@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2025-10-21 02:57:37
Turns out that what hit flight #UA1093 was most likely a balloon from https://windbornesystems.com - this was brought up first in the thread https://x.com/vk5qi/status/1980386581497409891 and now the company confirms that it's a very strong possibility: https://x.com/johndeanl/status/1980462264974209292. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZzbS30xdjM for a short video about the company and how it's filling the atmosphere with long-duration balloons carrying weather sensors. They had just been hailed as one of the best inventions of 2025: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318250/windborne-systems-atlas/ ...
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-18 15:17:33
US prices rose 2.7% in the year to November,
according to federal data released
a day after Donald Trump claimed they were falling “very fast” on his watch.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/18/november-us-inflation?CMP=Sh…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2025-11-18 09:00:03
Good morning with the Negative Neutron remix of Syntagma — ethereal with sweeping bass, loose beats and only fully taking off after 3 mins, then flying high (and low), diffusing into layers upon layers...
Syntagma (Negative Neutron Remix, 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2kGyUmL8kg…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2025-10-17 13:00:58
This applies to all of us #Researchers - why do we keep flying all around the world just to give (or watch) some talks that could have been given or watched online???
Yes, in-person conferences are slightly better for "networking"... but is this really worth destroying the planet?!
Quoting @…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-11-18 05:07:05
Did you know Trump repeatedly lied lied LIED & bankrupted an entire sports league all because the NFL hurt his feelings?
▶️ One Man’s Ego vs. the NFL: Donald Trump and the demise of the USFL - Press Box Chronicles
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lCjWo9A_51E&si=LGdbd7…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2025-12-20 00:13:15
@… thanks.
Let's note, at the foot of the penultimate archived page (prior to removal of the topic):
― opening poster RypPn pleaded for people to be better
― eternal_noob replied, "But i'd like to watch things burn. 🥸".
The flames certainly entertained that one person. Moderators might have been less amused; it …
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-18 15:05:28
Eight players to watch in dynasty: Will Tyler Shough be a fringe QB1 in 2026? https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47335261/fantasy-football-dynasty-rankings-nfl-upside-players-2026
@jake4480@c.im2025-10-18 03:54:35
Naomi Watts got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and usually I don't even follow things like that, but I dig her so much and she deserves it like crazy. Wow, she's been in 97 films. Most people like her in the Lynch stuff. But for me, I mean.. King Kong, The Ring, and I ❤ Huckabees ALONE 🔥
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2025-12-14 10:45:28
Giant Surfing in Nazaré, Portugal, December 2025 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2TQXgxsoHA
'Met een DJI Mavic Pro 4 wist filmmaker Artur Carvalho onlangs de reusachtige golven bij Nazaré, Portugal, op indrukwekkende wijze vast te leggen.'
https://www.dronewatch.nl/2025/12/13/kijken-drone-legt-monsterlijke-golven-nazare-haarscherp-vast/
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-12-14 18:27:11
Feeling very inadequate after watching 7Asian craft an entire floating village by himself. Watch 1 year of amazing engineering & hard work in just 1hr.
▶️ He Left Civilization to Build a Floating Self-Sustaining Island | by 7Asian
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AJSXVUd819