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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

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Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Feb 26, 2026

Spider silk spun by the rufous net-casting spider (Asianopis subrufa) can stretch up to 24 times its extruded length without breaking.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silk-net-casting-spiders-prey-web

#spider #science #biology #arachnid

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Feb 13, 2026

The business world sees the US losing the AI energy race. We could probably catch up if we decided ALL forms of energy development are on the table.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/02/05/why-the-us-is-losing-the-ai-energy-race-to-china?utm_campaign=MKP_WEEKLY_newsletter_20260213&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_&utm_content=&utm_term=120315934

#ai #energy #solar

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Feb 13, 2026

Satellite view of one of the world's largest solar farms in China, west of the Longyang Gorge reservoir.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Taruo+Qiaoyi,+Gonghe+County,+Hainan+Tibetan+Autonomous+Prefecture,+Qinghai,+China,+813000/@36.0131425,100.4978604,5412m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x37acd4af9b96e073:0x19d1ff990e91e68a!8m2!3d36.01311!4d100.51846!16s%2Fg%2F11pqx3gppx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Lately, individual projects hold the record of largest for only a few years. Dubai, India, and China’s Ningxia are all in the marathon and pass the trophy amongst themselves. The US has fallen far behind these world leaders in renewable energy development.

#solar #renewableEnergy #technology

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

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Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Jan 05, 2026

#ScribesAndMakers Jan 4
"And the face of Jess Viscosie
Turned a whiter shade of pale."

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harem.

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Dec 27, 2025

#today 27 Jigsaw puzzle end game. Sky pieces sorted by shade and partially by shape. Chaotic water flowers sorted by shape and oriented with tall, spiky leaves vertical. No clear patterns remain. It's a search for one piece at a time.

#jigsaw #puzzle

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

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Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Dec 18, 2025

Asgard archaea might be the precursors to all eukaryotic life on Earth. And the proposed process is so simple, it suggests the galaxy is teeming with complex life! 🦠

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cells-origin-of-life-asgard-archaea

#science #microbiology #life

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Dec 16, 2025

Holographic Metasurface Nano-Lithography is today's new buzzword.

It describes a way to package and interconnect multiple IC (integrated circuit) chips in a single step. The optical mask projects a precision hologram into a hybrid metal-polymer liquid. The result is a custom selection of chips sintered into one circuit.

https://news.utexas.edu/2025/12/03/3d-printed-chip-packages-could-supercharge-semiconductor-manufacturing/

#science #engineering #electronics

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸

@rnf@mindly.social

Author: Kid's science; Adult horror, SciFi, palindromes. Retired engineer/programmer, PHP/SQL fan. Colorado resident, 2nd-gen TX native (missing the wildly varied landforms). Generalist, liberal, gardener, bird watcher, dog lover, cat-tolerant, health nut, syncopated, eccentric to a fault. 0-7 toots/day. Profile pic=selfie. Header=heart of Milky Way by NASA. # AmWriting # SpaceOpera # SciFi # palindromes

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@rnf@mindly.social · Dec 15, 2025

I want fewer "mathy maths" (the gas-guzzlers formerly known as generative AI) and more predictive AI, please.

Point a predictive AI at scammers, spammers, and malware mobsters, and make them go poof!!

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1129179/generative-ai-hype-distracts-us-from-ais-more-important-breakthroughs/

#AI #predictiveAI #utopia

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