Bulega, was notorious for his slow starts...
... but then, horses don't have ride height devices & launch control 😈
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Seabiscuit, the heroic little thoroughbred later reincarnated as Nicolò Bulega, was notorious for his slow starts...
... but then, horses don't have ride height devices & launch control 😈
Seabiscuit, the heroic little thoroughbred later reincarnated as Nicolò Bulega, was notorious for his slow starts...
... but then, horses don't have ride height devices & launch control 😈
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Cinque Cilindri MV at EICMA
(parallel bores = counter-rotating cranks)
Years back I contemplated a 3+1 version as the ultimate Yamaha solution... but with differential stroke/gearing. Front 3C screamed to 21K and the rear monocilindrico chuffed out of slower corners to 14K, so 1.5 F/R gearing 😈
Cinque Cilindri MV at EICMA
(parallel bores = counter-rotating cranks)
Years back I contemplated a 3+1 version as the ultimate Yamaha solution... but with differential stroke/gearing. Front 3C screamed to 21K and the rear monocilindrico chuffed out of slower corners to 14K, so 1.5 F/R gearing 😈
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Cinque Cilindri MV at EICMA
(parallel bores = counter-rotating cranks)
Years back I contemplated a 3+1 version as the ultimate Yamaha solution... but with differential stroke/gearing. Front 3C screamed to 21K and the rear monocilindrico chuffed out of slower corners to 14K, so 1.5 F/R gearing 😈
Cinque Cilindri MV at EICMA
(parallel bores = counter-rotating cranks)
Years back I contemplated a 3+1 version as the ultimate Yamaha solution... but with differential stroke/gearing. Front 3C screamed to 21K and the rear monocilindrico chuffed out of slower corners to 14K, so 1.5 F/R gearing 😈
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Dear Dorna/Liberty/FIM... or whichever jar of fossilized brain cells is in charge of promoting MotoGP racing... Marketing 101:
LEGIBLE FUCKING NUMBERS 😵💫
Because nothing goes with 'enjoy the race' quite like: "and whilst doing so please have a go sorting who the fuck is doing what the fuck" 😠
Dear Dorna/Liberty/FIM... or whichever jar of fossilized brain cells is in charge of promoting MotoGP racing... Marketing 101:
LEGIBLE FUCKING NUMBERS 😵💫
Because nothing goes with 'enjoy the race' quite like: "and whilst doing so please have a go sorting who the fuck is doing what the fuck" 😠
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Dear Dorna/Liberty/FIM... or whichever jar of fossilized brain cells is in charge of promoting MotoGP racing... Marketing 101:
LEGIBLE FUCKING NUMBERS 😵💫
Because nothing goes with 'enjoy the race' quite like: "and whilst doing so please have a go sorting who the fuck is doing what the fuck" 😠
Dear Dorna/Liberty/FIM... or whichever jar of fossilized brain cells is in charge of promoting MotoGP racing... Marketing 101:
LEGIBLE FUCKING NUMBERS 😵💫
Because nothing goes with 'enjoy the race' quite like: "and whilst doing so please have a go sorting who the fuck is doing what the fuck" 😠
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Personally, I've never thought trying to put toothpaste back in the tube was anything other than a fool's errand. I'll take whatever comes and not give it a bit of worry 😉👍
Personally, I've never thought trying to put toothpaste back in the tube was anything other than a fool's errand. I'll take whatever comes and not give it a bit of worry 😉👍
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Personally, I've never thought trying to put toothpaste back in the tube was anything other than a fool's errand. I'll take whatever comes and not give it a bit of worry 😉👍
Personally, I've never thought trying to put toothpaste back in the tube was anything other than a fool's errand. I'll take whatever comes and not give it a bit of worry 😉👍
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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LLM AI is little more than a sceance for summoning the ghosts of dead examples 🌬💨 ⚰️
LLM AI is little more than a sceance for summoning the ghosts of dead examples 🌬💨 ⚰️
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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LLM AI is little more than a sceance for summoning the ghosts of dead examples 🌬💨 ⚰️
LLM AI is little more than a sceance for summoning the ghosts of dead examples 🌬💨 ⚰️
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CFMOTO V.04 SR-RR
997cc V4 / Wt < 200 kg / BHP > 210
Dynamically optimized Aero
(Front AoA INDEPENDENTLY variable Left & Right)
Semi-Active Suspension.
