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Washed up roleplayer, VR and science nerd 🐘 https://mastodon.social/@cragsand πŸ‘Ύ https://twitch.tv/cragsand πŸ”— https://cragsand.carrd.co Twitch, TTRPG, DnD, VRChat roleplay, The Golden Gator, Neon Divide, Skeptic, Skepticism, Space, Sweden πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ

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Download full size video here: www.flickr.com/video_download.gne?id=54131291045

Full 5k image here: flic.kr/p/2qto3Uy

Check license below.

Credits:
Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin

Video created processing data from: psa.esa.int/

Mission: ESA Mars Express
North is approx up left
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 3670
Time:2006-11-16T08:36:16.130Z
Product IDs:
Frames and Time:
H3670_0000_S24.IMG - 08:36:04.637
H3670_0000_RE4.IMG - 08:36:10.242
H3670_0000_P24.IMG - 08:36:16.130
H3670_0000_ND4.IMG - 08:36:38.234
H3670_0000_P14.IMG - 08:37:01.408
H3670_0000_IR4.IMG - 08:37:07.530
H3670_0000_S14.IMG-  08:37:13.785

Colours: 
H3670_0000_RE4.IMG
H3670_0000_GR4.IMG
H3670_0000_BL4.IMG


Credits:
Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin

Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Download full size video here: www.flickr.com/video_download.gne?id=54131291045 Full 5k image here: flic.kr/p/2qto3Uy Check license below. Credits: Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin Video created processing data from: psa.esa.int/ Mission: ESA Mars Express North is approx up left Instrument: HRSC Orbit: 3670 Time:2006-11-16T08:36:16.130Z Product IDs: Frames and Time: H3670_0000_S24.IMG - 08:36:04.637 H3670_0000_RE4.IMG - 08:36:10.242 H3670_0000_P24.IMG - 08:36:16.130 H3670_0000_ND4.IMG - 08:36:38.234 H3670_0000_P14.IMG - 08:37:01.408 H3670_0000_IR4.IMG - 08:37:07.530 H3670_0000_S14.IMG- 08:37:13.785 Colours: H3670_0000_RE4.IMG H3670_0000_GR4.IMG H3670_0000_BL4.IMG Credits: Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Video: Mars - Dust Storm - North Polar Cap - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qtp1Vt

06.12.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leading the way in Anarchist Influencer Marketing!

06.12.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
A brown haired woman, Jacqueline Desant, holding a pen sits over a dead crow on a plate. the words CROW appear on screens behind her.

A brown haired woman, Jacqueline Desant, holding a pen sits over a dead crow on a plate. the words CROW appear on screens behind her.

Batgyu on discord drew this wonderful art of Jacqueline, my Trident Journalist from the @neondivide.bsky.social RP!

Reposted with permission, thank you so much!

06.12.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World name: Cozy Cabin
By: ~Sam
Platform: PC & Quest

#VRChat #VRChat_worldη΄Ήδ»‹

06.12.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

lol was watching batman this morning and got hit with "ignore all previous instructions"

06.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1415    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8
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Happy Friday! 🐊
#gators #friday #happyfriday #flatfuckfriday #meme

20.09.2024 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged
Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell.
And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'" 

The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads: 
"Tweepcred is X's reputation system
Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score
It determines your reach
Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears
What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked."

SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation.

SADIQ continues:
"Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction
Offensive username? 80% reach reduction
All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization.
Include links? Yup, penalized"

A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell. And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'" The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads: "Tweepcred is X's reputation system Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score It determines your reach Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked." SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation. SADIQ continues: "Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction Offensive username? 80% reach reduction All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization. Include links? Yup, penalized"

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.

Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

04.12.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7696    πŸ” 4997    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 324
A digital sketch ; A half goblin character enjoying a cold one against the wall with neon lights in the background.

A digital sketch ; A half goblin character enjoying a cold one against the wall with neon lights in the background.

Lil warm up sketch from last night since I have been gone/sick for a long time.

Lil bit of Mia the Half-Gobbolin, I miss the girlie ;w;
#art #ocart #commissions #goblin

04.12.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crossbanning in all servers 🫑
The scammers ID is: 1441384119337484419

04.12.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An example of violence on a cosmic scale, enormous elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 lies about 75 million light-years away toward Fornax, the southern constellation of the Furnace. Investigating the startling sight, astronomers suspect the giant galaxy of colliding with smaller neighbor NGC 1317 seen just right of the large galaxy's center, producing far flung star streams in loops and shells. Light from their close encounter would have reached Earth some 100 million years ago. In the sharp telescopic image, the central regions of NGC 1316 and NGC 1317 appear separated by over 100,000 light-years.Complex dust lanes visible within also indicate that NGC 1316 is itself the result of a merger of galaxies in the distant past. Found on the outskirts of the Fornax galaxy cluster, NGC 1316 is known as Fornax A. One of the visually brightest of the Fornax cluster galaxies it is one of the strongest and largest celestial radio sources with radio emission extending well beyond this one degree wide field-of-view.

