Mark Eichin
@eichin.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu7P... "Details Matter". (In this case, the cause of the blackouts leading to the Dali hitting the bridge were mislabeled wires - not semantically, the labels were placed such that they interfered with how the wires made contact...)
NTSB Animation - Containership Dali Contact with Francis Scott Key Bridge
YouTube video by NTSBgov
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu7P... "Details Matter". (In this case, the cause of the blackouts leading to the Dali hitting the bridge were mislabeled wires - not semantically, the labels were placed such that they interfered with how the wires made contact...)
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November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I saw this directly below a @nanoraptor.danamania.com post and was (pleasantly) surprised to find that the ABL100 is a Real Thing
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I saw this directly below a @nanoraptor.danamania.com post and was (pleasantly) surprised to find that the ABL100 is a Real Thing
18 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rFGHtP [Massachusetts,North Andover,Museum of Printing,garage sale,Haverhill,Mazurenko Farm Conservation Area,Rea's Pond,type,northern flicker,Reflections,boardwalk,autumn,leaves,colors,sign,white-throated sparrow,tufted titmouse,composition,sunshine,yellow,junco...]
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
18 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rFGHtP [Massachusetts,North Andover,Museum of Printing,garage sale,Haverhill,Mazurenko Farm Conservation Area,Rea's Pond,type,northern flicker,Reflections,boardwalk,autumn,leaves,colors,sign,white-throated sparrow,tufted titmouse,composition,sunshine,yellow,junco...]
Aww, WeRateDogs turned 13 :)
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Aww, WeRateDogs turned 13 :)
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Ooh, the first edition of "Century of the Typewriter" by Wilfred Beeching (1974) is on archive.org! Probably still in copyright in the UK, but Beeching died in 2000 and I *urgently* need to read more about Italian hydraulic typewriters of the Mussolini era than is in my abridged 1990s edition ...
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ooh, the first edition of "Century of the Typewriter" by Wilfred Beeching (1974) is on archive.org! Probably still in copyright in the UK, but Beeching died in 2000 and I *urgently* need to read more about Italian hydraulic typewriters of the Mussolini era than is in my abridged 1990s edition ...
(ULP is "Unfair Labor Practices". Don't cross the picket line.)
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(ULP is "Unfair Labor Practices". Don't cross the picket line.)
New England looks like it will be partly cloudy tonight but given how last night looked it's worth popping your head out anyway (and give it a chance with your phone even if you don't see anything naked-eye.)
If all the aurora photos are giving you unbearable FOMO, it may please you to know that there’s a possibility for more lights tonight (Wed. 12 Nov), possibly right after sunset in North America. We’ll see how this next CME (coronal mass ejection) impact plays out!
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New England looks like it will be partly cloudy tonight but given how last night looked it's worth popping your head out anyway (and give it a chance with your phone even if you don't see anything naked-eye.)
13 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rF35po [Concord,Wood Street,Massachusetts,fountain,Assabet River NWR,Sudbury,autumn,colors,aurora borealis,silhouette,squirrel,birdbath,Splash,sign,tufted titmouse,Red Squirrel,Puffer Pond,Chelmsford,bus stop,berries,closeup,bluejay,leaves,Bunker,gazebo,hawk,dock,sky]
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
13 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rF35po [Concord,Wood Street,Massachusetts,fountain,Assabet River NWR,Sudbury,autumn,colors,aurora borealis,silhouette,squirrel,birdbath,Splash,sign,tufted titmouse,Red Squirrel,Puffer Pond,Chelmsford,bus stop,berries,closeup,bluejay,leaves,Bunker,gazebo,hawk,dock,sky]
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crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
(this thread inspired me to actually go out and look up. saw some pink to the west, naked-eye, but needed the camera to get the shots to the north)
You can SORT OF see the aurora from Beacon Hill right now.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
(this thread inspired me to actually go out and look up. saw some pink to the west, naked-eye, but needed the camera to get the shots to the north)
Through the magic of whatever it is that samsung phone cameras do for stable long handheld shots... these were about 3 second exposures, from the Boston suburbs
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Through the magic of whatever it is that samsung phone cameras do for stable long handheld shots... these were about 3 second exposures, from the Boston suburbs
Innovations in coffee: there's an (experimental?) drive-up coffee truck in southern NH that uses a phone app and "geofencing" to have your coffee ready when you arrive www.pingthru.com/faqs . They do seem to get how creepy that seems: "We also do not use facial recognition or scrape license plates."
FAQs | p!ng
Fact: humans are curious beings. Also fact: find answers to your questions here.
www.pingthru.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Innovations in coffee: there's an (experimental?) drive-up coffee truck in southern NH that uses a phone app and "geofencing" to have your coffee ready when you arrive www.pingthru.com/faqs . They do seem to get how creepy that seems: "We also do not use facial recognition or scrape license plates."
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Whole bunch of weird shit just got a physiological pathway...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
Humans have remote touch 'seventh sense' like sandpipers, research shows
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sen...
techxplore.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Whole bunch of weird shit just got a physiological pathway...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
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Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Instead of even mentioning that one of Rosalind Franklin's colleagues died today, just repost this ↓
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Instead of even mentioning that one of Rosalind Franklin's colleagues died today, just repost this ↓
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Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
Worth a look (the additional filtering was unannounced *and* bsky probably actively hid some of the better Dick Cheney comments from you...)
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Worth a look (the additional filtering was unannounced *and* bsky probably actively hid some of the better Dick Cheney comments from you...)
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If anyone is interested in the actual process behind how @johnhawkinson.bsky.social and other volunteers produce the "early results" for Cambridge City Council election #1s, I did a writeup of the process by which dozens of folks helped people get results last night.
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
From the CambridgeMA community on Reddit: how we got "early results" last night
Explore this post and more from the CambridgeMA community
www.reddit.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If anyone is interested in the actual process behind how @johnhawkinson.bsky.social and other volunteers produce the "early results" for Cambridge City Council election #1s, I did a writeup of the process by which dozens of folks helped people get results last night.
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
Did not expect catching up on politics to make me hungry :) (the best goat I've had around here has been from Punjab and Holi, but next time I'm in Chicago I need to find Duck Duck Goat...)
don't threaten me with a good time viz a viz goat meat stands
This guy
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did not expect catching up on politics to make me hungry :) (the best goat I've had around here has been from Punjab and Holi, but next time I'm in Chicago I need to find Duck Duck Goat...)
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In grade 5 we had a guest speaker about safety and staying away from construction sites
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In grade 5 we had a guest speaker about safety and staying away from construction sites
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
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Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Qc... it's primarily just the contagious excitement - but basically, this is "using an Engine Rich Exhaust rocket as an airbrush" and it's a hundred-year-old industrial process, refined a lot (the most modern version involves robots.) Very fun.
Metallization
YouTube video by Alec Steele
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Qc... it's primarily just the contagious excitement - but basically, this is "using an Engine Rich Exhaust rocket as an airbrush" and it's a hundred-year-old industrial process, refined a lot (the most modern version involves robots.) Very fun.
