Alan
@gammacounter.bsky.social
Radiologist. Broadly enthusiastic. Science, outdoors/nature, travel. Lakes, coasts. Home experiments. Local environments. Many photos of slightly oddball things.
It says here that kitchen gurus hate the pop-up turkey device. Also, is this photo a joke, or does anyone actually put this many popup devices in the turkey
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/fo...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It says here that kitchen gurus hate the pop-up turkey device. Also, is this photo a joke, or does anyone actually put this many popup devices in the turkey
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/fo...
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/fo...
The first turkey pop-up device to tell you when the turkey reached 165F had a solder-like material at its core that eventually melted at the correct temperature, releasing the shaft, which was then popped up by the spring. invention.si.edu/invention-st...
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The first turkey pop-up device to tell you when the turkey reached 165F had a solder-like material at its core that eventually melted at the correct temperature, releasing the shaft, which was then popped up by the spring. invention.si.edu/invention-st...
Yes, it’s not like a strong “police whistle” sound, and really sounds like less like a whistle at all and more like disordered human breathing.
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yes, it’s not like a strong “police whistle” sound, and really sounds like less like a whistle at all and more like disordered human breathing.
Here is cherry. Every year it’s 7 or 8 pies. Sometimes he flames the surface with a propane torch. But he’s never ever made an apple pie.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Here is cherry. Every year it’s 7 or 8 pies. Sometimes he flames the surface with a propane torch. But he’s never ever made an apple pie.
Doug made these 8 pies last year, including vinegar, and he’s doing it again, but I’m working starting at 6, so I’ll have to just live with the memories.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Doug made these 8 pies last year, including vinegar, and he’s doing it again, but I’m working starting at 6, so I’ll have to just live with the memories.
In the second photo where Terry is about to kill his friend, he looks a bit like Jerry Seinfeld.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In the second photo where Terry is about to kill his friend, he looks a bit like Jerry Seinfeld.
Nobody wanted to cook any food today, so we went to this place. There was a lot of fancy food. I tended to gravitate toward the best.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Nobody wanted to cook any food today, so we went to this place. There was a lot of fancy food. I tended to gravitate toward the best.
What a good view of the comet if you were living on Mars.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
What a good view of the comet if you were living on Mars.
@annelibby.bsky.social And for my next self-help book on rheumatological ailments, I think I’ve found a title for the chapter on crystalline arthropathies.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@annelibby.bsky.social And for my next self-help book on rheumatological ailments, I think I’ve found a title for the chapter on crystalline arthropathies.
It’s really quite cheap.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It’s really quite cheap.
Nice, I should get that for my phone. I got this very inexpensive “lomography” film camera about 15 years ago, I like it but it’s getting harder and harder to find anyone able process for the long format panorama.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Nice, I should get that for my phone. I got this very inexpensive “lomography” film camera about 15 years ago, I like it but it’s getting harder and harder to find anyone able process for the long format panorama.
Here’s a wider view showing the asymmetry and decreased blood flow, when compared to the unaffected side.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here’s a wider view showing the asymmetry and decreased blood flow, when compared to the unaffected side.
Turned out real. Arrow points to blunt cut-off where the blood vessel is nearly completely occluded. There is some blood flowing past it, but clearly diminished.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Turned out real. Arrow points to blunt cut-off where the blood vessel is nearly completely occluded. There is some blood flowing past it, but clearly diminished.
You’re either right or you’re wrong when you call any “asymmetric dense vessel sign,“ that bright-ish wormy thing to our right.
Elderly with stroke symptoms, and it fits the side, so I said get a CT angiogram. Can be a fakeout, though. We’ll see.
Elderly with stroke symptoms, and it fits the side, so I said get a CT angiogram. Can be a fakeout, though. We’ll see.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
You’re either right or you’re wrong when you call any “asymmetric dense vessel sign,“ that bright-ish wormy thing to our right.
Elderly with stroke symptoms, and it fits the side, so I said get a CT angiogram. Can be a fakeout, though. We’ll see.
Elderly with stroke symptoms, and it fits the side, so I said get a CT angiogram. Can be a fakeout, though. We’ll see.
Imagine instead of carrying these nice cards in your wallet, now you have to carry a card with the face of Donald Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Imagine instead of carrying these nice cards in your wallet, now you have to carry a card with the face of Donald Trump.
“Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread.” www.science.org/content/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread.” www.science.org/content/arti...
That’s it. Japanese whistle candy. Seems like it’s been around for decades. Imagining that parents probably hate it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
That’s it. Japanese whistle candy. Seems like it’s been around for decades. Imagining that parents probably hate it.
That first audio was actively trying to blow the whistle. This one is just during quiet breathing with the candy in your mouth. Inspiratory and expiratory wheezing. Maybe a few crackles at the right base.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
That first audio was actively trying to blow the whistle. This one is just during quiet breathing with the candy in your mouth. Inspiratory and expiratory wheezing. Maybe a few crackles at the right base.
I promised that you’d get to hear it. Whistle effect occurs with either expiration or inspiration. (I would advise against forced inspiration, to avoid inhaling the candy.) Sound quality is better with expiration. It really does sounds like wheezing.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I promised that you’d get to hear it. Whistle effect occurs with either expiration or inspiration. (I would advise against forced inspiration, to avoid inhaling the candy.) Sound quality is better with expiration. It really does sounds like wheezing.
You can whistle along with all your best friends.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You can whistle along with all your best friends.
Here’s the Cola one. We’ve only tried Cola. Tastes ok. About like a more crumbly “Sweet Tarts” candy. The whistle effect is evanescent. As your saliva inevitably gets into the candy, the sharp edges becomes eroded, and the sound quality decreases. Eventually of course the whole candy falls apart.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here’s the Cola one. We’ve only tried Cola. Tastes ok. About like a more crumbly “Sweet Tarts” candy. The whistle effect is evanescent. As your saliva inevitably gets into the candy, the sharp edges becomes eroded, and the sound quality decreases. Eventually of course the whole candy falls apart.
A box with a free toy comes with the candy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A box with a free toy comes with the candy.
You can see here in the center of the candy there’s a hole, but unlike Life Savers candy where the hole is a solid cylinder, you can see the inside of the candy is “hollowed out,” creating a free edge. This edge is what creates the wheezing whistle. Maybe the inner cavity gives it some resonance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You can see here in the center of the candy there’s a hole, but unlike Life Savers candy where the hole is a solid cylinder, you can see the inside of the candy is “hollowed out,” creating a free edge. This edge is what creates the wheezing whistle. Maybe the inner cavity gives it some resonance.