Instagram's loathing for links irritates me no end. Here's an example. NASA says if you want to find out more about the Artemis II heat shield (non-)issue, you have to look it up in their stories. Ugh.
Though with imperial units of weight and volume often stepping up / down a scale by doublings / halves, they're easier to render in binary notation. <ducks>
Bird names can be marvelously ancient words. Shorebirds with a W: whimbrel, willet, godwit, curlew, dowitcher.
Screenshot text: Beyond seeking to reduce emissions, the push is part of efforts to court younger consumers who, Simmons noted, were put off by the environmental impact of eating meat as well as concerns surrounding animal welfare. “I could take you to a farm in Kansas right now with 10,000 dairy cows that will be climate neutral by the end of the decade,” he said.
I suspect that if you take a younger consumer to a 10,000-cow dairy farm, they'll be even less likely to want consume meat and dairy.
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A Hudsonian whimbrel landing on Alisomar Beach, Pacific Grove, west of Monterey, California.
A Hudsonian whimbrel probing for food with its bill on Alisomar Beach, Pacific Grove, west of Monterey, California.
A Hudsonian whimbrel in splashing surf on Alisomar Beach, Pacific Grove, west of Monterey, California.
A Hudsonian whimbrel flying over the surf at Alisomar Beach, Pacific Grove, west of Monterey, California.
Some of the 27 Hudsonian whimbrels I saw yesterday at Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, California. There used to be just whimbrels, but ornithologists split them into Hudsonian whimbrels (Americas) and Eurasian whimbrels (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia) in 2025. #birds #birding #California 🐦
What a marvelous little creature.
I'm glad Logan International Airport is promoting subatomic particles, but their typography team really needs to improve this kerning.
This is worth watching to see where we are now. (I work for @cfs.energy):
youtu.be/Wp1rcZ-daBU
mmm, new Lightroom just dropped. I'm not a big film-like preset person, but I know a lot of others are. Searching by natural language will be useful if it works. www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in...
"Unlocking fusion energy is not simply a technological milestone, but it is the foundation of energy security, economic competitiveness, and geopolitical power in the twenty-first century,” concludes the @csis.org. 1/3
#FusionEnergy
Illuminating fusion power plant configurator from Fusion Energy Base so you can noodle around with various values for Q_sci, electricity conversion efficiency, fusion pulse rep rate, etc.: www.fusionenergybase.com/articles/fus...
#FusionEnergy
Over and over I want this. Also LinkedIn. (Yes, I have to look at LinkedIn a lot.)
screenshot with the headline: "Trump administration to pay French company $1B to drop U.S. offshore wind leases"
Screenshot spotlighting this quote: “It’s obvious to me that the consequence of this crisis is that the countries will look to domestic solutions, and obviously renewables are a domestic solution.”
Shot and chaser.
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I have the same problem. They always seem to start tootling off as soon as I pull up the camera.
Am I Blue
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I love their comically large bills.
Misread that as "scarlet teenager" even though I should have known better
An avocet with feet and wings outstretched comes in for a water landing.
A close-up profile view shows the upturned bill of a rusty-headed American avocet
A mostly black and white American avocet flies above water, its wingtips coming close to their own reflection
An American avocet uses its characteristic sideways bill-sweeping motion to find food in shallow water
American avocets feeding and flying at Baylands Nature Preserve on the San Francisco Bay. #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #California 🐦
There's something wrong with your blueberry.
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My goodness. Gustav Mahler's Resurrection Symphony is in a McDonald's ad. Do I need to move to my bunker in New Zealand now, or do I have a few days to tie up some loose ends? www.instagram.com/p/DVJSCKWiVpM/
Doesn't seem like a very binary situation at present.
Acronym disambiguation survey time. CMOS stands for:
1. Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
2. Chicago Manual of Style
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Thank you. We're a "light, not heat" kind of company, figuratively speaking. Though literally, the fusion part means we're bringing the heat. :)
Yeah, we believe the "10/20/30/50 years away and always will be" quip to be pretty ill-advised at this stage. Trotting it out might make a person feel clever, but often it's actually a sign of not being up to date.
All the fusion machine hardware (some relatively mundane, some really gnarly) is of the tip of the iceberg — a lot of work went into researching, designing, engineering, computer modeling, manufacturing, and procuring before any of this even showed up.
SPARC overall is about 75% done now. The virtual tour video includes a look at the CFS neutron lab, RF building, power building, assembly hall, cryogenic yard, and of course tokamak hall.
#FusionEnergy #SPARC
L and XL versions of the truck with different ranges. Driver is still centered in the cab, which I could see causing some problems in areas with physical infrastructure. Pressing buttons to open gates, paying tolls, swiping cards...
