You may want to look at how we did the Ulysses probe, by using Jupiter as a gravitational slingshot at about 80° relative to the solar plane of rotation, or the Solar Orbiter probe that is set to use The Sun as its gravitation slingshot when it reaches perigee. Thereby using the least amount of fuel possible, and turbocharging the eventual later deployment of solar sails.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qbCCSDBRAlE

This is the second comic in my feed that features the main character getting eaten by an escalator in the last 30 minutes.

Weird.

Makes it easier for right handed people to write legibly. At least that was the reason we were taught back in the late '80s when I was learning cursive. Doesn't help us lefties since we just smudge the damn writing.

It's New York. Need to adjust to the local dialect. "Get out of my fucking way, you fucking asshole!" Anything less doesn't get through.

'm a Jack of all trades, and a Master of a few.

Fuckin' ADD.

TIL an opossum is the mammal equivalent of a pet fish.

Activism fatigue is getting old. My friends in their 60s to 80s don't show to as many protests anymore. My dead friends show to even fewer.

It's still crazy to me that it's easier to fling something out of the solar system along the plane of solar rotation, than it is to get something above the poles of the sun. I understand why that is mathematically and physically. Still doesn't seem like it should work that way.

Geek Nerd sniping was Hat Guy sitting with signs to show to trained geeks that got them to think about the problem in the middle of a crosswalk so that they get hit by a truck.

https://xkcd.com/356/

I do agree that it should be Geek sniping, as geeks are highly trained nerds.

That probably depends on how litigious they are, and if we hit anything with it.

https://xkcd.com/2030/

If you say so, Mugatu

That still only counts as One!

Bananas work wonders for getting an elephant to follow you.

If you came to my house at 3 am, the only discussion you'd be getting is: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzz."

Midnight or 6am and that is a different story.

In a certain part of France, yeah, kinda. Not just rocks either. Unexploded ordinance from WWI and WWII resurfaces every spring when they plow the fields.

Of course not mowing the clover, and not plowing or cultivating the field solves both of these problems.

Except the ones that added blockchain.....

That particular roach may not have touched a human before? I don't know. I just know that the oil on our skin and the oil on their carapace don't mix which is why both species seem to find the other one unpleasant to touch.

Yikes! I hope you don't have a large frame. If I dropped to 84, I'd be 9-10 kg underweight. I really should be somewhere between 95-96.

I don't actually remember the name. Gatorland sounds familiar though. This was almost 30 years ago now, and I was 15 at the time. It was in the panhandle near Tallahassee, on a scout trip