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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 1h

More bacon makin. This time you can see the weenie. Look closely.

Pigs fuggin…look carefully and you can see pigdick

Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 2h

Went to the pumpkin patch with the girls once I got home. We were fortunate enough to actually see the process involved in makin’ bacon.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think that’s a wrap! Hope y’all enjoyed the virtual tour. The Hiller Aviation museum is at 601 Skyway Rd in San Carlos, CA and admission is $20. I had a lot of fun because I’m a big ol’ airplane nerd.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The repair bay. This is where the Hiller folks restore vintage planes to flight worthy status. Oh my god what a dream job.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like this transport chopper prototype that uses jet fan ducting to handle the azimuth/yaw correction. If blades don’t work, use jet power!

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hiller just cannot give up the dream of personal flying transport. This personal flyer uses a pair of the J-35ms turbofans to keep you aloft. Just…wear your noise cancelling headphones please.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Look at this friggin weirdo. This absolute mad lad. A Hiller cargo helicopter prototype. I love the little cockpit pushed up to the right corner.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I got a bunch of pictures of their presentation on SOFIA. This is 747 that was repurposed as a flying telescope. One of the best things they experimented with during the use of SOFIA was laser telescopy; the research from this has improved NOAA weather radar.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They had a StarshipOne flying prototype! So cool.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Look at this weird little goober. Powered by lawnmower engines and balls of steel.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Hiller helicopter family. Many of these were used by army reconnaissance during the Korean and Vietnam war.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hiller’s claim to fame is the MASH medevac chopper. They’ve done other helicopters and VTOL projects over the years but this was their peak.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is the NASA Ames oblique wing research aircraft. I first saw pictures of this plane at the DC air & space museum in the 90s. The premise is wild - a jet aircraft can cruise steadily with its wing rotated up to 45 degrees! Research from this fed the Osprey’s development.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The interior and exterior of a Grumman Albatross that flew around the world. The inside looks gorgeous, kinda like a luxury yacht

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This tiny Messerschmidt car looked like something out of Fallout

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Scaled up Lego RC vehicles!! If you look closely, these have a bunch of tiny drone propellers that made them fly

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Hiller hornet. They just threw the blades in circles with gyro jets

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The goofy ass Hiller personal transport. Stand directly above this GIANT FUCKING ROTATING FAN

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A neat cutaway model of the Lockheed tristar in United livery

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Really neat VTOL based on drone/UAV tech

Wisk Gen 5 Cora VTOL close up on the propellor groups

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They had HUNDREDS of Squadron Signagure aircraft reference books. I used to pour over these at my local hobby shop when I was a kid. Model builders use these as painting reference.

At least a hundred or more Squadron Signature aircraft reference guide books

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Instrument panels of a 1980s era Boeing 747

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Neat signage in their repair shop

Various commercial airline signage and logos from the US over the past 75 years

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Went to the Hiller Aviation museum in San Mateo. Turns out I have no idea how to fly.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You know what? I will. <cranks Ice Cube>

Concrete Jersey barrier that says “have a HOOD day!!!”

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Went to the world’s biggest MiniSo in CA and MADE IT RAAAAAIN Gotta spoil the daughters

Huge pile of vocaloid stuff for my girls

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am in San Fran or whereabouts thereof

A bunch of road signs for San Francisco and San Bruno

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Huh. Double stuffd New Balance. Y’don’t see that every day.

New balance shoes with a LOOOOT of foam padding

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Guuuueeeeessss who got a hole in one?!

Frog that says… Gentlemen have successfully pooped in a bucket for medical science

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Transformers 40th anniversary promotional endcap at Target consists of 50% non-transformable transformers.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today, I got a NAS set up for my family to look at old photos and videos from our phones. The coolest thing I found pre-kids were these pictures of the Lego city my brother and I built in our teens. We wanted to recreate the futuristic New York City in “the 5th Element” as much as we could.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Using the power of electronically steerable phased array antennas, I can take the power of two perfectly healthy nipnops and grow a new bizarre 3rd nipnop. That’s science, baby.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Share an image that shows how many years you’ve been online

Tandy DeskMate. Basically proto-windows.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Two active gift card scammer numbers if y’all feel like fucking with people.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I followed the SDR class’s radio lab instructions and built this. Don’t ask me what it does. I just followed the instructions. Tomorrow I’ll figure it out. I promise I won’t hit the run button until I know what it does.

A 2D phased array simulated in GNU radio. Possibly. Maybe. If I’m lucky.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve been meaning to put this up for the past year and I finally got it up! It’s a Russian arthouse poster for Star Wars. The caption below it says “Galactitechnya Vestern” they had to basically just “russify” the word “western” because it didn’t exist in the Russian language

Russian Star Wars poster on top, Wells Fargo on fire below

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you are in the DC area, I have some art I am trying to get rid of. Let me know if you want any of these. I’m not trashing them, I’d just love if they went to a new home so I can get the wall space back.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨🚨BABY ALERT🚨🚨🚨🚨 There was a 6 month old pig at the fall craft show! She grunted approvingly when I scratched her booty. If you look closely her NAILS ARE PAINTED RED!! 💅

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hey y’all. So I interviewed for - and SECURED - positions on two different civil contracts for this program last year…then backed out slowly of each one. Their schedule is absurd (full modernization of ATC infrastructure in THREE YEARS 😂🤪) and nobody had answers re: technical implementation.

Flying magazine headline - FAA defends ATC modernization delays but says more money is needed

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have lived long enough for this meme to be relevant once again

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you seriously. I am going to look up YouTube videos on how to do it. I realized it’s not a Bissell, it’s a shark… But I would bet that, with enough digging online, I’ll be able to figure out whether this device can do furniture cleaning or not.

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Non-Fungible Tolkien @kn3rds.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey fam. We have this beautiful blue chair that I inherited from my grandmother. Because of course the house is filled with dogs, and therefore filled with dog oil and scuzz, it has aged considerably over the past 10 years that it’s been in the house. Cleaning question next post…

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