Sideways

Sideways

@sideways440.bsky.social

I talk about music. A lot.

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Seen from a small aircraft, this aerial view highlights the Amazon Rainforest's vast green canopy with a rare pink blossoming tree standing out against the breathtaking landscape. IG: @edson_portela ~ Brazil

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Not only an incredible talent, but a rare talent who also thought it was funny to just voice random memes every once in a while

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

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Raccoon dogs are not raccoons, and not related to raccoons. They are part of the canid family. Genetically they are more closely related to foxes than other canidae. IG: @keeleyrvn

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Nancy is a rare c.1910 Paris breathing automaton that uses hidden bellows and air chambers to mimic human respiration and hand movements, a hallmark of Edwardian mechanical engineering now displayed at the House of Automata. IG: @naomi.paxton

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Antique folding camp table uses an accordion-scissor leg mechanism that expands and locks into a sturdy tabletop that folds away for storage. IG: @antique vintage_rust

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It’s simple: rotate the object, then it doesn’t work, so rotate the mesh, then go “dammit” and rotate the object back and rotate the mesh on a different axis than the one that made sense. Works every time.

Aender Lara@aenderlara.bsky.social

I am the only one? #blender3D

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100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social

Oct. 19, 1926: Inventor John C. Garand is granted U.S. Patent No. 1,603,684 for his design of a gun reloading mechanism using gas pressure from cartridge explosions. This concept will be crucial in his later invention of the M-1 semiautomatic rifle that will become a mainstay of the Army.

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Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s newly appointed archbishop of Denver has benched Fr. Chad Ripperger, a celebrity exorcist who wrote a prayer to help “Stop the Steal” after the 2020 election and once said men should have told women to “shut your yap.”

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Brevard Zoo is using puppet rearing to feed endangered West African crowned crane chick “Pip”. IG: @brevardzoo ~ Florida

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POV: you're about to record 45 dialogue corrections, color-coded by which mic to use to match the original. You know 95% of viewers won't care about the wording or spot edits if you just use 1 mic. The other 5% will spot and call out every edit no matter what lengths you go to to make them seamless.

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Made for Francisco Morozini of Venezia (1619-1694). One could pull the silk bookmark and fire the weapon while the book was closed. This artifact is housed at the Museo Correr in Venezia, Italia.