Depending on your definition of modern, History of the World Part 1 is great.

What has the Empire ever done for us‽

There is a new flame deflection system that sprays water from a water cooled metal plate under the pad. There wasn’t any damage from a recent static fire test, but that was only half power compared to liftoff thrust. We’ll see how it fares against a real launch soon.

https://www.youtube.com/live/ENxZS6PUDuI Skip to 7:50 for the static fire.

Pomegranate barbeque sauce was something I didn’t know I wanted

Mine is ButWhyFi

First thought it sounded like a scam because people were talking about it the same way people talked about crypto. Looked into it enough after the reddit api shenanigans that I wanted to make a lemmy account and I’m still learning new things about it.

This is amazing! What’s the ring around the eyepiece?

0v0

Wish we could make slice catch on. Not only for the reason you mentioned, but it also implies that what you are looking at is a part of a whole. So communities are a slice of lemmy.

Obligatory “I was here” from me too

Honestly think it’s funnier if you do hate John Oliver