AleksJames
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everything i do is a balloon
Alberta
Joined October 2013
The F22 Raptor is an engineering marvel. Filmed here in 4K at 938fps on the Phantom Flex, you can get a sense of what stresses are exerted on the aircraft and how it responds to them. https://t.co/sKMEOzW5pS
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Gladiator 2 was so fucking bad. "Hose them down" the man said, in 200AD
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when me n the boys all rocking Qzips
you need to be quarter zip maxxing, you need a quarter zip for every mood, every occasion, you need one in every colour, one for every day in a week, one in every natural fabric, you need to be buying quarterzips every quarter, you simply dont own enough quarter zips
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Was I able to resolve your issue today, said customer service. Absolutely, thank you. So I'm getting a credit for $36.75. I'll put that in the system sir yes. For the credit to be issued I have to put you on a brief hold. I'm going to send you over to the department that's
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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jenks đź“Ť Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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this is strangely heartwarming: the canadian pediatrics association now recommends that children engage in risky play—"thrilling and exciting forms of free play that involve uncertainty of outcome and a possibility of physical injury"—because of benefits e.g. to mental health
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Incredible slow motion footage of a cheetah running at over 60mph (96km/h), captured at 1200fps by cinematographer Greg Wilson.
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infrastructure that looks like sci fi 1/ liquid natural gas tanker
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If I made a spy balloon that was designed to fly above the clouds, I’d probably make it blue
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Can't recommend this anime enough - one of the best https://t.co/9QAAgVEPiE
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This is the Welbeck Street Car Park in London. It was built in 1970 and knocked down in 2019, one of many Brutalist buildings demolished in recent years. Love it or hate it, the destruction of Brutalism might turn out to be a mistake...
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parents on Christmas: we'll go out and play with your new toy you just got tomorrow children at the crack of dawn Dec 26th:
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New from me: Researchers are beginning to ask if a lack of childhood independence plays a role in the mental health crisis. "Today’s 18-year-olds are like 12-year-olds from a decade ago. They have very little tolerance for conflict and discomfort."
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New research suggests improving college mental health may be helped by reshaping modern childhood.
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