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Cyrus Æ @atdot.fyi · 30/09/2026
I love that literally every P(Doom) video turns out to have gotten what the “cdr” line meant wrong docs.osmarks.net/hypha/p(doom...
docs.osmarks.net
P(Doom) Song Objectively Correct Interpretation
Canonical lyrics (Udio generation is slightly differently formatted to attempt to garner better outputs):
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Nina Ippolito @ninaippolito.bsky.social · 18h
Judges only type in all caps when they are in extreme distress, etc.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 05/10/2026
I'm all for nontraditional bathroom designs but if it causes the thought "I'm pretty sure that was a urinal", you may have gone too far
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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bites u @snuffbait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 05/10/2026
html was <a> mistake
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Keith Stack-o'-lantern @keithstack.com · 04/10/2026
Curtis Sliwa with speech bubble coming out of him
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 04/10/2026
Hi protocol friends! I've been cooking up a Very Large PDS (vlpds) implementation capable of scaling up to billions of accounts and down to just one. It uses Object Storage as its only state, supports HA operation, live scaling up and down, is feature-complete with the reference PDS, and is FOSS.
vlpds.jazco.dev
Overview · vlpds docs
An atproto PDS whose only durable storage is an object store. Any node serves any request, one node can run a personal server for free, and a few nodes can carry all of Bluesky's write load.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and Gray, 1921 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Gift of John L. Senior, Jr.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
someone just interrupted a generic unf unf dance track at my hotel bar to put on careless whisper instead. we're gonna get along fine.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
never had to go through security to get *out* of an airport before, that was interesting. my hotel bar is open till 4 and the waiter has described this dish as "not hot just peppery" so I'm probably about to die.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oil and gas flows are increasing through the Strait of Hormuz. A tanker captain's first-hand account of the perilous journey shows how www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Hormuz Is a Risky Job
A tanker captain’s first-hand account shows why flows from the Middle East are rising, despite the dangers of Iranian drones and missiles.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. This whole act’s immutably decreed.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
infinity legroom: ✅ Chilean cab sauv: ✅ empty entire row in front of me: ✅ wifi: 25€ 🤬 nine hours of this might be survivable
a view looking down the aisle of an airliner. on the tray table are two clear plastic cups, the closer one with red wine in it, the further has water. there is no chair in front of the seat, infinite legroom.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim
the landing gear and shore side power(?) connection of a Boeing 787. the landing gear flap is labeled PH and the power connection has ETOPS written above it
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
and now for a not short flight.
a white airliner with "Lufthansa" livery, two jetbridges attached.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
one comically short flight later
a giant fuel tank with "Welcome to Frankfurt Airport" written on it, though the last word is partially obscured by a grey building with a rounded roof
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
one comically short flight later
a giant fuel tank with "Welcome to Frankfurt Airport" written on it, though the last word is partially obscured by a grey building with a rounded roof
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
who up lufting they hansa
a white "Lufthansa" airliner at the gate, the jetbridge has been pulled back and a tow truck is by the front landing gear
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Jonathan Oppenheim @postquantum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since @newscientist has put postquantum gravity in the spotlight this week, I've pushed out part II of my status update on the theory along with a candid assesment of its strengths and the challenges it faces. superposer.substack.com/p/postquantu...
superposer.substack.com
Postquantum gravity: a status update (part II)
I previously covered some recent progress on the postquantum theory of gravity, in this post I’ll cover its strengths and the challenges it faces, and also comment on some criticisms in this week’s...
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Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NASA #aviation #tech
twz.com
Former SR-71 Engineer Talks NASA's Blackbird Revival Program
Insights into the current status of NASA's SR-71 #844, what it will take to fly it again, and what the agency may be looking to do with it.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
auf wiedersehen, bayern. ridiculous journey continues.
a white coffee cup full of light brown liquid. a brown couch is in the background.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 03/10/2026
me, inexplicably awake: how will this theoretical interaction in French go? my watch: hey your heart is going like 100 bpm me: so, badly i guess?
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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 02/10/2026
That's impossible, I was told that these online fundraisers from absolute nobodies were only ever good!
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 02/10/2026
judging by every rental truck I've ever driven, you may be the only person who understands the concept of a weight limit
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 02/10/2026
Tepco has started inspections of the interior of the meltdown-stricken No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, inserting a robotic arm into the containment vessel.
ebx.sh
Tepco begins long-delayed probe of Fukushima reactor’s interior
Tepco has frequently postponed investigations in order to remove accumulated debris and replace cameras, among other reasons.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 01/10/2026
guten fuckin' tag
a large canopy covering a plaza. there are stores on the edge and a large M logo at the far end
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 30/09/2026
wine in a paper cup, that's just how we party at FL330. my phone has decided that I'm only allowed to listen to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard so I'm reconsidering several positions re ai alignment right now.
a dark liquid in a paper cup, blue airplane carpet
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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 30/09/2026
In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...
kickstarter.com
Coming soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)
The fractal game of epic histories
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 30/09/2026
alright, Noble Steed, let's just tolerate each other for a few hours.
a nose-on view of a white airliner with jetbridge attached.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
speaking of air crash investigations, i still love this YouTube edit of the Gimli Glider (successful landing via drift of Air Canada flight)
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 30/09/2026
enjoying my last moments of legroom before getting crammed into a 767
a glass of red wine on a white countertop. the rest of an airport bar and a baseball game are in the background
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic
Sunset with giant mystery cones Prototaxites https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prototaxites-fossil-explained-why-this-prehistoric-colossus-still-baffles-scientists-1773173
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue is calmly sitting on his computer when he is startled by noises that sound somewhere between coughing and choking. Alarmed, he rushes to investigate.
Blue: Green? Are you okay?

Blue finds Green on his back on the floor, evidently shaken up but otherwise unharmed.
Green: I somehow swallowed spittle wrong.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This could have been a lot worse. Flight 1073 subjected stresses on descent capable of ripping pieces off the tail.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 30/09/2026
love to be searching "737 vne" just before getting on a flight. jeez.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 29/09/2026
NEW: The latest twist in the struggle for control of the Brooklyn Democratic Party comes hours ahead of a key leadership vote for party chair.
buff.ly
Appeals Court Sides With Brooklyn Reformers, Tossing Changes Passed by Outgoing Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
The latest twist in the struggle for control of the Brooklyn Democratic Party comes hours ahead of a key leadership vote for party chair.
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Failed Protostar @failedprotostar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pyramid palindrome
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
lol
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
if there's no evidence you'd accept, there's not much point continuing this conversation.
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026
A full minute for emergency response travel reductions is considerable. That's great.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
sure, it's hard to compare apples to apples since the systems are so different.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
if sec S1 fillings with audited financials attached (albeit not of this exact figure aiui) isn't enough, i would ask what evidence you _would_ trust?
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
we do know that though? SpaceX's ipo filing lists $15 billion for starship, compared to $23 billion for SLS and $20 billion for Orion.
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ROU Megastructure Enthusiast @skorgu.net · 28/09/2026
acquired by amd: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920...
news.ycombinator.com
AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon | Hacker News
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scottmanley.bsky.social @scottmanley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After deploying the Starlink satellites the decision has been taken to bring Starship home early, that means a deorbit burn over the Indian ocean and a landing North of Hawaii.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SpaceX confirms it is in contact with all 26 Starlink Version 3 satellites deployed by Starship, as reported by Spaceflight Now. The commissioning process for those 26 satellites, and getting them hooked into the rest of the Starlink constellation, is underway.
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