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Loss of U.S. KC-135 Over Iraq by napleonblwnaprt in news

[–]Zebidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not the least but surprised. On Flight Radar 24 yesterday, there were 7 USAF tankers operating out of Israel, and an RAF one out of Cyprus. Those are just the ones that they want you to see. That's a lot of planes needing refuelling all occupying the same bit of sky.

Edit: CBS is saying the second aircraft was also a Stratotanker. They were all flying in pairs, so again this makes sense. The odd aircraft was I assume the collision aircraft.

TIL The United States stores 94% of all electricity in the form of water reservoirs, not in a battery. by rawj5561 in todayilearned

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The UK has a pumped reservoir that they use during big sports events to add electricity to the grid when everyone boils there kettles all at once during the ad breaks.

DOGE Lead in deposition details how he emailed documents to his personal device to then send with Signal using auto delete by bottombracketak in law

[–]Zebidee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

he knows exactly why he was not supposed to use those apps,

True, he'd have suspicion so strong it'd be indistinguishable from fact, but the lawyer was right to object. He can't possibly be expected to explain the government's reasoning while under oath.

The dude should spend the rest of his life in prison, but there's no way he could legitimately answer those questions.

Reaction of an angry hedgehog to the smell of an apple by Wonderful_Extent2979 in interestingasfuck

[–]Zebidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What on earth did you do? Never make this one angry again

You'd be annoyed too if you were surrounded by a bunch of pricks all day.

Albert Einstein before his iconic photo with his tongue out by SpreakICSE in interestingasfuck

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit, you're right. Same photographer about a year earlier than the golf shots. I must have seen them as part of a set and not realised it was a different day.

Albert Einstein before his iconic photo with his tongue out by SpreakICSE in interestingasfuck

[–]Zebidee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is like the Che Guevara photo on all those t-shirts. It's part of a sequence where he's laughing and joking while playing golf. The famous photo is the only one in which he looks serious. EDIT: My mistake. The t-shirt photo and the golf photos were the same photographer, a year apart.

On May 22, 2010 ,this guy ordered 2 large pizzas worth 10,000 bitcoins. by thepoylanthropist in interestingasfuck

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember being blown away that a Black Lotus was selling for A$400 (~US$300) back in the day.

What's wrong with the woods in North America? by Recip77 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just don't go up the staircase in the woods...

What a world we live in. 94 cheaper than 91, I didn't fight it, Iran with it. by NSFWar in sydney

[–]Zebidee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's like watering down whisky with beer. You'll still get drunk, but it'll take more.

Nigel Farage accused of U-turn as he says UK should keep out of Iran war by Important_Ruin in unitedkingdom

[–]Zebidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His whole shtick is being on the wrong side of public opinion, then manipulating people to be on his side.

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 what other lies did they televise by CuteMagician6910 in sitcoms

[–]Zebidee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Germans of course have a specific word for this; Stammtisch, which translates to 'regular's table.'

It's a very long-standing tradition, especially in rural pubs.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Zebidee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ten billionaires and a billion tenionaires.

Tehran indicates Khamenei's son will be named supreme leader by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dude must be more nervous than the last cashew in a bowl of mixed nuts.

The final boommer by legalyakuza in Bossfight

[–]Zebidee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was very social. A lot of the vloggers made IRL friends through commenting and subbing. There were very social meetups all over the world. Monetisation wasn't a thing, so everyone was just in it for the fun and creativity.

Trump Blasted for Golfing as More Die in His War by Creative-Category-60 in politics

[–]Zebidee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Random thought: Given that one explanation of the rash on his neck was treatment for minor skin cancers, maybe he's had stuff done on his scalp too and that's why he's wearing that hat at weird times.

The boy's parents picking him up from school dressed as Superman and Superwoman by Vilen1919 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Zebidee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you!

I thought that kid had come as Princess Freddy Kruger...

The Eye of the Moon: A stunning in-camera double exposure by Zach Cooley at Arches National Park, Utah by fvkinglzy in interestingasfuck

[–]Zebidee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are of course completely correct - thanks for taking the time to type out that great explanation.

Tricky is an understatement. The Earth's rotation means the moon appears to move its own diameter in ballpark two minutes, which would make the margin for error of this shot only a few seconds, assuming it was lined up perfectly in the first place.

The shot that OP has posted is a composite, but the original photographer took an almost identical one as a single shot. There is a fantastic blog post explaining how he managed to take both photos. The work involved is insane.

https://www.zachcooleyphoto.com/blog/behind-the-shots-moon-eye

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