These cubes aren’t moving or changing (as implied by the arrows). At all. Not even a little. Other than the color toggle, they remain constant.

(Credit: Ja Gari Kin)

EDIT: added content warning because of the flashing.

#OpticalIllusion #TheseCubesAreALie

@pzmyers Self driving cars have already been invented. There's no need to reinvent the wheel.

I'm talking of course about trains.

but what billionaire can make a profit out of efficient mass transport?

If you’re at the right place at the right time, with the right equipment, this is possible.

Last night, with guidance from https://transit-finder.com/, I positioned myself along the narrow line where the International #SpaceStation would pass between me and the nearly full moon.

I used a Fujifilm X-T4 shooting 4K video through a Celestron 8” SCT to capture the pass. Then, back at the computer this morning, put together these views with PIPP, Registax, and GIMP.

Quite pleased. My best yet.

Yet another day wondering which states I'll be allowed to visit at all in the future 🙃

RT @[email protected]

Three bills just dropped in Arizona that would define "people dressing opposite of their biological sex at birth and exaggerating their gender" as "adult content."

It says they can only do it in strip clubs, not before noon on Sundays.

It threatens them with criminal records.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1611521943152238592

Was just doing research for a book I #amwriting and discovered that in the U.S., over 1600 #books were banned in school libraries in 2022 -- as compared to just 175 being "challenged" in 2015 (books that are challenged are rarely banned, according to the American Library Association, so the numbers of banned books that year were much lower).

In 2022, 41% of books were banned for LBGT content. 40% had BIPOC characters.

Citations:
2022: https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

2015: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/statistics/2015infographiclong