jrh @jrh@qoto.org
astrophysics et cetera
"Swallowed up in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I know nothing and which know nothing of me, I take fright." - Pascal
"Optimism for the sake of restitution in order to retain the right to be a pessimist at some point — do you understand that?" - Nietzsche
Joined Apr 2022
@peterdroberts yeah or whatever dinner Tesco sells, 2 for £7.
@considermycatjohn The RIAA curve, surface noise, and occasional pops and scratches of #vinyl 
"Why are you making an emergency trip to Trafalgar Square?" you ask
Because the UK Home Office has lost our Canadian passports. It's what they do
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I can no longer tell reality from parody
RT @Parody_PM@twitter.com
We have finally come up with a plan to address the cost of living crisis. It involves telling you lot to:
-buy value brands
-learn to cook
-learn to budget
-get a better paid job
-work longer hours
-sit on a bus to keep warm
: 'The Blandford-Znajek Process' This would be my alt-90s band name, if I had one.
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A very neat annotated image comparing the imaged black holes at the center of M87 and our own galaxy (Sgr A*) as seen by the Event Horizon Telescope. Super exciting #Astronomy news today!
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Remember: the Event Horizon Telescope is announcing something BIG about our galaxy in just a few hours, at 13:00 UTC (9AM Eastern)!
The links to the various livestreams are below:
1) American stream: https://facebook.com/US.NSF
2) European stream: https://youtu.be/rIQLA6lo6R0
3) Japanese stream: https://youtu.be/ZvvxaSHrGdo
What do you think they've found??
evangelicalism, christianity, facebook, the atlantic
@considermycatjohn Currently reading: how evangelicalism makes bad politics even worse
End of an era. I've pulled the plug on scrobbling for good. It was fun while it lasted
@considermycatjohn @peter Slackware. Dude, at least it's an ethos.
@peterdroberts Our local Lib Dem candidate arranges for all the food trucks to come to the village so they got a gratitude vote from me. Plus the Labour candidate doesn't even live here
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@cdevroe Good for me since I'm new here! I just hope the long time locals of the Fediverse are coping and ok with all the birdsite refugees decamping here bringing their olden day traditions
@considermycatjohn 
o.m.g. I remember ... in olden times... when the old place was actually a bit fun? Like that Lennon song "Imagine there's no blue ticks... etc."
@cleoqc Yes! Same here! But the deja vu is also a bit disorienting 
omg #FollowFriday is trending? This feels like birdsite 2009 the reboot.
astrophysics et cetera
"Swallowed up in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I know nothing and which know nothing of me, I take fright." - Pascal
"Optimism for the sake of restitution in order to retain the right to be a pessimist at some point — do you understand that?" - Nietzsche
Joined Apr 2022
