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I first saw him on the BBC Horizon documentary back in 1991; the first time western film crews had been permitted on the site. This was already quite late in the cleanup; the shelter was complete, the fuel was found, and they were into the data gathering and reclaiming phase.

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Finally got around to reading Alexander Borovei's book about his exceptionally long duty at Chernobyl, from the opening hours of disaster to the relative normality a decade later.

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A herd of large, cattle-like tauros will be released into the Highlands as part of a rewilding project. The long-horned bovids have been specially bred in the Netherlands and are intended to replicate the ecological role of the aurochs, an extinct and extremely heavy herbivore that is the wild ancestor of cattle.

Didn't realize the ISS was so clapped out.

Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station - SpaceNews
spacenews.com/ocean-experts-ra

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Since I only have about 40 followers, I would appreciate as many boosts as possible as it is hurricane related. The Iphone 14 and above has the capability to send messages via satellite. You have to install IOS18 then swipe down from top right to get the utilities screen. You can then do a demo by touching the satellite icon. Evidently it only works if you do not have cell data or wifi available.
#hurricaneMilton

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WOW. Just wow. Going through my shots from last night's aurora and found this corker from Hoopers Inlet taken at 21:20. What an absolutely amazing night! #aurora #NewZealand #astronomy

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Another reason to not say anything when you pick up an honest to goodness "phone call" these days: autodialers that will record your voice, profile it and turn it into an AI model, so they know which voice they need to match when they spoof a number to convince your mom to send $5000 in walmart gift cards.

41F outside. On schedule, the lows have arrived. Had to give in and turn the heating on...

Follow up at ophthalmology, some eye injections for my trouble (I have a little inflammation in my bad eye that just won't quit). They're painless really, but your body certainly lets you know you've been stabbed in the eye.

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Dear #MTB hive mind. I'm looking for mountain bike trail suggestions for beginner to intermediate-skilled teens in the Fruita #colorado area. Looking for 2-4 hours worth of trails, nothing too crazy in terms of technical though vertical is fine.

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I did enjoy James Cameron's comment on the culture at OceanGate: "Move fast and break stuff isn't helpful when the stuff has you inside it"

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The photographs are clear and quite haunting. Five people in there, or what's left of them anyway.

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40 minute excellent summation of the Titan submersible's composite hull composition and failure, and some details and data visualisations of the hull monitoring system. It basically started to come apart several dives before the accident dive.
youtu.be/Z7xaePm9QhY

Got a breach notification from Change healthcare. Enjoy my medical records, losers.

This is quite a dry account of the ATR upset and subsequent crash. You can see he's totally mystified. Reminds me a bit of AF447, in that everything that can be done wrong is apparently done wrong.
youtu.be/MMvsf0sVmrk

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