Tim Hamilton

🇺🇸 Mild-mannered professor by day. Astrophysicist by night. Methodist, Smoky Mountain hillbilly. Observational research on active galaxies & galaxy evolution.

[Tim Hamilton @TSHamiltonAstro]

@RennaW The concern over sabotage at Pearl Harbor was real.

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@SvenTystnad A Robert Goddard style liquid fuel rocket?

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@furnaceop42 How can a drill possibly cut a hole through a brick?! Ancient medieval walls are impenetrable. That’s how they kept the Huns out, or something.

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OK, now let’s go make a hole in that wall.

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@Roger247_ @dangitdale66 I’m putting together a team.

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@scottastronaut Oops—sorry, I read that backwards. They only had the Skil at this store. Limited selection of 1/2” chuck rotary drills.

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@scottastronaut Oh, definitely the closed-toed shoes once I start drilling brick. But it actually IS a Skil!

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@dangitdale66 Honestly, given enough time, I see no reason why this wouldn’t work. You’ll need to spot me on the cops, though.

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@gnarledoak69892 Sooo much torque.

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@SpaceKoala Lots of great shallow-water fossils for today.

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@furnaceop42 Not *quite* that fancy! It’s a Skil; I was considering the hammer drill but the masonry bit I bought says to use with rotary drills only. Oh, well, maybe next time. ;)

[Union Pacific @UnionPacific]

🚀 From America’s rails to the moon! 🌕 Built by @WabtecCorp and unveiled with @northropgrumman , our newest commemorative locomotive #up4547 began its first mission hauling @NASA Artemis III rocket components, powering the next era of exploration.

Former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley captured it well at the unveiling ceremony: “Together, we are taking the next leap for humanity.” https://t.co/X9rN4NDS70

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@BuffaloByGodDan But not from the drill. I’m also learning to sweat a joint in copper pipe.

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@BuffaloByGodDan Too late!

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@EAshleyHowell

[Radioactive Red @radioactivered]

I was reading a paper on early radiology used during the Spanish–American War era and came across an image showing a severe radiation burn on the chest of Pvt. T. McK., a U.S. soldier.

According to the paper, the injury occurred in 1898 after multiple long X-ray sessions including three 20 minute exposures at very close range for diagnostic imaging. There were NO dose limits and NO lead shielding back then so the burn progressed through severe reddening, blistering, ulceration and eventually tissue necrosis. The radiation burn did heal though, but it took about 11 months.

Source ☢️: https://t.co/79Mlx3qNgs

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@BuffaloByGodDan @GeringerAdam OK, that’s good to hear. I only saw a little bit of it and got the wrong impression.

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@Black_Kettle @allie__voss Yes, rather common. We’ve got two, I think because of duplicate wedding presents. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen one over here that’s a standalone type, unless my daughters had one for their college dorm rooms. No stoves in those.

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@dark_legions @allie__voss We just bought a new one this year which works great. I think it was under $40.

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@BuffaloByGodDan @GeringerAdam I saw a bit of that and am halfway convinced he's getting paid to shill for them.