Harald

Harald

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Husband ✦ Software Engineer ✦ Dog Dad to Three Mischievous Mutts ✦ Curious Traveler Politics: Independent - Pro Democracy - Firmly Anti-MAGA Beliefs: Science, Evolution, and Independent Thinking - Proudly Unbrainwashed

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States.

Harald
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Subscribe and share Adam’s daily report. Today’s is quite interesting

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - Don Jr. busted taking Russian money for his wedding - Trump allies caught selling pardons - Democrats ready their investigations against Trump open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

open.substack.comBREAKING: Don Jr. Busted Taking Russian Money, Trump Allies Caught Selling Pardons, Democrats Plan Their Investigations, and more...Top Stories for September 14, 2026.
Harald
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The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow construction on a $400 million White House ballroom to proceed, prompting Chief Justice John Roberts to dissent and write that the project is "likely unlawful". YOU ARE THE HIGHEST COURT! WHY CAN’T YOU FIGURE OUT IF IT IS UNLAWFUL? #SupremeCourt

Harald
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Something we recorded years ago. Thought it would be worth sharing. Seven years later she still looks almost the same. Maybe a little whiter.

Harald
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We are the laughing stock of the world. Everything that this lunatic touches seems to fail. Reading international news, the latest screw-up the world is making fun of, is our big blue pool which turned surprisingly into a green/brown looking swamp. I can’t blame them and I feel ashamed :(

Harald
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It’s always funny to watch GOP primary commercials when each candidate blames the other how corrupt they are and after the primaries each of them trying to tell us how much they support their great guy.

Harald
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Looks like the (world economic) pressure is getting too high for TACO Don and he’s changing his views from “we don’t negotiate with Iran…” to begging for a negotiation. I guess his rich buddies are telling him “fix the shit you started…” #taco

Harald
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Refused to watch the State of the Union. Instead watched some interesting videos. Here’s one: na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comWhy Returning From Mars ls Impossible - Feynman's WarningYou've seen the headlines: "Mars by the end of the decade." There's just one detail they keep glossing over — actually coming back. And the physics of that return trip is staggering. It's not a bigger Moon mission. It's an entirely different beast, governed by an equation that punishes ambition exponentially. In this video, we explore the real engineering nightmare of a Mars return mission, drawing on the fundamental physics Feynman championed throughout his career — the kind of honest, no-shortcuts confrontation with how nature actually works. We examine the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, the tyranny of exponential fuel requirements, and why Mars's thin atmosphere creates a worst-of-both-worlds landing problem that doesn't scale for human missions. 📚 SOURCES: Tsiolkovsky, K. "Exploration of Outer Space by Means of Rocket Devices" (1903) Zubrin, R. & Wagner, R. "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must" (1996, updated 2011), Chapter 3: "Getting There" NASA Technical Report: "Mars Landing Vehicles: Descent and Ascent Propulsion Design Issues" by Bryan Palaszewski, NASA Glenn Research Center (2021) Feynman, R. "The Feynman Lectures on Physics," Volume I, Chapter 10: Conservation of Momentum (1963) NASA Design Reference Architecture 5.0: "Human Exploration of Mars" (2009) Wertz, J.R. et al. "Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD" (2011), Chapters on Orbital Mechanics and Delta-v Budgets 🎬 CREDITS: Script: AI-generated lecture inspired by Richard Feynman's teaching style Narration: Synthetic voice (AI-generated) Research & Production: Oxadow ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – "We went to the Moon, so Mars is just the next step... right?" 02:15 – How rockets actually work: throwing stuff out the back 05:40 – The tyranny of the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation 10:30 – Why a few extra km/s means exponentially more fuel 15:20 – Mars's atmosphere: too thin to land, thick enough to burn 20:45 – The 20-to-1 mass ratio nightmare for heavy payloads 26:10 – Stranded for 500 days: orbital mechanics won't negotiate 31:00 – Building a gas station on another planet (ISRU) 37:15 – The compounding of uncertainties across a 1,000-day mission 43:30 – What three years of low gravity does to the human body 48:00 – The only paths that might actually work 54:00 – Standing on Mars, staring at a blue dot in the sky What's the one challenge that surprises you most — the fuel problem, the thin atmosphere, or the 26-month launch window? Share your thoughts. ⚠️ WARNING: [This video is AI-generated (synthetic voice and visuals). It is an original, fictional lecture inspired by Richard Feynman's teaching style and public ideas, and is not an authentic recording, endorsement, or statement by Richard Feynman or his estate. Any resemblance is for educational/creative purposes]
Harald
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What a shame!

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca

"German Food Banks Feed 37,000 US Soldiers. US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers" hanschristensen.substack.com/p/german-foo...

hanschristensen.substack.comGerman Food Banks Feed 37,000 US SoldiersUS soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers
Harald
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Looks like Brazil knows how to deal with such people. Wasn’t there something similar going on in the US?

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election. nyti.ms/47FfqmN

Harald
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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.

Harald
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What a miracle (only possible in the US). Record spending on Black Friday after everyone complained they can’t afford eggs and gas three weeks ago. 😂

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