Legendary bassist, progressive warrior, and Pasadena resident Leland Sklar wants you to know that he voted.
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Caustically optimistic
Cosmic Cafe - Mount Wilson Observatory
The Cosmic Cafe Come up to the mountain for a wonderful lunch in an incomparable setting! Open Saturdays & Sundays 10AM-5PM April through October, and 10AM-4PM from October through December. Mount Wilson Observatory’s Cosmic Cafe offers a variety of sandwiches and other treats and souvenirs to visitors to the Observatory. The Cafe is located in […]
Ow! My brain hurts!
https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-liquid-air-grid-scale-energy-storage-0410
Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage
Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, according to a new model from MIT researchers.
Pleased to announce this year's first instance of walking around a corner and straight into a spider web at face height.
"A colonel, with a heart the size of Texas, and a beautiful deployment mustache to match."
Really makes you think.
It's 2026. Where's the space elevator Arthur C. Clarke promised us?!
And the moon base with the maglev launch system that Robert Heinlein promised us!
"Whales are assholes"
~ Science