Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

Right now. Second floor, by the way

In 1966 over the territory of Spain, an American B-52G failed to manage mid-air refueling, crashed, and in the process lost four B28RI thermonuclear bombs in the air, each with a yield of 1.5 megatons (i.e., 70-100 times greater than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The bombs fell without exploding (of course) onto Andalusian territory, contaminating it slightly with plutonium. Decontamination of the area was carried out, including soil replacement, etc. There were compensations for those who lost crops, and

“…Another $14,500 was paid to a fisherman who witnessed the bomb falling into the sea.”

An interesting thread on nextdoor. It seems we have a janitor who appeared out of nowhere, works well, and whenever we see him, we give him some money. He says he works just because he wants it to be clean, and doesn’t ask for money for the work, but accepts it gratefully when given. The thread continues with about 60 replies, indicating that many people help him. Some have given him a place to live, others clothes; some help with money, some regularly, others whenever they can. Hence, a local story – all sixty responses are from neighbors, and he only cleans one block and the nearby park.

And I, for one, have never seen cleaners in our neighborhood. Previously, when I lived in an apartment, someone would clean the floors, but now, as I walk my dog around the neighborhood, I see that it’s just clean everywhere, because cigarette butts and empty bottles don’t just appear out of nowhere. The “broken windows theory” really does work.

Decided to upgrade my first 3D printer (FDM) to an Ender 3 V2. Highly recommend, it’s great! 22x22x25 cm. Resolution – about 0.1 mm. The print quality is simply an order of magnitude higher than what I had with Da Vinci. I can also print on ABS/TPU/PETG. And the XYZ DaVinci was successfully sold yesterday on the FB marketplace at the price I paid for it in February. This one took a couple of hours to assemble from a plethora of parts, but that even added to the intrigue. It hardly required any adjustments.

It turns out Yuki likes rugby. In the video, nothing happens, he just watches TV for a long time

We had such a visitor flutter into our kitchen. It’s a type of bitacidae. Bitacidae are predators. Before mating, male mosquitoes present females with a nuptial gift in the form of a captured insect.

Recently, there was a great episode about flapping in English. No one could have covered the topic better than PhoneticFanatic! Such an awesome channel, all videos are good. For the curious

Fellow cyclists, can someone explain to me why you can’t fit a tire on a 700c 23/25 mm that would withstand a gravel road without the risk of puncture? What prevents manufacturing a tubeless tire twice as thick on the inside, so it fits a road bike as if it were made for it? Is it possible? Or do they make them?

//Denis Potapov Ilya Romanov and others 😉

I have a phone full of videos with Yuki. I was told it would pass, but it hasn’t yet.

For some reason, Yuki doesn’t like to walk, even though in her “past life” she lived in a village and was almost on “free range”. She is very reluctant to walk away from home, if she walks at all. On the other hand, she runs home at a gallop without stopping, and I can barely keep up. Moreover, she remembers the route very precisely, knowing exactly where to turn. Maybe she thinks we are taking her to the forest to leave her there like Marfusha in Morozko.

We have a new family member! We brought this little “fox” Shiba Inu home yesterday from Amish country, Lancaster. The Mennonites and Amish have been living in those parts since the 18th century and try to keep their lives largely unchanged since then, not readily embracing technology. For instance, we spoke with Yuki’s breeder, as we named our dog, in a garage where a buggy was parked – a carriage powered by horse. The owner belongs to the Mennonites, whose rejection of modern amenities is not as strict as that of the Old Order Amish, which are also plentiful in that area.

Their house does not appear on Google Maps. Hence, the GPS simply took us to the center of the street. It had long been dark, a heavy rain was pouring, and we turned into the first driveway we found to ask people for directions. Surprisingly, a woman there started speaking Russian! She and her husband had been beekeepers for twenty years, sold us a gallon of the most delicious fresh honey, and showed us how they make it – a homemade centrifuge, an entire barn filled with various beekeeping supplies.

Lisa wanted a cat, Masha wanted a dog. In the end, we found a dog, one just as independent as a cat.

Yuki turned out to be very calm and well-behaved. At least that’s how it seems after almost a day. So now I’m “in the club” too 😉