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Thursday January 2^nd, 2025 at 11:07 AM

xkcd.com

The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

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tedder

19 days ago

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Randall is obviously learning to fly, does he talk about it anywhere?

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19 days ago

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The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

Dakota Cates
Friday June 21^st, 2024 at 3:57 AM

citizen cosmos

Dakota Cates

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jhamill

226 days ago

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daily life

California

tedder

214 days ago

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Thursday March 14^th, 2024 at 12:53 AM

xkcd.com

Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.

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tedder

313 days ago

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What did he get wrong?

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aakashm

313 days ago

If you get your reentry from orbit wrong in a particularly bad way, you can 'bounce' off the atmosphere and end up a loooong way from Earth

Vixy

313 days ago

Ohhh, now I get it, Carl's supposed to be IN the spaceship.

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Pylgrimm

313 days ago

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Damn, how did he get the hair SO right.

iustinp

313 days ago

Damn, I didn't see it, now I can't unsee it. It's indeed perfect!

A Cat Covered in Toxic Chemicals Is Terrorizing Japan by Thomas Germain
Wednesday March 13^th, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Gizmodo

The city of Fukuyama, Japan is on high alert after a cat fell into a vat of toxic chemicals and escaped into the night. Officials warned the animal is covered in hexavalent chromium, and residents should be careful not to touch any “cat that seems abnormal.”