And...?
Gain from limiting GP Tech is better racing. Price you pay is the most technically advanced motorbikes will now be in the car-park 😈
CFMOTO V.04 SR-RR
997cc V4 / Wt < 200 kg / BHP > 210
Dynamically optimized Aero
(Front AoA INDEPENDENTLY variable Left & Right)
Semi-Active Suspension.
And...?
Gain from limiting GP Tech is better racing. Price you pay is the most technically advanced motorbikes will now be in the car-park 😈
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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CFMOTO V.04 SR-RR
997cc V4 / Wt < 200 kg / BHP > 210
Dynamically optimized Aero
(Front AoA INDEPENDENTLY variable Left & Right)
Semi-Active Suspension.
And...?
Gain from limiting GP Tech is better racing. Price you pay is the most technically advanced motorbikes will now be in the car-park 😈
CFMOTO V.04 SR-RR
997cc V4 / Wt < 200 kg / BHP > 210
Dynamically optimized Aero
(Front AoA INDEPENDENTLY variable Left & Right)
Semi-Active Suspension.
And...?
Gain from limiting GP Tech is better racing. Price you pay is the most technically advanced motorbikes will now be in the car-park 😈
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'At Technische Universiteit Sint Maarten, it proved deuce difficult to select those students who would have rewarding careers as Physicists. So instead they substituted a fool-proof method to identify those who wouldn't.'
"In Thrust... We Trust" 😈
'At Technische Universiteit Sint Maarten, it proved deuce difficult to select those students who would have rewarding careers as Physicists. So instead they substituted a fool-proof method to identify those who wouldn't.'
"In Thrust... We Trust" 😈
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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'At Technische Universiteit Sint Maarten, it proved deuce difficult to select those students who would have rewarding careers as Physicists. So instead they substituted a fool-proof method to identify those who wouldn't.'
"In Thrust... We Trust" 😈
'At Technische Universiteit Sint Maarten, it proved deuce difficult to select those students who would have rewarding careers as Physicists. So instead they substituted a fool-proof method to identify those who wouldn't.'
"In Thrust... We Trust" 😈
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The art of lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps...
.. front AND rear 😉
The art of lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps...
.. front AND rear 😉
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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The art of lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps...
.. front AND rear 😉
The art of lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps...
.. front AND rear 😉
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Truth: There are only spasms of stability in MotoGP.
Tyre contact area oscillation is unavoidable, but too much limits not just absolute grip... it also disguises where that limit is.
Get it right... and you're still trying to assemble a watch in a rock-tumbler while falling down the stairs 😮
Truth: There are only spasms of stability in MotoGP.
Tyre contact area oscillation is unavoidable, but too much limits not just absolute grip... it also disguises where that limit is.
Get it right... and you're still trying to assemble a watch in a rock-tumbler while falling down the stairs 😮
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Truth: There are only spasms of stability in MotoGP.
Tyre contact area oscillation is unavoidable, but too much limits not just absolute grip... it also disguises where that limit is.
Get it right... and you're still trying to assemble a watch in a rock-tumbler while falling down the stairs 😮
Truth: There are only spasms of stability in MotoGP.
Tyre contact area oscillation is unavoidable, but too much limits not just absolute grip... it also disguises where that limit is.
