I’ve added some more things to my eBay: “Dynascott.” There are some new cyanotypes, some books, a piece of vintage NASA test equipment that I bought *years* ago to serve as a prop for The Alternate History Movie That Shall Not Be Named. Some cyanotypes I’ve had before; the photos are of the *actual* prints…
This video from at least 7 years ago lays out some of the reasons why the Russians may well have gotten rather adventurous of late: they are running out of Russians, but they’re not running out of routes to invade Russia. So rather than cultivate good relations with the surrounding nations or get on about…
Not every idea pans out. Virgin Orbit pauses operations for a week, furloughs nearly entire staff as it seeks funding In a world where SpaceX is doing it’s thing, other small launcher companies had damned well better have a *really* good idea. And while dropping an expendable rocket from a 747 might have been neato-keen…
Huh. Surface changes observed on a Venusian volcano during the Magellan mission In short, a volcano on Venus seemed to be active from 1990 to 1992. It could be that the mountain simply slumped, but more likely it that it blarped up some lava. So if you decide to go for a hike on…
Apparently life is bad for women in South Korea, with a heavily patriarchal society that treats ’em like garbage. So, perhaps not surprisingly, a lot of South Korean women are doing what they can to avoid the worst of it. And for some number of them, that means avoiding men entirely: A World Without Men…
Nancy Meyers Netflix Movie Shut Down Over Budget Issues Netflix was in the early stages of a rom-com. You know, the kind of movie that tends to be set in the present day, in the real world, without much need for explosions, car chases, major set pieces, whole armies of extras, Marvel-sized special effects budgets.…
From three days ago, the only news source Google seemed to find: Kazakhstan Seizes Russian Assets At Baikonur Spaceport Russia, it seems, isn’t paying its bills, so Kazakhstan sent in the repo men. Apparently. The bulk of the story is behind a paywall.
English traditions confuse me: Manchester: population and cultural replacement. pic.twitter.com/jarZ6HBHdu — Tony #VoteAnyoneButLibLabConGreen (@Tony40335450) March 12, 2023 I guess that slots in somewhere between “Cricket” and “Blimey.” Oh, and something to look out for in the future of a culturally enriched Britain: “Taharrush.” Such as: On Pakistan's independence day on the 14th August, 2021, a…
So it looks like Silicon Valley Bank employed people to do fundamentally pointless time- and resource-wasting stuff. This, sad to say, is hardly unique; lots of companies devote surprising amounts of effort end employees time to things that have nothing to do with the companies business or mission. Company baseball teams, for example, have nothing…
Banks failing are hardly good news. But for most people, FDIC insurance *should* mean that most people shouldn’t lose a dime, though there will definitely be heartburn and inconvenience. This insurance covers up to, IIRC, $250,000 in savings, which is more than most people have. But some people have a *lot* more than that. The…
