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@dirknc.bsky.social

R&D engineer, parent, combat robot builder. Stand back, I’m about to science.

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Post image 07.04.2025 11:32 — 👍 15540    🔁 4373    💬 410    📌 273

People keep asking me if Dems are divided between left and center of party. Nope. We are divided over old and new ways of fighting. That 20th Century playbook ain’t stopping a dictator.

20.03.2025 15:01 — 👍 22300    🔁 4444    💬 1118    📌 334

@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.

13.03.2025 22:36 — 👍 25202    🔁 6512    💬 927    📌 488

Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.

07.03.2025 15:08 — 👍 21063    🔁 2126    💬 1029    📌 236
McMaster-Carr catalog

McMaster-Carr catalog

Feeling rather old after discovering that new engineers in our company have no idea what this is.

20.02.2025 23:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

TIL I learned that orcas are the apex marine predator of moose. Maybe the new weirdest fact I know, courtesy of @ologies.bsky.social.

19.02.2025 18:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You did great! Good content & insight.

02.02.2025 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

31.01.2025 14:17 — 👍 59620    🔁 8449    💬 1889    📌 982

Fascinating read, great reporting.

29.01.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

it’s so insane to me that people work for ICE like did you watch star wars and think man i want to be like the guys in the plastic white suits who can’t aim for shit

25.01.2025 01:05 — 👍 24912    🔁 2843    💬 363    📌 118

The great molasses flood of Boston has always been the weirdest tragedy.

25.01.2025 13:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.

25.01.2025 03:52 — 👍 37863    🔁 7599    💬 628    📌 353

Men with realistic ideas of their professional athlete potential lol

21.01.2025 18:06 — 👍 308    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 2

Ryan Day at Ohio State:
1-4 vs Michigan
69-6 vs everyone else

21.01.2025 04:08 — 👍 41    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 16
Post image 19.01.2025 04:33 — 👍 18725    🔁 4545    💬 465    📌 273

Those are the best kind of bots.

18.01.2025 15:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looks awesome. Beetle?

18.01.2025 15:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer.

A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer.

Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.

Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

17.01.2025 19:49 — 👍 4727    🔁 2074    💬 117    📌 144

Last week, we took a look at where the top 36 drafted WRs ranked at the end of the season. If you didn't get a chance to check that out, I have included the thread below.

Now, it is time to talk RBs 👇

13.01.2025 20:58 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

I love many, many things about this paper, but Venus being referred to as 'Earth's evil twin' might be top of the list 😂

12.01.2025 14:32 — 👍 284    🔁 38    💬 6    📌 1

Deport the stupid fucking geico lizard

11.01.2025 03:13 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Spent a day down a rabbit hole reading dissertations on proper frisbee design. Made some tweaks to #combatrobot full body spinner, and it’s now stable at 3x previous speed with no hw changes. Exciting when a little knowledge is rewarded to quickly.

01.01.2025 14:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
misery chasm.

misery chasm.

mars chemistry.

mars chemistry.

symmetric rash.

symmetric rash.

wear my shirt.

wear my shirt.

anagramming these “merry christmas” blocks is the only thing my husband has done the entire time we’ve been at his mom’s house

24.12.2024 23:17 — 👍 1253    🔁 417    💬 37    📌 37

Merry Christmas! As always, thx for the rankings! If Walker doesn’t play, how high does Charbonnet jump in the projections? Contemplating dropping someone to pick up Okonkwo just to block opponent.

25.12.2024 13:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Cool, thx for the sanity check - appreciate the advice. Your posts are great - love them

15.12.2024 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks. As a panthers fan, like what Bryce is starting to do, so was nervous about a TB DST. I like IND, you think they’re better than Bills (Patriots, Jets)? Waffling between the two…Jets & Pats have scored higher than Titans & NYG last few weeks.

15.12.2024 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Off topic, but recommendations for the DST I should pick up now for weeks 16 & 17? Snuck into 2nd and got a bye in my league, so can change up defense now for next week. Grabbed the Bills, but who’s better next week?

15.12.2024 14:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If I didn’t follow you back, it’s nothing personal; it’s just that I clicked on your profile, coldly appraised every post you’ve ever written, and determined that you lack excellence.

14.12.2024 18:05 — 👍 658    🔁 51    💬 50    📌 3

It was underwhelming

10.12.2024 03:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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