Wait really? That's so based

The last one is so real 😔

Many are saying this

She is me, I am her

ok like $2000 later I am LTL bound only for Maiden, Megadeth, and PRESIDENT and if I don't get to ride the rails for all of them I'm going to throw up

Actually I'd rather be taking a calc test rn

Booking hotels is like taking a calculus test I hate this shit

All of my bad ideas start with "don't worry I'm an expert"

Very common finds, but lovely all the same :)

Yes????

Okay so update.

Had to crack her open. I polished her some more and the bell got loose and the stud fell *inside*.

I'm certified in radiation mitigation though so I'm happy to report she's fixed and the house is clean.

This was definitely me though

A Westclox Black Bird luminous dial alarm clock.

Spent some time today polishing her up and she actually started ticking! Not willing to crack her open to get her working but she did shine up pretty well.

Needs a lot more polishing but I'm doing a little at a time to limit dose. I also took the bell off to polish and now it's not sitting right 😭

You know you're from Cleveland when your RTA ticket is your best bookmark

I've wanted an Instax for YEARS but couldn't ever justify the price, especially when I didn't like the tiny photos it put out.

This is a great alternative and it's dead simple to use!

I picked up a brand new Polaroid Snap at the thrift and I'm having so much fun with it

I miss old shitty cameras so much, my DSLR is just Too Serious sometimes I swear

I just need to write more but I get so caught up and overwhelmed with research (historical fiction) that I stop aaaa

@annacwebs.bsky.social keep staying positive or Anna will hit you with a big hammer apparently lol 😅

Is it true y'all have a thunderbolt siren at the Westerly plant? My two worlds of passion for sewers and sirens have collided....

I think I have a shin splint or something idk my leg hurts

THIS IS YOURS?????? I've loved this for years omg

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Moon and Venus beautiful tonight

I have swedish ancestry so I'm all for clowning on Finns lol, you're good though I just drank too much caffeine and am dangerously manic rn, you gave me some math problems to focus on!

These are like, cubbie shelves at ceiling height! He thankfully cannot jump 10' in the air (yet)

NRC non-occupational standard dose limit is 1 mSv/year, but we really don't start seeing cancer rates increase until about 100 mSv/year. So while I would personally prefer mitigation to keep doses as low as possible, I don't think research suggests any clinical significance!

Gotta consider acute vs chronic, alpha vs beta/gamma, but yeah it's really not too bad, thank you for the reality check

It's ~6 bananas/hour

Sitting at about 0.61 uSv/hr right up against the glass. Foot away it drops to virtually nothing.

Right up against it though is ~5 mSv/year which is WOOF

Marie Curie, you madwoman...

This isn't to raise alarm with anyone else who might collect radium dial clocks, btw!

I'm a certified dosimetry specialist and radmat specialist. It's more out of curiosity.

But I would not recommend it's intended use on your night stand, just because we want to minimize where we can.

A Westclox Black Bird luminous dial alarm clock sits on a very dusty shelf.

Ignore the dust, I had to put it on a top shelf where the cat can't get to it, but I scored a Westclox Black Bird today!

She's a bit spicy so we're running a dose rate measurement right now. About 225/cpm but that doesn't give me much info, I want dose rate for safety reasons :)