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@gammacounter

Radiologist. Broadly enthusiastic. Science, outdoors/nature, travel. Lakes, coasts. Home experiments. Local environments. Many photos of slightly oddball things. Not seeking unsolicited advice.

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Hallelujah!

12.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't believe I'm saying this but the Iran war makes the Russian invasion of Ukraine look somewhat competent in comparison.

11.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

β€œA 2012 study found that wind projects kill 0.269 birds per gigawatt-hour of electricity produced, compared to 5.18 birds killed per gigawatt-hour of electricity from fossil fuel projects.”

12.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canadian Visits To U.S. Fall For 13th Consecutive Monthβ€”Adding To U.S. Tourism Decline Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

10.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 2798 πŸ” 779 πŸ’¬ 314 πŸ“Œ 138
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I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a β€œrigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.

11.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1858 πŸ” 542 πŸ’¬ 387 πŸ“Œ 132

Yes, that’s true. The farm feeling is definitely there.

11.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.

Exclusive: β€œThe Department of Homeland Security is investigating the 2020 election results in Arizona, @yvonnewingett,” @s_fitzpatrick, and @nickmiroff report.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

11.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ticktmaster sucks but sometimes I need to use it, but it’s very infrequent, sometimes years

11.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn’t it though?

11.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, yup. Two days later.

11.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pretty interesting hail. Some of it opaque, some of it sort of clear. You can also see how it concentrically aggregated around a central nidus. Kind of the same way they make Atomic Fireballs.

11.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hail in the grass

Hail in the grass

My friend, out, walking her dog yesterday, after the hail had stopped.

11.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Bob. And it was a little bit frightening.

11.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They were tho.

11.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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decent bar, bad puns

11.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Their next-door neighbor had a traditional roof with many solar panels.

11.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At that place again where the guy once told me their house-made mole sauce is made with 37 ingredients.

11.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lord Farquaad haircut but make it house

11.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The literary scams my grandfather faced nearly a century ago β€” Jason Sanford Time for a reminder that scams against writers and other artists and creatives have been around for a long time. As always, money should flow to the writer, not from the writer to an agent or publishe...

These scams are not new. A while back, I wrote about discovering letters sent to my grandfather in the 1930s. He was a songwriter and musician and it appears he fell prey to publishing scams back then. 3/ www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/5/...

11.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Yes. There should be a Dwell–type magazine completely dedicated to these types of homes.

11.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The symmetry is so perfect that it kind of drives me crazy the walk isn’t straight down the middle

11.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is really something.

11.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Might be β€œugly” but think how much they’re saving on their yearly assessment.

11.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, and I also feel like taking a black Sharpie to that right doorbell

11.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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baby blue

11.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wish I could go inside some of these houses to see what they’re like. Some of them have such an unusual outer appearance, they could be great inside!

11.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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interesting

11.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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cute

11.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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wild

11.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0