An example of violence on a cosmic scale, enormous elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 lies about 75 million light-years away toward Fornax, the southern constellation of the Furnace. Investigating the startling sight, astronomers suspect the giant galaxy of colliding with smaller neighbor NGC 1317 seen just right of the large galaxy's center, producing far flung star streams in loops and shells. Light from their close encounter would have reached Earth some 100 million years ago. In the sharp telescopic image, the central regions of NGC 1316 and NGC 1317 appear separated by over 100,000 light-years.Complex dust lanes visible within also indicate that NGC 1316 is itself the result of a merger of galaxies in the distant past. Found on the outskirts of the Fornax galaxy cluster, NGC 1316 is known as Fornax A. One of the visually brightest of the Fornax cluster galaxies it is one of the strongest and largest celestial radio sources with radio emission extending well beyond this one degree wide field-of-view.

πŸ”­ Galaxies in the Furnace

Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...

04.12.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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I think FluxPose looks really exciting for people looking for Full Body Tracking in VR / VRChat. But VTubers please note it might not be what you are expecting, FluxPose without VR will very likely not provide world tracking, only body tracking. Demonstrated in this video demo:

03.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. Wide view angle in the office of the University of Magic Headmaster. The room is filled with shelves of ancient tomes, but mainly, a carpet leading to the desk of the boss. A young gothic sorceress enters the room with determination, followed by a robotic cyber-parrot flying behind her: the Avian Intelligence bird. Detail: the boss has a AI Parrot too and seat nearby a large circular active portal. She points her finger at her AI Parrot.  
> Gothic Sorceress: "Headmaster, I'm requesting to opt out of the Avian Intelligence program!"

Panel 2. Shot on the desk of the Headmaster, an old wizard and his AI parrot, perched. He is deeply busy and his attention is fully absorbed on his paperwork, probably signing administrative stuff, giving a minimal attention to her.  
> Headmaster: "Not an option. Our investors say it's the future of magic." 

Panel 3. The Headmaster gestures grandly at a portal nearby him, while adjusting his glasses. The circular view into another dimension reveals a distorted, broken wonderland. Twisted trees shaped like cartoon elephant, architectures of towers with faces, and weird creatures with big nose, moustache, the body of fish and long leg ending by three fingers. The atmosphere is both fascinating and deeply unsettling.  
> Headmaster: "See? With mine I created this world in minutes. Not perfect, lots of small bugs, but it works... mostly."

Panel 4: The young gothic student and the Headmaster stand before the dimension. She is skeptical with her hands on her hips, while the Headmaster seems tries to justify himself while thinking about it, the hand twisting a bit of beard on his chin.  
> Gothic Sorceress: "It's ugly and broken."  
> Headmaster: ""Vibe spelling", I call it.".

A comic in four panels: Panel 1. Wide view angle in the office of the University of Magic Headmaster. The room is filled with shelves of ancient tomes, but mainly, a carpet leading to the desk of the boss. A young gothic sorceress enters the room with determination, followed by a robotic cyber-parrot flying behind her: the Avian Intelligence bird. Detail: the boss has a AI Parrot too and seat nearby a large circular active portal. She points her finger at her AI Parrot. > Gothic Sorceress: "Headmaster, I'm requesting to opt out of the Avian Intelligence program!" Panel 2. Shot on the desk of the Headmaster, an old wizard and his AI parrot, perched. He is deeply busy and his attention is fully absorbed on his paperwork, probably signing administrative stuff, giving a minimal attention to her. > Headmaster: "Not an option. Our investors say it's the future of magic." Panel 3. The Headmaster gestures grandly at a portal nearby him, while adjusting his glasses. The circular view into another dimension reveals a distorted, broken wonderland. Twisted trees shaped like cartoon elephant, architectures of towers with faces, and weird creatures with big nose, moustache, the body of fish and long leg ending by three fingers. The atmosphere is both fascinating and deeply unsettling. > Headmaster: "See? With mine I created this world in minutes. Not perfect, lots of small bugs, but it works... mostly." Panel 4: The young gothic student and the Headmaster stand before the dimension. She is skeptical with her hands on her hips, while the Headmaster seems tries to justify himself while thinking about it, the hand twisting a bit of beard on his chin. > Gothic Sorceress: "It's ugly and broken." > Headmaster: ""Vibe spelling", I call it.".

The Future of Magic

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

03.12.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Sorry about the thumbnail jumpscare on the timeline...

03.12.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Greed is Destroying the World
YouTube video by Drew Gooden Greed is Destroying the World

Signal boosting this, especially for my US friends. Hope more large creators dare speak out about this to their audiences outside of their usual comfort topics.

(Redistribution of wealth and class consciousness)

03.12.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎡✨

03.12.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 16562    πŸ” 8491    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 238
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Ep 0: The Rise of the Science Populists
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Ep 0: The Rise of the Science Populists

I haven’t seen this label used before but it seems apt. The video contains a good discussion of what β€œscience populism” is and how it’s harmful.

youtu.be/sQnOFGWsXNM?...

