Thread on some new UK #sanctions targeting #Russian individuals and companies: #Russia ’s sovereign #assets in UK jurisdictions will remain immobilised until Russia agrees to pay for the #damage it has caused to #Ukraine.
#Sun Ship Management, an entity connected to #Sovcomflot , #Russia ’s largest state-owned shipping company, supporting Russia to circumvent or undermine the effects of Western #sanctions
New prediction for the peak of Solar Cycle 25: "Combining the curve-fitting results with the precursor predictions, we conclude that Cycle 25 will have a maximum smoothed sunspot number of 134 ± 8 with maximum occurring late in the fall of 2024."
「 Back in 1996, Sun was the keeper of Java and promoted it heavily. They even released a diskless workstation that only runs Java applets. The Sun JavaStation was affectionately called the “Mr. Coffee” 」
— hackaday
「 If the Sun Ray way was to become truly omnipresent then it would have to go portable as well. That was where the 500nm microSPARC IIep, as diminutive as it was for SPARCs of the time, couldn't make the grade: the Sun Ray 1G required 20 watts just to run, not counting the display it was connected to, and at least five watts of that went to the 100MHz CPU alone 」
— oldvcr.blogspot.com
Here's an image of the sun I took as 12:12:38 NZDT on 9th January 2023. You can see some lovely sunspots and something a little bit closer to home.... #sun#sunspot#spacestation#NewZealand
Just randomly shooting with a #PolarizingFilter. A bit of #LensFlare and a #Gull near the #Sun but I think the #Clouds steal the scene. They have a characteristic flattened bottom side indicating a uniform temperature gradient in the atmosphere up to the #DewPoint and know that gives you a sense of depth perception.
Northern California is cooler than average for May, but we're warmer than yesterday... that trend will continue! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast at 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11pm!
There is no word to translate the name “Schlammbowle Platz” into English. I guess the closest one would be “Suds Punch Place”. 🤣 The name is printed in reference to “Schlammbowle” 🍾🥂, which looks like suds but isn’t. 🤣
I went up Glastonbury Tor this morning for sunrise....err, it was torrential rain and could hardly see anything. My day needs brightening so here is one from a few days ago. I hope you like it. It's that time of year when the sunrises central archway (when it shines that is 😂) #glastonbury #glastonburytor#somerset#sunrise#sunrisephotography#archway#tower#sun#sunshine
The old railway line to Youghal lies neglected and deserted in this photo I took last November. The sun was setting, and I was almost over Covid 19, but it was a cold evening, and I retreated to the warmth of the car.