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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · 6d ago

The district itself is on the TN/GA border, one the few remaining state border disputes in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%E2%80%93Georgia_water_dispute

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 09, 2026

Lol the BS site just enshittified overnight

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 08, 2026

@jamesthomson@mastodon.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social It's a fair cop

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 08, 2026

@networker_365@famichiki.jp Still the most ridiculous cupholder I've ever experienced

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 07, 2026

@networker_365@famichiki.jp Glad I got to do the full Thunderbird back in 2023, in the Green Car no less

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 07, 2026

@networker_365@famichiki.jp Wait, was JNR run by SNCF?

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 06, 2026

@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io The biggest cattle concentration near Denver is to the northeast in Weld County. You can only usually smell it when there's a storm coming and the winds reverse. The stench of warning.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 02, 2026

The Douglas F5D Skylancer was an ambitious design let initially down by its mediocre engine (the notoriously garbage Westinghouse J40), and was obsolete by the time a better engine was available. But wow did look stunning in NASA orange paint, as part of the Dyna Soar program.

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And then we promptly got stuck waiting because the Moffat Tunnel vents broke while a BNSF freight train was in it. About two hours of delay

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

And then the train stops literally at the base station for ski time!

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

And then we promptly got stuck waiting because the Moffat Tunnel vents broke while a BNSF freight train was in it. About two hours of delay

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

Entering the Tunnel District to cross the Flatirins

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Train tiem! Finally on the Amtrak Winter Park Express, the current incarnation of the Denver Ski Train that dates back to the opening of the Moffat Road in 1903.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

Crossing the double diamond into Union Pacific territory, and catching a G line going over on the viaduct. Diamond tracks are rare, but required in a station that was once a terminus for five railroads.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

Getting some nice views of the BNSF Diesel Shop

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Mar 01, 2026

Train tiem! Finally on the Amtrak Winter Park Express, the current incarnation of the Denver Ski Train that dates back to the opening of the Moffat Road in 1903.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

Well, the real thing might be a leaky mess, but let's see how the 3601 piece version fares

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io I was dubious of The Naked Gun reboot for exactly that, but it worked

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

@networker_365@famichiki.jp No one claims dubious environmental credentials like a fossil fuel company

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Why is it that charismatic local fauna seen so attracted to roads at night? Armadillos, wallabies, etc...

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

So first of all SLS is garbage. Always has been, always will be, it's never been redeemable from day one. But SLS Block IB is (was?) the worst. It was totally unnecessary, extremely expensive, and violated the prime lesson of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board by mixing crew and cargo. And it required a completely different MLP that was a massive money pit and will probably now be scrapped. Cancelling EUS (and thus Block IB) is so gd obvious that of course it was the first thing Jared did. But it's clearly not going to stop with that, no are the Boeing-bought senators gonna roll over and let it happen. The illusion of continuity that Nelson pathetically promulgated is now broken, and it's Moon Chaos from here to the end of the decade. Ad Luna, per aspera

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online With the neutrino detectors in between

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 28, 2026

@allrite@masto.allrite.at Ace certainly is what they imagine themselves to be

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 27, 2026

@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online Oh good, they got it down. IIRC the JUICE observations are simultaneous with Clipper, so should be fun.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 27, 2026

NIRC2 was the first "big boy" instrument I ever used, as a very green grad student circa 2010. At least at the time, it was all command line driven in (I think) Solaris, and already felt like a 1990s dinosaur.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 27, 2026

@jon@gruene.social Presumably *paid* RG to write about it

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 27, 2026

Ok it was genuinely hilarious watching the reporting narrative about Gorton & Denton shift around to everywhere except for what the final result actually was. That wasn't even close. And yeah, there are comparisons to Mamdami, but only in his primary upset. By the actual mayoral election, he was already a national figure.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online I assume it's just a complicated wrapper for an open source library that they bundle without acknowledgement?

