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30 May 2025

Revising my pin. Here’s the slop I block because it’s omnipresent across all social media and I am *NOT* here for it: - Trump media (including news articles showing his face) - AI slop and AI evangelists (go fucking pick up a pencil) - Liberal classism (if you’re blue and rich, you’re not blue)

Elmo costume test run

Just got off of a technical call with a woman that had a Russian accent who was telling me about the lead engineer on a certain program, whose name was Colin Robinson. I was like SO TEMPTED to start quoting WWDITS

This one goes out to @runswindows95.bsky.social and his SNAAAAACKS

Hallmark casually celebrating the 10th anniversary of the fleshlight

Protect our hero

Word problems are a fundamentally important way for children to make connections between mathematics and their application in the real world. Like saving themselves from government ransoms.

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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪

@professorkiosk.wtf

a disney cover band called beauty and the beastie boys

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crumbum

@fuwolfman.bsky.social

What do you mean my unlikeable demeanor makes it hard for people to like me?!

Had this bullshit happen to my wife’s Zuckhole account. She uses it for artist connections so we walked through the passkey creation process. But we were both looking at each other during the process like “…we could both just stop using it…”

@gregthemiller.bsky.social

BRB, gotta uh…anyway don’t follow me

John Carpenter's In The Josh of Madness@mysterjoshua.bsky.social

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Greg the Miller

bad news. i was reading your posts over the Walmart intercom and they kicked me out. i guess they weren’t good posts

Joe Pesci IS Arnold Schwarzenegger AS the T-800 IN America’s favorite off-Broadway event, THE TOIMINATA

This was an actual ad on Instagram.

Why do we call it “gaining weight” and not “restoring to Cheesecake Factory settings”

Zombie flute player music video called “Triller”

More bacon makin. This time you can see the weenie. Look closely.

Went to the pumpkin patch with the girls once I got home. We were fortunate enough to actually see the process involved in makin’ bacon.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

ENGINES. I will not elaborate.

I think that’s a wrap! Hope y’all enjoyed the virtual tour. The Hiller Aviation museum is at 601 Skyway Rd in San Carlos, CA and admission is $20. I had a lot of fun because I’m a big ol’ airplane nerd.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

I like this transport chopper prototype that uses jet fan ducting to handle the azimuth/yaw correction. If blades don’t work, use jet power!

The repair bay. This is where the Hiller folks restore vintage planes to flight worthy status. Oh my god what a dream job.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

Look at this friggin weirdo. This absolute mad lad. A Hiller cargo helicopter prototype. I love the little cockpit pushed up to the right corner.

Hiller just cannot give up the dream of personal flying transport. This personal flyer uses a pair of the J-35ms turbofans to keep you aloft. Just…wear your noise cancelling headphones please.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

They had a StarshipOne flying prototype! So cool.

I got a bunch of pictures of their presentation on SOFIA. This is 747 that was repurposed as a flying telescope. One of the best things they experimented with during the use of SOFIA was laser telescopy; the research from this has improved NOAA weather radar.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

The Hiller helicopter family. Many of these were used by army reconnaissance during the Korean and Vietnam war.

Look at this weird little goober. Powered by lawnmower engines and balls of steel.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

This is the NASA Ames oblique wing research aircraft. I first saw pictures of this plane at the DC air & space museum in the 90s. The premise is wild - a jet aircraft can cruise steadily with its wing rotated up to 45 degrees! Research from this fed the Osprey’s development.

Hiller’s claim to fame is the MASH medevac chopper. They’ve done other helicopters and VTOL projects over the years but this was their peak.

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

This tiny Messerschmidt car looked like something out of Fallout

The interior and exterior of a Grumman Albatross that flew around the world. The inside looks gorgeous, kinda like a luxury yacht

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

The Hiller hornet. They just threw the blades in circles with gyro jets

Scaled up Lego RC vehicles!! If you look closely, these have a bunch of tiny drone propellers that made them fly

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!

A neat cutaway model of the Lockheed tristar in United livery

The goofy ass Hiller personal transport. Stand directly above this GIANT FUCKING ROTATING FAN

A thread of neat airplanes and helicopters at the Hiller aviation museum. We’ll start with the star of “The Rocketeer,” a GeeBee!