I had already created the little utility craft on the lower left, but this weekend I expanded the fleet and made an appropriately period control yoke. #blender3dart #steampunk #cgi #neovictorian

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Prepping for the “Celebration of Scholarship and Service” #york2025 #medievaldrama #medievalyork #toronto #corpuschristi #yorkcycle

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My wife reports: “There was one smart aleck walking along the street who exclaimed: “Look, it’s the Ghost of Plastic-Waste Past!” and his friend said worriedly “Are we gonna get… milk?”

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The Mind’s Eye (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 25) LaForge Abducted by Romulans

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In Theory (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 25) Data Gets Boyfriendzoned

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Friday 21st March 2025, the sun set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years

This the sunlight at that time is shown on the map above, when the sun is set on Pitcairn, there’s still around an hour until it rises in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, meanwhile as it’s just after the spring equinox, the sun will have set over the south pole beginning it’s 6 month long night, and therefore setting on British Antarctic Territory.

I’m not really a royal watcher but I’m fascinated that the UK has de-royalized the king’s brother over his misbehavior

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Everyone thinks AI is replacing factory workers, but Amazon’s layoffs show it’s coming for middle management first

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Wood pile stacking animation (Blender 3D)

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The poetry of deafness

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New stamp commemorates Irish priest who saved thousands from the Nazis

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Let’s talk about AI art (long, scrollworthy post from The Oatmeal)

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Maybe it wasn’t a sensible idea to hold 5 hours of student consultations on the day midterm grades were due, but I really enjoyed it.

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