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  • MikM Offline
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    Still the saddest goodbye in space exploration. On June 10, 2018, during a massive planet-wide dust storm, Opportunity sent its final data transmission — poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” Designed for just 90 days, Oppy defied odds for nearly 15 years, traveling 45 km across Mars, discovering evidence of ancient water, and sending back breathtaking panoramas. The storm blocked sunlight for months, draining its batteries forever. No more signals came. Rest easy, Oppy — you explored farther and longer than anyone dreamed, turning a golf-cart-sized robot into a legend. Your spirit lives on in every rover that follows. Thank you for showing us Mars.

    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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      Still the saddest goodbye in space exploration. On June 10, 2018, during a massive planet-wide dust storm, Opportunity sent its final data transmission — poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” Designed for just 90 days, Oppy defied odds for nearly 15 years, traveling 45 km across Mars, discovering evidence of ancient water, and sending back breathtaking panoramas. The storm blocked sunlight for months, draining its batteries forever. No more signals came. Rest easy, Oppy — you explored farther and longer than anyone dreamed, turning a golf-cart-sized robot into a legend. Your spirit lives on in every rover that follows. Thank you for showing us Mars.

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      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

      poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”

      Bah, they spoiled it with poetry.
      I want to read the original message, presumably in status codes, in binary if I have to, along with the relevant decoder keys.

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        I want it in haiku.

        Dust dims the sunlight
        Batteries breathe their last charge
        Night claims the red plains

        The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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          https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/opinion/prospera-honduras-trump-pardon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFA.BoS9.gIBQvKg5OOfZ

          Interesting framing connecting the violent immigration crackdown in the U.S. to what happened in Honduras in recent years and the push for "startup cities" by certain Trump backers.

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            Chickens are now the most populous terrestrial vertebrate. At any one time, about 26 billion chickens occupy the planet, as 65 billion are slaughtered annually and billions more hatch.

            The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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              Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize

              Philip Noel-Baker from UK
              1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
              1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmament

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                Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize

                Philip Noel-Baker from UK
                1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
                1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmament

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                @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize

                Philip Noel-Baker from UK
                1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
                1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmament

                Words from the spiritual media are that Noel-Baker are trying to give both to Donald Trump.

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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  The pond is pretty today.

                  b3d7833f59155389d26bb879e862ac26.jpeg

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Nice.

                    The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                    • HoraceH Offline
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                      True story.

                      Link to video

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        Sad. Very pretty girl. Looks like she has teeth problems which (I think) is probably due to drug use.

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