Ag Terrane @agterrane@qoto.org

December 15, 1989, KLM Flight 867- a Boeing 747 jetliner carrying 231 passengers & 14 crew - on approach to Anchorage International Airport experienced loss of all 4 engines as volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt clogged the turbines 🌋✈️

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In the south of Burkina Faso lies a small village called Tiébélé. It's home to the Kassena people; one of the oldest ethnic groups that settled in the region in the 15th century.

Tiébélé is known for their amazing traditional Gurunsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls of their homes.

Dating back to the 16th century, wall decorating has always been a community project done by the women.

#Africa #African #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #BurkinaFaso #Architecture #Houses #Homes

And here is a little bit of the Aurora Australis from Magnet Bay, no trails this time, one of the cool little bays on Banks Peninsula

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #longexposure #NewZealand #PhotoMonday #astro #astrophotography

Good morning everyone.

Here is a 🧵 of Pew Research Center's striking findings from 2022
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/13/striking-findings-from-2022/ #PewResearch

#StarTrek

I know, the content warning sounds like a spam email header, but the White House will soon be reviving their free at-home COVID testing program.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/free-covid-home-test-program-restart-00073962

Starting tomorrow, you should be able to request tests via UPS from https://www.covid.gov/tests

In the meantime, people in limited areas including Seattle are be eligible for another free tests-by-mail program.

Another domain that looks like a spam site, but I've used https://www.sayyescovidhometest.org/ repeatedly.

I miss the naive old days when Bill Gates was the worst billionaire we could imagine

Es gibt immer mehr Hinweise, dass Musk Accounts aus der #Ukraine stark in der Reichweite einschränkt, oder sie gar nicht mehr in ihre Accounts kommen. Umso wichtiger hier auf Mastodon mehr zum Thema zu vernetzen und zu teilen.

I'm amazed that people trust Tesla FSD given what's known about Tesla processes, e.g., Tesla took an early Mobileye ADAS system (designed to recognize vehicle rears, to provide emergency braking in some circumstances), called it autopilot, and shipped it for general highway self driving.

By design, the system didn't recognize vehicles from all angles, so a Tesla drove full speed into the side of a semi.

That wasn't bad luck — it was inevitable that an early ADAS system would fail like this.

On this week's first episode of Serious Trouble: all about Sam Bankman-Fried. Extradition law! How his indictment is seriously weird and why! Why "saving" him from Congress is not a thing! Josh tries and fails to explain to Ken the difference between a quadrangle and a polycule! Jonah Hill's career prospects! And more.

https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/all-about-sbf#details