Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
06.02.2026 09:09 β π 45734 π 18747 π¬ 1315 π 764
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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05.02.2026 11:50 β π 31328 π 13494 π¬ 594 π 1614
I dont think i can post any more you tube video with big ass ads in the middle...
05.02.2026 17:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes so sorry about your sister.
04.02.2026 21:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I know. We are all very frustrated.
Fixing stupid is sadly impossible. People want to be fooled and not think. Live for the bank account. You nailed....it's me me me...and so we Dems as always have to win and fix this disaster...
03.02.2026 03:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The law sucks. We had election.. morons did not vote blue.. blame them
02.02.2026 22:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Nope.
02.02.2026 22:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
lol. Kiwi?
02.02.2026 20:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by MS NOW
'Redacting names of the powerful men but not the survivors': Epstein survivor on DOJ's release
youtu.be/p9c7sxSx7ew?...
02.02.2026 19:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
a woman in a blue dress is holding a glass of wine and making a fist .
ALT: a woman in a blue dress is holding a glass of wine and making a fist .
I now remember NOW why I did not move to Canada . Any temp below 45F . I am not happy. Ice and snow. Wild from hell...nope it would more money ....lol. Not sure the perfect women would make me move now. I'm too old to cut the mustard..
02.02.2026 19:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@rudepundit.bsky.social that was to you rude....
02.02.2026 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
like with anything not everything companies do is evil, many things are, but NOT ALL, lolol
d1.awsstatic.com/AWS%20Cloud%...
02.02.2026 17:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
you can also do a totally free command line thing...if your on linux or win/mac also;.
02.02.2026 17:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
FastGlacier - Windows Client for Amazon Glacier - An Extremely Low-Cost Storage Service. Amazon Glacier Client.
other than tape storage...sure there are 100's of fly by nights.
most will not make 5 years. glacier from amazon is also been moved to S3, but at same or lower prices...i am fine with it.
a great now free product..
fastglacier.com
02.02.2026 17:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I have long term amazon storage...of pictures..
25 cents a month, its my 4th tier of backup.
so there is no other secure and long term storage I can trust not to die.
02.02.2026 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
water pressure is low.
02.02.2026 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
yikes:
JEA
Extended extreme cold weather is driving higher-than-normal electricity demand across the state.
While JEAβs systems are performing as expected, available power supplies are limited.
Conserve energy and limit nonessential electricity use between 5 and 10 a.m. on Monday.
02.02.2026 17:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Important for all mail in voters to know. Personally since I travel for a living Iβm taking the time off to vote in person.
02.02.2026 16:36 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
he only right 37% of the time...lol
02.02.2026 16:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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