Comedians

ICEYE Satellite Image of Crimea Bridge

The Crimea Bridge is a relatively new bridge that connects the Russia mainland with Crimea.

Finnish satellite-imagery venture ICEYE announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation which will provide the Government of Ukraine with ICEYE’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imaging capabilities. - Defence Blog

ICEYE is a Finnish company that builds and operates microsatellites. I am surprised that microsatellites can deliver high resolution images. I thought you needed big cameras with big lenses being carried by big satellites. But ICEYE isn't using cameras, they are using radar.

Looks like we have another charity supporting Ukraine's war against the big, bad, Russian bear. But just who is this Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation? It's a foundation founded by Serhiy Prytula, a Ukrainian comedian. Is this whole war effort just a big comedy show? I mean, the President of the Ukraine is also a former comedian. And the war doesn't make a lot of sense unless funnelling a few million more dollars into Joe Biden's pocket is more important than all the worthless peasants in Ukraine.

Google Satellite Image of Crimea Bridge

Or you are afraid that Russia will take over the world. I, for one, am not too concerned about that happening.

Academic Camouflage

Short: Language Is Used as a Group Protection Strategy
Jordan B Peterson

Hot

Melania Trump

Sounds like a bad Bond girl. In case you didn't know, Melania is Donald Trump's wife, and in case you hadn't heard, the FBI raided ex-president Trump's residence in Florida the other day and, rumor has it, they rummaged through Melania's dresser. And we got a meme.

3D Printed Sundial

3D Printed Sundial
Shirahaha

Peasant or Not

JMSmith compares himself to a peasant:

He knew very little, but what he knew was important and he knew well. I know a great many things, but most things that I know are frivolous, superficial, and already half-forgotten.

Why Russia wants Ukraine

Why Russia wants Ukraine
Casual Scholar

Another short video with some substance.

Berlin to Singapore

Two Eurofighter jets perform at the German air force base in Noervenich, western Germany in 2016 [File: Martin Meissner/AP]

This story piqued my interest:

German fighter jets on marathon 24-hour flight to Singapore - Al Jazeera

A group of German air force fighter jets were due to arrive in Singapore after a marathon bid to fly them some 12,800 kms (8,000 miles) from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours.

I asked Google to plot a flight from Berlin to Singapore:

Berlin to Singapore

No problem, $1200 and 13 hours and presto, you're in Singapore. Never mind that you are going to be flying over any number of war zones, they probably won't shoot you down.

But here we have jet fighters that can travel 3 or 4 times as fast as an airliner taking twice as long to make the trip. One thing that will slow them down is they will probably want to avoid the war zones, so their trip will be a longer distance.

Berlin to Cairo to Singapore

Stopping off at Cairo and then flying over Saudi Arabia might work, although it's hard to tell with the way alliances are constantly shifting. I think Egypt and Saudi Arabia are both allied with the USA, but I could be wrong. I suspect most of the extra 12 hours was consumed with obtaining clearance to fly over intermediate countries.