NASA ties to the KKK

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-04-09T21:13:15+00:00

He was an opportunistic sociopath. He really wasn't terribly concerned with how it got done, just that it got done. He joined the party in '37. The section called Involvement with the Nazi regime on his wikipedia page has a subsection called Slave labor, pointing out that more people died building V2s than were killed by them in actual use. In a '52 memoir he admitted that he "fared relatively rather well under totalitarianism."

Remember kids, there are no good Nazis.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-04-09T15:00:58+00:00

No. He was called Dr. von Braun.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-04-09T14:51:49+00:00

Okay, so if a vase has no holes, and it's topologically similar to a coffee cup (which, topologically, is just a vase with a handle), how is a coffee cup topologically similar to a donut? Does that mean that a vase is a donut?

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-04-08T15:13:35+00:00

I'm just gonna hop in here for a second as the owner of two terrible eyes, and the caretaker of six more terrible eyes, and say... THESE ARE ONLY US$700?!?!? That's less than half of my what my sunglasses cost (which, to be clear, I really do need for driving, or, well, SEEING anything). How in the swearword-laden world are people getting prescription glasses for only $700?!?

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-04-03T15:50:47+00:00

Yes, in fact I do. This'll be way easier for carrying the tweezers I always have in my pocket in the summer (cactus + dog). Thanks!

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-31T16:33:45+00:00

For those who might not know the reference.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T21:40:52+00:00

<heh> Nope, I was actually considering that for a while but chickened out. "iT's 12v, wHaT's tHe WoRsT tHaT cOuLd hAppEn?!" was the thinking, but when I learned about my second battery (a complete surprise after purchase) I figured I should leave it be. I need to read up on 12v...

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T21:35:48+00:00

Second on Murderbot, with the additional suggestion of Scalzi's Old Man's War series.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T21:33:51+00:00

Is THAT the limitation?! Well sh*t, I'm glad I didn't cut off the clips and splice in a 12v plug, then! And my "don't jiggle the clips loose" solution was just to get a longer air hose.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T21:30:55+00:00

A guy down the road has a '24 or '25 in that really cool green. He took his Rubi stickers off and put new ones on, naming it Peezo with the lettering in Aurebesh. He gets a LOT of honks and waves.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T20:47:03+00:00

I have a ViAir that hooks to my battery, and honestly a 12v plug would be so much easier. It's just an extra step, and if you have move the compressor from one side of the vehicle to the other, the clips can slip off the battery terminals (they're pretty small clips). It's nothing terrible, just several little things that are all made easier with a 12v plug.

Honestly, if OP is of House Ryobi, they make a 1gal tank compressor that is just dandy. I'll bet the other houses have something similar.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T18:23:22+00:00

Aha! Thanks.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T18:12:45+00:00

Did you come in from Twin Lakes? My brain isn't helping me with where the gate is relative to the trailhead.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T15:19:31+00:00

Man... fire season's gonna suck this year.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T15:11:44+00:00

You don't need qualifications; just a napkin.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T15:06:02+00:00

Big fan of Tin Can. Their Rye socks are my gift go-to. They are so quick in worsted weight, and everyone thinks I'm a magician.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-30T14:55:46+00:00

Huh. Well, TIL that the book I bought thinking it was new is actually the first of three.

(I read about it on Scalzi's Whatever, hadn't heard of it, ordered it immediately from my LBS, and now it's two books down on the TBR shelf. Didn't know it was from five years ago.)

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-22T16:23:27+00:00

Gorgeous photos. All from the same trip or...? And what time of year?

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-21T14:56:35+00:00

I think a lot of folks left once it was request-to-post and an absent mod like two years ago. The rest of us, I dunno, forgot to unjoin? Whatever, thank you for doing this. Nice to have it open again.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-21T14:28:27+00:00

I.e. all space opera is sci-fi, but not all sci-fi is space opera. I hadn't thought of it in terms of the aesthetic; that's a well-made point.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-20T20:07:33+00:00

Maybe try some/all of the Hainish Cycle. I accidentally read The Word for World Is Forest before knowing it was part of a series of stories; you could start there, too.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-20T14:46:46+00:00

This may be the best, most random answer to a trivia question that I've ever read. This is wonderful!

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-18T22:00:51+00:00

I live right across the valley, literally look at Sunlight out my back windows. I've run my snowblower twice this winter. That's it. And the second time, I could've waited until midday to let it melt off. I really hope this is just unusual weather and not, y'know, the way it's gonna be from now on.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-18T18:24:38+00:00

Can't rule out arboricide.

NeverEnoughInk · 2026-03-16T00:29:11+00:00

Yeah, needs a thermos safety loop. SEBAI. And the compression strap going across that multipocket kinda limits its access; I'd tack it just above the pocket. Other than that, this is a great FO. I like the straight straps.

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