Kyle Rosenthal

@SSSSvekisSports @michellesrazor @aakashgupta I would assume (with no science knowledge to back it up) that our atmosphere would also protect us from all the same sort of things that have hit the moon. So we would have less to erode in any case? @DoctorKarl does that sound right?

@michellesrazor @aakashgupta Just reading about the longgggg reverberation from relatively minor impacts on the moon had me wondering This is a good education

Genuinely a better question than most people realize. Apollo 11 left a 2-foot wide panel of mirrors on the lunar surface in 1969. No power source, no wiring, no maintenance. Scientists have been shooting lasers at it from New Mexico ever since. The beam travels 239,000 miles, bounces off the mirrors, and returns in 2.5 seconds. That round trip is how we know the moon is drifting away from Earth at 3.8 centimeters per year. So yes, in a literal sense, they were checking if it would still be there. The seismometers are the part that gets wild. Apollo 12 deliberately crashed its lunar module into the surface at 6,048 km/h. Scientists expected a brief shudder. The moon vibrated for over 55 minutes. On Earth, seismic waves from an equivalent impact die in seconds. Nobody had predicted this. So NASA did it again. Apollo 13 dropped its S-IVB rocket stage from orbit. Hit with the force of 11.5 tons of TNT. The vibrations lasted nearly three and a half hours. The reason is water, or the lack of it. Earth's interior is damp. Moisture in rock acts like a sponge, absorbing seismic energy. The moon is bone dry, cool, and rigid. Shockwaves have nothing to absorb them. They just bounce back and forth through solid stone until the rock itself stops vibrating. Scientists described it as the moon ringing like a bell. The seismometers ran for almost 8 years and detected over 13,000 seismic events. Turns out the moon has four types of quakes: deep ones caused by Earth's gravitational pull, shallow ones from the crust shrinking as the interior cools, thermal ones when sunrise thaws the frozen surface, and impacts from meteorites. In 2023, Caltech reanalyzed old Apollo 17 data and found a fifth type: the lunar lander itself creaking and popping every morning as the sun heated it. Every five to six minutes, for five to seven hours straight. They went up to prove the moon was once part of Earth, measure how fast it's leaving, and figure out what's happening inside a world with no atmosphere, no water, and no tectonic plates. "Checking if it was still there" is honestly closer to the truth than most people's actual answer.

@maryannjohanson @JamesLucasIT She has high hopes, that's what you are saying?

@WindowsPCguy @JamesLucasIT Her hopes transcend her physical limitations. She has others, and will surprise us all someday. Just you wait…

A hilarious April fools video made by the police

@maryannjohanson @JamesLucasIT Fortunately - something being raised for a sausage dog is still only just below the knees. So not a lot of hope raising

@JamesLucasIT You’re all laughing, but somewhere out there, a sausage dog who’d always dreamed of a career in law enforcement got her hopes raised and then instantly crushed.

“We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” Godspeed, Artemis II.

@elonmusk Australia and New Zealand do not require ID to vote. Not sure about the rest of the list but certainly those 2 are included incorrectly.

Very long list. America should require ID to vote. It’s a no-brainer!

@adambspencer What you are witnessing is the birth of a new 4x4 as it emerges from the ocean. It starts off white but will receive the markings of its new tribe soon. Either being coloured black or blue or tattooed with traditional markings such as "love it or f' off" or "don't fence me in"

I think this is called a “reverse fark”?

@BenThePCGuy It is the magic seat!

Spokane to Seattle, seat 17A. More legroom than first class

@bensaiditbest @Hot_Pepper76 This is in Australia, on a two way road. So the "slugs in the left lane" were in fact, just driving.

@Hot_Pepper76 Not so unpopular opinion: If not for the idiots driving like slugs in the left lane, the opportunity for this accident would never have existed.

@Harry20211959 @TheProjectUnity Without any other comments - the COVID vaccine was released in Australia 22 February 2021 and Morrison proposed the passport idea 18 May 2021.

I will also remind people of a question I posed since mid March 2021. “In mid March 2021, Scott Morrison, threatened the entire Australian nation with vaccine passports, amidst other threats if they didn’t comply with taking the Covid vaccine - that was close to six months before a Covid vaccine was even formulated and bought out - so, how did he know?”

Sometimes we need a reminder... This is Howard Springs, an internment camp in Australia that was used to house covid infected & potentially infected Australian Citizens. Over 60,000 innocent Australian Citizens were forcibly detained from 2020 - 2022.

@andrewhunterm *"letters and numbers"

Working my way throughold episodes of fish and have to answer a question from @andrewhunterm . Australia does have an equivalent of countdown, in true aussie style of stating the obvious, we call it "numbers and letters"

@BenThePCGuy I have done 4 half and 1 full marathons in ghosts and walked or ran at least 5km a day for a year in ghosts. Love them and will only ever buy them now.

After 5 tried/returned pairs, I have settled on Brooks Ghosts for my new running/cardio day shoes. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers on this harrowing journey.

@BenThePCGuy I have worked with a company that is 100% remote since 2004. Now up to 250 employees across 4 continents. I do miss the in person contact but it works well and allows me to be able to be far more involved in my kid's lives

False. I've been mostly remote since COVID, full time remote since starting my own company in '23. I see my kids & wife more (better mental health) and at 46, am in the best shape of my life. Turns out not having to burn 2 hours commuting means more time for other things.

@btc_understand @MattP1Gallagher Indeed.. and now we are all crying.

@MattP1Gallagher Yeah Anthony Hamilton class act

I'm not sure we need to film Hadjar crying the entire time all the way back to the pit lane Give the guy some space

I am awaiting a delayed bag and received a message about it @Qantas is this standard practice? It seems really dodgy if it is.

@Windows @TheClippy "it looks like you are drawing a self-portrait? Would you like help with that?"

rate our drawing

@LastFraction0 @JamesRLandrum @techAU @BoschAustralia In Queensland, any vehicle which is produced as or converted to an EV or hybrid (since Jan 2019) is required to have a blue triangle on the registration plate. This is a 2019 vehicle, so would have the label if it was an EV or hybrid

@JamesRLandrum @techAU @BoschAustralia I didn't see the last time. Was it also a fleet vehicle belonging to a company that's heavily investing in EV parts manufacturing and produces parts specifically made for diesel-to-electric conversions?

Pro tip, if you're going to block an EV charger.. best not do it in your work vehicle. Am sure @BoschAustralia won't be happy with the fine. Also great way to destroy brand reputation.

@cdefreese @techAU @Brando_mundo @BoschAustralia In Queensland, any vehicle which is hybrid or EV since January 1, 2019 is required to have the EV label. The vehicle is a standard 2019 model Navara Dual Cab registered for commercial use. The company would have compliance in place to ensure that they meet legal requirements.

@cdefreese @techAU @Brando_mundo @BoschAustralia If it was an EV then on the Queensland number plate it would have a blue triangle with the letters "EV" in the middle.

@adambspencer Classic Dad move!

I’ve been holding this closer to me, further away, rubbing it up and down my arm … nothing This supposed to be”stud finder” is clearly defective!