Shindagin Hollow Road on one of the last days will be open before it gets snowed in
#photo #photography #shindaginhollow #winter #snow #caroline #forest
Got everything set for the watch party in 14 minutes! We have the film on our Plex server, so no foolishness shall interrupt the viewing.
For my #HamRadio tunable elevated radial project, I want to isolate them from the earth and the mast, and I'm not finding an isolating mount that goes into a normal ½" "light stand". So I've come up with this design to build. (Yay, I can't just buy it, so I have an excuse to spend some shop time!)
From 1" 6061 aluminum stock and 1" POM:
- An aluminum stem/spigot that fits the tripod, with a 1" section above. In that section, an M14x1.5 threaded socket.
- A POM threaded bushing; M14x1.5 on the outside, M10x1.5 on the inside, with a 2mm flange on top
- An aluminum piece on top with M10x1.5 screw threads on both end, and six 4mm holes drilled around it to accept 4mm banana/bullet plugs. The M10x1.5 is to match the JPC-12 feed base.
I intend to raise only two radials, but six holes give me a chance to change my mind later, and even with just two they make it easy to line up the holes well enough with where I want the radials to run. (An elevated radial is worth about 8 ground-coupled radials.)
My idea is to machine the POM threads a little over-size, so that the whole thing is hard to screw together and locks together kind of like a nylon locknut. The larger diameter of the aluminum pieces will be knurled to facilitate this. It's meant to be strong enough to hold as much as 30 feet / 10m of loaded vertical, including JPC-12 riser sections, JPC-12 loading coil, and up to 25' whip.
Removed some obviously unnecessary metal from the design to make this lighter before I bother to make this.
It's so hard to sense scale, but this is 25mm OD. The flanges on the bottom are ½". The holes drilled into the side are 4mm to fit 4mm banana/bullet connectors. The yellow layer of insulation between the two metal parts is 2mm thick.
Looking forward to actually making this, so I can take a picture with a banana connector for scale. Maybe a banana too! 😉
You need to listen to Sudan Archives’ violin opus for the club
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/844447/sudan-archives-the-bpm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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You need to listen to Sudan Archives’ violin opus for the club
Sudan Archives’ The BPM is a dense and unpredictable tour of dance music through the ages.Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)
#fyi
Use this amazingly understandable post when they ask "why is AI so bad? explain it like I was a 5 year old" for the umpteenth time.
"Don’t trust AI to offer you #facts. When it doesn’t know something, it will frequently offer you confidently-stated incorrect #information, because it’s a statistical engine, not a #fact checker."
#AI : A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another #Reason Not to #Trust It For Anything
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#tech #LLM #FuckAI #FactsMatter #IAmDB
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…Whatever
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Sparatoria alla Brown University, chi è il sospetto killer arrestato
https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/12/15/news/sparatoria_alla_brown_university_chi_e_il_sospetto_killer_arrestato-425039804/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Sparatoria alla Brown University, chi è il sospetto killer arrestato
Ha militato nell’esercito dal 2021 al 2024 senza partecipare a missioni all’estero. Si era trasferito all'università di Providence per il semestre autunnale 20…Massimo Basile (la Repubblica)
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Warum #Bluesky vor seiner ultimativen Zerreissprobe steht und aus Angst vor Regulierung komplett eingeknickt ist... also vor der MAGA-Blase.Das "etwas andere" Netzwerk ist vor allen Dingen eines: eine durch VCs gepushte US-Plattform, auf die ich zu lange reingefallen bin.
Mein oeffentlicher Abschiedsbrief in Richtung der dortigen Community und mein Hallo in Richtung #Mastodon und #Fediverse
Gerne teilen. Danke 🙏
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Bluesky – Der Traum ist vorbei
Es wird Herbst... und das nicht nur draussen, sondern auch in meiner Social Media Welt. Ich bin wieder an dem Punkt angekommen, an dem ich eine Plattform verlasse.Sascha Pallenberg (MeTacheles)
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Adenium in the Sunday morning #jalanjalan
#flower #adenium #beautifulflower #morning #sunshine #sunday #garden #bloom #blossom #natureinspired #photography #photosky
so you decided to sit back an do nothing besides whining on #X about entropy being a thing.
#doomerboomer #thanksfornothing #climatechange
Arrestato a Lisbona uomo vicino a Sissoco Embaló, presidente deposto in Guinea-Bissau - Africa - Ansa.it
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Arrestato a Lisbona uomo vicino a Sissoco Embaló, presidente deposto in Guinea-Bissau - Africa - Ansa.it
All'alba di domenica 14 dicembre, la polizia portoghese ha arrestato Tito Gomes Fernandes, un imprenditore della Guinea-Bissau considerato molto vicino a Umaro Sissoco Embaló, l'ex presidente guineano recentemente destituito da un colpo di stato a Bi…Agenzia ANSA
The Epstein Story Is Bigger Than the Elites
Tim Miller joins Katy Tur on MSNOW to talk the complexities of the Epstein files being released as more photos of the rich and powerful become public, and Trump’s continued support among his most faithful beginning to see cracks.Tim Miller (The Bulwark)
A baker's dozen of digital black & white street photos shot at a wide open aperture a couple weekends back...
#Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography #SanFrancisco
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Shooting Zone Wide Open in the Streets
Photography is a two-dimensional art form—whether printed or digital, images appear in a flat plane on an X and Y axis.Max Sidman
A Brown University student survived being shot in high school. Then came the active shooter alerts
https://apnews.com/article/brown-university-shooting-3b44a6886d7fc1b3d8d37fd0a8937ab6?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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QUEEN - Who Wants To Live Forever (Cover by Marc Martel)
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#NowPlaying #FediRadio #UnoRadio #Musica #Music #MarcMartel #Queen
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Schade, dass der Zug heute pünktlich war. Ich hätte gern weitergelesen im #Wackelkontakt #WolfHaas
Ich bin auch grad dabei. Hab vor kurzem Angefangen.
