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GNU Terry Pratchett

I just rickrolled myself.

Just saw a meteor :)

And a third, behind me. Should've noticed that one before, but I'm lazy and don't feel like turning my head

And just as I say that a second has become barely visible

For the last hour there has been a total of one star out. Why can't I live on the night-side of a tidally locked planet like the majority of the universe?

Anybody on fediverse want to recommend me a #multimeter? Preferably a brand that I can pick up cheap on ebay, but I'm open to splurging on something that will last a long time.

The worst thing I find about the summer is that despite so many clear warm nights for stargazing, they're so short and start so late.

"In that case," said Brutha triumphantly, "what does the turtle stand on?"
The tortoise gave him a blank stare.
"It doesn't standing on anything," it said. "It's a turtle, for heaven's sake. It swims. That's what turtles are for."
— Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld)

"Nothing amazing about a sphere," said the tortoise. "Come to that, a turtle is a perfect shape."
"A perfect shape for what?"
"Well, the perfect shape for a turtle, to start with," said Om. "If it was shaped like a ball, it'd be bobbing to the surface the whole time."
"But it's heresy to say the world is flat," said Brutha.
"Maybe, but it's true."
"And it's really on the back of a giant turtle?"
"That's right."

"I told you, I never made the world," said Om. "Why should I make the world? It was here already. And if I did make a world. I wouldn't make it a ball. People'd fall off. All the sea'd run off the bottom."
"Not if you told it to stay on."
"Hah! Will you hark at the man!"
"Besides, the sphere is a perfect shape," said Brutha. "Because in the Book of—"

About once a year I realize that the voice actor who portrayed Hermes (amongst other characters) in Futurama played Marvin in Pulp Fiction.

Rapidly rediscovering why I don't fry things without a shirt on

Only gets you a minute of it, but that's enough tbh.

Best way to view #uk and #us #politics is to queue up the muppets theme before looking at the feed.

@ColinTheMathmo You're in the UK, and I'm in Ireland, but it's almost always close enough when it comes to ISS passes (I'll go out a couple of minutes earlier)

@ColinTheMathmo Wouldn't normally ask, but spotthestation is timing out for me. Any passes of the ISS tonight? Unsure but I may have seen crew dragon endeavour last night as a faint dot passing over the moon. Seemed to be about the right time, given rotation of the earth and orbital period (didn't work it out exactly, just back of the envelope with generous rounding and even more generous prosecco)

Tipsy before 2pm. Sangria was a good choice to finish off my 4 day weekend with.

Followed by Daydream Believer.