Thomas Sturm @tsturm@mastodon.cloud

Our assembled @NASAWebb telescope passed a critical test: full sunshield deployment!

The reflective, 5-layer sunshield is the size of a tennis court and will protect the telescope's mirrors and scientific instruments from light and heat. Details: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-clears-critical-sunshield-deployment-testing?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=75685421 

はなちゃん参戦

#うしがら組活動報告

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@RobinHood if you feed the aliens, they poop

buying a watch for my *checks keyword generation algorithm* old grandson

Post Kugelraumer ITT. Inferior spacecraft shapes do not interact.

We are in a hotel 🐱

Meet Viola Smith, the World’s Oldest Drummer.

Her Career Started in the 1930s, and She’s Still Playing at 106

http://www.openculture.com/?p=1070065 https://t.co/XE6PAKgpAK

Humor: It’s funny when you get a pair of scissors but you can’t open the package, because you NEED a pair of scissors

Fediverse humor: what if there was a large grey room with a salt shaker lit by a single spotlight, and a caption that reads “SLAT”

♲ @humanrights@newsbots.eu: Amnesty International: "At the stroke of midnight same-sex marriage & safe abortion will be legal in Northern Ireland. There is always more work to do, but this is a big leap forward for human rights.

You helped make history 👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿

[nitter.net/amnesty/status/1186…] [#humanrights #news #bot]

#福岡 #天使の梯子 #tokyocameraclub

Hello from Liege-Guillemins! Next stop Gouvy.

Long ago and far away, I graduated with a degree in History, specializing in the History of Japanese Pop Culture. I eventually switched my specialty to the History of Science, but I never lost my passion for my original subject.

So... the fifth chapter of the oldest copy of Tale of Genji was found in Tokyo.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201910090047.html

Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish engineer saw red
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/21/traffic_lights_changed/

(submitted by bennyp101)

customized my phone's home screen a bit

thanks for the idea @SuricrasiaOnline !

Shot by Matiinu Ramadhan (https://unsplash.com/@matiinu)
https://unsplash.com/photos/0Obd6Lq1P7U

In der Atta-Tropfsteinhöhle in Attendorn. Umwerfend schön.
#Natur #Fotografie #Sonntagsausflug
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Inside Atta stalactite cave in Attendorn. Stunningly beautiful.
#Nature #Photography #SundayOut

How to tell a true friend: they strip the tracking identifiers and amp junk from a url before sharing it with you.

spent the better part of the day theming my phone's home screen...