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Phil Landmeier

@ai6yr Hahaha. Yes, especially now that the sun is active, it's good to keep an eye on real-time solar activity while you're on the air. I have my phone set up to give me immediate bulletins about flares and jumps in Kp index. I often have the blackout map up on the screen. services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/

Not only do you know what's going on but you can observe the effects on propagation and ionospheric noise yourself. If a big flare happens around midday where you are, and you happen to be on an upper band (15m is best), you can hear the normal noise quiet down and be replaced by another kind of noise. You're then listening to the sun itself, which sounds different. You're listening to radio signals from 93 million miles away. Whoo hoo.

If conditions are going to spoil your DXing plans, might as well have fun with it.

Dynamics

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Zac White

Now that I'm on my own instance, it's time for an #introduction. My name is Zac and I'm a #csharp #dotnet engineer by trade, with over 15 years of experience. I'm currently a Director leading remote teams of other #dotnet engineers. I dabble in #iOS development on the side and I'm passionate about #technology, #apple devices, #photography, #golf, and #guitars

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Drew Harwell

New: Erica Marsh became one of the most consistently viral liberal accounts on Twitter. Only problem: She's probably fake. Her account was suspended after we asked Twitter workers about it. Doesn't this kind of rage baiting make you angry? Boost if you agree

washingtonpost.com/technology/

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dayna

Sound on for chickadee warnings! #birdbuddy #birdwatching

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Corey S Powell

The expansion of the universe stretches time as well as space: A new study of distant quasars shows that their clocks appear to be ticking just 1/5th as quickly as our clocks here. theconversation.com/astronomer #science #cosmology #nature

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Phil Landmeier

Birdwatchers Unite!

Do you participate in Cornell University's ornithology programs? Do you use the eBird database? Do you use the eBird or Merlin apps? If so I want to follow you and build a list of fellow eBirders so we can share knowledge, experiences, photos, etc.

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Natalie Davis 🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦

"The Russian occupiers said that in 30-40 days drinking water in Kakhovka wells in Kherson region could disappear completely

After the Russian explosion of the Kakhovsk HPP and the destruction of the Kakhov Reservoir, the level of drinking water in the wells of the village of Malokakhovka fell by 5 meters, and in Kakhovka it falls by an average of 15 centimeters every day. The occupiers warn that in 30-40 days the city's water supply may be completely cut off and say they do not have the resources to solve the problem."

🔗: investigator.org.ua/ua/news-2/

#Kakhovka #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
#Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState

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❄️☃️Merry Jerry🎄🌲

I just read another news article about why mastodon didn’t make it and is dying. It’s very sad to hear and probably explains why I have to keep adding more server capacity to handle all the people quitting mastodon.

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Mark A. Rayner

Archeologists at work.

#technology #generation #archeology #oldtechnology #phone #humor #humour #funny

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Phil Landmeier

@futurebird They already bought the fireworks so they HAVE to use them.

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Phil Landmeier

@black_intellect Imagine that.

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Black Intellect

Connecticut troopers falsified data on traffic stops reported to racial profiling board, audit says

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/co

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Phil Landmeier

@djwfyi @vmstan No idea. Haven't watched TV since the early 90s. But whatever it was would likely be better than here and now. Lol.

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Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)

The rate limiting incident in Twitter isn't really what pushed me over to use Mastodon more and more. Currently there is a hashtag on Twitter related to the French riots that's calling on the expulsion of all Muslim, African, and Arab immigrants from the entirety of Europe. The entirety and trending hashtag (at #2) is filled with images encouraging mass killings and lynchings of Arabs. There is no come back from this.

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Mark Ingalls :pdx_badge:

According to Washington DNR, all six major Cascade wildfires started over the weekend were started by idiots using fireworks.

#fire #wildfire #wawx #wafire #weather

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Bruce Shark

I made an abomination

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Phil Landmeier

@freemo @TruthSandwich Got it.

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@freemo @TruthSandwich In which language? In German, gift is poison.

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@freemo @TruthSandwich I'm good at doing that.

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@freemo @TruthSandwich Bahahaha.

So I was almost right.

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