@TomMunderwear

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”We’re getting the band back together.”
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.
Physics and mathematics. Nerdy
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Vaccine may save endangered California condors from succumbing to bird flu

Avian flu vaccines are being used on birds for the first time in the US.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/vaccine-may-save-endangered-california-condors-from-succumbing-to-bird-flu/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Vaccine may save endangered California condors from succumbing to bird flu

Avian flu vaccines are being used on birds for the first time in the US.

Ars Technica

#TIL: "If you see an unaccompanied service dog in a vest, follow it."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/service-dog-owner-help/

If a Service Dog Approaches Without Owner, Does It Need Help?

If you see an unaccompanied service dog in a vest, follow it.

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It's too early early for this to really be #caturday isn't it?

Eleven days later, on the 15th, scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory produced this plot showing where Sputnik 1 would pass over the course of its next few orbits.

This was the first example of scientists tracking and then forecasting the position of a human-made object in space.

Image: Naval Research Laboratory

NASA has a terrific collection of resources related to Sputnik 1.

Here's the first US image of the satellite, taken by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's IGY satellite tracking camera on October 17, 1957.

https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik.html

Image: NASA / SAO

NASA | History - Sputnik

But in my opinion this is the best one: NASA's recording of the Sputnik “beep.”

https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sputnik-beep?si=2c7b72d82a224767a7e017cf248b549b

Sputnik: Beep

Hello, we’re NASA. You may have seen our astronauts, rocket launches, or Mars rovers — but have you heard our sounds? From interviews with astronauts and engineers to stories that take you on a tour o

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Gargantuan Straw Creatures Rise from the Fields of Japan’s Annual Rice Harvest https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/10/wara-straw-art-festival/
Gargantuan Straw Creatures Rise from the Fields of Japan's Annual Rice Harvest — Colossal

Every year around the rice harvest, art students repurpose leftover straw into mammoth characters for the Wara Art Festival.

Colossal
@mattblaze I hope you don’t stop posting black and white photos. I myself am currently on my first ever roll of Ilford HP5. Those people should mind their own business.
My officemate is just darling. #birds

Friends, my pal Andrew Gill has put together a great podcast about the world of Christian rock, folks who grew up in it, and their stories. If that’s up your alley, I hope you’ll check it out. If you do, please leave a review!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-that-doesnt-roll-the-story-of-christian-music/id1703257857

Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Music History Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Rock That Doesn’t Roll looks at how Christian music shaped the world we're living in now by telling individual stories from the peak era of the contemporary Christian music industry. In the 80s, 90s a…

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