03.12.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4

Happy cake day Zug! πŸ§πŸŽ‰

03.12.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Det Γ€r inte mineralvatten som svΓ€mmat ΓΆver pΓ₯ RamlΓΆsa station. Drick pΓ₯ egen risk.

(RamlΓΆsa is also the name of a popular carbonated water brand in Sweden)

03.12.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom Talk about a trashed panda.

Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom

02.12.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7900    πŸ” 1946    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 905

Det e dags grabbar

01.12.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
My car charger can boil water really fast
YouTube video by Technology Connections My car charger can boil water really fast

happy thanksgiving

i made this for you

youtu.be/INZybkX8tLI

27.11.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1109    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 22
M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB.  Approx. 1.5 hours integration with C9.25 at f/6.3, asi1600mm and ZWO filters.

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB. Approx. 1.5 hours integration with C9.25 at f/6.3, asi1600mm and ZWO filters.

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2m5ZwDr

30.11.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Keep these Stupid American Trucks out of Europe
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes Keep these Stupid American Trucks out of Europe

Keep these child murder machines away. We don't want these trucks here @ec.europa.eu

30.11.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Das ist der Wahnsinn! πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ
In #Gießen widersetzen sich Zehntausende der NeugrΓΌndung der AfD-Jugend und trotzen der massiven Polizeigewalt. πŸ”₯πŸ“’
#wirsindmehr
#fcknzs

29.11.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1322    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 20
A scruffy blonde golden doodle with a fairly recent haircut. He is wearing little red booties on each foot, giving me an uncertain side eye, and standing in a very normal way like any other normal dog would stand.

A scruffy blonde golden doodle with a fairly recent haircut. He is wearing little red booties on each foot, giving me an uncertain side eye, and standing in a very normal way like any other normal dog would stand.

When you are a very fancy gentleman.

30.11.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
internet archive photo

internet archive photo

Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.

Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.

Collections growing at 150TBytes/day

@internetarchive

archive.org/donate

www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

29.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 949    πŸ” 676    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 15
How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
28.11.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. The gothic sorceress, dressed in dark, flowing robes, stands in the middle of a desolated land. She gazes at the colorful mechanical parrot flying near her shoulder: the Avian Intelligent Parrot. The sorceress asks with a hint of curiosity.  
> Gothic sorceress: "Hey, Avian Intelligence, what's the incantation for summoning a fireball?"  
> AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: The correct incantation for a fireball is "IgnisMe"."  

Panel 2. The gothic sorceress cracks a wicked smile, her eyes shining with anticipation as she raises her hands in front of her, fingers spread and ready to cast.  
> Gothic sorceress: "Alright, let's give it a shot... IgnisMe!"

Panel 2(small insert in previous panel). Only the eyes of the gothic sorceress are visible in a large flame.
> Gothic sorceress: "?!!"

Panel 3. The gothic sorceress is burnt, her face contorted in a mix of shock, anger, and pain. Flames and smoke dance around her, her dark robes burnt and tattered, revealing exposed parts of her anatomy.  
> Gothic sorceress: "You #*$%@& bird! You gave me a self-immolation spell instead of a fireball spell!"  

Panel 4. As the sorceress facepalms, the Avian Intelligent parrot replies with stoicism.  
> AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: You're absolutely right! The correct incantation for a fireball is "PyroBolus"."

A comic in four panels: Panel 1. The gothic sorceress, dressed in dark, flowing robes, stands in the middle of a desolated land. She gazes at the colorful mechanical parrot flying near her shoulder: the Avian Intelligent Parrot. The sorceress asks with a hint of curiosity. > Gothic sorceress: "Hey, Avian Intelligence, what's the incantation for summoning a fireball?" > AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: The correct incantation for a fireball is "IgnisMe"." Panel 2. The gothic sorceress cracks a wicked smile, her eyes shining with anticipation as she raises her hands in front of her, fingers spread and ready to cast. > Gothic sorceress: "Alright, let's give it a shot... IgnisMe!" Panel 2(small insert in previous panel). Only the eyes of the gothic sorceress are visible in a large flame. > Gothic sorceress: "?!!" Panel 3. The gothic sorceress is burnt, her face contorted in a mix of shock, anger, and pain. Flames and smoke dance around her, her dark robes burnt and tattered, revealing exposed parts of her anatomy. > Gothic sorceress: "You #*$%@& bird! You gave me a self-immolation spell instead of a fireball spell!" Panel 4. As the sorceress facepalms, the Avian Intelligent parrot replies with stoicism. > AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: You're absolutely right! The correct incantation for a fireball is "PyroBolus"."

The Correct Incantation

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

26.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 280    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

Ugh this makes me sad. AI slop "science" is not actual science. It's spam in disguise.

Even scifi technobabble is more charming since at least that has some genuine thought behind it than whatever this crap is.

Maybe like we have "retraction watch" - we now need a "slop watch" and hall of shame.

28.11.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cragsand is following 20 prominent accounts