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Adrift in a sea of shite. Can be found in the park shouting at pigeons.
@garius Well done that man! Erm, how much, cough, "help" did you get from the kittie?

Wanna have your mind stomped into finely ground dust on a Monday morning? Then take a look at my newsletter today, where I talk about a graph published in a recent paper that has everything.

Literally. *Everything*.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/well-thats-everything

Well, that’s everything

A graph that plots the whole Universe. Yes, the whole thing.

Bad Astronomy Newsletter
@garius I used to work at Park Theatre & always wondered how I could get some of those books down without anyone noticing. Bugger to dust though.

The wave-like nature of Asperitas clouds becomes apparent when viewed in time-lapse.

Video credit: Alex Schueth

Full 4K version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz7BgxrVmiQ
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperitas_(cloud)

Undulatus Asperatus

YouTube

The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction

Unusual and often breathtaking, the genre is relatively unknown in the West.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/08/the-strange-secretive-world-of-north-korean-science-fiction/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction

Unusual and often breathtaking, the genre is relatively unknown in the West.

Ars Technica
UK: "We have no food. The economy & social infrastructures are collapsing. "
UK gov: "Only the woke eat salad! British-made cardboard is more nutritious than foreign vegetables! Cardboard for lunch = patriotism; dirty foreign salad = treason, passport cancellation & deportation!"
@PGJonesVenice I've got the original BBC Quatermas & The Pit music as a ringtone. Scares the beejusus out of me when it goes off!
@PGJonesVenice That will keep you warm on the walk home.
@PGJonesVenice Oh my word! That looks a top loaf!