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jon, 7 hours ago to random

The “high speed” train Marseille - Bruxelles (that I’m taking as far as Lyon today)

Along its whole route it spends 67 minutes at stops! 🤦‍♂️ #CrossBorderRail

Glastomichelle, 12 hours ago to random

To say I am blown away is an understatement, What a night! Glastonbury Tor and the Aurora...incredible.

yanncphoto, 13 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago) to Nantes French

Échantillon de la récolte de ce soir.

#Aurora #auroreboreale

#Nantes 47°N

#Photography

📷 Fuji X-T4 + Samyang 12mm 1:2.0
@12mm f/2 ISO 2000 4s (1)
@12mm f/2 ISO 8000 1s (2)
@12mm f/2 ISO 6400 1s (3,4)

Plus : https://chemineau.eu/gallery/index.php?/category/213

jon, 3 hours ago to random

Totally logical. Not.

My trip Nuits-sous-Ravières to Berlin Südkreuz on Monday is all e-tickets except Strasbourg to Kehl, the #CrossBorderRail section. Just collected the paper ticket at Lyon while passing here.

And yeah, I have a ticket split in Kehl because that’s the only way to get the best price for this connection. Which is also totally logical. Not.

jtruk, 3 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago) to random

Here's my favourite shot of the #aurora last night. An angel / phoenix in rainbow tones.

Taken in suburban Newcastle, England.
30s exposure, on an Android phone.
Contrast/colour digitally enhanced.

KydiaMusic, 5 hours ago to Seattle

It’s like we’re summoning the Rainbow Bridge

#aurora #AuroraBorealis #SolarStorm #Seattle

Aurora Borealis looking like a curtain of colored beams of light in the sky, with vivid pink, purple and green hues radiating downwards.
Aurora Borealis looking like the aliens are abducting us, with vivid pink, purple and green hues radiating out from a central point. The dark silhouette of a fir tree is at the top of the frame.

hannah, 13 hours ago to random

Nobody knows what happens when a 17 year cicada sees the aurora borealis but scientists agree it probably won't make them become ten feet long and immortal

thisismyglasgow, 1 hour ago to glasgow

I would love to know how this new Purpose-Built Student Accommodation block on New City Road in Glasgow managed to get planning permission as it sticks out like a sore thumb and blots out views across the historic buildings of the West End of the city from the equally historic Speirs Wharf.

Cont./

#glasgow #architecture #urbanplanning #glasgowbuildings #urbanregeneration

falcennial, 2 hours ago to random

imagine having enough money to be the last best hope of humanity on earth and choosing instead to be the first least concern of humanity on mars

ChrisMayLA6, 4 hours ago to random

For some reason I'm reminded of this famous exchange between Dennis Skinner & the Speaker of the House:

DS: 'Half the Tories opposite are crooks'

Speaker: 'Please retract'

DS: 'OK, half the Tories opposite aren't crooks'

Nowadays one might quibble with Skinner's proportions, but the message stands....

becha, 3 hours ago to random

Today (noon) I am leading a workshop at #AMRO24 : "Internet of Squirrels" aka "Fun with RFCs" aka "Living Planet meets Open Standards"
https://art-meets.radical-openness.org/2024/program/internet-of-squirrels/
in /dev/lol hackerspace, Linz

Join in person, or subscribe to https://UnCiv.NL mailing list to stay in touch!

ntoine, 4 hours ago to animals French

Le #Chamedi de la flemme
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

La même
La même

MediaActivist, 3 hours ago to DeGoogle

Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government https://www.404media.co/google-delists-sites-providing-diy-hormone-therapy-at-behest-of-uk-government/ #deGoogle #Google #TransRights #LGBTQ

ChrisMayLA6, 4 hours ago to Banking

Some (qualified) better news on the forced cashless society:

Cash Access UK (set up by the major banks) has committed to have opened 100 community banking hubs by the end of the year. This hubs offer joint services across the constituent banks.

It remains to be seen whether this deal with some of the companies about lack of banking services (including access to cash)... and from a local point of view, when one turns up in the Lune Valley's banking desert.

#banking #cash #inequality

h/t FT

quixoticgeek, 4 hours ago to random

In a big box DIY store. Trying to not spend too much. I'm about to enter the garden section. What could possibly go wrong...

firephoto, 4 hours ago to pnw

One not looking straight up. This is looking east at 22:14.

North central Washington state. 30 second exposure, ISO 200, Nikkor 24mm F2.8 lens.

#PNW #aurora

OtherRyn, 4 hours ago to random

My timeline is filled with people seeing their first aurora last night and it's so heartwarming. I'm so glad that so many people were able to experience such a wonderful part of our planet.

A common refrain I remember from growing up in Alaska is getting a call from a friend and them saying "The lights are out!" and I'd call a friend and say the same thing and then run outside to see the Northern Lights.

jaycee, 4 hours ago to random

Voices: Keir Starmer has pledged to ‘stop the chaos’ – but can he ‘stop the boats’? - The Independent

https://apple.news/ArMlB03iMSuu_kZh_nRiBrg. Look, it’s that simple even I could ‘stop the boats’. Make a safe way for these desperate people to actually apply. It really isn’t rocket science. The Tory ‘plan’ is evil and xenophobic.

th, 11 hours ago to random

Shinkansen from Kyoto to Tokyo

steter, 9 hours ago to random

All of these aurora postings when each successive timezone enters darkness are like watching NOAA following Santa.

noondlyt, 13 hours ago to random

Skies turning to blood???

Solar Stormy Daniels cannot be a good omen for the MAGA cult.

quixoticgeek, 13 hours ago (edited 2 hours ago) to random

Really enjoying the pictures everyone is posting of the aurora. Even if it's too cloudy to see it here.

I do find myself wondering...

Who's read (or listened to the audio book) "Day of the triffids"?

stavvers, 13 hours ago to random

I'm super enjoying everyone discovering that the aurora looks almost nothing like it does in photos but is somehow even more magical once you learn how to see it. It's beautiful, isn't it?

richard0x4a, 13 hours ago to random

Aurora over Harrogate this evening. It was an incredible sight. #aurora

A photograph of purple auroral lights radiating out from a point in the sky.
A photograph of purple and green auroral lights streaking out from a point in the sky and forming strange shapes.

physicssteve, 13 hours ago to random

Thought when I moved away from Scotland that I'd be lucky to see the #aurora again by chance - never would have thought the next time I'd see it would be 8 years later from the south of England.

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