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe @jon@gruene.social Counterpoint: No, not really. Overhead electrification works fine for main lines, and batteries are enough for branch lines and in yards. 90% of the technology you need for battery trains is already extremely well funded for cars. Hydrogen is irrelevant.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@BigMuffN69@awful.systems @Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems My old thermostat ran a feedback loop with a bimetallic strip and a mercury switch. Was it sentient? It was certainly more reliable than an LLM.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social Black, double sweet. Engineer's drink.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

It's that time of the year when I stare at Betelgeuse on my walk home, hoping against hope to catch it go off. #Astrodon

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

Not that there are many grad students on here, but if you know any that interested in spacecraft missions, PSS is highly recommended. https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch/116134538088300930

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@AkaSci@fosstodon.org Trying to keep the job for long enough to set up a lifetime of highly paid do-nothing positions on the boards of various aerospace companies. The usual.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 26, 2026

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social But the question remains, was it among the relics transported from Salyut 7 to Mir by Kizim & Solovyov?

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 25, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop My (English) nan would throw a fit when my aunt (who has lived on Anglesey since the 1960s) called herself Welsh. I can recall any of her Welsh friends complaining.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 25, 2026

@leffe@social.linux.pizza @selea@social.linux.pizza a D51 (the locomotive from sl) on a blisteringly hot day in Tsuwano, 2023

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Military aircraft have always been named by people that were dorks in High School, but I feel like this is a new low

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 24, 2026

Ironically, the "swept wing with V tail" planform was pioneered by the Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (pronounced like Thunder Scepter, which feels like it should've been an AC/DC song), which was clearly named by teenaged boy.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 24, 2026

Military aircraft have always been named by people that were dorks in High School, but I feel like this is a new low

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 24, 2026

@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net I don't know much about the Chinese regulatory environment, but that doesn't sound promising

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 24, 2026

China once again proving that there is neither a design so silly that they won't copy it, and also that they can always add on something even more silly

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 24, 2026

@paige@masto.canadiancivil.com @reece@masto.canadiancivil.com I have hunch that any branding gets worn off real fast

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 23, 2026

@mral@mastodon.sdf.org @AkaSci@fosstodon.org High. The official rule is that once someone becomes a politician, they cannot have an asteroid named after them until 100 years after they are dead. But if they already have an asteroid when they become a politician (like was the case for AOC), they don't lose it. So she's one of *very few* living politicians in the world with an asteroid.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 22, 2026

@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social You might need to be more specific about "a bit of garlic"; I know ppl who interpret that as a whole bulb

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 22, 2026

If you are remotely surprised about the Artemis/SLS delay, remember that this is a mission that was supposed to happen in 2015. And that the leaky SLS core stage was built by the same organization that built the most dangerous and poorly built human spacecraft in history.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 22, 2026

@Pepijn@mastodon.online If so, it's probably time for colonoscopy appointment.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 19, 2026

@mike_malaska@deepspace.social @michael_w_busch@mastodon.online The Uranian sats have CO2, despite low albedo, and they're not that much cooler. Catching a exosphere in occultations has proved tricky, though.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 19, 2026

Jealous https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/17/perus-president-ousted-in-express-impeachment-after-just-four-months

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 17, 2026

@jon@gruene.social On the form of Charger, are literally the most common passenger loco in North America now, and have completely killed off the passenger offerings from all the domestic US manufacturers.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 17, 2026

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org JSX is gambling big on being a mostly ATR airline going forward, with direct support from ATR. They are trying to carve out the niche for small airport in big city service that isn't Essential Air Service supported.

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 12, 2026

@wikkit@mastodon.social I guess at least the escape system was designed for Ares 1, so at least it's designed to get the crew away quick, even if it breaks a few ribs in the process...

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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza · Feb 12, 2026

@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net Given the less-than-stellar record of 5-seg SRBs on the test stand, it's certainly not impossible. And that's part of the scam with 5-seg overall, trying to lean on the record of Shuttle's 4-seg safety history (it only actually killed a crew once!) while ignoring that 5-seg puts the same hardware under considerably higher stresses/pressures and hopes nothing goes wrong.

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