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markmccaughrean, 3 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to photography

That’s more like it 🙂

A 51km ride out through Heidelberg & onto the flat Upper Rhine Valley, across the wide agricultural landscape, including a stretch on the Roman road to the lovely old town of Ladenburg🏺

Could almost have been a Dutch ride 🤪🇳🇱

But still there’s that 100 metre Big Down & Big Up to contend with at either end of the ride 😬✌️

#ReturnToGermany Day 13
#CyclingLife 🚴‍♂️
#Photography 📷

grb090423, 3 days ago to random

@Ohsin

Thanks for the boost 👍🙂

grb090423, 3 days ago to random

@SusanneBonn

Danke schönn for the boost 👍🙂

grb090423, 3 days ago to random

@Nigel_Purchase

Thanks for the boost 👍🙂

grb090423, 3 days ago to random

@palin

Thanks for the boost 👍🙂

grb090423, 3 days ago (edited 20 hours ago) to wildflowers

Would anyone know what plant this is? (The flowers are more reddish than the purple in this photo.)

It self seeded a year or two ago and the bees and pollinators love it!

It'd be interesting to know what it is.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

(Apologies for the poor quality photo!)

#WildflowerHour #Wildflowers #Nature #Wildlife

18+ sundogplanets, 4 days ago to random

SpaceX is still dropping garbage on everyone from orbit, but I have my goats and horses out mowing my front lawn for me, and I just made mac-n-cheese with THREE different kinds of cheese that I made myself (mozzarella, un-aged cheddar, and 2 week old uh...unnamed variety) as well as additional goat milk for the sauce, and asparagus my partner grew too!! I am extremely excited for dinner.

Looking out over a front lawn area in farm country, with woods in the background, and beautiful puffy white clouds in a bright blue sky. The front lawn is covered with brown, black, and white goats of various sizes, as well as 2 tiny horses.
Close up of a hand holding a slice of week-old cheese. It's slightly yellow, with lots of air holes, and a white rind around the edges.

thisismyglasgow, 4 days ago to glasgow

Have you ever noticed a small knobbly bit on the top of a post box and wondered why it's there? Well, here's the answer: it once held a double-sided sign which pointed towards the nearest post office, like this one in Lennoxtown on the outskirks of Glasgow. Most of these sign-holders have been damaged over the years, leaving just the central attachment point, and very few retain their original signs.

#glasgow #postbox #pillarbox #sign #ghostsign #lennoxtown

girlonthenet, 4 days ago to random

#MoneySaving tip: save cash on expensive salon manicures by hanging out with a 4 year old

elizabethtasker, 5 days ago to random

National Azabu (a foreign food supermarket in Tokyo) has a sale in Jaffa cakes. Admittedly, strawberry Jaffa cakes which is mildly horrifying, but I moved in anyway! So. My afternoon is set.

grb090423, 5 days ago to random

Artificial gravity for Europe in space.

#ESA #VAST #ArtificialGravity

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/06/Artificial_gravity_for_Europe_in_space

markmccaughrean, 5 days ago to random

Have successfully brought our 2015 iMac back to life, after an attempt at upgrading from Mojave to Monterey resulted in the Fusion Drive disappearing 😬

Did an internet restore, rebuilt the drive, restored the system & data from a Time Machine backup overnight, before realising that the machine was still booting from an external drive. Reset that to the internal drive & all appears well 🤞

Now all I have to deal with is the emotional trauma of seeing my wife’s inbox 🙀

grb090423, 6 days ago to random

Ariane 6 launches: the case for SpaceCase SC-X01.

#ESA #Ariane6 #SpaceCaseSCx01

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_launches_the_case_for_SpaceCase_SC-X01

junesim63, 6 days ago to random

A new report from the Institute for Government (IfG) says it is not plausible for the victorious party on 4 July to stick to current spending plans at a time when the performance of hospitals is arguably the worst in the history of the NHS, prisons are at crisis point, and councils are shutting libraries and cutting back on waste collection and social care.

#Austerity #ToryBritain #GeneralElection #FiscalRules #SpendingCuts

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/07/incoming-ministers-will-face-uk-public-services-on-brink-of-collapse?CMP=GTUK_email

grb090423, 6 days ago to random

Gaia: Milky Way’s last major collision was surprisingly recent.

#ESA #GAIA

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_Milky_Way_s_last_major_collision_was_surprisingly_recent

grb090423, 6 days ago to SpaceX

This is a very good start.

SpaceX is noticeably absent.

(List of future signatories included.)

Dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero Debris Charter.

#ESA #SpaceDebris #ZeroDebrisCharter #SpaceX

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Dozens_of_companies_institutions_and_NGOs_sign_the_Zero_Debris_Charter

rick, 7 days ago to random

Bunny!

Looking quite dapper and healthy. For scale, it's about the same size as the fawns right now. (Seriously.) Which is to say, a bit larger than a terrier.

I believe this is a black-tailed jackrabbit, common in northern California.

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

The same jackrabbit as the other photos, this time with all four paws on the ground, ready for action and looking slightly below the camera. This angle shows off how long its front legs are.
The same jackrabbit, this time in "classic bunny" pose, with its hind legs and weight flat against the ground and its front paws completing the triangle. From this angle the black trim around the ears is quite prominent. Similarly, a divot in the fur across the shoulders shows off black roots.

sundogplanets, 7 days ago to random

Gosh I love the sky here (even when it's trying to blow everything off the surface of the Earth, it's gorgeous!)

A barnyard covered with green grass, with a tall wooden fence on one side and an old yellow barn on the other. There are a bunch of goats eating grass, and the whole foreground is very brightly sunlit. In the background is incredibly dark clouds, making the sunlit closer part of the scene extra high contrast

grb090423, 7 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

First detection of negative ions on the Moon.

#ESA #NILS #Change6

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/First_detection_of_negative_ions_on_the_Moon

elizabethtasker, 7 days ago to random

I lost my right to vote in the UK due to living out of the country for too many years. That rule was lifted this year, and I received the email today saying that my voting registration was accepted!

.... just under the wire for the July 4 election...!

I'd also registered to vote by proxy, but by random coincidence, I will be in the country. Apparently, that's fine so long as I beat my nominated proxy voter to the polling station 🤣

vicgrinberg, 8 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

France!

#AboutToday #foodie #cheese

vagina_museum, 8 days ago to random

It's been a while since we've shown you a weird fad in medieval Christian art, so here's one you might enjoy - Lactatio Bernardi: The Lactation of St Bernard.

Date unknown, courtesy of Bodleian Library.

grb090423, 8 days ago to random

Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July.
#ESA #Ariane6 #LaunchDate
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_inaugural_launch_targeted_for_9_July

qurlyjoe, 8 days ago to random