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  1. Robert

    Space Stuff

    Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1 A new signal from humanity's most distant spacecraft could be the key to restoring it. It's been four months since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft sent an intelligible signal back to Earth, and the problem has puzzled engineers...
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    Funny Pics 2021 & 2022

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    Ample warning!

    Yes, it's been pretty quiet in Jim's absence. And he's back just in time for election madness, so that should spice the place up a bit. :D
  4. Robert

    Ample warning!

    Sorry to hear of things haven't been good. Welcome back!
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    #notmywar

    Russia's negotiating demands, as of yesterday: -- 1. Recognition by the former (further, f.) “Ukraine” its military defeat in the conflict; total and unconditional surrender of the f. “Ukraine” represented by the neo-nazi clique in Kiev; demilitarization of the f. “Ukraine” and banning the...
  6. Robert

    Tracking the United States' national embarrassment.

    I see someone let mad Marge wield the gavel the other day with predictably hilarious results. And I don't think she meant this to come across the way it does.
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    Has Q chucked it?

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    #notmywar

    Like the MInsk Accords? And a lot more Russians. Add to that those that remained would be forever subservient to Russia. The only conclusion that Putin would've accepted was Ukraine surrendering to his land grab. I know you're in favour of that, along with the Pope, but I don't blame them for...
  9. Robert

    Emergent Technology

    Deflector shields on! Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable Active shielding was first proposed in the '60s. We’re finally close to making it work. On October 19, 1989, at 12:29 UT, a monstrous X13 class solar flare triggered a geomagnetic storm so strong that auroras lit up...
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    Political Jokes 2021 and 2022

    This is just so "Kim Jong shot 18 holes-in-one in a single round of golf"
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    #notmywar

    Pro-Russian social media in love with the Pope again for saying you should surrender if you get invaded.
  12. Robert

    Has Q chucked it?

    Joe Biden is already dead and being played by Jim Carrey and James Woods, according to this voter.
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    These two things can be true.

    I've been seeing this "Obama really running the show" stuff a lot more lately. The sudden uptick seems to conveniently coincide with Trump repeatedly confusing Obama and Biden. Sort of a, "no, our guy isn't befuddled and losing it. He's just pulling the curtain back. But your guy...."
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    Tracking the United States' national embarrassment.

    Could be worse; he could have a laptop full of sleaze.
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    These two things can be true.

    Perhaps in your head it means that but it's not what he meant. It was more about being able to utter coherent sentences and sounding the least like an unhinged idiot.
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    Has Q chucked it?

    It's never completely gone away but whilst it was banned it was pretty obscure. It's been getting more prominent again since Musk not only re-allowed it but started encouraging it with financial incentives. This chap is worth a follow if you enjoy an unhinged conspiracy theory. Over 15k...
  17. Robert

    Space Stuff

    Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter This new data should help us understand Ingenuity's final moments on Mars. Enlarge / An image of Ingenuity captured by Perseverance's SuperCam RMI instrument. It has now been several weeks since NASA's tenacious...
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    These two things can be true.

    An old friend of mine works for the UK foreign office in Washington. In January he was sent to Iowa for the Republican caucuses. Vivek and DeSantis were still running then. I asked him what he thought of the candidates. This is part of his reply: Having seen her action myself a few times since...
  19. Robert

    Space Stuff

    A little US company makes history by landing on the Moon “We’re not dead yet." For the first time in more than half a century, a US-built spacecraft has made a soft landing on the Moon. There was high drama and plenty of intrigue on Thursday evening as Intuitive Machines attempted to land its...
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    Tracking the United States' national embarrassment.

    "Witch Hunt!" Trump ordered to pay $355m to New York for lying to banks
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