Bantasaurus Rex

@mechanical_4u Hmm, what if the chicken was frozen ?

critical bird strike safety test on a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II cockpit canopy. Test Purpose: Engineers simulate a bird strike by firing a projectile, often a chicken, from a pneumatic cannon nicknamed the "chicken gun". Speed: The projectile is launched at speeds exceeding 500 km/h to replicate actual high-speed flight conditions. Objective: This test ensures the canopy can absorb immense kinetic energy without shattering, protecting the pilot. Materials: The canopy is constructed from layered polycarbonate and reinforced composites designed for extreme resilience.

This was explained in a episode Season 6 Episode 20) of TNG, ie common DNA seeded throughout the galaxy by an advanced race called the Progenitors. In this episode, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew (along with competing teams from the Klingons, Cardassians, and Romulans) investigate an ancient genetic puzzle left by Professor Galen. They discover that fragments of DNA, embedded in the genomes of many species across the galaxy, form a hidden message from an incredibly ancient humanoid race (often called the Progenitors or ancient humanoids in fan discussions).

Have you ever wondered this?

If you're seeing articles like this from ScreenRant and other Trek news sites, it's not organic. Kurtzman's PR Team is trying to frame this as "the end of Trek" to rile up fans at Paramount, when it's not the end of Trek, it's just end of his contract for Trek. This is how Hollywood PR runs "the news."

@TheCinesthetic Loved this movie.

THE MONEY PIT was released 40 years ago today. Tom Hanks’s breakdown scene, where he laughs uncontrollably as everything collapses around him, was largely sustained in long takes, letting the chaos and timing play out naturally.

@JosephKahn I will go see this just to see Emily Blunt 😍

If Disclosure Day is a stealth sequel to Close Encounters, does Richard Dreyfuss come back after 50 years and apologize to his kids for abandoning them to take a joyride with aliens?

@EndWokeness Highly original. 🧐

Netflix just released its Little House On The Prairie poster. No race-swaps.

Horrific

@ATRightMovies Cliffhanger

What was the first film you saw John Lithgow in?

immediate thoughts - I've never heard of a woman called "Michael" before - unnecessary morphing of Klingons to vampires - full on gay kissing - the transgender manifestation - the red angel story arc - the burn and its most pathetic origin - Tilly - Spock's sister ? I could go on

Star Trek: Discovery initially had 10 million viewers, a magnitude beyond anything Trek gets now. It's clear there's fans who are hungry for Star Trek and will give it a chance initially. What went wrong?

@fandompulse this ?

Singapore is the first and only Asian country so far to publicly refuse negotiating passage with Iran. Many others have made deals with Tehran to allow their shipments through. Some vessels are reportedly paying as much as $2m in fees to Iran to cross the waterway without coming under fire. This speech which was given for a domestic audience in Singapore's parliament but somehow, it has ended up triggering a diplomatic incident with Malaysian politicians who are friendly and supportive of the Iranian regime. Singapore refuses to accept the principle of turning transit through international straits as an extortion racket or a modern pirate toll booth. It’s a right under UNCLOS transit passage rules, the same rules that keep the global economy breathing. Partly, this is due to self-interest as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia lie at the crossroads of another chokepoint - the Malacca Strait. The narrowest point is the Phillips Channel in the Singapore Strait is barely 2 nautical miles wide, squeezed between Singapore’s islands and Indonesia’s Riau chain. Compared to the Strait of Hormuz’s 21 nautical mile pinch point, Singapore’s narrowest stretch is ten times tighter. Every eastbound ship on the planet is funneled through its Traffic Separation Scheme. If anyone had a temptation to start charging “protection fees,” it would be Singapore. Negotiating with Iran would shred the legal norm that protects every strait used for international navigation. Malaysia, Indonesia, or anyone else with "geographical privilege" and a grudge could do the same. And before you say “but Israel and America violated international law so why can't Iran," let me just reiterate that two wrongs don’t license Iran to play 17th-century privateer with 21st-century oil tankers. Clearly the same people making this argument don't extend the accusations of flouting of international law to an Iranian regime that has cut the internet off for its people, murdered several tens of thousands, and has been found in breach of international nuclear safeguards and IAEA obligations due to undeclared nuclear materials and activities, particularly in violating the 2015 JCPOA deal by enriching uranium up to 60% and limiting inspector access. Selective outrage is the refuge of people who only care about rules when they hurt their preferred side. Singapore has never played that game. During the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, Singapore faced a severe shock and given that it was an oil refining hub, it could have nationalized foreign oil stocks and kept the lights on for two years. But Lee Kuan Yew didn't do that. Singapore honored contracts and kept the system running. Part of its brand in a chaotic world is that of being a responsible actor. This decision prioritized long term global trust and reliability over short term national gain. It positioned Singapore as a dependable partner in the eyes of multinational oil companies and international business. As a result, it attracted even more investment, expanded its role as a major refining and trading hub, and strengthened its economy far beyond what hoarding the oil would have achieved. Building credibility pays dividends for decades. Furthermore, every single dollar funneled to Iran’s “safe passage” scheme ends up subsidizing the very terror networks rebuilding Hezbollah and Hamas. Singapore knows it.

@AJamesMcCarthy 🤣🤣

You guys, stop acting like children in the comments. This is a serious post. Uranus is very special and deserves just as much attention as the rest of you

I love looking at Uranus, it has such a pretty color. This was captured with an 11” telescope from my backyard in Arizona

@AJamesMcCarthy Aha, sorry, this is the kind of person I am 😘

@HamBone362 I told Gregory and he made this face

Why do you follow me?

@AJamesMcCarthy Sorry but I have a 'Gregory' filter. Love all the rest though.

Awaiting the results of this poll with curiosity and a touch of fear

@Jennnifer11lyn @astro_reid @elonmusk A foolish reply. With this attitude we would never have gone to the moon more than 50 years ago. We probably wouldn't have the technology that you typed this drivel on just now.

Earth needs to be restored first. Try cleaning the Air, Water, Soil and Food here before you try terraforming a planet. Practice makes perfect. You can’t do it here than you won’t be able to handle another planet. Nuking Mars is a bad idea so don’t start with an idea of destruction

🇺🇸🇺🇸 Welcome home! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@WhiteHouse Then they are in breach of the ceasefire. Just one more bridge or power plant at a time until they accede.

"Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!" - President DONALD J. TRUMP

@Osint613 "The United States does not negotiate with terrorists"

U.S. President Donald Trump: "Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!"

@80s_channel Jack Michaelson

@blueorigin What are its energy demands ?

Melt. Extract. Breathe. Repeat. 🧑‍🚀 From Moon dust to fresh air, our Air Pioneer technology turns lunar regolith into breathable oxygen, ready for astronauts returning to the Moon. At our Space Resources Center of Excellence in LA, we developed a reactor (left) that melts regolith simulant and passes a current through it to release oxygen and other gases. The gases flow into the purification system (right) and emerge as medical- and propellant-grade oxygen. A flight-qualified Air Pioneer at this same scale could provide the first breath of life for a sustainable Moon base. 🌕

@DrNeilStone BBC is just as bad.

Occasionally I get tired of reading moronic takes on the Iran war on here, so I go back to the mainstream media to read moronic takes on it there instead