Get it right... and you're still trying to assemble a watch in a rock-tumbler while falling down the stairs 😮
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From 1971 Cycle Magazine 'Road Test' 😈
Cook took a fuck-ton of shit for this photo. As a schoolboy I thought it was brilliant 👍
PS, H-D of that era still had NO throttle return springs. Rumored as a carry-over to aid pistol shooting on Police Models. Indian PM's had just used a LH throttle 😲
From 1971 Cycle Magazine 'Road Test' 😈
Cook took a fuck-ton of shit for this photo. As a schoolboy I thought it was brilliant 👍
PS, H-D of that era still had NO throttle return springs. Rumored as a carry-over to aid pistol shooting on Police Models. Indian PM's had just used a LH throttle 😲
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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From 1971 Cycle Magazine 'Road Test' 😈
Cook took a fuck-ton of shit for this photo. As a schoolboy I thought it was brilliant 👍
PS, H-D of that era still had NO throttle return springs. Rumored as a carry-over to aid pistol shooting on Police Models. Indian PM's had just used a LH throttle 😲
From 1971 Cycle Magazine 'Road Test' 😈
Cook took a fuck-ton of shit for this photo. As a schoolboy I thought it was brilliant 👍
PS, H-D of that era still had NO throttle return springs. Rumored as a carry-over to aid pistol shooting on Police Models. Indian PM's had just used a LH throttle 😲
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Future archeologists will struggle to even comprehend the wondrous nature of Japanese Disc-Valve twins. The Secret Chord forever lost in a haze of blue smoke 🌬️💨 🎶
📷 Kawasaki A1-R 250GP
Future archeologists will struggle to even comprehend the wondrous nature of Japanese Disc-Valve twins. The Secret Chord forever lost in a haze of blue smoke 🌬️💨 🎶
📷 Kawasaki A1-R 250GP
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Future archeologists will struggle to even comprehend the wondrous nature of Japanese Disc-Valve twins. The Secret Chord forever lost in a haze of blue smoke 🌬️💨 🎶
📷 Kawasaki A1-R 250GP
Future archeologists will struggle to even comprehend the wondrous nature of Japanese Disc-Valve twins. The Secret Chord forever lost in a haze of blue smoke 🌬️💨 🎶
📷 Kawasaki A1-R 250GP
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Pecco curb-stomped the entire field riding the whole Sprint without a rear ride-height device.
Today it was Acosta: “I was super pissed off... no power out of the last two corners”. So Sharkboy did this to his 'Tire Nanny' electronics and rode without all the controls...
.. and went RACING 😈🥈
Pecco curb-stomped the entire field riding the whole Sprint without a rear ride-height device.
Today it was Acosta: “I was super pissed off... no power out of the last two corners”. So Sharkboy did this to his 'Tire Nanny' electronics and rode without all the controls...
.. and went RACING 😈🥈
The Simpsons - T-437
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October 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Pecco curb-stomped the entire field riding the whole Sprint without a rear ride-height device.
Today it was Acosta: “I was super pissed off... no power out of the last two corners”. So Sharkboy did this to his 'Tire Nanny' electronics and rode without all the controls...
.. and went RACING 😈🥈
Pecco curb-stomped the entire field riding the whole Sprint without a rear ride-height device.
Today it was Acosta: “I was super pissed off... no power out of the last two corners”. So Sharkboy did this to his 'Tire Nanny' electronics and rode without all the controls...
.. and went RACING 😈🥈
Cazzo! La gomma posteriore è forata! 😠
October 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Cazzo! La gomma posteriore è forata! 😠
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Watch the spectators silhouetted at the top of the grandstand.
If you think this is 'sped-up'... think again 😮
Watch the spectators silhouetted at the top of the grandstand.
If you think this is 'sped-up'... think again 😮
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Watch the spectators silhouetted at the top of the grandstand.
If you think this is 'sped-up'... think again 😮
Watch the spectators silhouetted at the top of the grandstand.
If you think this is 'sped-up'... think again 😮
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I respect and admire both of them, INDIVIDUALLY, as GP Pilots.
I give zero fucks about the rest of it 😟
I respect and admire both of them, INDIVIDUALLY, as GP Pilots.
I give zero fucks about the rest of it 😟
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I respect and admire both of them, INDIVIDUALLY, as GP Pilots.
I give zero fucks about the rest of it 😟
I respect and admire both of them, INDIVIDUALLY, as GP Pilots.
I give zero fucks about the rest of it 😟