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Written by publius on 2025-01-24 at 01:22

Hands-down the stupidest thing I have seen today :

In the actual printed newspaper, a story with the following note at the bottom of the column :

"This is a developing story. Please refresh this page for updates."

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Written by publius on 2024-12-31 at 16:58

After a misfire with my first attempt at procuring new stickers, these look pretty good.

Actually, they look a lot like the previous stickers. The main difference, not visible here, is the “crack back”, which makes them MUCH quicker to apply.

If you want some for yourself, I will happily mail them to you. Send some mail, including your address (and make sure I can read it) to :

“Man and Atom”

PO Box 1035

Fort Worth

TX 76101 USA

or $1and address in the notes field to

https://paypal.me/prometheuslives

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Written by publius on 2024-12-31 at 16:06

“The future development of mankind, on the spiritual no less than the material plane, is bound up with the conquest of space.” On this final (366th) day of the year, I take the opportunity to read Arthur C Clarke’s famous essay The Challenge of the Spaceship (the version from the 1961 book of the same title).

https://archives.anonradio.net/202412311500_publius.mp3

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Written by publius on 2024-12-28 at 19:36

Key phrases for our final show of the year include “influencer–management companies”, “ten thousand Ronald Reagans”, and “the last full measure of devotion”. Also, the news from Finland should seriously call into question some of the more popular energy strategies, and the Chaos Computer Club is raising money for some folks who really need and deserve it.

https://anonradio.net/asfo-2024-12-28/

https://archives.anonradio.net/202412281900_publius.mp3

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Written by publius on 2024-12-22 at 04:13

Tonight's Movie

"Christmas with the Frankensteins", Hammer, 1967. Christopher Lee as Santa Claus.

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Written by publius on 2024-12-14 at 19:35

Pressure vessels occupy a great deal of my attention today, but gosh darn it! They’re important. Also postage stamps. Lots and lots of postage stamps. Give me an excuse to use them, won’t you? And a couple of comments about politics and current affairs, which I can’t totally ignore.

https://anonradio.net/asfo-2024-12-14/

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Written by publius on 2024-09-28 at 19:54

This week on A STEP FARTHER OUT :

An airship I was on, and one I thankfully was not on ; Power Outrage!s across the southeastern United States, and rail service disruptions in Central Europe ; and a reflection on the unsatisfactory world political situation.

https://anonradio.net/asfo-2024-09-28/

[#]anonradio

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Written by publius on 2024-09-17 at 20:16

Travelling Companion : "I can't see the Moon anymore. It's been eclipsed by that traffic light."

Me : "When one heavenly body is concealed by another, we say it has gone into occultation."

TC : "Does a traffic light count as a heavenly body?"

Me : "People look to it for guidance. That's astrology. Therefore it's a heavenly body."

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Written by publius on 2024-09-07 at 19:58

A STEP FARTHER OUT this week on #anonradio

The triumphant (?) return to Earth of the Boeing CST–100 “Starliner” ; a long discussion of British energy policy and the implications of the “Contract for Difference” mechanism ; and benefits afforded to my Patreon supporters, in the form of postcards from unusual and even unique post offices. All while I eat an ice–cream cone!

https://anonradio.net/asfo-2024-09-07/

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Written by publius on 2024-09-03 at 13:41

I did not expect to see a commercial realization of my "Info-Phone" concept at the Cathedral Church of St Stephen and All Saints in Vienna!

These have obviously been re-modelled at some point. They look like 1960s or maybe early '70s products.

http://publius.ntfn.org/denwa/taxofon.html#action

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Written by publius on 2024-08-27 at 19:45

Although it's not mentioned on the placard at the entrance, admission to the Deutsche Bahn museum in Nuremberg is free of charge with a Eurail or Interrail pass.

@jon

@the_rail_life

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Written by publius on 2024-08-09 at 03:35

Most kinds of pain are warnings that something is going wrong.

Headache pain, on the other hand, is a reminder that consicousness is an attribute of the Gods, and its indwelling in flesh is an abomination.

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Written by publius on 2024-08-08 at 12:12

Torness nuclear power station, taken from the window of a speeding train on my way to the World Science Fiction Convention.

If you want to see more stuff like this, I might mention that I have a Patreon, where I plan to share more extensively — you don't even have to pay to see most of it. I just don't want to flood a bunch of things here and bore people.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/target-of-109705552

[#]AtomicPowerToThePeople

[#]AtomicPower

@BlakeHamiltonCA

@Emil

@collectifission

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Written by publius on 2024-08-04 at 15:36

Today's unauthorized ink blendings :

Lamy T53 Rhodonite with Colorverse Mars Curiosity

Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo with Pelikan Edelstein Topaz

[#]fountainpen

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Written by publius on 2024-08-03 at 19:43

Today's A STEP FARTHER OUT on #anonradio :

Greetings from Munich! Not the most coherent show, but I manage to allude to the major Power Outrage in Omaha, “battery trains” (the new secret sauce for solar power), the October 1987 storm in Britain, and A Trans Atlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison. You also learn details of how I’ve handled blast №2, and a new order of stickers.

https://anonradio.net/asfo-2024-08-03/

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Written by publius on 2022-11-05 at 09:25

If “boiling mercury” seems like a good answer, ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

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Written by publius on 2018-11-19 at 16:36

[#]introductions (1/2)

Unashamed space colonist & atomic energy enthusiast. Getting ourselves out of tight spots using technology is pretty much what we humans DO. Appeared in the 2012 documentary “Lunarcy!” & still occasionally get contacted by people who have seen it recently on CBC. Low-key supervillain, looking to build a better world that will be worth conquering. Not a typography nerd, but enjoy using LaTeX.

[#]thestarsareours

[#]lunacityorbust

[#]atomicpowertothepeople

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