Großartig geschrieben, was ich bisher gelesen habe.
Tripped in the dark and ripped the thin wires out of their front-end housings and—surgically, much like, a surgeon—cut the hard plastic with a kitchen knife to put them back but …in, from the sides… I’m an Electrician now.
#Electrical #Engineering #Photography
Tripped in the dark and ripped the thin wires out of their front-end housings and—surgically, much like, a surgeon—cut the hard plastic with a kitchen knife to put them back but …in, from the sides… I’m an Electrician now.
#Electrical #Engineering #Photography
Sangue sull’altare e riti iniziatici: profanata la chiesa dell’Angelo a Camaiore
I fedeli hanno segnalato l'episodio alla diocesi e alle forze dell'ordine. L'arcivescovo Giulietti: "Gruppi dediti al male da contrastare"
¿Sabían que el icónico personaje de videojuegos Blanka podría inspirado en una figura mítica del folclore brasileño?
El personaje de Blanka en Street Fighter, un hombre-bestia verde de la selva amazónica con poderes eléctricos, es uno de los luchadores más reconocibles del juego. Su historia de origen oficial es que, tras un accidente aéreo, creció en la jungla y su apariencia mutó debido a su dieta y un rayo.
Sin embargo, en el folclore brasileño existe la leyenda del Curupira, el guardián mítico de los bosques y los animales. El Curupira es descrito tradicionalmente como una criatura pequeña, de piel verde, con pelo rojo o de fuego, cuya característica más distintiva es que tiene los pies invertidos, mirando hacia atrás, para engañar y desorientar a cazadores y leñadores que intentan seguir sus huellas. También es conocido por emitir silbidos y gritos agudos.
La similitud es más que evidente, ambos provienen de Brasil, tienen el pelo rojo, así como el color verde y viven en los bosques, claro que en el caso de Blanka, no es precisamente de estatura baja, sino que más bien camina encorvado.
Aunque Capcom, la compañía desarrolladora del juego, no ha confirmado oficialmente esta conexión, la similitud entre la procedencia amazónica de Blanka y la leyenda del Curupira es un punto recurrente de especulación y análisis en la cultura popular, sugiriendo un posible punto de inspiración subconsciente o no reconocido en el diseño del personaje brasileño.
#Videojuegos #StreetFighter #Folclore #Brasil #Mitologia #blanka
Una ilustración de un personaje con piel verde. El personaje tiene un cuerpo musculoso y una melena roja que se extiende hacia arriba. Lleva un paño rojo en el pecho y un paño similar alrededor de las caderas. El personaje tiene las manos abiertas y los pies descalzos. Su piel está texturizada, lo que sugiere un estilo de arte digital o pixelado. El fondo es azul oscuro con algunas áreas más claras.
alt-text: Una ilustración de un personaje con piel verde y musculoso con una melena roja que se extiende hacia arriba. Lleva un paño rojo en el pecho y alrededor de las caderas. El personaje tiene las manos abiertas y los pies descalzos, y está sobre un fondo azul oscuro. Su piel está texturizada y el estilo de arte sugiere un diseño digital o pixelado.
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Una figura humanoide de color verde oscuro está representada en una pose dinámica. El cuerpo es musculoso, con detalles que sugieren un ser mítico o fantástico. El personaje tiene una expresión seria, con los ojos rojos brillantes. Lleva un collar de cuentas rojas y un pañuelo blanco atado alrededor de la cintura.
La imagen tiene un fondo oscuro con un brillo sutil. El personaje parece estar en movimiento, con un brazo levantado y una pierna flexionada. La iluminación resalta la textura de la piel y los músculos del cuerpo.
En la parte superior de la imagen aparece el texto "EL CURUPIRA" en letras blancas sobre un fondo negro.
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Um homem está em pé em uma cozinha, segurando uma caneca. Ele está usando uma camisa branca e um casaco verde e calças cáqui. O homem está sorrindo e olhando para a câmera. O fundo mostra armários e uma mesa de jantar com comida.
Alt-text: Um homem sorridente em um casaco verde está em uma cozinha e segura uma caneca branca. Ele está usando uma camisa branca e calças cáqui. Armários de madeira estão visíveis no fundo, e uma mesa marrom está à direita com um copo de suco e um prato com comida. O homem está olhando diretamente para a câmera com uma expressão expressiva.
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🎞️ Ilford Delta 100
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#analogphotography #120film #ishootfilm #believeinfilm #ilford #ilfordphoto #ilforddelta100 #filmphotography #film #analog #monochrome #blackandwhitefilm @ilfordphoto
15 Dead in Hanukkah Terror Attack Amid Wave of Rising Antisemitism in Australia
Ilhan Omar Says ICE Pulled Over Her Son in Minnesota, Asked for ID
@anarchia
Negli ultimi mesi a Guadalajara, durante lo svolgimento dei lavori per le strutture che dovranno ospitare i prossimi mondiali, è stato segnalato il ritrovamento di diversi sacchi contenenti resti umani.rivoluzioneanarchica.it/messic…
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"Hoosiers don't love Trump" isn't the correct takeaway from last night, as much as I want that to be true.
"The Indiana Senate is largely composed of conservative institutionalists" is a much more accurate read.
The ideological spread of our no's was diverse. They voted to protect an institution under threat.
That's a good thing! And there are good takeaways for Dems too in all this. But Indiana has not suddenly become a more purple state overnight, I'm afraid.
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