Engineering Amy

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

“I survived the thumb wars of 2025”

All I’m saying.

‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing | CNN Politics The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to ...

“In addition to the privacy team, members of OPM’s communications staff and employees who handle FOIA requests were also fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.”

I wonder what those who submit FOIAs frequently think about this one. www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

www.wired.com/story/treasu...

My last wish before completely deleting twitter is for NWS accounts to migrate over to BlueSky.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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It’s worth the investment if you have a printer. www.printables.com/model/355228...

Yeah, if only! Still feels like CSMs should be much more accessible at retail. 16 week lead times for third party printers are prohibitive.

He’s one surgery away from having a second life as a televangelist.

This reminds me of a Columbo murder plot.

A deer spotted on a walk through the yellow woods.

Pastoral hike through the amber wood two weeks ago.
A lot of these in the near future.

Caption this Alpaca.

Mako the Agouti-faced Alaskan Malamute poses with his ears back and tongue out.

Timeline cleanse, feat. Mako.

A red Alaskan Malamute named Nikita, grinning.

Timeline cleanse feat. Nikita.

Living here now. Only keeping the bird app for NWS updates, for as long as they still exist as an agency. 😣

Wondering if @raspberrypi.bsky.social lives here yet

Fixed your link. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/m...

A photograph of a prop from the film “Alien”, it’s a panel from the lighted grid-spaced LED wall inside of “MU-TH-UR”. It’s made of fiberglass in a wood frame and the beige, like an old computer, has yellowed over time.

Please excuse me while I go obsess over this for a little while. ukm.propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...

Just saw this on Book Face.

I wonder if one had enough NTS-1’s you’d have the VCO equivalent of a Minilogue XD or a Prologue.

Immediately recognized the shape of that Korg Oscilloscope before zooming in

It’s a workhorse.

Just did. 😂

Substack has a niche for X-Tweeters and ex-Tweeters who really did enjoy not having the char limit.

I just stopped buying SBCs. Received my last Zero 2 W a week ago. Too much of a surplus.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of ancient galaxies that shouldn't exist. A cosmo... Tantalisingly, the discovery could lead to new ideas about the evolution of the Universe.

Have you heard about JWST seeing galaxies that shouldn’t exist? There’s more to that story! My latest for BBC Science Focus: www.sciencefocus.com/comment/jame...

Much love to you and Dianne ♥️

No worries! Great to have you here!

Bison on the plains

Enjoy some anti-ND Filter blown-out sky with some elusive bison on the plains.