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Interest is building around the 2026 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, with ballooning activity already visible across New Mexico. Local coverage highlights school-based balloon events such as Balloons Aloft at Albuquerque elementary schools, while forecasters note drier weather settling over most of the state heading into the weekend — conditions welcomed by balloonists and fiesta watchers alike.
- 2Balloon and can static electricity trivia question circulates●# Electromagnetism_trivia If you rub a plastic balloon with some wool or synthetic material, and put it close to an alum
A physics trivia question is circulating asking what happens when a balloon rubbed with wool or synthetic material is held near an aluminum can resting on a low-friction table. The question touches on static electricity and induced charge: the charged balloon attracts the can, causing it to roll toward it. Readers are invited to guess the answer.
- 3GOG Galaxy users hit with over 100GB of updates after a break●Oh... wow... Man macht, nach ein paar Wochen Pause, mal wieder GOG Galaxy auf und was gibt es ? Über 100GB Updates, alle
A PC gamer returning to GOG Galaxy after a few weeks away found more than 100GB of updates waiting, including 88GB for The Witcher 3 Remaster alone. The post mixes surprise with sarcastic resignation about how much drive space games now demand, joking that SSD storage surely costs nothing in 2026. The remarks capture a familiar frustration among PC gamers about ballooning download and install sizes.